Erich Martel, (an attorney that once worked with the DA's office in conjunction with the Albuquerque Coroner's Office) told me that the most effective ammunition used in both .32 and .380 ACP exhibited their highest levels of performance with FMJ ammunition.

Erich put it this way:

"If the projectiles being fire are leaving the handgun's muzzle at subsonic velocities, why would you put 'speed brakes' on the slug, thus preventing needed penetration to damage the vital organs?"

In the course of hundreds of homicide investigations, the slower .32 and .380 shootings that had used FMJ ammunition were statistically more likely to achieve the desired results.

The defense... rests.

Scott