WEEK 13* : THE RANDY KRAFT TRIAL

Randy Steven Kraft, charged with murdering 16 men, is on trial in Orange County Superior Court in what some legal experts say will be the biggest and costliest case in California history.

LAST WEEK Kraft’s attorneys failed to persuade the judge to allow testimony from a psychic named Joan, who in interviews with police implicated someone else in one of the 16 murders.

THE DEFENSE This is the third time that the judge has prevented us from putting on important evidence in front of the jury. ‘

--Defense attorney C. Thomas McDonald,referring to Joan’s testimony.

THE PROSECUTION None of this is relevant to the case before us. ‘--Deputy Dist. Atty. Bryan F. Brown,arguing against the psychic and other defense testimony.

NUMBER OF WITNESSES Last Week: 12.

To Date: 195.

ITEMS LOGGED AS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE Last week: 7.

To Date: 1,068.

THIS WEEK The Kraft lawyers now have presented witnesses in six of the 16 murders, including the slayings of Robert Wyatt Loggins, 19, and Donnie Crisel, 20. They are expected to continue Tuesday with witnesses involving those two men.

* Jury selection and legal motions began July 25, 1988, and testimony began Sept. 5. The trial recessed for about 2 months at the end of the prosecution’s case.