THE O.J. SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL : Trial Highlights
Some of the key events Monday in the O.J. Simpson murder trial:
* SUMMARY: Prosecutors began the physical evidence phase of their case, starting with the testimony of LAPD criminalist Dennis Fung. Outside the jury’s presence, Superior Court Judge Lance A. Ito heard arguments over efforts to define the limits of the questioning of a deputy medical examiner. He also heard testimony relating to the defense team’s contention that police and prosecutors failed to promptly turn over a videotape of Simpson’s home made the day after the murders. Ito did not rule on either.
* WITNESSES: Fung, a senior criminalist for the LAPD, described each of the blood drops and other pieces of evidence that he collected on the day after the murders. He admitted missing a few drops on a fence near the fallen bodies, but said he returned several weeks later and collected those as well.
* COMING UP: Fung returns to the stand today. Ito also is expected to hear arguments over the disputed videotape and may issue a pair of rulings relating to the questioning of DNA experts.
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“There was quite a bit of blood at the scene. And I just didn’t want to get any blood on my shoes.”
--Criminalist Dennis Fung, explaining why he wore paper ‘booties” at crime scene.
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