Cross-examination of Gilbert Aguilar (2 of 2)

📄 Cross-examination of Gilbert Aguilar (2 of 2) — Tuesday, December 17, 1996

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TRIAL

▲ Day 33 of 57

◀ Cross-examination of Gilbert Aguilar Witness procedures ▶

Witness: Gilbert Aguilar
Examiner: John Kelly
Called by: Defense • Date: Tuesday, December 17, 1996 • Utterances: 6

A very brief redirect examination of Gilbert Aguilar covering fingerprint evidence from the Bundy crime scene. Defense attorney Blasier established two points: that unidentified prints from items 5, 7, and 9 cannot be attributed to any specific person, and that no fingerprints with blood on them were observed at the scene.

# 1 Q:

5, 7 and 9, you can't tell they were anybody else's either, can you?

# 2 A:

We'll never be able to know whose they are.

KEY QUOTE

# 3 Q:

And there wasn't a single fingerprint observed at the Bundy scene that had any blood on it; is that correct?

# 4 A:

That's correct.

# 5 MR. BLASIER:

That's all I have.

# 6 MR. KELLY:

I have no further questions.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Witness

We'll never be able to know whose they are.

Concedes the unidentified prints are permanently inconclusive — cuts both ways, neither inculpating nor exculpating Simpson

Witness

That's correct.

Confirms no bloody fingerprints were found at Bundy, a notable gap in the physical evidence

Evidence (1)

Informal

Fingerprint lifts from items 5, 7, and 9 from Bundy crime scene

discussed — unidentified, attribution impossible

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Blasier•Gilbert Aguilar

Blasier closes with two quick confirmations — unidentifiable prints and absence of bloody prints — leaving the fingerprint evidence neutralized as a topic

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 8680 • 6 utterances • Defense witness

Civil Trial

Department 103