The defense pressed a multi-pronged assault on key evidence: Officer Gonzalez faced heated cross-examination over inconsistencies in blood observations and omissions from his original notes, with Baker suggesting blood may have been planted after his initial observation window. The defense then introduced photographic expert Robert Groden, who testified that the critical Bruno Magli photograph shows high likelihood of forgery through multiple technical anomalies including frame misalignment and retouching marks. The judge denied the plaintiffs' motion to preclude EDTA blood-testing testimony.

• Officer Gonzalez intensely cross-examined on inconsistencies between his handwritten crime scene notes (which omitted blood details) and a detailed January 1995 interview given after public blood-planting accusations
• Defense successfully qualifies photographic expert Robert Groden to testify despite aggressive challenge to his credentials by plaintiff's counsel
• Robert Groden testifies that the Bruno Magli photograph contains multiple technical anomalies—frame misalignment, size discrepancy, retouching marks, color imbalance—indicating high likelihood of forgery
• Judge Fujisaki denies plaintiffs' motion to preclude Dr. Fredric Rieders from testifying about EDTA presence in blood samples, finding Kelly-Frye standard met