Baker briefly recrosses Leroy Taft on the specifics of OJ Simpson's hand injuries observed at Parker Center on June 13, 1994. Taft says his best recollection is that Simpson had a band-aid on his middle finger or over the knuckle, denies one was on his fourth finger, and says he was not attempting to find out what cuts Simpson had on his hands. A brief procedural skirmish erupts over whether Baker is opening a previously forbidden line of inquiry.
# 1 Q: Now, that 549 was taken on the 15th.
Do you know if it was taken on June 15?
# 3 Q: Do you know when the photos were taken that you subsequently reviewed in meetings with attorneys relative to the defense of Mr. Simpson in the criminal case?
# 4 A: I believe it was the week of the 13th through the 17th.
# 5 Q: And by the way, when you were there on the 13th with Mr. Simpson, and you and Howard Weitzman had gone down --
# 6 MR. PETROCELLI: He's opening the door that was forbidden into inquiring, Your Honor, last two questions.
# 8 MR. BAKER: I'm not asking --
# 9 THE COURT: I'll just caution counsel --
# 10 MR. BAKER: That's nonsense.
# 11 THE COURT: -- that nobody has been turned -- it hasn't been opened. If it opens, it opens.
# 12 Q: (BY MR. BAKER) Did Mr. Simpson have a band-aid on the fourth finger of his left hand when you were in Parker Center on June 13, 1994 Mr. Taft?
# 14 Q: And he had a band-aid on the middle finger of his left hand or over the knuckle; is that correct?
# 15 A: That's my best recollection.
KEY QUOTE # 16 Q: And your recollection relative to the cuts that he had that day -- strike that.
Were you attempting to find out what cuts he had on his hands?