The trial day was dominated by intense cross-examination of FBI footwear expert William Bodziak regarding Bruno Magli shoe print evidence. Defense attorney Philip Baker aggressively challenged Bodziak's methodology, particularly the comparison photographs, photographs the prosecution never sent him, and soil impressions LAPD never provided. Multiple exhibits related to shoe evidence were admitted, and Baker extracted critical concessions about the limitations of Bodziak's analysis. The day opened with a failed defense motion for a scheduling break before Simpson's testimony.

• Judge denied defense motion for trial break and firmly set Simpson's testimony to begin the following morning
• Approximately 35 exhibits admitted relating to shoe evidence, Bruno Magli comparisons, and crime scene materials
• Baker challenged Bodziak's comparison photograph using different camera heights and distances. Bodziak estimated a 2–5-foot comparison distance, nearer 5 feet; he did not confirm Baker's 3-foot calculation against the approximately 75-foot Scull distance.
• Bodziak testified all identifiable bloody footprints at crime scene were consistent with size 12 Bruno Magli shoes, with no evidence of a second person leaving such prints
• Defense extracted concessions that Bodziak cannot state to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty that shoes in photographs are size 12
• Baker highlighted that LAPD did not provide Bodziak with requested soil impressions and that the prosecution never sent him multiple crime scene photographs