📄 Re-redirect examination of William Bodziak (part 1) — Thursday, November 21, 1996
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Re-redirect examination of William Bodziak (part 1)

Witness: William Bodziak
Examiner: Edward Medvene
Called by: Plaintiff • Date: Thursday, November 21, 1996 • Utterances: 25
P. Baker briefly recrosses FBI footwear expert Bodziak, attacking the limitations of his analysis. Baker gets Bodziak to concede that the impression on Exhibit 419 could have come from any sole with similar detail, and that the 23 ovals could not be definitively identified as Bruno Magli designs.
1 MR. MEDVENE:

I have nothing further, thank you.

RECROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. P. BAKER:

2 Q:

Mr. Bodziak, your analysis is only as good as the pictures you were provided, correct?

3 A:

It's only as good as the evidence, in that case as the picture.

4 Q:

You asked for a triangular piece of paper, you never got it?

5 A:

That's correct.

6 Q:

You asked for an envelope, you never got it?

7 A:

Yes, I examined the envelope.

8 Q:

You didn't get the piece of paper, right?

9 A:

No, I don't believe that existed.

KEY QUOTE
10 Q:

Okay. Now, you said as to this impression it possibly could have come from a Silga sole, right?

11 (Indicating to Exhibit 419.)
12 A:

I said there were three areas that possibly could have come from that sole. It was insufficient detail to make that determination.

KEY QUOTE
13 Q:

Insufficient detail, could have come from anything?

14 A:

If there was another sole that had the capability of leaving those marks, yes.

15 Q:

Answer my question, it could have come from anything, right?

16 A:

I answered that, yes.

17 Q:

Yes or no?

18 A:

If it was another sole that had the same -- similar detail I would believe those marks, yes.

19 Q:

You talked about the 23 ovals, right, earlier, when Mr. Medvene asked you some questions on redirect?

20 A:

That's correct.

21 Q:

You couldn't possibly identify these as Bruno Magli designs, correct?

22 A:

That's correct.

23 Q:

They could have been another design shoe, correct?

24 A:

It's unlikely, but if you take each one independently, that's correct.

KEY QUOTE
25 Q:

Thank you.

MR. P. BAKER: I have no further questions.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Bodziak
I said there were three areas that possibly could have come from that sole. It was insufficient detail to make that determination.
Limits the strength of his own earlier testimony about the Silga sole match.
Bodziak
It's unlikely, but if you take each one independently, that's correct.
Concedes the 23 ovals could theoretically belong to a different shoe design — the key concession Baker was after.
Bodziak
No, I don't believe that existed.
Bodziak disputes the triangular paper piece ever existed, revealing a gap in the physical evidence chain.

Evidence (1)

Exhibit 419
Impression evidence potentially matching a Silga sole, examined for Bruno Magli shoe identification
discussed, challenged

Notable Exchanges (2)

P. BakerBodziak
Baker presses Bodziak on whether the impression could have come from 'anything' — Bodziak resists a clean yes/no but ultimately concedes the point.
strategic
P. BakerBodziak
Baker confirms Bodziak never received a requested triangular piece of paper, implying limitations on what the expert could actually analyze.
procedural

Credibility Attacks (1)

⚔ Bodziak
scope limitation / concession extraction
Baker establishes that Bodziak's analysis was constrained by incomplete evidence (no triangular paper) and that his conclusions about the Silga sole and Bruno Magli ovals were less definitive than redirect implied.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 8374 • 25 utterances • Plaintiff witness
Civil Trial
Department 103
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