Good morning, Your Honor.

Plaintiffs call Dr. Robert Huizenga.

ROBERT HUIZENGA, called as a witness on behalf of Plaintiffs, was duly sworn and testified as follows:

You do solemnly swear that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

I do.

Please be seated.

Would you please state and spell your name for the record.

Robert Huizenga, R-O-B-E-R-T H-U-I-Z-E-N-G-A.

DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. PETROCELLI:

Good morning, Doctor.

Morning.

You and I don't know each other, do we?

No, we don't.

That's correct.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) You're a licensed physician?

Yes, I am.

What is -- you're an internist, right?

Yes, I am.

Okay. Now, you were requested by Mr. Simpson's lawyer, Robert Shapiro, in the criminal action, to consult with O.J. Simpson on June 15, 1994 correct?

That is correct.

And Mr. Shapiro is a patient of your partner, right?

That is correct.

Objection. Hearsay; lack of relevance.

Overruled.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) He's a friend of yours, also?

No, he's not.

Social acquaintance?

I wouldn't say he's a social acquaintance.

In any event, Mr. Simpson was brought to your office on the 15th of June and you examined him, correct?

Yes, I did.

And you then examined him on the 17th of June, two days later, correct?

Yes, I did.

1994, right.

Now, the examination on the 15th occurred at your office, right?

Yes, it did.

And the examination on June 17th occurred at the home of Robert Kardashian, a friend of Mr. Simpson's, right?

That is correct.

And at the time that you were from -- with Mr. Simpson, there were a number of other folks present, as well, right?

That is correct.

People involved with -- involved with Mr. Simpson's criminal defense team, correct?

That is correct.

Dr. Michael Baden, a forensic pathologist, was there, right?

Yes, he was.

Dr. Henry Lee, correct?

That's correct.

And a lot of lawyers, right?

Objection. Vague and leading.

Overruled.

A lot of lawyers.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Okay.

Now, you took some photographs of Mr. Simpson on the 15th, correct?

Yes, I did.

Did you also take some on the 17th, right?

No, I did not.

But you saw others taking photographs on the 17th right?

That is correct.

Okay. Just to simplify this, let me show you what has been marked as --

May I approach, Your Honor?

You may.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) -- Exhibits 714 and 715.

And what they are collectively, are photographs from the June 15 and June 17 -- the first group are photographs of the fingers and hands; the second group are photographs of the rest of Mr. Simpson's body.

And I'd just like you to authenticate that those indeed are the photographs that you took or saw being taken.

This is a combination of the pictures that were taken on the 15th and the 17th.

And you want to just take a quick look at the ones in it, the notebook, as well, just to make sure?

Your Honor, we offered to stipulate those are the photographs.

Okay. They've stipulated. There's no further need for you to look at these.

You want to put these back in order and put them up on the Elmo?

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Now, on the 15th and on the 17th, you made observations about the -- about the physical condition of Mr. Simpson's hands, right?

That is correct.

Is it fair to say that no material change had occurred in his hands between the 15th and the th, correct?

There was subtle healing, but no material changes had occurred in those two days.

No new injuries or marks, correct?

There were no new injuries on the hands.

So when asking the questions about the marks and injuries on the hands, you refer to your observations both on the 15th and the 17th; that would be fair, right?

That would be fair, in my opinion.

Okay.

This way, I don't have to do each one separately.

Okay. We can speed it up a little bit.

Let me show you what we will mark as the next exhibit in order.

2148.

Which will be 2148.

See if this will show up on the Elmo.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) First, let me show it to you. And why don't you identify it for the record.

This was the diagram that I drew initially, when I saw him on the 15th, of his left hand.

And it is a diagram with notes on it, correct?

Yes, it is.

And the notes describe injuries to his left hand, correct?

That is correct.

Okay.

I can't read your writing, Doctor.

I guess that's not unusual.

I think you'll have to translate for us.

Steve will that show on the Elmo?

You want to give it a shot?

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Can you walk us through those injuries?

That pointer opens up too.

It might be easier, maybe, if you can move beside the television and the jurors can see a little bit better, over to that end or that end.

Can you all see?

Um-hum.

Thank you.

That's a laceration.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Speak up, Doctor.

You would like me to describe each --

Yeah.

-- laceration initially, or --

You -- the two days combined, you observed three cuts or lacerations on Mr. Simpson's hand; is that correct.

Left hand?

Left hand; that is correct.

And you observed seven abrasions, correct?

On his left hand; that is correct.

So three cuts and seven abrasions on the left hand, right?

Correct.

And on the right hand, you observed one cut, correct?

That is correct.

Okay. So a total of eleven on both hands?

Correct.

Can you -- now, this is the left hand. And could you please describe what your observations were.

You might try zooming in.

On the fourth finger, we call this here, would be his -- approximately where the fingernail ends; and he had just under the fingernail, what we call the distal interphalangeal joint, on the left fourth finger, on the medial -- the inside side, he had a -- the beginning of a relatively easily sloped U-shape laceration that extended from that distal interphalangeal joint to the proximal interphalangeal joint.

And the initial half of it -- this was approximately a two-and-a-half-centimeter laceration -- the initial half of that, the initial centimeter and a quarter, was a very superficial laceration, and then it went to a slightly deeper, but actually more of an avulsion-type laceration, or the more proximal half of that lesion.

This initial portion appeared to have a point of entry something like 90 degrees to the plane of the hand. If this is the plane of the hand (indicating), there seemed to be a flap-type of injury, so that the injury seemed to be coming from 90 degrees in this direction and parallel to the access of the fingers. So it appeared to be an area right here, where you had this very thin, very small, serrated, undulating edge flap here.

There was no flap or no indication at all it was a small, avulsed segment. It wasn't necessarily a laceration, where you can take the wound and slap both edges together. There was a tiny piece of skin missing.

The second laceration was a relatively small, half of a centimeter or three-eighths of an inch, semicircular laceration that appeared, when you matched the hands together, to almost come contiguous with this other injury.

This, on my initial evaluation on the 15th, was still open. There wasn't necessarily a closure of that, but it was very superficial. It looked like, kind of, you could call it a bad paper cut.

This was the smoothest of the injuries. And it appeared that the -- that the cut came something more in this direction to the plane of the hand, so that it was more in, say, a 20-degree angle where this seemed to have been cut open. And then the point of entry seemed to be, instead of parallel, it seemed to have been coming in this direction, perpendicular, actually, to the finger.

And the third laceration was a fishhook-type laceration that was immediately over his left third proximal interphalangeal joint, this proximal finger joint. And it was, if I remember correctly, approximately a bit over a centimeter, to a centimeter and a half, which would be something like a bit under a half of an inch. And it had an angulated, almost fishhook appearance if you looked at it coming from the other direction.

And there did appear to be a little bit more of a sharp angle right here. It took a sharp angle at the very end. There was a little, tiny dissel (sic). And this injury seemed to be something coming more, again, at about 20 or 30 degrees, because it was a beveled, flat-like injury, again relatively superficial, but in a bad area because it was right smack in a moving joint.

And it also wasn't particularly deep, but it was in an area where there was a little bit more erythema or redness heaped up in the lateral areas.

And that was the three lacerations.

You may resume the witness stand.

When you indicated in reference to one of the cuts that it seemed like a paper cut, you were not suggesting that the cut was caused by paper, correct?

No, I am not.

That's just an expression that you use in describing a particularly sharp cut, right?

Correct.

Okay.

The next exhibit in order, Erin?

2149.

2149.

Just these two pages we're going to mark. They're from a report that you gave on June 15, 1994.

Okay.

I'm really only interested in these two pages.

I showed you these before court.

I didn't know which part you're --

These are the other ones I'm going to show him. You might as well take a look at them. Okay.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Could you just briefly verify that these two diagrams of the left and right hands were prepared by you after your visit on the 15th with Mr. Simpson?

Yes, they were.

Okay. And then we'll talk about them.

You have there exhibit --

Move this into evidence, Your Honor.

It's three pages? How many pages is it?

Two.

I agree to the -- I don't have any objection to the first two pages. There's more pages attached to the exhibit.

That's what I was concerned about.

If it please Your Honor, I'll put the whole report in. I was only interested in the two pages.

That's all I'm interested in.

Receive the two and we'll have to detach the two.

I'll detach the two.

Okay.

Can you put the first one up, Steve.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Can you see that okay?

Yeah.

Is that the diagram that you made after Mr. Simpson left your office on the 15th, after you had made your notes in the office, when you were typing things up and transposing [sic] them, right?

Correct.

And there's the right hand, correct?

Yes, it is.

And you see a notation there to a cut on the right hand, right?

Yes, there is.

You want to point that out?

There is a small, half of a centimeter, four to five millimeter, fine, linear laceration in the pulp area of that fourth finger.

Okay. And you describe that, again, as a paper cut, but you didn't mean to imply it was caused by paper, correct?

No. Only that it was a very sharp cut with very sharp linear lines.

Okay.

Now, could you, Steve, put the next page up of that exhibit.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Now, this is intended, Doctor, to be a diagram of the left hand, correct?

Correct.

But accidentally, you gave us another picture of the right hand?

Right.

So, just so the record is clear, this second page does indicate at the top "L hand" meaning left hand?

Correct.

It's supposed to be a sketching of the injuries you saw on the left hand; is that correct?

That's correct.

We can take that off.

You have the other ones I gave you?

I gave them back.

Okay.

What's the next one?

Going to put these in next. These are the ones on the 17th. All right.

That's right.

We'll wait until the Judge is ready.

We're going to mark as 2150, the next two pages -- that's the next one in order, correct, 2150?

Yes.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Is Exhibit 2150 a document prepared by you?

Yes, it is.

And Exhibit 2150 consists of two pages sketching the left and right hands, based on your observations on June 17, correct?

That is correct.

Your Honor, I move 2150 into evidence.

Received.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Now, you made some notations in blue ink on the left-hand sketch, correct?

That I did.

And you did that last night?

Yes, I did.

Just to reorient yourself?

No. I just wrote out the things that I had put in chicken scratch a little more legible.

And this diagram shows -- the three cuts that you have just described previously on the left hand, right?

Yes, it does.

It also shows the seven abrasions, correct?

Yes, it does.

Okay. And the right-hand sketch shows the cut that you just talked to us about on the right hand, right?

Right.

Let me put the left hand up, and you can talk to us about the abrasions.

Without going through a description, can you point out on the sketch where the three cuts or lacerations are on the left hand that you previously testified about?

It's the fourth index -- ring-finger laceration.

Here is the distal third-finger laceration.

Here is the more proximal third left finger P.I.P. laceration.

Okay. And could you point out each of the seven lacerations and briefly describe each one.

He had a very fine -- this is not a very good demonstration, as you'll see from the picture -- but a very fine, small, linear abrasion over the base of his third finger.

He had three dot abrasions, just a tiny, little, flecks over three areas, and he had two other abrasions in the lateral aspect of his left hand.

And this circle right here indicates the ulnar styloid which is this bone right here.

He had approximately a one-centimeter abrasion right here, and a half-a-centimeter abrasion, a bit proximal for that ulnar styloid.

It was slightly irregular borders and relatively superficial, very fine wound, with a little tiny bit of scabbing, but the scabbing covered that area.

And he also had a very small, fine scab, indicating an abrasion in the medial -- excuse me the lateral portion of his thumb, distal interphalangeal joint. So something approximately in that location.

Okay. Thank you.

I'll put up some photographs.

Let me put up some photographs that we have been talking about. We'll see if it shows up on the Elmo.

If not ... hmmmm.

Start with this one.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) You recognize the photo?

Yes.

We previously marked these as 714 and 715. These are photos depicting some of the cuts you've told us about.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Why don't you describe in sort of simple terms what that is.

This is the cut on his left fourth ring finger. That, as you can see, extends from his distal finger joint in a very fine, ratty, irregular fashion.

You can see the sawtooth pattern here, and you can see how it was a blow, almost, coming at degrees to the finger here.

And you can see this U-shape that I discussed. And it continues on here, although this is difficult to see in the picture, in a very fine area.

Then we get to this little area that I said wasn't exactly a laceration, but in fact, a little chunk of skin had been avulsed off.

Is that another shot of the same thing?

That is essentially the same photo. You can see the continuity here. Q. You want to give us a wider shot first Steve, so we can get the context and then you can zoom it in.

These -- why don't you describe those?

These are the cuts on the left third finger. First is the cut in the lateral aspect, the side aspect of his third finger.

Speak up a little bit, please.

Okay.

This is the laceration, the cut we described of -- described in the third finger, in the lateral, the outside side of the finger that seemed to come at this angle that we discussed.

And you can see the flap. The cut comes up and around and you can see the initial part of the healing phase has thickened this little area of skin and made it come up a little bit.

And then here's the third cut that we've discussed again, over -- almost directly over his left third proximal interphalangeal joint and coming down in a relatively linear fashion, then taking almost a sharp 60 degree turn here and then a little tiny dissel at the end coming off.

And this also you can see from the tissue here, if this had been a straight-on cut, you wouldn't have this amount of tissue swelling here. And you can see that that also is a beveled, angulated laceration.

This is a photograph on the 17th, of the lateral aspect of his left hand.

And here you can see the light off his ulnar styloid this protubrant bone right here. You can see proximal or closer to the body, upstream. You can see the smaller irregular shaped, tiny little scab that we talked about and down stream or distal. You can see the slightly larger scab that we discussed in that location.

And there you can see what I talked about as a dot abrasion. Just a tiny little dot type of scab.

So by the time you observed some of these abrasions, they had begun to scab over?

That is correct.

You want to put the next one up, Steve?

This is this very fine linear abrasion we discussed.

This is the left hand (indicating to his own hand), coming in this direction, the same place as my pointer. And here is what they -- the little tiny dots. Look like -- I believe that's the third dot. I'd have to study that picture but . . .

This is another picture that includes the very petite linear abrasion and one of the dot hemorrhages, and I believe this is another one of the dot hemorrhages that we were discussing.

Can we pull that out a little so we can see?

You can see that that linear abrasion measured approximately one-half of an inch.

Thank you.

And again 1, 2, 3 is what we were discussing about those tiny little dots with a tiny little piece of scab.

One more.

Again, I can see the half of the small linear abrasion there and one of the dot hemorrhages. I'm not sure I can see anything else. He had numerous scar and other discolorations from past football injuries and trauma on his hands.

That is correct.

These were things that had been caused recently, correct?

That --

Objection. Vague.

Overruled.

(BY MR. PETROCELLI) Five to seven days?

Yes.

Okay. That's going from the 17th, right?

I would say that's going from the 15th, 17th.

That would be within five days, that's correct.

Okay. Thank you.

Thank you, Doctor.