Cross-examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 4)

📄 Cross-examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 4) — Monday, October 28, 1996

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TRIAL

▲ Day 4 of 57

◀ Re-redirect examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 2) Recross-examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 3) ▶

Witness: Officer Miguel Terrazas
Examiner: Robert Baker
Called by: Plaintiff • Date: Monday, October 28, 1996 • Utterances: 13

Medvene conducts a brief redirect of Officer Terrazas to clarify the direction from which he observed blood on the gate — distinguishing what he saw looking eastbound from outside versus westbound from inside. The examination establishes that the blood he described and circled on an exhibit (items 115 and 116) corresponds to what he saw looking outward from within the gate.

# 1 Q:

Just so I'm clear, Officer Terrazas, did you, if you looked at the gate from the outside where you were standing guard, looking towards the front of the house -- okay?

# 2 A:

Yes, sir.

# 3 Q:

Looking at the gate that way, can you tell us whether or not you observed any blood on the gate?

# 4 A:

Looking from the outside, looking eastbound towards the house, I observed one drop of blood on the gate.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 Q:

Is that the blood you described and circled a few minutes ago?

# 6 A:

Yes, sir.

# 7 Q:

After you walked in within the gate and you looked outward -- in other words, looking westbound, did you observe any blood?

# 8 A:

Yes, sir.

# 9 Q:

Is that the blood that's up on the board now, where you circled 115 and 116?

# 10 MR. BAKER:

Objection. Leading and suggestive of those two being circled. Asked and answered.

# 11 THE COURT:

Overruled.

You may answer.

# 12 A:

Yes, it is the blood I circled, sir.

KEY QUOTE

# 13 MR. MEDVENE:

Nothing further.

FURTHER RECROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. BAKER:

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Witness

Looking from the outside, looking eastbound towards the house, I observed one drop of blood on the gate.

Pinpoints the single blood drop visible from the exterior, establishing the officer's vantage point and the specific observation.

Witness

Yes, it is the blood I circled, sir.

Confirms the connection between his live testimony and the circled markings on the exhibit board, tying oral description to physical evidence.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Board displaying circled blood locations labeled 115 and 116, corresponding to blood observed looking westbound from inside the gate

discussed, confirmed by witness

Notable Exchanges (1)

Edward Medvene•Robert Baker

Baker objects to Medvene's question as leading and suggestive in referencing items 115 and 116 specifically, and as asked and answered. Fujisaki overrules.

strategic

Objections

1 objections (0 sustained, 1 overruled)

Proceeding 8059 • 13 utterances • Plaintiff witness

Civil Trial

Department 103