Recross-examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 1)

📄 Recross-examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 1) — Monday, October 28, 1996

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TRIAL

▲ Day 4 of 57

◀ Cross-examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 1) Redirect examination of Miguel Terrazas (part 2) ▶

Witness: Officer Miguel Terrazas
Examiner: Robert Baker
Called by: Plaintiff • Date: Monday, October 28, 1996 • Utterances: 19

Robert Baker briefly recrosses Officer Terrazas about blood drops near marker 116 on the mesh of the back gate, asking him to circle the area he identified as a blood spot on Exhibit 82. The examination lasts only a few questions and ends with the witness confirming, to the best of his recollection, that he believed the circled area was a blood spot on the back gate.

# 1 Q:

Let me show you Exhibit 2098 again, Officer.

Now, right before the 116, you indicated this was blood drops on the mesh, did you not?

# 2 A:

Yes, sir.

# 3 Q:

And you did it on Exhibit 82, correct?

# 4 A:

If this is Exhibit 82.

# 5 Q:

Yeah.

# 6 A:

Yes, sir.

# 7 Q:

You want to circle that?

# 8 A:

Circle what, sir?

# 9 Q:

The blood drops that you showed on the mesh.

# 10 A:

Oh, yes, sir.

# 11 Q:

Thank you.

# 12 MR. BAKER:

I'm going to object.

# 13 MR. MEDVENE:

I'm waiting.

# 14 MR. BAKER:

I wasn't.

You want to put this up?

Can you focus that in?

Maybe, maybe not.

That's better.

# 15 Q:

(BY MR. BAKER) Now, you circled an area right above the No. 116, did you not?

# 16 A:

Yes, sir.

# 17 Q:

And you thought that was a blood spot, and that's what you indicated when you were asked about this blood spot on the back gate?

# 18 A:

To the best of my recollection, yes, sir.

KEY QUOTE

# 19 Q:

Thank you. Nothing further.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (1)

Witness

To the best of my recollection, yes, sir.

The hedged qualifier 'to the best of my recollection' subtly undercuts certainty about blood identification at the back gate — a contested evidentiary location.

Evidence (2)

Exhibit 2098

Photograph or document shown to witness at start of recross

referenced

Exhibit 82

Photograph of back gate mesh area where witness circled blood drops near marker 116

witness marks/circles area

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Baker•Edward Medvene

Baker objects before Medvene finishes his question; Medvene says 'I'm waiting,' and Baker replies 'I wasn't' — a brief, dismissive volley.

testy

Credibility Attacks (1)

⚔ Miguel Terrazas

memory uncertainty

Baker elicits 'to the best of my recollection' on the blood identification, subtly highlighting the officer's uncertainty about what he previously testified he saw.

Objections

1 objections (0 sustained, 0 overruled)

Proceeding 8055 • 19 utterances • Plaintiff witness

Civil Trial

Department 103