Defense attorney Peter Neufeld cross-examined criminalist Andrea Mazzola about the contents of a gray envelope she observed at the LAPD SID laboratory on June 14, 1994. Neufeld pressed her to confirm that the envelope contained only a single tube of blood and nothing else. The segment ends mid-proceeding as prosecutor Goldberg successfully requested voir dire to challenge Mazzola's foundation for testifying about the envelope's contents.
# 1 (The following proceedings were held in open Court:) # 2 MR. NEUFELD: Miss Mazzola, to your knowledge, was anything else in that gray envelope on the morning of June 14th when you saw it at the LAPD SID laboratory other than a test tube of blood?
# 3 MR. GOLDBERG: No foundation, personal knowledge.
# 4 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 5 MR. NEUFELD: Did you at any time, Miss Mazzola, feel in that envelope any other objects other than a test tube?
# 6 MR. GOLDBERG: Vague as to date.
# 7 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 8 MS. MAZZOLA: From the bit I saw the envelope, it looked like it was just one tube.
KEY QUOTE # 9 MR. NEUFELD: It looked like there was just a small tube in it?
# 10 MS. MAZZOLA: One tube.
# 11 MR. NEUFELD: And nothing else was in the envelope other than that one tube?
# 12 MS. MAZZOLA: From what I could see, it looked like a tube.
# 13 MR. NEUFELD: That's all I'm asking.
# 14 MR. GOLDBERG: Still no foundation, personal knowledge.
# 15 MR. NEUFELD: I believe, your Honor, now--I again now ask if I can pass this around given her last answer to the jury.
# 16 THE COURT: Mr. Goldberg, any objection?
# 17 MR. GOLDBERG: Your Honor, could I take the witness on voir dire?
KEY QUOTE # 18 THE COURT: Yes.
VOIR DIRE EXAMINATION BY MR. GOLDBERG
# 19 MR. GOLDBERG: Did you look inside the envelope on June the 14th?