Voir dire of Andrea Mazzola

📄 Voir dire of Andrea Mazzola — Thursday, April 27, 1995

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TRIAL

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Witness: Andrea Mazzola
Examiner: Hank Goldberg
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, April 27, 1995 • Utterances: 6

A brief voir dire exchange in which Andrea Mazzola is questioned by prosecutor Hank Goldberg about her observation that an envelope appeared to contain only one tube. She admits she inferred this solely from the envelope's outline without looking inside. Defense attorney Peter Neufeld moves to pursue the line of questioning subject to connection.

# 1 MS. MAZZOLA:

No.

# 2 MR. GOLDBERG:

So when you said that there only appeared to be one tube in it, what were you basing that opinion on?

# 3 MS. MAZZOLA:

From the outline on the envelope.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. GOLDBERG:

You did not look inside?

# 5 MS. MAZZOLA:

No.

# 6 MR. NEUFELD:

Your Honor, I would ask then subject to connection--

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Andrea Mazzola

From the outline on the envelope.

Reveals that her identification of the tube count was based on a visual impression of the envelope exterior, not direct observation — a foundation for challenging her certainty about evidence contents.

Peter Neufeld

Your Honor, I would ask then subject to connection--

Signals the defense intends to use this admission to connect to a larger argument, likely about evidence handling or chain of custody.

Evidence (1)

Informal

An envelope containing what Mazzola believed was one blood tube, identified by the outline visible through the envelope

discussed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Hank Goldberg•Andrea Mazzola

Goldberg establishes that Mazzola never actually looked inside the envelope — her belief that it contained one tube was based purely on the outline visible on the outside.

methodical

Credibility Attacks (1)

⚔ Andrea Mazzola

foundation challenge

Defense exposes that Mazzola's identification of tube count was an inference from an envelope outline, not direct observation — undermining her certainty about what the envelope contained.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5852 • 6 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103