Dennis Fung continues his direct examination, walking through the collection of evidence inside O.J. Simpson's Rockingham estate: foyer blood stains (Item 12), socks in the master bedroom (Item 13), a bathroom blood stain collected by Mazzola (Item 14), and airline ticket receipts (Item 15). The proceeding culminates in Fung's account of receiving a gray envelope containing a vial of O.J. Simpson's blood from Detective Vannatter at 5:20 PM — a moment Fung distinctly remembers because he consciously checked his watch.
# 1 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE'VE BEEN REJOINED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR JURY PANEL. MR. GOLDBERG, YOU MAY CONTINUE.
# 2 MR. GOLDBERG: THANK YOU.
# 3 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: AFTER THE COLLECTION OF ITEM NO. 11, DID YOU GO INSIDE THE HOUSE?
# 5 Q: AND WHAT WAS THE FIRST ITEM OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU SAW INSIDE THE HOUSE?
# 6 A: THE FIRST ITEM OF EVIDENCE WAS A -- WERE THREE RED OR A SERIES OF RED STAINS IN THE FOYER.
# 7 MR. FAIRTLOUGH: PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT NO. 121.
# 8 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: SIR, DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT'S BEEN MARKED AS PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 121 FOR IDENTIFICATION, DO YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT'S DEPICTED THERE?
# 11 A: THAT IS THE RED STAINS THAT I PREVIOUSLY WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
# 12 Q: NOW, WHEN YOU COLLECTED THESE THREE STAINS, WERE THEY COLLECTED AS A SINGLE ITEM OR AS INDIVIDUAL ITEMS?
# 13 MR. SCHECK: OBJECTION. ASSUMES A FACT NOT IN EVIDENCE.
# 14 THE COURT: OVERRULED.
# 15 DENNIS FUNG: THEY WERE COLLECTED AS A SINGLE ITEM.
# 16 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: AND IN THIS CASE, I TAKE IT THAT THE NUMBER IN THE PHOTOGRAPH ALSO CORRESPONDS TO THE ITEM NUMBER THAT IT WAS EVENTUALLY ASSIGNED; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 18 Q: APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME WAS ITEM NO. 12 COLLECTED?
# 19 A: THAT WAS COLLECTED AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30.
# 20 Q: ALL RIGHT. NOW, AFTER COLLECTING ITEM NO. 12, DID YOU GO UPSTAIRS IN THE LOCATION?
# 22 Q: DO YOU RECALL WHAT WAS THE NEXT ITEM OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU COLLECTED?
# 23 A: THE NEXT ITEM WAS A PAIR OF SOCKS IN THE MASTER BEDROOM.
# 24 MR. GOLDBERG: APPARENTLY THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN MARKED, YOUR HONOR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MARK AS PEOPLE'S 167 A PICTURE OF THE SOCKS.
# 25 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. PEOPLE'S 167.
# 26 (PEO'S 167 FOR ID = PHOTOGRAPH) # 27 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: SIR, DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO WHAT'S BEEN MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 167 FOR IDENTIFICATION, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT PHOTOGRAPH?
# 29 Q: I CAN'T SEE FROM HERE, BUT IS THERE A TAG IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH, AN EVIDENCE TAG?
# 31 Q: WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?
# 32 A: THAT WOULD BE ITEM NO. OR THAT WOULD BE NO. 13.
# 33 Q: TO YOUR RECOLLECTION, WHO PHYSICALLY PICKED THESE SOCKS UP? YOURSELF OR ANDREA MAZZOLA?
# 34 A: THAT WAS ME. I PICKED IT UP. I PICKED THEM UP.
# 35 Q: AND YOU DESCRIBED TWO TECHNIQUES THAT YOU USED TO COLLECT THIS KIND OF EVIDENCE. DO YOU RECALL WHICH ONE YOU USED HERE?
# 37 Q: SO IT WAS EITHER THE SCOOP TECHNIQUE OR THE GLOVE HAND TECHNIQUE?
# 39 Q: WHAT KIND OF PACKAGING DID YOU PUT THESE IN?
# 40 A: THOSE WERE PLACED IN A PAPER BAG.
# 41 Q: AND THAT WAS ASSIGNED ITEM NO. 13, THE PAPER BAG?
# 43 Q: AND GIVEN THE DR NUMBER IN THIS CASE?
# 45 Q: ALL RIGHT. AND AT APPROX -- AND DID YOU THEN COLLECT ANOTHER STAIN FROM THE UPSTAIRS AREA AFTER COLLECTING THE SOCKS?
# 47 Q: WHERE WAS THAT FROM?
# 48 A: THAT WAS COLLECTED ON THE FLOOR IN THE MASTER BATHROOM.
# 49 MR. GOLDBERG: THAT'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE'S 168 FOR IDENTIFICATION, YOUR HONOR.
# 50 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. 168.
# 51 (PEO'S 168 FOR ID = PHOTOGRAPH) # 52 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: WHAT DOES 168 PORTRAY?
# 53 A: 168 PORTRAYS CRIMINALIST MAZZOLA PERFORMING THE PHENOLPHTHALEIN TEST ON ITEM NUMBER 14.
# 54 Q: AND CAN YOU TELL US WHERE IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH THE STAIN IS LOCATED?
# 55 A: THE RESOLUTION ON THE -- ON THE MONITOR ISN'T THAT GOOD, BUT THE STAIN IS CLOSE TO WHERE SHE IS POINTING WITH THE APPLICATOR.
# 56 Q: DID SHE PHYSICALLY COLLECT THAT STAIN OR DID YOU?
# 57 A: SHE PHYSICALLY COLLECTED IT.
# 58 Q: WAS THAT IN YOUR PRESENCE?
# 60 Q: AND DID SHE USE THE SAME PROCEDURE THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF COLLECTING STAINS?
# 62 Q: AND THAT WAS ASSIGNED ITEM NO. 14?
# 64 Q: AND DO YOU HAVE AN APPROXIMATE TIME FRAME FOR WHEN 14 WOULD HAVE BEEN COLLECTED?
# 65 A: THAT WAS COLLECTED AT APPROXIMATELY 4:40 IN THE AFTERNOON.
# 66 Q: NOW, ACCORDING TO YOUR CRIME SCENE IDENTIFICATION CHECKLIST, DID YOU PICK UP ANOTHER PIECE OF EVIDENCE AROUND 5:00 O'CLOCK?
# 69 A: THAT WAS AN AIRLINE LUGGAGE TICKET AND THAT WAS ON THE -- LOCATED ON THE -- OR AN AIRLINE TICKET RECEIPT AND THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE GARBAGE CAN SOUTH OF THE FOYER IN THE BATHROOM.
# 70 Q: AND THAT WAS PICKED UP AT WHAT TIME?
# 71 A: THAT WAS PICKED UP AT AROUND 5:00 O'CLOCK.
# 72 Q: AND WHAT ITEM NUMBER WAS THAT ASSIGNED?
# 73 A: THAT WAS ASSIGNED NO. 15.
# 74 Q: AND WHAT WAS THE LAST PIECE OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU CAME INTO POSSESSION OF WHILE YOU WERE AT THE ROCKINGHAM LOCATION IN THE AFTERNOON?
# 75 A: THAT I COLLECTED DIRECTLY OR --
# 76 Q: THAT YOU CAME INTO POSSESSION OF.
# 77 A: THAT WAS A AIRLINE LUGGAGE TICKET ON THE BENCH OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.
# 78 Q: OKAY. BUT DID SOMEONE GIVE YOU SOMETHING LATER AFTER THE --
# 79 MR. SCHECK: OBJECTION. LEADING.
# 80 THE COURT: SUSTAINED. REPHRASE THE QUESTION.
# 81 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: DID YOU GET ANYTHING FROM ANYONE ELSE?
# 84 A: THAT WAS AT 5:20 IN THE AFTERNOON.
# 85 Q: AND IS THAT AN APPROXIMATE TIME AGAIN?
# 86 A: WELL, I LOOKED AT MY WATCH FOR THIS ONE AND I REMEMBER DOING THAT. SO IT'S FAIRLY ACCURATE.
KEY QUOTE # 87 Q: SO THE OTHER TIMES THAT YOU'VE TESTIFIED TO AT ROCKINGHAM IN THE AFTERNOON ARE APPROXIMATE EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE?
# 88 A: YES. BECAUSE I DEFINITELY REMEMBER LOOKING AT MY WATCH FOR THIS ONE.
# 89 Q: WHAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU AT APPROXIMATELY -- AT 5:20 IN THE AFTERNOON?
# 90 A: AN ENVELOPE CONTAINING A VIAL OF BLOOD LABELED O.J. SIMPSON.
KEY QUOTE # 91 Q: WHO GAVE IT TO YOU?
# 92 A: THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME BY DETECTIVE VANNATTER.
KEY QUOTE # 93 Q: AND DO YOU RECALL WHETHER IT WAS A VIAL ITSELF THAT YOU RECEIVED OR WAS IT ALREADY IN SOME SORT OF PACKAGING?
# 94 A: IT WAS IN A GRAY ENVELOPE.
# 96 MR. GOLDBERG: YOUR HONOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MARK AN EXHIBIT THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED. IT'S PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 163 AND THIS WOULD BE H. IT'S A WHITE, GRAY AND YELLOW ANALYZED EVIDENCE ENVELOPE. THEY'RE ALL STAPLED TOGETHER, AND I MARKED THEM COLLECTIVELY AS H.
# 97 THE COURT: SO MARKED.
# 98 MR. GOLDBERG: AND COUNSEL HAS SEE THEM. MAY I APPROACH THE WITNESS?
# 100 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: SIR, SHOWING YOU THESE ANALYZED EVIDENCE ENVELOPES, HAVE YOU SEEN THAT KIND OF ENVELOPE BEFORE?
# 102 Q: AND WHAT ARE THOSE THREE TYPES OF ENVELOPES?
# 103 A: THE WHITE ONE IS THE ENVELOPE WE USE FOR STORING FROZEN EVIDENCE. THE GRAY ONE IS USED TO STORE REFRIGERATED EVIDENCE AND THE YELLOW ONE IS USED TO STORE THINGS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
# 104 Q: AND SO THE ITEM THAT YOU RECEIVED WAS IN THE GRAY ENVELOPE?
# 106 Q: DO YOU KNOW WHERE ANDREA MAZZOLA WAS AT THE TIME THAT YOU RECEIVED THAT ITEM FROM DETECTIVE VANNATTER?
# 108 Q: WHAT DID YOU DO AFTER YOU RECEIVED THAT ITEM FROM DETECTIVE VANNATTER?
# 109 A: I LABELED THE -- OR I WROTE DOWN ON THE PACKAGE THAT I HAD RECEIVED IT FROM HIM AND THEN I PROCEEDED TO THE CRIME LAB.
# 110 Q: DID YOU USE THE SAME INVENTORY PROCEDURE FOR THE ITEMS THAT YOU HAD COLLECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AT ROCKINGHAM BEFORE YOU LEFT?
# 112 Q: NOW, AT THE TIME THAT YOU RECEIVED THE EVIDENCE FROM DETECTIVE VANNATTER, THE BLOOD VIAL, WHERE WAS THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU COLLECTED FROM ROCKINGHAM IN THE MORNING?
# 113 A: THE EVIDENCE THAT I COLLECTED FROM ROCKINGHAM IN THE MORNING WAS IN THE CRIME SCENE TRUCK. IT WAS LOCKED IN THE CRIME SCENE TRUCK.
# 114 Q: AND SO THAT IS YOUR PROCEDURE WHEN YOU HAVE EVIDENCE IN YOUR TRUCK AND YOU'RE STILL WORKING AT THE CRIME SCENE; THAT THE TRUCK'S LOCKED?
# 116 Q: AND WHERE WAS THE EVIDENCE AT THAT TIME THAT YOU HAD COLLECTED AT BUNDY?
# 117 A: THE BUNDY EVIDENCE WAS ALSO LOCKED IN THE REAR OF THE CRIME SCENE TRUCK.
# 118 Q: AND AT THAT TIME WHEN YOU RECEIVED THIS VIAL FROM DETECTIVE VANNATTER, WHERE WAS THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAD JUST COLLECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AT ROCKINGHAM?
# 119 A: THAT EVIDENCE WAS NEXT TO THE CRIME SCENE KIT.
# 120 Q: WHAT IS THE CRIME SCENE KIT?
# 121 A: THE CRIME SCENE KIT IS THE PACKAGE OR LUGGAGE THAT WE USE TO CARRY ABOUT ALL OUR INSTRUMENTS AND BAGS AND CHEMICALS TO PROCESS CRIME SCENES.
# 122 Q: SO WERE YOU MAINTAINING PHYSICAL POSSESSION OF THE ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN COLLECTED AT ROCKINGHAM IN THE AFTERNOON IN YOUR CRIME SCENE KIT AS YOU COLLECTED THEM?
# 123 A: I BELIEVE THEY WERE PLACED IN BAGS, CARRIED ALONG WITH THE CRIME SCENE KIT.
# 124 Q: BUT AGAIN, THEY WERE IN YOUR PHYSICAL POSSESSION?
# 126 Q: SO AT THE TIME THAT YOU RECEIVED THE BLOOD VIAL FROM DETECTIVE VANNATTER, ALL THE OTHER EVIDENCE HAD EITHER BEEN COLLECTED OR PLACED IN THE TRUCK OR WAS IN YOUR PHYSICAL POSITION?
# 128 MR. SCHECK: OBJECTION. LEADING.
# 129 THE COURT: SUSTAINED. REPHRASE THE QUESTION.
# 130 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: OKAY. WAS ALL THE ITEM -- WERE ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU COLLECTED EITHER IN THE CRIME SCENE TRUCK OR IN YOUR PHYSICAL POSSESSION AT THE TIME THAT YOU RECEIVED THE VIAL.
# 131 MR. SCHECK: OBJECTION. LEADING.
# 132 THE COURT: COMPOUND. LEADING. WHERE WAS THE EVIDENCE AFTER YOU COLLECTED IT.
# 133 MR. GOLDBERG: IT'S OKAY. I THINK IT'S ALREADY CLEAR, SO I'LL WITHDRAW THE QUESTION, YOUR HONOR.
# 134 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.
# 135 Q: BY MR. GOLDBERG: NOW, AFTER THIS EVIDENCE HAD BEEN GIVEN TO YOU BY DETECTIVE VANNATTER, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT AND THE REST OF THE ITEMS?
# 136 A: COULD YOU REPHRASE THE QUESTION?
# 137 Q: AFTER YOU GOT THE VIAL FROM DETECTIVE VANNATTER, WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE VIAL AND ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU COLLECTED IN THE AFTERNOON AT ROCKINGHAM?
# 138 A: I PLACED THE ITEMS FROM ROCKINGHAM AND THE VIAL IN THE CRIME SCENE TRUCK.
# 139 Q: WHERE DID YOU GO?
# 140 A: AND I WENT BACK TO THE CRIME LAB.
# 141 Q: OKAY. WAS MISS MAZZOLA WITH YOU AT THIS TIME?
# 143 Q: OKAY. AND APPROXIMATELY WHAT TIME WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARRIVED BACK AT THE CRIME LAB?
# 144 A: I ARRIVED BACK AT THE CRIME LAB AT AROUND 6:30 IN THE EVENING.
# 145 Q: WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE VARIOUS PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT YOU COLLECTED FROM ROCKINGHAM AND BUNDY AFTER YOU ARRIVED BACK AT THE CRIME LAB?
# 146 A: I TRANSFERRED THE ITEMS OF EVIDENCE INTO THE EVIDENCE PROCESSING ROOM.
# 147 Q: AND IS THE EVIDENCE PROCESSING ROOM AT PIPER TECH?
# 149 Q: WHAT DID YOU DO WITH IT ONCE YOU GOT INTO THE EVIDENCE PROCESSING ROOM?
# 150 A: THE BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE WAS FURTHER PROCESSED SO THAT IT COULD BE DRIED AND ANOTHER INVENTORY OF ALL THE EVIDENCE WAS TAKEN.
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