tense Day 51 featured defense sanctions motions, exhibit-restriction problems, Dennis Fung's direct testimony on evidence handling, and the start of Barry Scheck's cross-examination. The defense challenged late disclosures and elicitation of excluded airline-ticket evidence; Judge Ito ordered production of Andrea Mazzolla's blood-collection demonstration video, gave a curative instruction, and reacted with irritation when an unredacted report exposed excluded airline-ticket items. Fung described collection, packaging, booking, and chain-of-custody procedures on direct. On cross, he said the report's blank “BY” field was completed two or three months after the scene, acknowledged omitting Mazzolla from his grand-jury answers, and confirmed that preliminary-hearing testimony identified her as his assistant.
- Defense brings three sanctions motions alleging late disclosure of a June 13 videotape and shoe-investigation materials, plus improper elicitation of excluded airline-ticket evidence
- Judge Ito orders disclosure of Andrea Mazzola blood-collection demonstration videotape
- Goldberg accidentally displays an unredacted property report revealing airline ticket items subject to the exclusion agreement
- Dennis Fung begins extensive direct examination covering detailed evidence collection, drying, packaging, and chain of custody procedures
- Scheck establishes during cross-examination that the evidence-collection report's blank “BY” field was filled in 2-3 months after the crime scene
- Video shows Andrea Mazzolla handling the watch cap and Bundy glove, but does not establish whether she changed gloves between the items
- Fung acknowledges omitting Mazzolla from his grand-jury answers, while his preliminary-hearing testimony identified her as his assistant