📄 Court adjournment — Wednesday, August 2, 1995
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Court adjournment

Date: Wednesday, August 2, 1995 • Utterances: 7
Judge Ito adjourned court for the afternoon at 5:00 P.M., instructing the jury on standard admonitions and ordering defense DNA expert Dr. John Gerdes to return the following morning at 9:00 A.M. The session index confirms this was Volume 198, covering Dr. Gerdes's resumed direct examination by Barry Scheck on DNA contamination issues at the LAPD crime lab.
1 THE COURT:

All right. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to take our recess for the afternoon. Please remember all of my admonitions to you; don't discuss this case amongst yourselves, don't form any opinions about the case, don't conduct any deliberations until the matter has been submitted to you, do not allow anybody to communicate with you with regard to the case. As far as the jury is concerned, we'll stand in recess until 9:00 A.M. tomorrow morning. All right. Thank you, counsel. And, Dr. Gerdes, you are ordered to return tomorrow morning at 9:00. All right. We'll stand in recess.

2 (At 5:00 P.M., an adjournment was taken until, Thursday, August 3, 1995, 9:00 A.M.)
3 APPEARANCES:

Janet M. Moxham, CSR #4588 Christine M. Olson, CSR #2378 official reporters

4 FOR THE PEOPLE:

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney by: Marcia R. Clark, William W. Hodgman, Christopher A. Darden, Cheri A. Lewis, Rockne P. Harmon, George W. Clarke, Scott M. Gordon Lydia C. Bodin, Hank M. Goldberg, Alan Yochelson and Darrell S. Mavis, Brian R. Kelberg, and Kenneth E. Lynch, Deputies 18-000 Criminal Courts Building 210 West Temple Street Los Angeles, California 90012

5 FOR THE DEFENDANT:

Robert L. Shapiro, Esquire Sara L. Caplan, Esquire 2121 Avenue of the Stars 19th floor Los Angeles, California 90067 Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Esquire by: Carl E. Douglas, Esquire Shawn Snider Chapman, Esquire 4929 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1010 Los Angeles, California 90010 Gerald F. Uelmen, Esquire Robert Kardashian, Esquire Alan Dershowitz, Esquire F. Lee Bailey, Esquire Barry Scheck, Esquire Peter Neufeld, Esquire Robert D. Blasier, Esquire William C. Thompson, Esquire

6 ALSO PRESENT:

Arthur Walsh, Deputy City Attorney Michael D. Sullivan, Esquire Halina F. Osinski, Esquire

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I N D E X

index for volume 198 pages 39771 - 40031 day date session page vol.

Wednesday August 2, 1995 A.M. 39771 198 P.M. 39897 198

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7 LEGEND:

Ms. Clark-mc Mr. Hodgman-h Mr. Darden d Mr. Kahn-k Mr. Goldberg-gb Mr. Gordon-g Mr. Shapiro-s Mr. Cochran-c Mr. Douglas-cd Mr. Bailey-b Mr. Uelmen-u Mr. Scheck-bs Mr. Neufeld-n

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CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF WITNESSES

DEFENSE witnesses direct cross redirect recross vol.

Gerdes, John 39784bs 198 (Resumed) 39900bs

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF WITNESSES

WITNESSES direct cross redirect recross vol.

Gerdes, John 39784bs 198 (Resumed) 39900bs

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EXHIBITS

DEFENSE for in exhibit identification evidence page vol. Page vol.

1285 - Chart 39824 198 entitled "Testing technology transfers"

1286 - 1-page document 39862 198 entitled "DNA hybridization record"

1286-A - Photograph 39873 198 depicting DQ-Alpha strips with red arrows (Computer printout)

1286-B - Photograph 39903 198 depicting DQ-Alpha strips with red arrows (Computer printout)

1287 - Chart 39863 198 entitled "Strips: Percent of contamination and/or artifacts"

1288 - Chart 39872 198 entitled "Extra signals by allele, May, 1993 thru August 1994, LAPD 4 allele"

1289 - Chart 39875 198 entitled "Extra signals by allele, May, 1993 thru August 1994, LAPD 1.2 allele"

1290 - Chart 39876 198 entitled "Extra signals by allele, May, 1993 thru August 1994, LAPD 2 allele"

1291 - Chart 39877 198 entitled "Extra signals by allele, May, 1993 thru August 1994, LAPD 3 allele"

1292 - Photograph 39879 198 of user guide test strips

1292-A - Photograph 39883 198 of user guide test strips with red arrows (Computer printout)

1293 - Chart 39885 198 entitled "Extra signals by allele, LAPD 1.1 allele"

1294 - Chart 39886 198 entitled "Extra signals by allele, LAPD 1.3 allele"

1295 - Chart 39889 198 entitled "Runs: Percentage with contamination, 5/93 thru 8/94"

1296 - 1-page document 39902 198 excerpt from page 67 of the national research council manual

1297 - Chart 39911 198 entitled "Runs and strips: Percentage of contamination and/or artifacts

1298 - Chart 39912 198 "Percentage of contamination by controls"

1299 - Document 39940 198 excerpt from page 89 of the national research council manual

1300 - Photograph 39952 198 of the LAPD scientific laboratory with 2 individuals

1301 - Photograph 39953 198 of the testing area in the LAPD scientific laboratory

1302 - Photograph 39955 198 of the work area in the LAPD scientific laboratory

1303 - Photograph 39955 198 of the LAPD scientific laboratory

1303-A - Photograph 39959 198 of a close-up of the LAPD scientific laboratory

1304 - Photograph 39959 198 of various test-tubes

1305 - Photograph 39959 198 of a close-up view of a shelf

1306 - Photograph 39961 198 of extraction solution in the LAPD scientific laboratory

1307 - Photograph 39961 198 of a close-up view of solution in the LAPD scientific laboratory

1308 - Chart 39991 198 entitled "Testing results NBS and RG reference sample

1308-A - 1-page document 39992 198 entitled "DNA hybridization sheet"

1308-B - Photograph 39995 198 of a DNA hybridization sheet with red markings (Computer printout)

1308-C - Photograph 39999 198 of DQ-Alpha strips - reference samples (Computer printout)

1309 - Chart 40009 198 entitled "Bronco console stains collected June 14, 1994"

1309-A - Photograph 40009 198 of DQ-Alpha strips

1310 - Chart 40019 198 entitled "Bundy blood drop, LAPD item no. 52"

1310-A - Photograph 40019 198 of DQ-Alpha strips taken October 31, 1994

1310-B - Photograph 40019 198 of DQ-Alpha strips taken December 31, 1994

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito
Dr. Gerdes, you are ordered to return tomorrow morning at 9:00.
Confirms Gerdes's testimony was ongoing and would continue — his contamination challenge to LAPD DNA work was not yet complete.

Evidence (1)

Defense 1285-1310-B
Extensive set of defense exhibits introduced during Gerdes testimony, including charts on LAPD DNA contamination rates, DQ-Alpha strip photographs, NRC manual excerpts, and Bronco/Bundy blood drop testing results
logged in session index

Objections

None recorded
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