📄 Redirect examination of Dave Rossi (part 3) — Wednesday, February 15, 1995
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Redirect examination of Dave Rossi (part 3)

Witness: Sgt. David Rossi
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Wednesday, February 15, 1995 • Utterances: 15
Marcia Clark conducts a brief further redirect of Sergeant Rossi, focusing on exhibit 45-E (shoeprints) and clarifying the extent of what the witness could see from his position halfway down the walkway. The witness confirms the photographed shoeprints match what he observed and estimates his flashlight visibility was limited to roughly ten feet.
1 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

FURTHER REDIRECT EXAMINATION

2

BY MS. CLARK:

3 Q:

THOSE SHOEPRINTS THAT ARE BEING SHOWN RIGHT NOW IN 45-E -- IS THAT E?

4 MR. FAIRTLOUGH:

YES, THAT IS 45-E.

5 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: WHEN YOU POINTED THEM OUT FOR THE JURY EARLIER, SIR, WERE YOU -- THIS IS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THE ONES YOU SAW LOOKED LIKE?

6 MR. BAILEY:

OBJECT AS LEADING.

7 THE COURT:

SUSTAINED.

8 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: ARE THOSE SHOEPRINTS -- DO THOSE SHOEPRINTS IN 45-E LOOK LIKE THE ONES YOU SAW FROM YOUR POSITION HALFWAY DOWN THE WALKWAY?

9 A:

YES, THEY DO.

10 Q:

AND HOW FAR BEYOND THE SHOEPRINTS THAT YOU SAW HALFWAY DOWN, APPROXIMATELY HALFWAY DOWN THE ALLEY, WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE WITH YOUR FLASHLIGHT?

11 A:

HALFWAY DOWN THE WALKWAY.

12 Q:

RIGHT. YOU SAID YOU WERE HALFWAY DOWN THE WALKWAY AND YOU TOLD US THAT YOU SHONE YOUR FLASHLIGHT DOWN THE WALKWAY TO SEE IF YOU COULD SEE ANYTHING ELSE?

13 A:

THAT'S CORRECT.

14 Q:

HOW FAR WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE?

15 A:

OH, MAYBE TEN FEET. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. IT WASN'T ALL THAT FAR.

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

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Key Quotes (2)

Witness (Sgt. Rossi)
OH, MAYBE TEN FEET. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE. IT WASN'T ALL THAT FAR.
Establishes the limited range of the officer's nighttime visibility, contextualizing what he could and could not have observed beyond the shoeprints.
Witness (Sgt. Rossi)
YES, THEY DO.
Confirms that People's 45-E accurately depicts the shoeprints he saw from the walkway, bolstering the exhibit's evidentiary value.

Evidence (1)

People's 45-E
Photograph of shoeprints observed near the crime scene walkway
discussed and confirmed by witness as matching what he observed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Marcia ClarkF. Lee Bailey
Bailey successfully objected to Clark's leading formulation asking whether 45-E was shown 'to demonstrate what the ones you saw looked like.' Clark rephrased and elicited the same confirmation.
strategic

Objections

1 objections (1 sustained, 0 overruled)
Proceeding 4815 • 15 utterances • Prosecution witness
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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