Recross-examination of Douglas Deedrick

📄 Recross-examination of Douglas Deedrick — Thursday, July 6, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 109 of 167

◀ Marking witness notes as exhibit Redirect examination of Douglas Deedrick (part 2) ▶

Witness: Douglas Deedrick
Examiner: F. Lee Bailey
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, July 6, 1995 • Lines: 6

F. Lee Bailey questioned Douglas Deedrick about comparison-microscope images not brought to court. Deedrick agreed that a camera could record those images, that he could have brought them to court, and that he chose not to do so.

# 1 MR. BAILEY:

Mr. Deedrick, I thought you told us yesterday when I questioned you about the use of the comparison microscope and the fact that you brought us no images of what you saw, I thought you said that a camera could have recorded what it was that you saw in the microscope. Did you not say that?

# 2 MR. DEEDRICK:

I did. It could record those images, that's correct.

KEY QUOTE

# 3 MR. BAILEY:

And you could have brought to this courtroom the same images that you used when you wrote like or unlike in your notes without any supporting criteria, true?

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. DEEDRICK:

I could have brought those images, yes.

# 5 MR. BAILEY:

And you chose not to do so, did you not?

# 6 MR. DEEDRICK:

I did.

Temperature

tense

Key Quotes (2)

F. Lee Bailey

you could have brought to this courtroom the same images that you used when you wrote like or unlike in your notes without any supporting criteria, true?

Frames the missing images as a choice, not a technical limitation — undermining the scientific credibility of Deedrick's comparison-microscope conclusions.

Douglas Deedrick

I did.

Admission that he chose not to bring available comparison-microscope images to court.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Comparison-microscope images that could have been recorded and brought to court

challenged by absence — Deedrick admitted he chose not to produce them

Notable Exchanges (1)

F. Lee Bailey•Douglas Deedrick

Bailey extracted a three-part admission: the camera could have captured the images, Deedrick could have brought them, and he chose not to.

strategic

Credibility Attacks (1)

⚔ Douglas Deedrick

failure to bring available microscope images

Bailey established that a camera could have recorded the comparison-microscope images and that Deedrick could have brought them to court but chose not to.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6655 • 6 lines • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103