📂 Tuesday, June 13, 1995 — Day 94
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Day 94 — Tuesday, June 13, 1995

Coroner Testifies on Goldman Wounds While DNA Expert Faces Challenge
Judge Lance A. Ito • Criminal Trial • 22 proceedings • 2894 lines
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Day 94 centered on extended direct testimony from Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, who documented Ron Goldman's fatal injuries through photographs and diagrams while repeatedly identifying omissions and errors in Dr. Golden's original autopsy. Lakshmanan generally maintained that those deficiencies did not affect the overall findings. Kelberg later played video of Lakshmanan's prior public defense of the coroner's office and elicited that he no longer believed the office had done a 'very good job' on the Simpson/Goldman autopsies. The defense also challenged the prosecution's proposed use of likelihood ratios through DNA expert Dr. Weir, and Judge Ito set a Friday deadline for the prosecution to declare its position.

  • Defense objects to DNA expert Dr. Weir's 'likelihood ratios' as novel methodology; prosecution given Friday deadline to declare position
  • Judge Ito sustains the objection to photograph 358-A and orders photograph 358-B cropped, physically cropping 358-B with scissors in court
  • Dr. Lakshmanan spends full day testifying on Goldman's wounds, documenting numerous omissions in Dr. Golden's original autopsy documentation
  • Prosecution plays video of Lakshmanan ambush-interviewed by Sam Donaldson, then uses it to extract admission that coroner's office did not do 'very good job' on Simpson/Goldman autopsies
  • Lakshmanan testifies that Goldman's hand injuries were consistent with contact with rough surfaces such as the tree and that one injury was inconsistent with a direct closed-fist blow
  • Judge grants early Thursday adjournment (4:45 PM) for Juror No. 1290's medical appointment
Day 94 • 22 proceedings • 2894 lines
Criminal Trial
Department 103
📂 Day 94 — JUN 13, 1995
JUN 13, 1995