📂 Friday, June 16, 1995 — Day 97
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Day 97 — Friday, June 16, 1995

Glove Expert Testifies on Shrinkage as Cochran Challenges Theory
Judge Lance A. Ito • Criminal Trial • 16 proceedings • 1289 utterances
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The prosecution's glove expert Richard Rubin testified about shrinkage and fit of the crime scene gloves, but Johnnie Cochran's cross-examination effectively challenged the timing of the shrinkage theory and questioned the golf glove comparisons. The day was marked by heated procedural disputes, including a contentious motion hearing where the defense accused the prosecution of juror targeting, and discovery that the left glove's lining displacement affected sizing assessments.

  • Richard Rubin testified crime scene gloves shrank approximately 15% and would have fit Simpson's hands originally
  • Cochran cross-examination established shrinkage theory was developed only after Simpson's glove demonstration, not beforehand
  • Heated exchange between Dershowitz and Marcia Clark over juror targeting accusations, requiring judicial intervention
  • Discovery that left glove's lining was pushed out of fingers, affecting fit assessments; after reinsertion measured closer to large than extra-large
  • Golf gloves from Simpson's own bag confirmed to be extra large, not double extra large
  • Judge scheduled 402 hearing on admissibility of likelihood ratio statistics for DNA mixture evidence
  • Cochran established that tight Aris Leather gloves require deliberate effort to remove
Day 97 • 16 proceedings • 1289 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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