tense 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