Carl Douglas briefly recrossed James Williams to establish the proximity of a trash can — lined with clear bags — to the check-in station where Williams worked. The defense appeared to be laying groundwork that people interacting with Williams would have been standing directly next to the trash can, potentially relevant to how evidence could have been deposited or discarded.
# 1 Q: BY MR. DOUGLAS: MR. WILLIAMS, JUST SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR, THE TRASH BAGS THAT GO INTO THE TRASH CAN THAT ARE SHOWN IN THOSE EXHIBITS ARE CLEAR TRASH BAGS, ARE THEY NOT?
# 3 Q: AND THE LOCATION WHERE THAT TRASH CAN IS IS DIRECTLY NEXT TO WHERE YOU WERE STANDING CHECKING IN THE BAGS, IS IT NOT?
# 4 MS. CLARK: OBJECTION. MISSTATES THE TESTIMONY AND THE PICTURE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, YOUR HONOR.
# 5 THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
# 6 Q: BY MR. DOUGLAS: IS THE TRASH CAN DIRECTLY NEXT TO THE STATION WHERE YOU ARE STANDING?
# 7 A: YEAH, THE SAME SPOT IN THE PICTURES, DIRECTLY NEXT TO IT AND A LITTLE BACK.
KEY QUOTE # 8 Q: SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE STANDING AND DEALING WITH YOU THEY ARE NATURALLY STANDING NEXT TO THE TRASH CAN?
# 9 MS. CLARK: OBJECTION. IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE STANDING. CALLS FOR SPECULATION.
# 10 THE COURT: OVERRULED. OVERRULED. OVERRULED. THE PHOTOGRAPHS WILL SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
# 11 JAMES WILLIAMS: YEAH, THEY STAND BY HERE. THEY COULD STAND IN FRONT OF IT.
KEY QUOTE # 12 MR. DOUGLAS: NOTHING FURTHER.