A brief recross-examination by Barry Scheck focusing on the limits of Gary Sims's knowledge about the Bronco steering wheel mixture — specifically, that Sims could not identify who was in the Bronco on the night of the murders, who contributed DNA to the steering wheel mixture, or who had access to the vehicle between June 14th and August 26th. Scheck attempted to ask whether DNA exemplars from police officers had been sent to Sims for typing, but that question was sustained as beyond scope.
# 1 THE COURT: Mr. Scheck.
RECROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. SCHECK
# 2 MR. SCHECK: What was the answer?
# 3 MR. SIMS: The answer was yes.
# 4 MR. SCHECK: The answer was yes. Okay. Mr. Sims, you don't know who was in the car--who was in the Bronco in the early morning hours of June 13th?
# 5 MR. SIMS: The early morning hours of June 13th, no, I don't know.
KEY QUOTE # 6 MR. SCHECK: All right. You don't know the identities of the contributors to the mixture on the steering wheel?
# 7 MR. HARMON: Objection. That's beyond the scope.
# 8 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 9 MR. SIMS: No, I don't know.
# 10 MR. SCHECK: Has anybody sent you DNA exemplars from police officers to type?
KEY QUOTE # 11 MR. HARMON: Objection. That's beyond the scope.
# 12 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 13 MR. SCHECK: You don't know who went into the Bronco between June 14th and August 26th?
KEY QUOTE # 14 MR. SIMS: I don't know.
# 15 MR. SCHECK: Thank you.
# 16 THE COURT: Mr. Harmon?
# 17 MR. SCHECK: But he's subject to recall for the reasons we stated.
# 18 MR. HARMON: No further questions.
# 19 THE COURT: All right.
# 20 MR. HARMON: Excuse me. May--
# 21 (Discussion held off the record between the Deputy District Attorneys.) # 22 MR. HARMON: No further questions.
# 23 THE COURT: Thank you. Mr. Sims, again, thank you, sir.
# 24 MR. SIMS: Thank you, your Honor.
# 25 THE COURT: Miss Clark.