Peratis Deposition Video

Videotaped interview of Thano Peratis, LAPD nurse, conducted at his home on July 27, 1995, by Deputy DA Hank Goldberg with DA investigator Oppler present. The recording includes a 14-minute gap (3:59–4:13 PM) during which taping was interrupted; the resumed segment shows Peratis demonstrating a syringe similar to the one used to draw O.J. Simpson's blood on June 13, 1994. Portions were admitted for impeachment under Evidence Code 1202; the syringe demonstration portion was ruled inadmissible hearsay and excluded from jury viewing.

Videotape recording of Thano Peratis's sworn testimony at the O.J. Simpson preliminary hearing on July 7, 1994, running approximately 8–10 minutes with one redaction for a sustained objection from the original proceeding. Admitted in the criminal trial under Evidence Code 1291(A)1 and played to the jury, presenting Peratis's account of the amount of blood drawn from O.J. Simpson.

Investigative report written by DA Bureau investigator Oppler on July 31, 1995, documenting the July 27 Peratis home interview — identifying who was present and recording the tape numbers assigned by the DA Bureau of Investigation's sound and photo labs. Marked as People's 617 in the criminal trial; related notes or a supplemental report prepared by Oppler in connection with the same session were also referenced at trial.

Thano Peratis's sworn grand jury testimony, given June/July 1994, in which he estimated drawing approximately 8 cc's of blood from O.J. Simpson (transcript page 370, lines 23–26). Admitted in the criminal trial as a prior sworn statement and referenced alongside the preliminary hearing testimony as prior sworn statements that the July 27 Peratis interview tape was designed to undercut.

Written transcript of Thano Peratis's preliminary hearing testimony in which he estimated drawing approximately 7.9–8.1 cc's of blood (roughly 8 cc's) from O.J. Simpson (page 25, line 8). Referenced and read into the civil trial record as a prior sworn statement for impeachment; Peratis later conceded the figure was a guess rather than a precise observation.

Written transcript of Thano Peratis's deposition, including his description of examining O.J. Simpson's finger and characterizing the wound, as well as his statement regarding the bevel (page 67, line 13). Read into the civil trial record for impeachment; Peratis confirmed his deposition answers but conceded he did not know where the bevel was.

Subpoena served on Thano Peratis by the prosecution in early February 1995, referencing a prior conversation with Goldberg. Peratis held the subpoena up on the July 27 videotape; the document was also discussed at trial in the context of why Peratis was not called as a live prosecution witness during a four-month window.

A 12-cc syringe (or similar calibrated container) shown and handled by Thano Peratis during the resumed segment of the July 27, 1995 videotaped interview, described as similar to the one used to draw O.J. Simpson's blood on June 13, 1994. The syringe bore numerical calibration markings; defense noted that Peratis turned it to obscure its calibrations during the on-camera demonstration.