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Comprehensive photographic record from Dr. Robert Huizenga's June 15 and June 17, 1994 physical examinations of OJ Simpson, covering cuts, abrasions, and wounds on the left hand and fingers, wrist, and general body. Used across both criminal and civil trials; in civil the set was divided into Plaintiffs' 714 and 715 booklets; in criminal the defense introduced Defense 1249 and the prosecution introduced People's 518 series. Derived exhibits 2162–2165 are individual frames from Plaintiffs' 715 that Dr. Spitz marked with circles during testimony identifying fingernail gouge patterns.
Photographs of OJ Simpson's left hand taken on the afternoon of June 13, 1994, at the police station in the presence of Detectives Vannatter and Lange and Nurse Peratis. The images show oozing, swollen wounds on the middle and fourth fingers; a second photograph (close-up copy) shows the same injuries in greater detail. These were among the first official documentation of Simpson's hand injuries after his return from Chicago.
Dr. Huizenga's formal written medical report from the June 15 and June 17, 1994 examinations, containing transferred hand diagrams with injury measurements and annotations. The report contained a right-hand outline used to represent the left hand, producing a finger-labeling error (a cut diagrammed on the index instead of the ring finger). In civil, entered as two separate pages: Plaintiffs' 2149 (June 15 hand diagrams) and Plaintiffs' 2150 (June 17 hand sketches with blue ink annotations added the night before trial).
Photographs of OJ Simpson's left hand showing cuts on the fourth finger and middle finger, marked as exhibits during pre-trial depositions and later used in civil trial testimony. Deposition Exhibit 38 shows the cut on the fourth finger; Deposition Exhibit 31/547 shows multiple cuts and was displayed on the Elmo screen while Taft's deposition testimony was read into the record.
Photographs of OJ Simpson's right hand (519-A and 519-B) taken during the June 17, 1994 Huizenga examination. Authenticated by Huizenga; no cuts or abrasions were visible on the right hand.
Dr. Huizenga's original handwritten rough sketch of OJ Simpson's left hand injuries, drawn at the time of the June 15, 1994 examination. Used across criminal and civil trials; the diagram was supplemented with photocopied anatomy-book hand outlines that turned out both to be right hands, causing a finger-placement error that was acknowledged and corrected during testimony.
Photograph of OJ Simpson taken by a Hertz-hired photographer on or around June 8, 1994, approximately four days before the murders. Displayed via zoom in criminal trial with witness McKay, who was asked to identify Simpson's hand and assess the presence or absence of any cuts.
Color photograph of OJ Simpson's left hand showing wrist area abrasions, taken during the June 17, 1994 follow-up examination. Used in criminal trial during Huizenga's testimony and later during Dr. Baden's testimony, where Baden was questioned about wrist abrasions he noted but did not formally label as such.
Photograph of OJ Simpson's left arm and the back of his left hand, showing a linear abrasion. Introduced during Huizenga's criminal trial testimony and subsequently discussed in connection with the glove-fitting hypothetical.
Photograph from June 17, 1994 showing Dr. Huizenga, Dr. Baden, and OJ Simpson (wearing a yellow shirt) in the act of examining Simpson's right hand. Introduced at criminal trial during Huizenga's testimony; triggered an objection and sidebar before substantive questioning could be completed.
Photograph of OJ Simpson's hand introduced during the criminal trial (Day 4), admitted without defense objection.
Testimonial and closing-argument references to OJ Simpson's hand and finger injuries — including observations by Robert Kardashian, witnesses Partridge and Kilduff, and detectives — describing cuts, abrasions, and a bloody bandage on the left middle and ring fingers observed on June 12–14, 1994. Also includes Simpson's deposition admissions regarding blood on his left pinkie finger and a cut on the left middle finger joint, and prosecution arguments linking the cuts to the murders rather than a glass accident in Chicago.
Transcript of Dr. Michael Baden's June 23, 1994 on-air interview with NBC Dateline reporter John Larson, in which Baden made statements about his examination of OJ Simpson's left hand injuries. Used in criminal trial to impeach Baden's trial testimony; Baden was permitted to review it mid-examination and used it to clarify his distinctions between cuts, lacerations, and abrasions.
Additional references (4)
Brief references from transcripts that don't warrant an individual page. Each has a single source or is mentioned only in passing.
- Dr. Baden's examination form — wrist abrasion notation — Dr. Baden's own examination form, displayed on the Elmo during criminal trial testimony, containing a wrist notation indicating two abrasions observed during the June 17, 1994 examination. Used to clarify Baden's characterization of the wrist injuries.
- Photograph of OJ Simpson's left hand shown on screen
- Pre-June 12 photo of Simpson's left hand showing no cuts — Photograph of OJ Simpson's left hand taken before June 12, 1994, introduced during closing arguments to show that no cuts were present prior to the night of the murders.
- Sheba Medical Center fundraiser photograph of Simpson — Photograph of OJ Simpson at the Sheba Medical Center fundraiser, taken before June 12, 1994, showing him in a tuxedo. Introduced in criminal trial during defense testimony to probe the visibility of his left hand and argue no pre-existing injuries were evident.