Dennis Fung described his role as an LAPD criminalist and established the timeline of his June 13 work, beginning at the Rockingham residence and later moving to Bundy. He testified that he collected swatches from red stains and recovered a glove at Rockingham, but that human-blood testing was performed later by the laboratory's serology unit and he knew of no such testing completed that morning.
# 1 THE COURT: Face the clerk and raise your right hand, sir.
# 2 THE CLERK: You do solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god?
# 3 DENNIS FUNG: I do. Dennis Fung, called as a witness by and on behalf of the defendant, was examined and testified as follows:
# 4 THE CLERK: Will you be seated. State and spell your name, for the record.
# 5 DENNIS FUNG: My name is Dennis Fung, d-e-n-n-i-s F-u-n-g.
# 6 THE COURT: You may inquire.
# 7 MR. UELMEN: Thank you, your Honor.
# 10 Q: Mr. Fung, can you tell us your occupation?
# 11 A: I am a criminalist.
# 12 Q: And by whom are you employed?
# 13 A: I am employed by the city of Los Angeles, Los Angeles police department.
# 14 Q: all right. And could you tell us what a criminalist is?
# 15 A: A criminalist is somebody who collects evidence, analyzes it and presents his findings in a court of law.
KEY QUOTE # 16 Q: Now, were you called on June 13 to come to the premises at 360 north Rockingham?
# 17 A: If I may refer to my notes.
# 19 A: June 13. Yes, I was.
# 20 Q: Could you tell us what time you received the call to report to those premises?
# 21 A: I received a call at approximately 5:30 in the morning.
KEY QUOTE # 22 Q: all right. And how long did it take you to get to the premises at Rockingham?
# 23 A: I arrived at the scene at approximately 7:10 that morning.
# 24 Q: all right. Now, had you previously been to any other crime scene that morning?
# 26 Q: So, actually, the first scene you were called to on June 13 was Mr. Simpson's residence at Rockingham; is that correct?
# 28 Q: Did you later go to visit the premises on Bundy?
# 30 Q: That was after you had completed your work at the premises at Rockingham; is that correct?
# 31 A: The entire scene at Rockingham was not completed before I went to Bundy.
# 32 Q: I see. So there was continuing criminalist activity going on at Rockingham at the time you left to go to Bundy?
# 33 A: No. I completed the outdoor portion of the crime scene at Rockingham and then proceeded on to the Bundy location.
KEY QUOTE # 34 Q: All right. How long were you on the premises at Rockingham before you left?
# 35 A: Roughly three hours.
# 36 Q: And the activity in which you were engaged included the collection of swatches in order to examine stains, red stains; is that correct?
# 37 A: Yes. That's part of the collection, yes.
# 38 Q: And did you also recover a glove from the area to the south of the residence?
# 40 Q: Now, as a criminalist are you aware of any test that can be done at the scene to ascertain whether a particular stain is human blood?
# 41 MS. CLARK: Objection. Irrelevant.
# 42 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 43 DENNIS FUNG: We do not do human blood tests in our department at the scene.
KEY QUOTE # 45 Q: Where are those tests conducted?
# 46 A: That is done back at the laboratory, by the serology unit.
# 47 Q: And how long does it ordinarily take to accomplish one of those tests?
# 48 A: I have never worked in the serology unit; so I can't really give you a good estimation.
# 49 Q: Were you aware of any such tests being completed with respect to any of the evidence you collected on the morning of June 13, prior to 10:45 in the morning?
# 50 A: Could you repeat the question?
# 51 Q: Were you aware of any such tests to determine the presence of human blood being conducted with respect to any of the evidence you collected on the premises at Rockingham avenue on the morning of June 13?
# 53 MR. UELMEN: Thank you, sir. Nothing further.
# 54 THE COURT: Miss Clark.