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judge meeting in chambers with defense attys for theodore wafer and prosecutors before the start of testimony this morning

judge dana hathaway on bench now

judge taking another case right now. wafer jurors not in court room

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The Trial File

Prosecutors and Defense attorneys are at sidebar with Judge Hathaway. Jurors have not been brought into the courtroom ye

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In addition to Dr. Werner Spitz, who is going to take the stand again this morning, the defense is going to call a ballistics expert and an officer who was at the scene.
by Gina Damron

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We had sidebar



Over now

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defense admitting some pics..ones of mcbride's hands and autopsy photos..some of them already admitted

pros: wants to admit an addtl photo of mcbride on wafer porch and 2 addtl close ups of left hand(that was pic shown in ct wednesday)

jury coming in

judge asking jury, as she has done consti, if jurors been exposed to publicity on case: no hands

about alcohol consumption effect on blood clotting ..how long wld it take for blood to clot..he says few min.

judge asking him mcbride left hand and how blood clots form

def atty cheryl carpenter begin ques of spitz

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The Trial File

Prosecution entered the following photos into evidence:

-Closeup of boots
-Closeup of legs by screen door
-photo of face
-photo of hands

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spitz says mcbride's left hand had laceration on it that cld have been caused by her "pounding on something>" he says not caused by carcrash

jurors now seeing pic of mcbride's right hand which is lying alongside her thigh..cropped photo

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def atty asking spitz more about mcbride's hands while showing him photos that jurors can see from their own monitor.

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spitz says he doesn't see laceration on right hand but really not sure cause pic he's looking at out of focus

spitz says swelling on both hands and his opinion is that it did not occur earlier than when mcbride was at wafer's house

spitz says swelling to mcbride's hands not caused during car crash caused hands not affected by deployment of air bag

spitz says he's been paid $8,000 by defense for about 45-50 hours of work on the case..(about $175 an hour, def atty estimate)..

spitz says "i don't need the money. I have plenty of money" but he says he enjoys the work. His hourly rate, he says, is $400 an hour

spitz says he went to examine wafer's home twice during his work on the case.

spitz says he also went to police dept to examine the screen's door to wafer home and to examine mcbride's clothes.

def atty asks spitz about kesha. spitz says if kesha worked for him he wld have had him take the board

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Polar Dude

Spitz testified that he did let non board certified forensic pathologists do unsupervised autopsies


ME: Glad jury taking notes

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spitz not saying mcbride autopsy incomplete but says "there are some things I wld have done differently."

spitz says mcbride was shot at close range.about two feet. not much closer than two feet or less, he says. kesha said wed. not close range

spitz says he sees white powder in mcbride's hair..which is evid. of close range shooting

sidebar with judge after pros objec. to a show and tell by def atty..

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back on record

spitz talking now about plastic white cup which contains the shotgun pellets..a(about 26..sometimes a little more) found in mcbride's brain

def atty done ques. spitz

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Hathaway, who asked some questions earlier, said she's not going to allow questions by jurors.
by Gina Damron

Sounds like the questions she asked Spitz earlier had come from jurors. Judge not allowing any more, though.
by Gina Damron



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judge declines ques. by jurors during defense presentation of its case..judge says not fair to take the ques now that the pros has rested

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jurors out on short break

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back on record. jury coming back in

spitz on stand: being cross examined by asst wayne county pros. athina siringas.

siringas asks spitz if he has been re-certified but spitz re-cert. not req for him as long as he shows evid of contin ed

spitz says he has to do that every year

siringas shows spitz a 9-pound book he edits..some chapters written by spitz. he authored chapter on injury by gunfire and one on shotgun

siringas asking spitz about his hourly rate. he says he agreed to his total fee of $8,000 reducing his hourly rate for the case

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