
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 17, 1995                   TAG: 9505170091
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Pres
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Medium

GOLDMAN'S BLOOD ON GLOVE

A glove found on O.J. Simpson's property contained blood matching Ronald Goldman's and may have been smeared with the blood of Simpson's ex-wife, a DNA expert testified Tuesday. It was the first testimony about DNA tests on the crucial piece of evidence.

The left-handed mate to the glove was found near the slashed bodies of Goldman and Simpson's ex-wife Nicole.

Goldman's blood matches blood on the inside lining of the ring finger of the glove found behind a guest house at O.J. Simpson's estate, Gary Sims told the jury.

Sims said the genetic pattern of the glove blood was the same as that of Goldman's blood sample.

Sims, a DNA expert at the California Department of Justice, didn't say what percentage of the population shared the genetic pattern. However, with the type of sophisticated testing used, odds are high against anyone else's having the same genetic makeup.

DNA tests also showed that blood from inside the glove's index finger ``could be'' a mixture of Goldman's and Nicole Brown Simpson's, Sims said. That was the first testimony about the intermingling of both victims' blood on evidence.

Sims, building on another DNA expert's testimony, told jurors his tests also revealed that blood on a sock in Simpson's bedroom matched Nicole Brown Simpson's.

He also revealed that when he examined both black socks under a microscope, he found about 10 blood splatters on one and about 19 on the other, bolstering the prosecution's claim that Simpson wore them while committing the murders June 12.

``The thing that's interesting about these socks is that the more time you spend with them ... under the stereo microscope, you really do see a lot of stains there,'' he said.

He suggested blood specks were on areas of the socks where the blood could have splashed up from the ground. His testimony was designed to cast doubt on a defense claim that blood was planted by police.

Sims, whose lab looked at the socks after the Los Angeles Police Department analyzed them, also said he saw no evidence of blood's passing through one side of the sock to the other, as it might if blood were placed on it while the sock was lying flat.

by CNB