ROANOKE TIMES
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DATE: Tuesday, January 7, 1997 TAG: 9701070092
SECTION: NATL/INTL PAGE: A-6 EDITION: METRO
DATELINE: SANTA MONICA, CALIF.
SOURCE: Associated Press
Six weeks after O.J. Simpson called a picture of him in Bruno Maglis a fake, the jury Monday was shown 30 new photos that purported to show Simpson wearing the same kind of shoes that tracked blood around the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs' side in the wrongful-death trial were all smiles as they unveiled the photos, but an expert witness for the defense said they didn't change his opinion that the earlier picture taken the same day had been doctored.
Simpson showed no reaction to the new photos, but his lawyers were outraged, complaining they were ``sandbagged'' because they weren't shown the new pictures until the opposing attorneys came to court after a two-week recess.
Reports about the pictures surfaced during the holiday break, but plaintiffs' attorney Daniel Petrocelli said he didn't receive the blowups and contact sheets until Saturday.
Simpson attorney Dan Leonard asked Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki for time to examine the photos and challenge their authenticity. But the judge refused.
In November, Simpson denied under oath that he ever wore Bruno Magli shoes like those seen in the photos. The shoes, according to the FBI, are the same kind that left bloody, size-12 prints near the bodies. Of the picture, Simpson said, ``It's a fraud.''
On the witness stand, Robert Groden, a Dallas photo technician, glanced at each of the pictures and said they didn't change his mind about the earlier picture, which he said was probably doctored to place the rare shoes on Simpson's feet.
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