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  "description": "Day 22 opens with Judge Cannone's ruling on Dr. Judson Welcher's expert testimony: he may opine that the Lexus data, damage, and O'Keefe's injuries are mutually consistent, but he may not state that Read's specific Lexus struck O'Keefe — that final inference belongs to the jury. Brennan then completes direct examination, eliciting Welcher's opinions on tail light damage thresholds, glancing-impact biomechanics, and the absence of leg fractures as consistent with a sideswipe collision. Defense attorney Robert Alessi conducts an extensive cross-examination spanning most of the day, targeting confirmation bias, Aperture's $325,000-plus contract with the Commonwealth, mid-trial modifications to Welcher's PowerPoint, and the absence of any force analysis for the arm injuries central to the prosecution's theory. A brief redirect and recross close Welcher's testimony, with Alessi successfully neutralizing Brennan's effort to distance Welcher from Dr. Scordi-Bello's autopsy findings.",
  "path": "/trial-2/day/22/",
  "publishedAt": "2025-05-28T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:vd3vzujxkxsthkswrc2zzupm/site.standard.publication/krt",
  "title": "Day 22 — Welcher (Cross)",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:24.184Z"
}