{
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  "description": "Day 26 opened with ADA Brennan completing his cross-examination of defense expert Dr. Marie Russell, revealing she had violated the sequestration order by discussing testimony strategy with defense attorney Alessi during their morning commute. Brennan methodically dismantled Russell's dog bite opinion: she conceded no single wound on O'Keefe's arm could independently be identified as a dog bite, that no published standards govern her methodology, and that she formed her opinion before reviewing telematics data, cell phone records, or UC Davis DNA results showing no dog DNA on the sweatshirt. A mistrial motion over Brennan's introduction of the DNA evidence was denied, and Judge Cannone allowed the line of questioning to continue. Redirect and recross on Russell's testimony concluded with Brennan using the defense's own peer-reviewed articles to show O'Keefe's wounds lacked every characteristic dog bite trait described in the literature. In the afternoon, Dighton Sergeant Nicholas Barros testified for the defense that the tail light in Exhibit 13 did not match what he observed on January 29, 2022 — but on recross conceded the closeup photograph was in fact consistent with his memory, significantly undermining the defense's chain-of-custody argument.",
  "path": "/trial-2/day/26/",
  "publishedAt": "2025-06-03T00:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "at://did:plc:vd3vzujxkxsthkswrc2zzupm/site.standard.publication/krt",
  "title": "Day 26 — Russell, Barros",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T13:28:24.184Z"
}