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O'Keefe Right Eyelid Laceration Photo (T2 Ex 165)
Right-eyelid autopsy photograph. Scordi-Bello said a backward fall onto the back of the head would not cause the laceration; Laposata described horizontal skin splitting from direct force.
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Defense counsel used the photograph to question whether the eyelid laceration was consistent with a punch or with contact from the Lexus. Dr. Laposata said it could be consistent with a punch but did not offer that conclusion to a reasonable degree of medical certainty; she also said the rounded vehicle area shown would not cause the defect.
An autopsy photograph of John O'Keefe's right upper-eyelid laceration, admitted in Trial 2. In questioning by defense counsel, Dr. Scordi-Bello said a backward fall onto the back of the head would not cause that laceration, and Dr. Laposata described it as horizontal skin splitting caused by direct force.