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Being shot. thats the word. listen for it. lets resume. >> is that what youre saying? >> yeah, yes, youre right. >> and once you saw this, you knew that it was an intermediate range? >> okay. yes. >> and at that point you did not attempt to determine where within that intermediate range this particular shot may have occurred? >> yeah. because i could not write that down on the autopsy report. because it is not part of autopsy report. it is opinion. very great confident. it is my responsibility w...

From the front to the back. >> its a straight shot right into the heart basically. >> yes. >> if you could, explain to the jury when you say stippling and soot what you mean. i will progress to states exhibit 96. if you could, explain what we mean by stippling and soot. >> the meaning of oh sosoot and stippling so we can make a diagnosis of intermediate range. in my autopsy i gave three ranges of shooting. contact in the immediate and intermediate. >> lets talk about contact would be, what, lite...

Intermediate range pattern, correct? >> yes. >> and you put in terms of 0.4 inches to four feet. >> yes, based on the literature i used. >> yes, sir. and you also provided to both counsel the -- and im going to mispronounce it. the inter -- >> intermediate. >> tell me again. thats where you have clothing, right? >> oh, yeah, the intermediary. intermediary means you have something between the muzzle of the gun and the target, or skin of trayvon martin. >> as you stated in the notes you provided c...

Range. nobody can use the eye to oh determine the range. there is no such thing. you mentioned some barrier between the muzzle of the gun and the body. >> yes. >> based on your examination of the clothing and the body, do you believe there was some exact by the clothing with the muzzle of the gun. >> i believe there is loose contact. >> tell us about that. >> the contact including loose contact and hard contact. if it was hard contact i would see some imprint of fiber of the clothes over here. s...

Publication. >> have you researched whether anybody else has on similar subjects? >> i did not do any research. >> you mentioned on a lot of these issues, you researched a lot of the material and the textbooks out there in the scientific community, correct? >> yeah. i do that routinely. >> so, lets talk about -- >> i do that what? >> routinely. >> lets talk about then the gunshot wound itself. >> okay. >> do you agree, and is it your testimony and opinion, that the damage to the shirts was as a ...

Range that it served as an in-between. the muzzle of the gun and the skin. is that correct? ? >> no. >> the clothing -- >> its different. >> tell me what the effect the clothing had. >> the clothing will block some soot and some material from the gunshot. i want to explain to you how i did this autopsy, how i determined the range. >> yes, sir. please explain -- >> the intermediate range is by definition. not by measurement. you are going by whats classified -- >> by definition of intermediate

>> thats what id like you to be clear on so i understand it. >> okay. >> youre saying that there is some distance between the muzzle of the gun and the skin? >> okay. >> so -- >> when i say contact, its not contact to the clothes. its contact to the skin. okay? >> are you saying that if you contact the clothing, and the clothing is next to the skin, that youre not going to see evidence of a contact wound on the skin? >> it depend how you contact. there are two contact. loose contact and hard con...

Skin is a contact wound? >> is not a contact. the contact would be very very differen different. >> so its your opinion that the wound to the skin is not a contact wound? >> yes. >> and if it had been a contact wound, that would be a pretty easy thing for a medical examiner to see? >> yes. >> there would be -- the stellate type tearing of the skin? >> easy. normally i can make a decision in 3 to 5 seconds. >> thats kind of rookie thing, if you will. an obvious thing to someone with your bruand? ...

>> thats what id like you to be clear on, so i understand it. youre saying that there is some distance between the muzzle of the gun and the skin? >> okay. >> so -- >> when i say contact, is not contact to the clothes, contact to the skin. okay. >> are you saying that if you contact -- >> contact -- >> clothing and the clothing is next to the skin, that youre not going to see evidence of a contact wound on the skin? >> it depends how you contact it. the two contact, loose contact, and the hard c...

Publication will be read by everyone in the world. >> very good. you havent done that yet. >> no, i have no time to write publication. >> and have you researched whether anybody else has on similar subjects? >> i did not do any other research. >> you mentioned on a lot of these issues you researched a lot of the material in the textbooks out there in the scientific community, correct? >> yeah, i do that routinely. >> so lets talk about -- >> i do that what? >> routinely. >> lets talk about, then...