An unexpected dispute about whether zooming can distort a video image forced a short recess in Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial on Wednesday, following the latest testy exchange between prosecutors and the judge overseeing the case.
As part of his cross-examination of Mr. Rittenhouse, Thomas Binger, the assistant district attorney who is leading the prosecution, was preparing to have a video played in court on an iPad, showing Mr. Rittenhouse fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum. When Mr. Binger indicated that a zoom function on the iPad would be used, Mr. Rittenhouse’s lawyers objected.
Mark Richards, one of Mr. Rittenhouse’s lawyers, claimed that if prosecutors zoomed in on the video, the Apple software on the device might show a distorted version by “creating what it thinks is there, not what necessarily is there.”
That objection set off a 10-minute discussion among the lawyers and Judge Bruce Schroeder. Mr. Binger said zooming in on images shown on iPads, iPhones and other similar devices is a routine part of daily life that all jurors would understand, and that the procedure would not affect the integrity of the image.
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