During defense cross-examinations of the prosecutors' expert psychologist and psychiatrist, Ms. Thomas on occasion looked at other jurors wide-eyed, as if to say I told you so, when defense lawyers extracted a concession from them.

Mr. Sheikh's statement today effectively summarized the themes of the defense cross-examinations.

Toward the end of a defense cross-examination, Mr. Martin asked Mr. Bumbaco if he had said during a pretrial television interview that Mr. Culuko would "rat out" his grandmother.

Under defense cross-examination, Mr. Foss questions the authenticity of documents that seem to indicate he had signed off on at least some of the bonuses.

Prosecution witnesses testified without defense cross-examination.

Later, during defense cross-examination, the rabbi's lawyer, Dennis Wixted, asked Mr. Daniels if he knew whether the rabbi had anything to do with ordering the killing.

Discussing March 1, 1989 In a day of defense cross-examination in which Alan Zegas sought to depict the young woman as deceitful, secretive and well-rehearsed by the prosecution for her testimony.

"He did not appear to be intoxicated," the trooper said during the defense cross-examination.

As a result, the defense cross-examinations have been relatively perfunctory, except for those of Robert Burns, the lawyer for Mr. Salaam.

He conceded during defense cross-examination that its presence, along with grease, could have made a malfunction of the gun "feasible."