(rodgers) the records indicate mr. bailey had eight puncture wounds. none of them was more than a half inch deep. they were uniform in nature and clustered to avoid vital organs. now, in my opinion, they were inconsistent with a stabbing by an enraged attacker. in my opinion, they were self-inflicted. self-inflicted. thank you, doctor. cayou determine from the wounds the position of the knife blade when it entered senator bailey's body? the wounds indicate that the knife was positioned with the cutting edge down when it pierced the skin. stabbing from above. not conclusively. well, doctor, if senator bailey had stabbed himself, wouldn't the cutting edge be positioned upward, not down? not if the senator reversed the position of the knife in his hand, so that the cutting edge was facing downward. what are you saying? in t heat of the moment, with the police suddenly at the door, my client cleverly thought of this trick? ll, there's nothing all that clever about it. he could have picked it up from a crime novel, for example. a crime novel? you've an expe