31.   The defense tried to persuade the jury that the Philippine police tampered with the files before giving the computer to the FBI.

32.   The defense had tried to convince Judge Herbert R. Exarhos that a state law allowing juveniles to be tried as adults was unconstitutional.

33.   The defense has tried to discredit Fuhrman and has contended that he planted the glove to frame Simpson.

34.   The defense is trying to counter that assertion by showing that police bungled the investigation and that serological evidence collected at the scene could have been contaminated.

35.   The defense will also try to minimize the episodes of spousal abuse.

36.   The defense would try to find markings that do not match the fatal bullet.

37.   The defense is still trying to adjust to its new tackles, Brandon Noble and Michael Myers.

38.   The defense tried to stay on the offensive Tuesday as lawyer Barry Scheck resumed his cross-examination of police criminologist Dennis Fung, who looked and sounded bedraggled.

39.   The defense is trying to convince a jury the sex was consensual.

40.   The defense is trying to prove that police have mishandled evidence in the case.