Pivotal Barry Bonds Evidentiary Hearing Begins
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A pivotal hearing is under way to determine what evidence will be admitted during Barry Bonds' perjury trial in March.
The results of the hearing Friday in San Francisco federal court and a similar hearing next month will dramatically shape the trial.
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston will decide whether prosecutors can show the jury a trove of evidence connected to Bonds' personal trainer that they say shows the slugger knowingly took steroids.
But because trainer Greg Anderson is refusing to testify against Bonds, the judge has already ruled that some of the evidence tied to Anderson is off-limits .
Bonds' legal team is arguing for the exclusion of even more evidence, including an order barring prosecutors from calling several retired baseball players as well as current player Jason Giambi.
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