steve hoskins

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston turned down the prosecutors bid to allow the jury in the Barry Bonds perjury trial to hear new evidence discovered yesterday. The prosecution had hoped a secret tape recording from 2003 between Bonds and his orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Arthur Ting, could be used as evidence.

A key witness has rediscovered the tape of a secretly recorded 15-minute conversation between Barry Bonds and his doctor. The former slugger is on trial for four counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice.