THE RANDY KRAFT TRIAL : WEEK SIX

Randy Steven Kraft, charged with murdering 16 men, is on trial in Orange County Superior Court in what some legal experts say will be the biggest and costliest case in California history.

LAST WEEK: The prosecution presented physical evidence in the murders of Joseph Inderbeiten, Richard Keith, Roland Young, and Scott Hughes. The defense put on its most vehement cross-examination so far, challenging the contention that a fiber found on Hughes’ body was similar to carpet fibers in Kraft’s house.

THE DEFENSE: ‘In this (Hughes) case, the crime lab evidence is pretty sloppy.’ --Kraft attorney James G. Merwin, after cross-examination of Christine Chan, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department criminalist.

THE PROSECUTION: ‘Tina Chan is respected as the best in the country at what she does. She’s done a great job on this case.’ --Deputy Dist. Atty. Bryan F. Brown

NUMBER OF WITNESSES: Last Week: 26. To Date: 106.

ITEMS LOGGED AS POSSIBLE EVIDENCE: Last Week: 141. To Date: 940.

THIS WEEK: Prosecutors will introduce two slayings which they consider among their stongest cases. One is that of Mark Howard Hall, found in a remote area of South Orange County on Jan. 3, 1976. Prosecutors say Kraft’s fingerprints were found on shards of glass near the body. The other is that of Keith Daven Crotwell. Witnesses say Kraft and Crotwell drove off together from the Belmont Plaza Parking the last time Crotwell was seen alive, on March 30, 1975.