Cross-examination of Charles Cale

📄 Cross-examination of Charles Cale — Tuesday, December 3, 1996

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▲ Day 24 of 57

◀ Redirect examination of Charles Cale Re-redirect examination of Charles Cale ▶

Witness: Charles Cale
Examiner: Robert Baker
Called by: Plaintiff • Date: Tuesday, December 3, 1996 • Utterances: 8

Brief redirect examination of neighbor Charles Cale, clarifying that he was in bed by 10:15-10:20 PM and therefore could not have seen a limousine driving around at 10:23-10:25 that night. The examiner also established that Cale did not conduct any systematic observation of traffic on Rockingham, undercutting Baker's cross-examination implications.

# 1 Q:

Mr. Baker asked you some questions about whether you saw a limousine driving around that night.

Were you outside at 10:15, 10:20 that night?

# 2 A:

No, sir, I was not.

# 3 Q:

So if a limousine drove around the corner at 10:23, 10:24, 10:25, you were not in a position to see it?

# 4 A:

I was in bed, if not asleep.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 Q:

Mr. Baker asked you some questions about seeing headlights and hearing cars on Rockingham.

Did you go over that night and stand by Mr. Simpson's Ashford gate and get inside a car and turn the radio on and look for cars?

# 6 A:

No, sir.

# 7 MR. BAKER:

I object to the leading and his pointing as indicating where the car was when there's no evidence of that.

# 8 THE COURT:

Sustained.

Temperature

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Key Quotes (1)

Charles Cale

I was in bed, if not asleep.

Directly addresses Baker's implication that Cale could have seen the limousine — he couldn't because he was already inside for the night.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Baker•Hiroshi Fujisaki

Baker objected to both the leading form of the question and the examiner's physical gesturing to indicate where a car was, arguing it implied facts not in evidence. Fujisaki sustained.

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Objections

1 objections (1 sustained, 0 overruled)

Proceeding 8434 • 8 utterances • Plaintiff witness

Civil Trial

Department 103