We can deal with this at side bar. We have questions. We would like to start tomorrow, get our service tech back.
I'd like to have a hearing on that, go till 4:30.
Well, the scope of the examination is to cover at least the areas that Mr. Petrocelli had covered, but --
-- covered, because as far as I can tell, there are only two sides on this particular issue.
And I indicated to you at the beginning of the trial, that I was not going to abide by three attorneys asking the same questions over, over and over three times.
That is not our intention. And you know we are a party, so we have an absolute right under 776.
You may cross-examine him. I'm not going to permit you to go over the same thing, over and over, because --
It's not my intention.
First of all, Judge, I don't have a lot of questions. It's really not my intention to sit here and go over things that Mr. Petrocelli has already covered. There are certain areas that were not covered.
For example, the flight back from Chicago. There is testimony from Mr. Simpson relative to how many times he used the restroom, over what period of time, whether he slept, whether he didn't sleep.
I'd like to develop that there is testimony relative to his emotional response when he received the news that his wife had been killed in Chicago.
I can tell that when he was told, when his wife was murdered -- In other words, his ex-wife was murdered. He was pissed that would be his testimony.
We don't think that's consistent with someone told that their wife is dead, that they would be pissed off or angry when they hear that news. That was not answered specifically.
The other would be, there would be testimony relative to discussions he had with Paula Barbieri while he was in jail concerning the messages that had been the subject of Mr. Petrocelli's cross-examination. There will be another area.
And then I would intend also to compile a list of witnesses that Mr. Simpson claims provides false testimony against him in connection with the case and have that list presented.
KEY QUOTEI intend to have Mr. Simpson identify every single person who's testified in this case who has lied or has put on false testimony and create a demonstrative exhibit to illustrate the number and the scope of people that he claims that are lying against him in connection with this case.
KEY QUOTEThe relevance of that is to illustrate Mr. Simpson -- putting him against virtually every witness.
Two areas. The flight on the airplane and the testimony with regards to Barbieri. That's all.
Your Honor, I had an area I was going to pick up on from Mr. Petrocelli, which was Mr. Simpson's subsequent actions after he left Rockingham the first time on New Year's morning, 1989.
Other than that, I was not going to go into other areas.
I understand that where we left off was in Michelle's room. I was going it pick up there on some subsequent actions; that's it. That's the only area.
There are two other areas I didn't mention.
On the suicide note, there are other statements that I would --
He mentioned in opening statement that I would like to address to Mr. Simpson. One is his reference to himself as a battered husband/boyfriend. There's another in the suicide note where he refers to himself as this "lost person," and there's reference, to the real O.J.
The real O.J. He says that in the suicide note. Those are all things that I mentioned in the opening statement that I would like to elicit from him, the statements he made in connection with the suicide note.
And there is one other area that is -- it is something Mr. Petrocelli covered, but he didn't cover a couple things in connection with that.
That is, in the Bronco, if you recall, he addressed the areas of the interior of the vehicle where there was blood that was consistent with someone who was bleeding from their joint -- the back side of the joint. And what I would like to do is also establish that that's consistent with somebody turning on the headlights, flipping it on at night.
Judge, with regard to the '89 incident, when we pick up Michelle's room, you're going right now.
Of the 911 tape, that it's from Michelle's room, that was not played. And I was going to pick up from there. After that is all the subsequent action, when Mr. Simpson arrives in Michelle's room. That's where I was going to pick up a little bit. That's the only area I'll be covering.
When Mr. Simpson arrives in the housekeeper's room where Nicole is, okay. Where he comes outside, he comes into the housekeeper's room; Nicole is on the phone with the police, making the 911 call at that point. The call is made from there. And I was going to play the first ten seconds of that tape and take it from there forward.
I intend to have Mr. Simpson identify every single person who's testified in this case who has lied or has put on false testimony and create a demonstrative exhibit to illustrate the number and the scope of people that he claims that are lying against him in connection with this case.
I can tell that when he was told, when his wife was murdered -- In other words, his ex-wife was murdered. He was pissed that would be his testimony. We don't think that's consistent with someone told that their wife is dead, that they would be pissed off or angry when they hear that news.
As far as I'm concerned you're an aside.
So you are denying us a right under 776 to cross-examine him?
Name one.