Officer Terrazas, I think at the noon break, we were talking about you had gone, walked towards the victim westbound, and you had viewed the victim at that point in time, correct?
This is your initial viewing of the victim at around 12:20 in the morning on the 13th?
Okay. So now, on June 13, 1994, you made a -- gave a written statement that you signed about :20 in the morning; is that right?
And you made that, I take it, after the events of the evening were relatively fresh in your mind, correct?
And let me see if I can -- and we'll substitute -- you've agreed with Mr. Medvene, we'll substitute in a better copy; this one we've marked all up. But for lack of one, that is, in fact, the statement that you gave, is it not, sir?
Okay. Now, you say, "I walked to the above address and saw victim number 1 lying at the base of the stairwell, facing northbound. Upon seeing victim number 1, I walked toward her, westbound on the walkway, and observed victim number 2 lying in the bushes, just north of victim No. 1."
All right. And then you indicated that after you walked over victim number 1, you saw the door to 875 South Bundy wide open, correct?
Yes, sir. As I walked over victim number and I climbed the stairs, I saw the door open, open. Yes, sir.
Well, yes, sir. As I walked on the stairs, onto the base of the stairs to the top of the stairs, I saw --
(BY MR. BAKER) Now, as I understand in your testimony, you walked up westbound -- and we are looking due west -- that picture is looking due west, is it not?
You walked up westbound to the area where the front gate is; then you crossed over. You say you walk on the walkway by stepping over victim number 1, Ms. Nicole Brown Simpson?
I believe there was some grass in the area. I walked over here, crossed over, crossed over the shrubbery over the foliage up to here, and came up westbound on the walkway right here.
And how far was the front door from the top of that landing of the steps that we can see in Exhibit 36?
In other words, if you walk up the steps, your recollection is that the front door would be to the left, at the beginning of the building?
And the entrance, then, is kind of on -- the door is on an angle, as I recall; is that right?
I was just there -- I wanted to ensure no one came up behind me via the walkway from the west end, or anybody came in from the other side of the house, meaning from the west side, from the inside. I just stood by the doorway, sir.
I see. So, now, the situation that you had when you approached that condominium at about :25, now, is that you have two extremely bloody murders and homicide victims out in the front, correct?
(BY MR. BAKER) Did you talk to your partner about whether or not he had any idea about what was going on inside there?
He walked into the -- he walked into the house as I stood in doorway. He walked in to use the telephone. He walked right back out. As he walked out, I walked back down the stairwell, observed victim number 2, the male.
I then put my light on the envelope, the glove, and the cap. I continued to put the light back on the walkway, walked on the walkway, and took the same route I pointed out, which would be crossed over here onto the shrubbery, and back out through the foliage.
So from the entrance way, in the house, you could visualize him on the phone, and you remember what room he was in when you used the phone?
As I poked my head into the door, into the residence, I saw him at the kitchen, sir. I believe he was -- the phone was located near a -- a bar or some kind of table.
Okay. And your recollection is, of course, you never stepped in the house and you had full view of that telephone from the entrance where you were, right?
I'm not saying I had a full few, sir. I observed my partner using the phone. I didn't have a full view of the telephone itself.
Let me ask you: When you looked -- when you peeked your head in the door, could you look through into the kitchen area?
I saw the hand portion, where you talk into. That is the portion I saw as he was using it, to the best of my recollection, sir.
So at the time you looked into the front door, your partner was on the phone; is that right?
Poor question. I apologize. You both walked across, towards where the body of Nicole Brown Simpson was, and went up the stairs?
He went ahead of me, sir. Approximately, maybe ten seconds later, I followed, sir, behind him. If that, ten seconds.
You've got to wait till I finish; and I'll be happy to wait until you finish,
In that ten seconds, did you -- was that just the natural progression of how you went into the -- up the steps and into the area?
All right. And then he had -- when you got up to the landing, why did you look in the doorway and not go in?
Once again, sir, my concern is, I didn't want nobody to walk up behind me or coming in westbound from the other gate area. I was concerned with that area, as well as I was concerned that someone could walk from inside the house from the other side, which would be the west end of inside the house, sir.
Now, did you look directly in the front door?
Did you look directly into the kitchen?
Was there another room was there, or just the kitchen area?
Okay. And then your partner stayed on the phone. In a few minutes, he came out and you both exited the condominium itself, true?
And you viewed that same evidence, you told us when Mr. Medvene questioned you, when you were going up there, correct?
I walked up onto the shrubbery where, to the best of my recollection, I met -- we both met with Sergeant Coon, as Sergeant Coon arrived. He then directed me to walk to the rear of the 875 South Bundy.
When you and Officer Riske exited the condominium and you walked out towards Bundy, did you -- first of all, let me ask you this: Did you go to your vehicle, or did you -- were you intercepted by Sergeant Coon?
Okay. Excuse me. Let me just show you what you wrote at 4:20 in the morning on the 13th. See if I'm' reading it accurately.
"Walked over victim 2 and saw the door to South Bundy Drive wide open.
"I returned to my vehicle, where I met Sergeant" -- "met with Sergeant Coon, and was assigned to cover the rear of the residence." Is that correct?
Okay. And as you sit here now, you don't have any recollection of going to your vehicle, correct?
Okay. Fair enough. Now, you went down south on Bundy, turned right on Dorothy, and right back up the alley?
All right. And during that period of time, you saw various people go in and out of 875 South Bundy from the rear, did you not?
All right. Now, first of all, when you got there, had anybody, to your knowledge, go in 875 South Bundy from the alleyway?
All right. Now, during that period of time, who was the first person that came around to the back that you allowed to go into 875 South Bundy?
Did anybody come out of the rear of 875 South Bundy before you allowed Rossi and Riske to go in that --
There was a -- there were the two children -- I believe it was Officer Vasquez, if my memory serves me right, and some other officers that had cleared the residence and found the children inside. They walked up through the rear and put the children inside a car and into a patrol car.
And Officer Vasquez an the two children were the first people that came out of that garage, correct?
All right. And there is a door that leads from the garage into the condominium -- the living area of the condominium, correct?
Be happy to. There is a door in the garage that leads into the living area of the condominium, right?
-- various people in three hours and forty minutes. You saw five or ten people going in and out of there?
Now, in terms of when you got there at :35 or so in the morning, that is back by the garage and the alley area, did you inspect the area with your flashlight?
And all the evidence that you noted, you documented in your report because it was important; isn't that true?
What was your report for if it was not to, number 1, indicate your whereabouts from the time you got there, 12:35 and 2:00, to enable you to document the evidence that you had seen?
(BY MR. BAKER) Now, you indicated when you were being examined this morning by Mr. Medvene, that the drop there, No. 115, you circled that drop, did you not?
Okay. Now, do you have a recollection, as you sit her now, whether that is looking westward or eastward on the gate. And I understand it's a couple years ago.
I'm looking, I believe, at what would be looking -- as the gate lay shut, it would be looking westward, sir.
And how many drops of blood did you visualize when you were looking for evidence at 12:35 on the evening of June 13, 1994?
The lower portion on the mesh appeared to be another -- appeared to be smudges or right in here, drops. I don't know what you want to call it.
Okay. You want to read to the jury what you put in your report at 4:20 on the 13th relative to blood drops?
Says, "I then walked towards the" -- "towards the side gate of the residence and observed a small blood trail leading into the residence side walkway and a small drop of blood on the bottom portion of the gate, facing westbound."
So what you wrote on your report after you had been at the scene for three hours and forty minutes was one small drop of blood, a small drop of blood on the bottom portion of the gate, facing westbound correct?
KEY QUOTESir, there was a trail of blood, meaning, i.e., the bottom, the top, and a drop of blood on the gate itself, too sir, on the other side, facing westbound.
On the gate, Officer Terrazas, you observed and wrote on June 13, 1994, "one small drop of blood on the bottom portion of the gate facing westbound." Yes or no?
Thank you. And what you say -- well, strike that.
Now, in terms of your being behind the garage and in charge of access, that is, security to anyone entering or leaving the condominium, you were in charge of ensuring that nobody who wasn't authorized got into the structure, correct?
Now, if in fact the robbery/homicide division had taken over at 1:30 or so in the morning, then no one from West L.A. should be allowed into the condominium from your vantage point; isn't that true --
(BY MR. BAKER) Officer Terrazas, the minute robbery/homicide division takes over the crime scene, then all of West L.A. detectives and West L.A. police are supposed to remain clear of the crime scene and let robbery/homicide do it; isn't that true?
Objection. Calls for conclusion; assumes facts not in evidence; outside the scope.
(BY MR. BAKER) Do you know whether or not when the robbery/homicide division takes over a crime scene, or says that they are taking over authority, if that precludes West L.A. or any other unit in the valley from exercising any authority over the crime scene?
At the time no one -- no one advised me that robbery/homicide had taken over the scene, sir.
Regardless of what -- I'm talking now in the abstract.
You knew on June 13, 1994, that if, in fact, robbery/homicide takes over a crime scene, that that would then limit access to people from robbery/homicide or whoever they desire to get into the house, true?
He said he did not know whether they took over; therefore, what he thinks is irrelevant.
(BY MR. BAKER) Officer Terrazas, are you telling us that you didn't know in the time between :30 or 12:35, when you were put back behind the alley, and 4:20 in the morning, when you were relieved of your security post, you didn't know if robbery/homicide had taken over at any time during that period of time?
Sir, the only thing I was told was that robbery/homicide had arrived, and also West L.A. homicide had arrived. I was never told who had taken over the crime scene, sir.
Mr. Baker, I'm going to sustain my own objection.
I think that -- let's establish that this is not the witness from which we're going to get this information. You've got other witnesses you can ask that of.
KEY QUOTE(BY MR. BAKER) Now, after you saw Officer Riske and Officer Rossi come in to the back alleyway portion of 875 South Bundy -- well, strike that.
What time did they get there?
Maybe 20 to 30 minutes later, after I had arrived from the rear area.
I believe I walked -- to the best of my recollection, I walked with them and Sergeant -- I mean my partner, Officer Riske, told Sergeant Rossi what I had been in that rear area. So Sergeant Rossi then walked with us. And to the best of my recollection, me and Riske showed him what we had seen.
And what you had seen, you walked down the walkway on the north side of the house, correct?
No, sir, I didn't walk -- are you saying I walked -- if I walked westbound on the north walkway, sir?
No. I apologize. Another poor question.
Did you or Officer Riske take Officer Rossi and go eastbound on the walkway that borders the northern portion of the condominium?
Yes. As the gate was open, sir, we did walk into the walkway, eastbound, sir, onto the north walkway, eastbound, sir.
Sir, the only footprints I saw was would be at the far east end of the walkway, near victim number 1, which would be the female, sir. I saw the footprints there.
Okay. And you only went a couple feet in and turned around and came back out; is that correct?
They put their flashlights on the gate and the actual walkway, the driveway, which would be where the glove was located, also, and walked on the side and then walked out of it.
Did you see Officer Riske walk into the condominium at or about 1:00 to 1:10 in the morning?
Thereafter, when did you next see an officer go into the condominium from the door that is at the garage and goes into, we believe, into the house?
Let me see if I can get this straight.
Between the time that you arrived there, that would be 12:35, until you were relieved of the security at 4:20, you didn't see any officer go into the door that goes from the garage into the living structure?
Sir, I saw, I believe it was Detective Fuhrman, I believe it was Detective Phillips and Vannatter walk in, sir.
KEY QUOTE(BY MR. BAKER) What time did you see Mark Fuhrman from your vantage point at the rear of the property in the alley, and in the driveway towards the garage, enter through the garage area and go into the door that leads from the garage into the house?
It was important for you to know who went in and exited the house, because you were the security in the back of the house; isn't that true?
I remember seeing Detective Phillips at the scene, sir. I believe he walked in, sir, because I -- but I don't remember if he walked in with Detective Fuhrman, sir.
All right. Did you ever see Officer Riske walk in from your vantage point, from the alleyway into the door and into the living structure?
It's true you never saw Riske enter from the back door and go into the living structure; is that true?
Now, do you remember anybody -- well, strike that.
When did you see Detective Vannatter enter the house from your vantage point?
If the Court please, if the witness has a memory, he can so state, but he's not to guess.
We'd like some foundation, Your Honor, whether the witness has a memory or he's just guessing on the time --
(BY MR. BAKER) How many hours did you spend with Mr. Medvene before you got on the stand here, after Mr. Simpson was acquitted?
Who I spoke with? Just Mr. Medvene and the gentleman in the red hair, standing directly behind Mr. Medvene.
Now, what's your best estimate, sir, as to when Mr. Phillip Vannatter entered the house from the rear?
Well, do you have a sense, as you sit here now, since it was your job to ensure the security of that area, whether Detective Vannatter entered the property with anybody else?
Yes, sir. If I saw identification on the individual, sir. And with Detective Vannatter, I assume he was to go inside, sir.
So Detective Vannatter showed you I.D.; then you let anybody he wanted, or anybody who had I.D., in with him?
Do you have a recollection, as you sit here now, of anybody else other than Detectives Vannatter, Fuhrman, and Phillips going in the back of the house and entering the structure from your vantage point?
Objection, Your Honor. Misstates the testimony. The witness said -- the witness said he saw one glove.
I apologize. He saw it twice. I didn't mean -- I apologize. I didn't mean --
Can you put up Exhibit 89.
Objection, Your Honor. Lack of foundation. Mr. Baker was showing him two different photos, taken at two different times: One before the coroner moved the bodies, and one after.
I'm going to object, too. There has been no evidence that the coroner moved the bodies.
Excuse me, Counsel. If you have an objection, I want you to approach the bench; I don't want speaking objections.
If the Court please, Mr. Baker showed this witness two photos: One photo that was taken, and which Mr. Baker knows the evidence will show, was taken at sometime after 9 o'clock in the morning, and another photo that Mr. Baker knows was taken before the bodies were moved. We believe that's the one.
And there is no foundation established as to when these photographs were taken. And if the witness knows when they were taken -- the witness has testified that one picture was how he saw it at the time.
And what my objection is, is that Mr. Baker, knowingly, I think, has shown this witness a picture after this witness left the scene. The witness testified he left the scene, was off duty at :10.
I'll represent to Your Honor that the coroner didn't get there until after 9:10. The photo that was taken, the photo we showed was taken before :00 a.m. We think it was taken about 6:30.
Mr. Baker's theory is, it was taken a little before. But the other photo that Mr. Baker put up and asked him about was taken after the bodies were moved; that's what the testimony is going to show. And there's no other evidence that's going to be introduced that wasn't taken after the bodies were moved.
I guess all I'm saying, Your Honor, is --
That photo right there? Well, the photograph was taken before dawn, and the coroner didn't get there until 9 o'clock.
Detective Lange will say the first photo that Mr. Baker showed was taken after the coroner moved the bodies; that the first photo which we've talked about isn't the first.
Excuse me. I'm going sustain the objection of that photograph. That photograph is without foundation. You can lay a foundation with the photographer.
As the keeper of crime-scene log, you were to log in and out every LAPD or law enforcement officer who comes to the scene or leaves the scene, correct?
All right. See where it says Detective Vannatter, his badge -- I guess his badge number, is it?
Move it up, see what time you have. We have -- you have Detective Lange -- it's two more down.
Well, see, so you've got Detective Lange checking in 0425 in the morning, and out at 12:15. Is that p.m.? Is that the next day, or was that your entry at all?
Okay. Now, if Detective Vannatter left the crime scene at 5 o'clock to go to Rockingham, you had an obligation to ensure that you logged him out?
Okay. Now, one of the things that you need a crime-scene log to be accurate for is so that if you have to go back and reconstruct, you can reconstruct who's been in and out of the crime scene, correct?
One of the reasons you need an accurate crime-scene log is, if in fact you have to reconstruct who was at the accident, the crime scene, you have a log to determine who came, when they came, who exited and when they exited, true?
If the Court please, the exhibit speaks for itself. The witness said he didn't take over the log until 4:00. I think it shows 3:25, Your Honor.
(BY MR. BAKER) Did you log out Detectives Phillips and Fuhrman, assuming that they left the scene at 0500 hours, when it was your duty to do so?
Now, did you see Rokahr or any police photographer, regardless of their name, taking any pictures from where you were in back of the garage on Bundy?
You certainly didn't tell any police photographer what evidence he or he should photograph, right?
And as best you recall, as you sit here now, in the three hours and forty minutes or so that you were in the back and in charge of security, the only people that went through the garage into the house was Fuhrman, Phillips, and Vannatter, correct?
Says, 'I then walked towards the — towards the side gate of the residence and observed a small blood trail leading into the residence side walkway and a small drop of blood on the bottom portion of the gate, facing westbound.'
So what you wrote on your report after you had been at the scene for three hours and forty minutes was one small drop of blood, a small drop of blood on the bottom portion of the gate, facing westbound correct?
I saw, I believe it was Detective Fuhrman, I believe it was Detective Phillips and Vannatter walk in, sir.
There is none, sir.
Mr. Baker, I'm going to sustain my own objection. I think that — let's establish that this is not the witness from which we're going to get this information. You've got other witnesses you can ask that of.