Cochran asks a final round of questions to Detective Luper about the timing of Marcia Clark's visit to Rockingham and the arrival of Adkins and Ford. Cochran attempts to suggest Clark may have still been on scene as late as 3:10 PM when Adkins and Ford arrived, but Luper firmly holds that he personally witnessed Clark leave before they arrived, despite the absence of any log entry confirming her departure time.
# 2 THE COURT: MR. COCHRAN.
# 3 MR. COCHRAN: I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION, YOUR HONOR, OF MR. LUPER BEFORE HE LEAVES.
# 4 THE COURT: SURE.
FURTHER REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. COCHRAN:
# 5 Q: YOU RECALL -- DO YOU RECALL WHETHER OR NOT MR. ADKINS AND MR. FORD HAD ARRIVED PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT MISS CLARK ARRIVED?
# 6 A: NO. THEY ARRIVED AFTER MISS CLARK HAD BEEN THERE AND GONE, SIR.
# 7 Q: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
# 9 Q: DOES YOUR LOG -- OF COURSE THERE IS NO LOG THAT REFLECTS THAT, IS THERE?
# 10 MS. LEWIS: OBJECTION, VAGUE.
# 11 THE COURT: OVERRULED.
# 12 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: IS THERE ANY LOG THAT REFLECTS THAT?
# 13 A: AS I INDICATED EARLIER, I DON'T HAVE HER CHECKED IN OR CHECKED OUT AT THE ROCKINGHAM LOCATION AND I AM GIVING YOU THE BEST RECOLLECTION THAT I CAN.
KEY QUOTE # 14 Q: JUST ONE MORE QUESTION, YOUR HONOR. SO IF YOU HAVE THEM IN AT 3:10 IN THE AFTERNOON, IT IS POSSIBLE MISS CLARK MAY HAVE BEEN THERE AS LATE AS 3:10, ISN'T IT?
# 15 MS. LEWIS: OBJECTION. CALLS FOR SPECULATION.
# 16 MR. COCHRAN: I AM ASKING.
# 17 THE COURT: OVERRULED.
# 18 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: IT IS POSSIBLE, ISN'T IT?
# 19 A: NO, BECAUSE SHE WASN'T THERE -- SHE AND I STUCK TOGETHER -- EXCUSE ME -- "STUCK TOGETHER" IS A POOR USE OF THE WORD. WE WERE TOGETHER THROUGH THAT TIME WHILE SHE WAS THERE AND I DID SEE HER LEAVE BEFORE THEY ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, SIR.
KEY QUOTE # 20 Q: ALL RIGHT. SO YOU ARE SURE ABOUT THAT, RIGHT?
# 22 Q: ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WHEN SHE TOLD US THAT SHE CAME PERHAPS AT 2:00, 2:10, STAYED UNTIL THREE O'CLOCK, THOSE ARE JUST ESTIMATES?
# 23 MS. LEWIS: MISSTATES THE TESTIMONY. HE STATED 2:20.
# 24 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: 2:20?
# 25 A: THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION, YES.
# 26 Q: THE LOG INDICATES THEY ARRIVED ABOUT 3:10; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
# 27 MS. LEWIS: OBJECTION, VAGUE AS TO WHO.
# 28 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: ADKINS AND FORD?
# 29 A: THAT'S CORRECT, YES, SIR.
# 30 MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 31 MS. LEWIS: NOTHING FURTHER, JUDGE.
# 32 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. DETECTIVE LUPER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE EXCUSED, SIR.