Johnnie Cochran begins his cross-examination of Detective Ron Phillips with brief pleasantries, then immediately moves to play an audio tape and distribute transcripts of a conversation involving Phillips to the jury. Marcia Clark objects, noting the judge had just denied her the same request, and Judge Ito calls a sidebar before anything substantive gets underway.
# 1 THE COURT: MR. COCHRAN.
# 2 MR. COCHRAN: THANK YOU VERY KINDLY, YOUR HONOR.
# 5 Q: GOOD MORNING, DETECTIVE.
# 6 A: GOOD MORNING, MR. COCHRAN. HOW ARE YOU?
# 7 Q: I'M JUST FINE. HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING?
# 10 MR. COCHRAN: YOUR HONOR, MIGHT WE START WITH -- I HAVE SOME TRANSCRIPTS OF THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION INVOLVING DETECTIVE PHILLIPS FOR THE JURY. I WOULD LIKE TO MARK THEM, ONE OF THEM, AND HAVE THEM PASSED OUT TO THE JURY. I WOULD LIKE TO PLAY IT, HAVE IT CUED UP --
# 11 MS. CLARK: YOUR HONOR, DIDN'T YOU JUST REFUSE TO ALLOW ME TO DO THAT?
KEY QUOTE # 12 MR. COCHRAN: YOU DIDN'T REFUSE TO ALLOW HER TO DO ANYTHING.
KEY QUOTE # 13 THE COURT: ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY -- I ASKED YOU DO YOU HAVE THE TAPE?
# 14 MR. COCHRAN: SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE TAPE.
# 15 THE COURT: OVER HERE AT SIDEBAR, PLEASE.