Marcia Clark marks four items into evidence during Detective Lange's direct examination: the brown glove found at Ron Goldman's feet (People's 77), its brown paper bag container (77-A), the blue knit stocking cap found nearby (People's 78), and its bag (78-A). The session is entirely procedural — Lange briefly identifies both items as what he observed at 875 South Bundy, and court recesses after the marking is complete.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 THE COURT: THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MISS CLARK, DO YOU HAVE SOME ITEMS YOU WANT TO MARK FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES?
# 3 MS. CLARK: YES, YOUR HONOR, THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, YOUR HONOR, I'VE REMOVED THIS MANILA -- DURING THE HUDDLE, I REMOVED THE ENVELOPE, THAT IS A MANILA ENVELOPE FROM A SEALED PLASTIC BAG WHICH CONTAINS SLIDES, WITHIN THE CARDBOARD ITEMS ARE SLIDES, AND THIS BROWN BAG WHICH IS CURRENTLY SEALED. AND I'M NOT GOING TO REMOVE THE ITEM AT THIS TIME. WELL, I NEED PLASTIC GLOVES.
# 4 THE COURT: MRS. ROBERTSON AS USUAL IS PREPARED.
# 5 MS. CLARK: WE HAVE THEM?
# 6 THE COURT: LET ME HAVE DEIRDRA GET SOME GLOVES.
# 7 MS. CLARK: I AM SORRY, YOUR HONOR.
# 8 THE COURT: YEAH. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE. AND WE NOW HAVE BAGS AS WELL. DO YOU WANT TO MARK THAT LARGER MANILA ENVELOPE AND ITS CONTENTS?
KEY QUOTE # 9 MS. CLARK: YES, YOUR HONOR. THE LARGER MANILA ENVELOPE CONTAINS A BROWN BAG WHICH CONTAINS A BLUE CAP. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS PLACE THE CAP INTO A PLASTIC BAG AND THE GLOVE INTO A PLASTIC BAG IF IT PLEASES THE COURT.
# 10 THE COURT: MRS. ROBERTSON, DO WE HAVE SOME CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS?
# 11 THE CLERK: YES, YOUR HONOR.
# 12 Q: BY MS. CLARK: DETECTIVE LANGE, I'M SHOWING YOU NOW --
# 13 MR. COCHRAN: MAY I APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?
# 14 THE COURT: YES, YOU MAY.
# 15 Q: BY MS. CLARK: AN ITEM THAT I ASK BE MARKED NEXT IN ORDER, PEOPLE'S 74.
# 16 THE COURT: PEOPLE'S 77.
# 17 MS. CLARK: YES. REMOVING IT FROM THE BROWN BAG.
# 18 (PEO'S 77 FOR ID = BROWN GLOVE) # 19 Q: BY MS. CLARK: SHOWING IT TO YOU NOW. WITHOUT TOUCHING IT, SIR, CAN YOU TELL US IF YOU RECOGNIZE THE ITEM THAT I'VE JUST SHOWN TO YOU MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 77?
# 20 A: THAT APPEARS TO BE THE GLOVE THAT I OBSERVED AT THE FOOT OF MR. GOLDMAN, YES.
KEY QUOTE # 21 MS. CLARK: I AM GOING TO ASK THAT THE BAG IN WHICH IT CAME BE PLACED IN A SEPARATE PLASTIC CONTAINER, YOUR HONOR.
# 22 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.
# 23 MS. CLARK: AND THINK IT SHOULD BE MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 77-A.
# 24 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. 77-A.
# 25 (PEO'S 77-A FOR ID = BROWN PAPER BAG) # 26 THE COURT: PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING THE BROWN PAPER BAG.
# 27 Q: BY MS. CLARK: AND SHOWING YOU NOW THE CONTENTS OF THIS BROWN PAPER BAG, SIR. I'M GOING TO REMOVE THEM, PLACE IT ON BACK OF THE BAG AND ASK YOU --
# 28 THE COURT: MR. COCHRAN, I THINK MR. DOUGLAS NEEDS TO TALK TO YOU.
# 29 Q: BY MS. CLARK: SIR, DO YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT'S SHOWN TO YOU THERE?
# 30 A: YES. THAT ALSO APPEARS TO BE THE BLUE KNIT STOCKING CAP I OBSERVED NEAR THE GLOVE.
KEY QUOTE # 31 Q: AT 875 SOUTH BUNDY?
# 33 MS. CLARK: I WOULD ASK THAT THIS BE MARKED PEOPLE'S 78.
# 34 THE COURT: PEOPLE'S 78.
# 35 (PEO'S 78 FOR ID = BLUE KNIT CAP) # 36 MS. CLARK: IN A SEPARATE BAG THE BROWN BAG THAT WE FOUND IT IN.
# 37 THE COURT: 78-A WILL BE THE BROWN PAPER BAG.
# 38 (PEO'S 78-A FOR ID = BROWN PAPER BAG) # 39 MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 40 THE COURT: YOU ARE WELCOME.
# 41 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.) # 42 MS. CLARK: I CAN MOVE INTO ANOTHER AREA OR WHAT'S THE COURT'S PLEASURE?
# 43 THE COURT: DO YOU HAVE -- ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE, ARE YOU GOING TO SHOW ANY OF THOSE THINGS TO DETECTIVE LANGE AT THIS TIME?
# 44 MS. CLARK: NOT RIGHT AWAY.
# 45 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THEN WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS AT THIS POINT. BUT HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. LET ME SEE COUNSEL WITH THE COURT REPORTER, PLEASE.