Redirect examination of Ronald Phillips (part 3)

📄 Redirect examination of Ronald Phillips (part 3) — Friday, February 17, 1995

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TRIAL

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Witness: Det. Ronald Phillips
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Friday, February 17, 1995 • Lines: 10

Marcia Clark asked Detective Phillips two follow-up questions: why no photographs were taken of the four detectives' shoes, and whether the bloody shoeprints were already present when Phillips arrived. Phillips explained that Detective Lange's request was specifically to photograph officers who had gone around the crime scene before the detectives showed up, and confirmed that the bloody shoeprints were present when Phillips arrived. The exchange ended with courtroom banter about Clark's promise of 'truly one question.'

# 1 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK.

# 2 MS. CLARK:

TRULY ONE QUESTION. REALLY.

FURTHER REDIRECT EXAMINATION

# 3

BY MS. CLARK:

# 4 Q:

DETECTIVE PHILLIPS, WHY WERE THERE NO PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN OF THE SHOES OF THE FOUR DETECTIVES; THAT IS YOURSELF, DETECTIVE VANNATTER, FUHRMAN AND LANGE?

# 5 A:

BECAUSE THE REQUEST I RECEIVED FROM DETECTIVE LANGE WAS TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OFFICERS THAT ARRIVED AT THAT LOCATION THAT HAD GONE AROUND THAT CRIME SCENE LOCATION BEFORE THE DETECTIVES SHOWED UP.

KEY QUOTE

# 6 Q:

BY THE TIME YOU GOT THERE, YOU SAW THE BLOODY SHOEPRINTS. THEY WERE ALREADY THERE?

# 7 A:

YES.

# 8 MR. COCHRAN:

THAT'S TWO.

# 9 THE COURT:

HERE COMES THREE.

# 10 MS. CLARK:

LET ME SEE IF MY EMINENT PARTNER CAN TALK ME OUT OF IT.

Temperature

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Key Quotes (3)

Ronald Phillips

BECAUSE THE REQUEST I RECEIVED FROM DETECTIVE LANGE WAS TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OFFICERS THAT ARRIVED AT THAT LOCATION THAT HAD GONE AROUND THAT CRIME SCENE LOCATION BEFORE THE DETECTIVES SHOWED UP.

Explains that Lange's request was to photograph officers who had gone around the crime scene before the detectives showed up.

Johnnie Cochran

THAT'S TWO.

Cochran notes that Clark has asked a second question after saying she would ask one.

Lance A. Ito

HERE COMES THREE.

Judge Ito joins the question-count joke as Clark appears to consider another question.

Evidence (2)

Informal

Bloody shoeprints at the Bundy crime scene

discussed — Phillips confirms the bloody shoeprints were already present when he arrived

Informal

Photographs of first-responder officers' shoes

discussed — Phillips explains the scope of Lange's photo request excluded the detectives themselves

Notable Exchanges (1)

Marcia Clark•Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito

After Clark promised 'truly one question,' Cochran counted aloud when she asked a second, and Ito joked 'here comes three' as Clark appeared to consider a third.

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Light Moments (1)

Marcia Clark

Clark refers to Cochran as her 'eminent partner' while joking that he might talk her out of asking a third question.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4891 • 10 lines • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103