Cross-examination of Terri Moore

📄 Cross-examination of Terri Moore — Thursday, February 2, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 11 of 167

◀ Direct examination of Terri Moore (part 2) Witness excused (3) ▶

Witness: Terri Moore
Examiner: Johnnie Cochran
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, February 2, 1995 • Utterances: 40

Johnnie Cochran briefly cross-examined Terri Moore, a dispatcher or operator who had monitored a 911 call from Nicole Brown Simpson on October 19, 1993. Cochran established that Nicole was never physically struck during the call, that she moved from a bedroom to the kitchen, and that the situation resolved when police arrived. The cross was short and favorable to the defense, reinforcing that this single incident was limited in scope.

# 1 THE COURT:

MR. COCHRAN.

# 2 MR. COCHRAN:

THANK YOU VERY KINDLY.

# 3 THE COURT:

QUESTIONS FOR MISS MOORE?

CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. COCHRAN:

# 4 Q:

JUST BRIEFLY, MISS MOORE. GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 5 A:

GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 6 Q:

AND WITH REGARD TO THE TAPE WE JUST HEARD, YOU HAVE LISTENED TO THAT TAPE ON OCCASIONS BEFORE THIS AFTERNOON; HAVE YOU NOT?

# 7 A:

YES.

# 8 Q:

AND PRIOR TO TODAY, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU LISTENED TO THAT TAPE?

# 9 A:

APPROXIMATELY TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO.

# 10 Q:

AND WAS THAT IN MR. DARDEN'S OFFICE?

# 11 A:

YES.

# 12 Q:

AND YOU OF COURSE LISTENED TO THE TAPE THAT NIGHT, THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 19, 1993; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 13 A:

YES.

# 14 Q:

AND YOU MADE THIS DETERMINATION OF THIS CALL AND YOU CONTINUED TO MONITOR AND TALK TO MISS NICOLE SIMPSON; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 15 A:

YES.

# 16 Q:

AND YOU WERE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN DURING THE COURSE OF THAT TAPE THAT AT SOME POINT WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED TO TALK TO YOU THAT SHE WAS IN SOME PARTICULAR -- A BEDROOM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

# 17 A:

I BELIEVE SO.

# 18 Q:

DID YOU ASCERTAIN AT SOME POINT SHE LEFT THAT ROOM AND CAME DOWNSTAIRS TO THE KITCHEN PER HER CONVERSATION?

# 19 A:

YES. MAYBE AT THE END WHEN I ASKED HER WHERE WAS SHE.

# 20 Q:

AND YOU WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE, WERE YOU NOT, THAT DURING THIS ENTIRE TAPE AND DURING THE ENTIRE EPISODE, SHE WAS NEVER STRUCK BY THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS IN THE BACKGROUND; IS THAT RIGHT?

KEY QUOTE

# 21 A:

YES.

# 22 Q:

AND THAT AT OR ABOUT THE TIME OR SHORTLY AFTER THE TIME THAT SHE CAME DOWNSTAIRS, WERE YOU AWARE THAT THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE LOCATION?

# 23 A:

YES.

# 24 Q:

ALL RIGHT. AND THERE WAS ONE POINT DURING THE TAPE THAT SHE INDICATED THAT SHE WANTED TO GET OFF THE LINE, THAT SHE FELT SHE WANTED TO HANG UP THE PHONE; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 25 A:

YES.

# 26 Q:

AND THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE POLICE?

# 27 A:

YES.

# 28 Q:

AND DURING THE COURSE OF THE TAPE, THE ONSET OF THE TAPE, YOU COULD HEAR A PERSON IN THE BACKGROUND, AND SHE TOLD YOU THAT PERSON WAS TALKING TO HER ROOMMATE OR MALE WHO LIVED IN THE BACK HOUSE; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 29 A:

YES.

# 30 Q:

SO AS YOU SAT THERE LISTENING, YOU BASICALLY HEARD THE SAME THINGS WE HEARD AND JUST CARRIED ON THIS CONVERSATION; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 31 A:

YES.

# 32 Q:

AND AT THE TIME THAT THE CONVERSATION ENDED, AT THAT TIME, YOU FELT OR YOU HAD INFORMATION THAT THE POLICE HAD ARRIVED; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 33 A:

YES.

# 34 Q:

YOU FELT THE SITUATION WAS IN HAND AT THIS POINT; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 35 A:

YES.

# 36 Q:

YOU HAD NEVER TALKED TO MISS NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON BEFORE THAT TIME, HAD YOU?

KEY QUOTE

# 37 A:

NO.

# 38 Q:

THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME?

# 39 A:

YES.

# 40 MR. COCHRAN:

THANK YOU VERY KINDLY, YOUR HONOR. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Examiner (Cochran)

YOU WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE, WERE YOU NOT, THAT DURING THIS ENTIRE TAPE AND DURING THE ENTIRE EPISODE, SHE WAS NEVER STRUCK BY THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS IN THE BACKGROUND; IS THAT RIGHT?

Cochran elicits that no physical violence occurred during the call, softening the impact of the domestic violence evidence.

Examiner (Cochran)

YOU HAD NEVER TALKED TO MISS NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON BEFORE THAT TIME, HAD YOU?

Establishes Moore had no ongoing relationship with Nicole, limiting her ability to speak to patterns of abuse.

Evidence (1)

Informal

911 or emergency call tape from the night of October 19, 1993, featuring Nicole Brown Simpson

discussed — Cochran cross-examines Moore about her monitoring of the call

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Terri Moore

Cochran methodically walked Moore through the timeline of the call, confirming Nicole moved from a bedroom to the kitchen, was never struck, wanted to hang up before police arrived, and that Moore had never spoken to Nicole before.

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4617 • 40 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103