Direct examination of Terri Moore (part 2)

📄 Direct examination of Terri Moore (part 2) — Thursday, February 2, 1995

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◀ Sidebar: audiotape redaction Cross-examination of Terri Moore ▶

Witness: Terri Moore
Examiner: Christopher Darden
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Thursday, February 2, 1995 • Utterances: 119

911 operator Terri Moore testified about two calls received from Nicole Brown Simpson on October 25, 1993, from 325 South Gretna Green Way. The prosecution played the recorded 911 call (People's 1) for the jury, and Moore explained how she upgraded the call's priority to 'Code 2, High Risk, now potentially life threatening' after Nicole indicated O.J. had returned and she feared for her life.

# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

# 2 THE COURT:

THANK YOU. PLEASE BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. MR. DARDEN, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

# 3 MR. DARDEN:

MAY I HAVE A MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?

# 4 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY.

# 5 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 6 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.)

# 7 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 8 THE COURT:

MR. DARDEN.

# 9 MR. DARDEN:

MAY I APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?

# 10 THE COURT:

YOU MAY.

# 11 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: MISS MOORE, SHOWING YOU WHAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 22 FOR IDENTIFICATION, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT DOCUMENT?

# 12 A:

YES.

# 13 Q:

WHAT IS THAT DOCUMENT?

# 14 A:

THAT'S AN INCIDENT HISTORY.

# 15 Q:

AND WHAT EXACTLY IS AN INCIDENT HISTORY?

# 16 A:

WHENEVER WE TAKE A CALL THAT COMES IN FROM 911 OR ANY OTHER CONSOLE, WE CREATE AN INCIDENT HISTORY, AND IT GIVES -- THEN WE INPUT IN THE COMPLAINT THE ADDRESS, THE NAME OF THE PERSON CALLING AND ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION, AND IT CREATES -- IT GENERATES AN INCIDENT NUMBER SO IT CAN BE LATER REFERENCED AND THE OFFICERS CAN KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND WHAT THEY NEED.

# 17 Q:

OKAY. NOW, BY LOOKING AT THAT INCIDENT REPORT, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN AND IF A 911 OPERATOR RECEIVED A TELEPHONE CALL FROM 325 GRETNA GREEN?

# 18 A:

YES.

# 19 Q:

WHO RECEIVED THE FIRST CALL?

# 20 A:

THERE WAS ANOTHER OPERATOR WHO WAS SITTING ON THE CONSOLE 40, WHICH WAS RIGHT NEXT TO ME.

# 21 Q:

AND WHO WAS THAT PERSON?

# 22 A:

THAT WAS PSR STEPHANIE MARTIN.

# 23 Q:

STEFANIE MARTIN?

# 24 A:

YES.

# 25 Q:

AND WHAT TIME DOES STEFANIE PART RECEIVE THE FIRST 911 CALL?

# 26 A:

SHE RECEIVED IT AT 2145 HOURS MILITARY TIME, WHICH IS 9:44 P.M.

# 27 Q:

AND DID SHE COMPLETE THE INCIDENT REPORT?

# 28 A:

YES, SHE DID.

# 29 Q:

DOES SHE INDICATE THE NAME OF THE CALLER?

# 30 A:

YES.

# 31 Q:

WHAT'S THE NAME?

# 32 A:

NICOLE SIMPSON.

# 33 Q:

AND DID SHE INDICATE THE ADDRESS FROM WHICH THE CALL ORIGINATED?

# 34 A:

YES.

# 35 Q:

AND WHAT ADDRESS WAS THAT?

# 36 A:

325 SOUTH GRETNA GREEN WAY.

# 37 Q:

DID SHE INDICATE ANYTHING IN THE COMMENTS AREA REGARDING THE NATURE OF THE CALL?

# 38 A:

YES. IT SHOWS INDICATED A SUSPECT DESCRIPTION AND THE NATURE OF THE TROUBLE.

# 39 Q:

WHAT DOES IT SAY EXACTLY IN THE COMMENTS AREA?

# 40 MR. COCHRAN:

I'LL OBJECT TO THAT, YOUR HONOR. THE DOCUMENT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. HEARSAY ALSO.

# 41 MR. DARDEN:

WOULD THE COURT LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORT? IT IS A RATHER UNIQUE SORT OF DOCUMENT AND ACTUALLY IT TAKES A QUALIFIED PERSON --

# 42 MR. COCHRAN:

SPEAKING OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

# 43 THE COURT:

THAT'S TRUE. WELL --

# 44 MR. DARDEN:

I'M NOT OBJECTING.

# 45 THE COURT:

-- I THINK WE'VE SEEN A FOUNDATION FOR THE FIRST PART AT THIS POINT, HAVEN'T WE?

# 46 MR. DARDEN:

YES.

# 47 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU PROCEED.

# 48 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: WHEN WAS THE SECOND CALL RECEIVED?

# 49 A:

APPROXIMATELY 2154 HOURS.

# 50 Q:

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS RECEIVED AT 2144?

# 51 A:

YES.

# 52 Q:

THAT'S 9:44 P.M.?

# 53 A:

YES.

# 54 Q:

AND THE SECOND CALL WAS RECEIVED AT 9:54 P.M.?

# 55 A:

YES.

# 56 Q:

AND WHICH 911 OPERATOR RECEIVED THAT SECOND CALL?

# 57 A:

I DID.

# 58 Q:

DID THE CALLER IDENTIFY HERSELF?

# 59 A:

YES, SHE DID.

# 60 Q:

AND DID YOU HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THAT CALLER?

# 61 A:

YES.

# 62 Q:

ARE 911 CALLS RECORDED?

# 63 A:

YES.

# 64 Q:

AND WAS THAT CALL RECORDED?

# 65 A:

YES.

# 66 Q:

HOW MANY TELEPHONE CALLS FROM NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON DID YOU RECEIVE THAT NIGHT?

# 67 A:

ONE.

# 68 Q:

AND HOW LONG DID THAT CALL LAST?

# 69 A:

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 14 OR 15 MINUTES.

# 70 Q:

NOW, THE EVENTS DESCRIBED ON THAT INCIDENT LOG OCCURRED ON OCTOBER 25, 1993; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 71 A:

YES.

# 72 Q:

AND HAVE YOU SINCE THAT HAD OCCASION TO LISTEN TO A RECORDING OF YOUR CONVERSATION WITH NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON BACK ON OCTOBER 25, 1993?

# 73 A:

YES.

# 74 Q:

AND YOU LISTENED TO THAT TAPE UPSTAIRS IN MY OFFICE; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 75 A:

YES.

# 76 MR. DARDEN:

YOUR HONOR, WE HAVE SUCH A TAPE. IT HAS BEEN MARKED PEOPLE'S 1 FOR IDENTIFICATION. MAY WE PLAY IT FOR THE JURY?

# 77 THE COURT:

LET ME JUST ASK THIS. MISS CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY TIMING PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT?

# 78 MS. CLARK:

NO, THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 79 THE COURT:

OKAY. PLAY THE TAPE. (AN AUDIOTAPE IS PLAYED.)

# 80 THE COURT:

MR. DARDEN, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF THE TAPE.

# 81 MR. DARDEN:

I DON'T THINK IT IS.

# 82 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: COULD YOU HEAR THE POLICE ARRIVING IN THE TAPE?

# 83 A:

YES. I HAD THE RADIO FREQUENCY UP.

# 84 MR. DARDEN:

YOUR HONOR, MAY THE RECORD REFLECT MR. FAIRTHOLT BEGAN THE TAPE AT ZERO AND IT IS NOW AT 181?

# 85 THE COURT:

181?

# 86 MR. DARDEN:

181.

# 87 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: DURING THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH MISS BROWN, DID YOU ASK HER IF THIS EVENT OR EVENT LIKE THIS HAD HAPPENED ON OTHER OCCASIONS?

# 88 A:

YES.

# 89 Q:

AND WHAT DID SHE SAY?

# 90 MR. COCHRAN:

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. OBJECT TO THAT QUESTION.

# 91 TERRI MOORE:

SHE SAID YES.

# 92 MR. COCHRAN:

HEARSAY. THE TAPE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. IT'S HEARSAY.

# 93 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 94 MR. DARDEN:

THANK YOU.

# 95 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: NOW, WHEN THE FIRST CALL WAS RECEIVED, WAS IT GIVEN SOME TYPE OF PRIORITY IN TERMS OF HOW URGENT THE CALL WAS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE 911 OPERATOR?

# 96 A:

YES.

# 97 Q:

AND WHAT PRIORITY CODE WAS IT GIVEN AT 9:44 P.M.?

# 98 A:

IT WAS GIVEN A CODE 2 PRIORITY, WHICH IS URGENT, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING.

# 99 Q:

AND WAS THAT PRIORITY CODE UPGRADED AT SOME POINT?

# 100 A:

YES.

# 101 Q:

AND WHO UPGRADED THE PRIORITY OF THAT CALL?

# 102 A:

I DID.

# 103 Q:

WHAT DID YOU UPGRADE IT TO?

# 104 A:

I UPGRADED IT TO CODE 2, HIGH RISK, NOW POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING.

KEY QUOTE

# 105 Q:

AND WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

# 106 A:

SHE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT THERE, BUT HE HAD RETURNED AND SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS IN EMINENT DANGER, AND SO WE MADE IT -- I MADE IT LIFE THREATENING.

KEY QUOTE

# 107 Q:

DO YOU HAVE TRAINING IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS WHEN THEY TELEPHONE 911?

# 108 A:

YES.

# 109 Q:

WHAT TYPE --

# 110 A:

TO SOME EXTENT.

# 111 Q:

I AM SORRY?

# 112 A:

TO SOME EXTENT, YES.

# 113 Q:

BUT YOU'VE HAD TRAINING IN HOW TO DEAL WITH THESE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING ABUSED WHEN THEY CALL?

# 114 A:

YES.

# 115 Q:

IS THAT WHAT YOU USED HERE, SOME OF THE TRAINING YOU HAD BEEN GIVEN?

# 116 A:

YES.

# 117 Q:

AND WHO GAVE YOU THAT TRAINING? WHERE DID YOU GET IT?

# 118 A:

WHEN WE FIRST BEGIN TRAINING, WE HAVE SIX WEEKS OF TRAINING AT THE ACADEMY, THE POLICE ACADEMY, AND THAT'S GIVEN BY DIFFERENT -- IT'S GIVEN BY VARIOUS INSTRUCTORS.

# 119 MR. DARDEN:

THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Terri Moore

SHE STATED THAT HE WAS NOT THERE, BUT HE HAD RETURNED AND SHE FELT THAT SHE WAS IN EMINENT DANGER, AND SO WE MADE IT -- I MADE IT LIFE THREATENING.

Establishes Nicole's fear and the severity of the October 1993 incident, directly supporting the domestic violence pattern the prosecution was building.

Terri Moore

I UPGRADED IT TO CODE 2, HIGH RISK, NOW POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING.

The priority upgrade reflects the operator's real-time assessment that Nicole was in genuine danger, lending official weight to the domestic violence narrative.

Terri Moore

SHE SAID YES.

Nicole's own answer — over Cochran's hearsay objection — confirming that incidents like this had happened before, establishing a pattern of abuse.

Evidence (2)

People's 22

Incident history/log from the October 25, 1993 911 call originating from 325 South Gretna Green Way, showing caller as Nicole Simpson

introduced and discussed

People's 1

Audio recording of Terri Moore's 911 call with Nicole Brown Simpson on October 25, 1993, approximately 14-15 minutes long

played for the jury

Notable Exchanges (2)

Johnnie Cochran•Christopher Darden•Lance A. Ito

Cochran objected to Darden asking Moore to read the incident report's comments aloud, arguing hearsay and that the document speaks for itself. Darden pivoted by offering to show the report to the court, drawing a 'speaking objection' rebuke from Cochran. Ito sidestepped the issue by moving on.

strategic

Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito

Cochran objected to Moore being asked what Nicole said about prior incidents, calling it hearsay. The witness answered before the ruling; Ito overruled the objection.

contested

Objections

3 objections (0 sustained, 1 overruled)

Proceeding 4616 • 119 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103