BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT WITH HIS COUNSEL, PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED; ALSO PRESENT, ROSA LOPEZ WITH COUNSEL, MR. JONES; ALSO PRESENT, DORIS WEITZ, OUR CERTIFIED SPANISH INTERPRETER. MR. COCHRAN, HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE VIDEOTAPE OF MISS VILLAPANDO'S COMMENTS ON KMEX?

YES, I HAVE, YOUR HONOR. I HAVE REVIEWED THE VIDEOTAPE, WHICH IS IN SPANISH, AND I HAD THE EXCELLENT ASSISTANCE OF AN INTERPRETER WHO SPOKE AS RAPIDLY AS THEY DID AND SHARED WITH ME WHAT THEY WERE SAYING IN THE VIDEOTAPE, AND I'VE ALSO BEEN PROVIDED NOW WITH A ONE-PAGE STATEMENT FROM I GUESS MISS ROSA MARIA VILLAPANDO, WHICH I'VE ALSO READ AND DISCUSSED WITH MISS LOPEZ. WE ARE READY TO PROCEED AND WOULD ASK LEAVE OF THE COURT TO PROCEED AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. CALL YOUR FIRST WITNESS.

ALL RIGHT. MISS LOPEZ, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD.

ROSA MARIA LOPEZ,

CALLED AS A WITNESS BY THE DEFENDANT, WAS SWORN AND TESTIFIED THROUGH THE SPANISH INTERPRETER, AS FOLLOWS:

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND TO BE SWORN. YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COURT SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD?

YES.

PLEASE HAVE A SEAT IN THE WITNESS STAND AND STATE SPELL YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES FOR THE RECORD.

R-O-S-A M-A-R-I-A L-O-P-E-Z, LOPEZ.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THE PRESENCE OF DORIS WEITZ, WHO IS OUR CERTIFIED SPANISH INTERPRETER, WHOSE OATH IS ON FILE. MR. COCHRAN.

MAY I PROCEED, YOUR HONOR?

YOU MAY.

THANK YOU. MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE THE MICROPHONE UP. MAY I APPROACH?

YES. THAT SHOULD DO IT.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

MR. COCHRAN.