Redirect examination of Zulema Iida (part 2)

📄 Redirect examination of Zulema Iida (part 2) — Friday, February 24, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 25 of 167

◀ Recross-examination of Zulema Iida Zulema Iida excused ▶

Witness: Zulema Iida
Examiner: Johnnie Cochran
Called by: Defense • Date: Friday, February 24, 1995 • Utterances: 21

In this brief redirect, Cochran pressed travel representative Zulema Iida to confirm two things: that the February 21st tickets for March were never paid for, and that Rosa Lopez had a prior pattern of booking flights and then not taking them. The exchange was designed to normalize unpaid/unused reservations as consistent with Lopez's behavior, bolstering the defense's framing of her travel plans.

# 1

BY MR. COCHRAN:

# 2 Q:

THE TICKETS FROM FEBRUARY 21ST FOR MARCH WERE NEVER PAID FOR; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 3 A:

THAT'S CORRECT.

# 4 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. ASKED AND ANSWERED. ASKED AND ANSWERED.

# 5 THE COURT:

HOLD ON.

# 6 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: IN THE PAST -- IN THE PAST, WHEN ROSA LOPEZ -- HAS SHE MADE RESERVATIONS IN THE PAST AND THEY'VE ALSO NOT BEEN PAID FOR --

# 7 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. IRRELEVANT.

# 8 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: -- AND THEN BY THE TIME THE FLIGHT --

# 9 THE COURT:

OVERRULED. YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

# 10 ZULEMA IIDA:

WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

# 11 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: IN THE PAST, HAS ROSA LOPEZ MADE OTHER RESERVATIONS OTHER THAN THE ONE IN FEBRUARY, THE EARLY PART OF FEBRUARY FOR FEBRUARY 15TH IN WHICH SHE DID NOT TAKE THAT PARTICULAR FLIGHT?

# 12 A:

YOU MEAN SHE MADE A RESERVATION.

# 13 Q:

AND DIDN'T GO.

# 14 A:

AND DIDN'T GO, YES.

# 15 Q:

THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST?

# 16 A:

IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

KEY QUOTE

# 17 Q:

ALL RIGHT.

# 18 A:

YES.

# 19 MR. COCHRAN:

THANK YOU VERY KINDLY.

# 20 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK.

# 21 MS. CLARK:

NOTHING FURTHER, YOUR HONOR.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Zulema Iida

IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST.

Confirms Lopez had a pattern of making reservations and not following through — undercuts any suggestion the March booking was unusual or staged.

Zulema Iida

THAT'S CORRECT.

Confirms the February 21st tickets for March were never paid for, a key fact the defense wanted on record.

Evidence (2)

Informal

Tickets from February 21st for March travel — never paid for

discussed

Informal

Rosa Lopez's prior reservation for February 15th flight she did not take

discussed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Marcia Clark•Judge Ito

Clark's 'irrelevant' objection to questions about Lopez's prior no-show reservations was overruled, allowing Cochran to establish the pattern.

strategic

Credibility Attacks (1)

⚔ Rosa Lopez

pattern of behavior

Cochran used Iida's testimony to establish that Lopez routinely booked flights she never took, framing the suspicious March reservation as consistent with her habits rather than evidence of a defense scheme.

Objections

2 objections (0 sustained, 1 overruled)

Proceeding 5077 • 21 utterances • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103