Cross-examination of Catherine Boe (part 2)

📄 Cross-examination of Catherine Boe (part 2) — Friday, February 3, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 12 of 167

◀ Bench conference: exhibit marking Exhibit setup ▶

Witness: Catherine Boe
Examiner: Robert Shapiro
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Friday, February 3, 1995 • Lines: 26

Robert Shapiro uses photographs P-23 and P-24 to ask about Nicole's house, cars parked in front, nearby trees, and whether shedding might deter someone from parking a nice car. Catherine Boe identifies bottle brush and jacaranda trees and says parking anxiety might instead arise because Gretna Green Way is a through street.

# 1 MR. SHAPIRO:

YOUR HONOR, MAY I SHOW THESE PHOTOGRAPHS TO THE WITNESS, PLEASE?

# 2 THE COURT:

YOU MAY.

# 3 MR. SHAPIRO:

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

# 4 Q:

MISS BOE, CAN YOU IDENTIFY THESE TWO PHOTOGRAPHS FOR THE JURY, PLEASE?

# 5 A:

YES, I CAN. THIS IS MY HOUSE HERE, (INDICATING), WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF GRETNA GREEN AND SHETLAND LANE. HERE IS NICOLE'S HOUSE, HER DRIVEWAY, AND HERE IS THE LITTLE STONE WALL. MY KITCHEN DOOR IS IN THE BACK THERE. THE BOYS WOULD BE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE WALL.

# 6 Q:

THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS IDENTIFIED -- I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES ON. WHAT IS THE NUMBER, PLEASE?

# 7 A:

P-24.

# 8 Q:

AND THE SECOND PHOTOGRAPH?

# 9 A:

THIS IS NICOLE'S HOUSE WITH THE GARAGE DOOR CLOSED.

# 10 Q:

AND WOULD YOU IDENTIFY THAT PHOTOGRAPH?

# 11 A:

P-23.

# 12 Q:

NOW, P-23 IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF NICOLE'S HOUSE?

# 13 A:

YES, IT IS.

# 14 Q:

SHOWS CARS RIGHT IN FRONT?

# 15 A:

YES.

# 16 Q:

NOW, THERE ARE LARGE TREES THERE, ARE THERE NOT?

# 17 A:

YES, THERE ARE.

# 18 Q:

AND ARE THOSE THE TYPE OF TREES THAT TEND TO DROP A LOT OF BERRIES AND OTHER TYPES OF RESIDUE?

# 19 A:

WELL, THOSE ARE BOTTLE BRUSH TREES AND THEY HAVE BIG RED BLOSSOMS LIKE BRUSHES.

KEY QUOTE

# 20 Q:

DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE WHO PREFER NOT TO PARK NICE CARS UNDER TREES THAT HAVE A PROPENSITY TO SHED?

# 21 A:

NO. THOSE ARE JACARANDA TREES.

# 22 Q:

WELL, WE ARE GETTING A GREAT LESSON IN TREES HERE TODAY.

KEY QUOTE

# 23 A:

THE JACARANDA TREES ARE ACTUALLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

# 24 Q:

WELL, IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TREES AND SOMEBODY TOOK GREAT CARE IN THEIR CAR, DO YOU THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY ABOUT PARKING THERE?

# 25 A:

I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE ANXIETY ABOUT PARKING ON THAT STREET BECAUSE GRETNA GREEN WAY IS A THROUGH STREET AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO PARK YOUR CAR ON A THROUGH STREET.

KEY QUOTE

# 26 MR. SHAPIRO:

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT.

Temperature

light

Key Quotes (3)

Catherine Boe

WELL, THOSE ARE BOTTLE BRUSH TREES AND THEY HAVE BIG RED BLOSSOMS LIKE BRUSHES.

The witness identifies the trees as bottle brush and describes their red brush-like blossoms.

Robert Shapiro

WELL, WE ARE GETTING A GREAT LESSON IN TREES HERE TODAY.

Shapiro comments on the exchange about identifying the trees.

Catherine Boe

I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE ANXIETY ABOUT PARKING ON THAT STREET BECAUSE GRETNA GREEN WAY IS A THROUGH STREET AND YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO PARK YOUR CAR ON A THROUGH STREET.

The response conditionally offers the through-street nature of Gretna Green Way as a reason someone might avoid parking there, rather than tree shedding.

Evidence (2)

P-24

Photograph showing Miss Boe's house on the corner of Gretna Green and Shetland Lane, with Nicole's driveway and the stone wall between properties visible.

identified by witness

P-23

Photograph of Nicole Brown Simpson's house with the garage door closed, taken from directly in front.

identified by witness

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Shapiro•Catherine Boe

Shapiro asks whether tree residue or shedding might deter someone from parking a nice car; the witness identifies bottle brush and jacaranda trees and conditionally suggests that a through street might itself cause parking anxiety.

neutral

Light Moments (1)

Robert Shapiro

Shapiro quips 'We are getting a great lesson in trees here today' after the witness discusses bottle brush and jacaranda trees in response to his questions about tree shedding.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4626 • 26 lines • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103