Redirect examination of Carl Colby

📄 Redirect examination of Carl Colby — Friday, February 3, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 12 of 167

◀ Off-the-record discussion Recross-examination of Carl Colby ▶

Witness: Carl Colby
Examiner: Christopher Darden
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Friday, February 3, 1995 • Utterances: 7

In a very brief redirect examination, Darden asks Carl Colby why he refused to speak to defense investigator Sara Caplan, and Colby explains he felt it appropriate to come forward only to the prosecution. Darden then establishes that on the night Colby observed the defendant outside Nicole's home, Colby was already aware that Nicole had filed for divorce.

# 1

REDIRECT EXAMINATION

# 2

BY MR. DARDEN:

# 3 Q:

WHY IS IT THAT YOU REFUSED TO SPEAK TO SARA CAPLAN?

# 4 A:

I FELT THAT TO COME FORWARD AND TO SPEAK TO YOU, MR. DARDEN, AND TO YOU, MISS CLARK, WAS APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR AND I DON'T ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE PRESS OR OF ANY OTHER PARTY.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 Q:

BY THE WAY, THAT NIGHT, THE NIGHT IN WHICH YOU SAW THE DEFENDANT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, DID YOU KNOW THAT NICOLE HAD FILED FOR DIVORCE?

# 6 A:

YES.

# 7 MR. DARDEN:

THANK YOU.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Carl Colby

I FELT THAT TO COME FORWARD AND TO SPEAK TO YOU, MR. DARDEN, AND TO YOU, MISS CLARK, WAS APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR AND I DON'T ATTRACT THE ATTENTION OF THE PRESS OR OF ANY OTHER PARTY.

Explains his refusal to cooperate with the defense and positions himself as a willing prosecution witness who sought no publicity.

Carl Colby

YES.

Confirms he knew Nicole had filed for divorce when he witnessed Simpson outside her home, lending potential motive context to the sighting.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Carl Colby

Darden rehabilitates Colby's refusal to speak with Sara Caplan by letting Colby frame it as a principled, low-profile choice to cooperate only with the prosecution.

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4635 • 7 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103