ALL RIGHT. MA'AM, PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT FOR THE LAWYERS ON THE CASE. THAT ORDER IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THE END OF THE TRIAL. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. ALL RIGHT. MR. DARDEN, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER WITNESSES AVAILABLE THIS AFTERNOON?
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ONE OF THE HARDEST JOBS OF A TRIAL ATTORNEY IN ANY CASE IS TO DETERMINE HOW LONG A WITNESS' TESTIMONY IS GOING TO TAKE AND HOW LONG THE CROSS-EXAMINATION WILL TAKE BY THE OTHER SIDE, AND OFTEN TIMES WE MISCALCULATE ON THOSE. APPARENTLY THE PROSECUTION DOES NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER WITNESSES TO PRESENT THIS AFTERNOON. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS AT THIS TIME. SOMETIMES, WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH WITNESSES AND SOMETIMES WE WON'T HAVE ENOUGH. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE DAY. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T LET ANYBODY TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T PERFORM ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING TODAY AND SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 O'CLOCK. WE'LL STAND IN RECESS.
ALL RIGHT. THE JURY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURTROOM. COUNSEL, YOU HAD SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD?
YES. I JUST WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD, YOUR HONOR, THAT WE'VE HAVING A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH GETTING THREE DAYS' NAMES OF WITNESSES. I WAS JUST TALKING TO MISS CLARK ABOUT IT. WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEAR WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. I KNOW THESE THINGS CHANGE, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW WHO THESE WITNESSES ARE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY BOOKS AND REPORTS TO THIS CASE, WE DON'T WANT TO GET CUT SHORT. WHAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO DO IS WRITE THEM OUT SO I UNDERSTAND WHO THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ON TUESDAY, WHO THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND BE PREPARED TO BRING IT DOWN HERE THE NEXT DAY.
YES, YOU DID, BUT IT'S NOT WORKING QUITE AS WELL AS IT COULD. PERHAPS MISS CLARK --
UNTIL I RAN OUT. BUT THEY KNEW I WAS GOING TO RUN OUT. THE COURT EARLIER ORDERED THE DEFENSE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ESPN TAPE. WOULD THE COURT ORDER THEM TO LOOK AT THE TAPE BEFORE THEY LEAVE TODAY, THE ENTIRE 30-MINUTE TAPE, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO DO SO THAT I CAN FINALLY PERHAPS PLAY IT IN FRONT OF THE JURY IN THIS CASE?
ALL RIGHT. MR. COCHRAN, YOU'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO LOOK AT THE TAPE?
ANOTHER THING, MR. COCHRAN KEEPS PICKING ON ME. I KNOW HE LOVES ME, LOVES ME LIKE A SON, BUT I'M GETTING TIRED OF THIS STEP DAD THING.
KEY QUOTEJUDGE, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY -- I'LL DEAL WITH HIM LATER ON, YOUR HONOR, BUT I'M GLAD TO WATCH THE VIDEO. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE YET, BUT HE HAS -- DO YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE TAPE HERE?
BUT I DON'T HAVE A VCR IN MY BRIEFCASE, BUT I WILL WATCH IT THIS EVENING AND CALL MR. DARDEN.
YOUR HONOR, I HAVE SOME EXHIBITS TO SHOW TO COUNSEL THAT I WOULD LIKE TO USE TOMORROW AND --
ALSO, I ASKED COUNSEL TO ALLOW ME TO ADD ONE WITNESS TO THE LIST OF WITNESSES THAT WILL BE COMING UP TOMORROW AND THE NEXT DAY, VERY BRIEF WITNESS. SHE IS NOT REALLY PERCIPIENT TO ANYTHING, BUT SHE DOES KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THE OFFICERS GOT THERE AND COUNSEL IS AWARE OF HER STATEMENT. IT'S VERY, VERY BRIEF. HER NAME IS ELSI TISTAERT, T-I-S-T-A-E-R-T. I BELIEVE COUNSEL INDICATED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO OBJECTION TO HER ADDITION.
THAT WITNESS. AND I WILL REMIND MISS CLARK THAT I DIDN'T OBJECT. IT MAY COME UP ON OUR SIDE AT ONE POINT, AND I WANT THE COURT TO REMEMBER THAT.
WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? WHY DON'T YOU SHOW THEM TO COUNSEL; AND IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTION, THEN I'M AVAILABLE TO RULE ON ANY OBJECTIONS.
MISS CLARK, WHY DON'T YOU USE THE PODIUM SO THE COURT REPORTER CAN HEAR YOUR COMMENTS.
YES. YEAH. THAT'S JUST A SMALL REPRESENTATION OF THEM, AND THERE WILL BE ICONS ON THE MAP OF THE BUNDY AREA, ICONS SHOWING WHERE EVERYBODY IS.
IT WON'T TAKE VERY LONG. IT WILL BE VERY BRIEF. THE PEOPLE WHO WILL IDENTIFY THESE PHOTOGRAPHS, YOUR HONOR, WILL BE NON-RELATIVES. THEY WILL BE PEOPLE FROM THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT WHO SAW THEM ON THIS DATE. SO THESE ARE THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT THE PEOPLE PROPOSE TO USE OF THE VICTIMS.
NO. NOT AT THIS POINT, YOUR HONOR. I WOULD LIKE TO RESERVE OVERNIGHT, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO STIPULATE TO THE PHOTOGRAPHS. COUNSEL ASSURES ME THAT THESE WILL BE FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RELATED. BUT WE ARE WILLING TO STIPULATE THAT THOSE ARE THE INDIVIDUALS IN LIFE AND THERE'S NO QUESTION NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON AND MR. RONALD GOLDMAN ARE THE VICTIMS IN THIS CASE, NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR, AND MISS CLARK WILL THINK ABOUT THAT OVERNIGHT TO SAVE SOME TIME.
BUT I THINK MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER USE, THAT THEY WERE AT THE MEZZALUNA AND THEY IDENTIFIED THESE PERSONS AS HAVING BEEN THERE. THAT'S THE OFFER RATHER THAN THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIMS. THAT'S A DIFFERENT PURPOSE THAN THE NORMAL STIPULATION TO THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIMS. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BEING IDENTIFIED BY THOSE PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
THAT'S IT FOR TOMORROW. I'M GOING TO TRY TO HAVE EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE EXHIBITS THAT I INTEND TO USE READY TO SHOW COUNSEL TOMORROW, AND THAT SHOULD BE FOR THE BALANCE OF THE WITNESSES THAT I WILL BE CALLING FOR THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
YES, WE ARE, YOUR HONOR. WE WILL BEGIN TOMORROW WITH THE WITNESSES FROM THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT AND PROCEED THEN TO WITNESSES WHO HEARD DOGS BARKING AND MOVE INTO THE FIRST OFFICERS AT THE CRIME SCENE. IT'S HARD FOR ME TO KNOW HOW LONG COUNSEL WILL TAKE ON CROSS-EXAMINATION WITH ANY OF THESE PARTICULAR WITNESSES. I CAN ANTICIPATE CERTAIN THINGS, BUT IT'S REAL HARD TO KNOW FOR SURE. BUT IT'S PROBABLY A FAIR ESTIMATE THAT WE WOULD GET TO A JURY VIEW ON THURSDAY. I HAVE AN ITINERARY THAT HAS BEEN TYPED UP, AND I INTEND TO SUBMIT IT TO THE COURT WITH SOME IDEAS FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE JURY SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE EVIDENCE WAS LOCATED, AND WE SHOULD PROBABLY BROACH THAT TOMORROW.
I WOULD LIKE A LIST, YOUR HONOR. I THINK MISS CLARK SAID SHE WOULD GIVE US A LIST.
I HAD ASKED FOR AN ITINERARY, AND OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN A JURY SCENE VIEW, I NEED A LITTLE MORE LEAD TIME THAN, OH, BY THE WAY, LET'S DO IT THURSDAY. LET ME TALK TO COUNSEL WITHOUT THE COURT REPORTER.
COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE TAKE OUR RECESS FOR THE AFTERNOON?
PERHAPS THE COURT WANTED TO LOOK AT THE TELESTRATOR, SEE HOW THAT WORKS. BUT ALSO, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE UP THE ISSUE TOMORROW MORNING OF THE BOB BLAISER AND MARK HARMON ARGUMENT?
I ASSUME SO. BUT THAT DEPENDS. MR. BLAISER INDICATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO FILE SOMETHING WITH ME EITHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. IF IT'S FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING, THEN I HAVE GOT TO OBVIOUSLY TAKE SOME TIME TO READ WHAT HE SUBMITS. I DON'T KNOW. SO I HOPE TO GET THIS RESOLVED THOUGH TOMORROW BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THIS STUFF ON ITS WAY.
YOUR HONOR, I STAYED OVER THE LUNCH HOUR WHILE THEY WERE SETTING UP THIS PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. I EXPECT WE WILL HAVE NO OBJECTION TO ITS USE. IT WAS INTRODUCED TO AMERICA BY JOHN MADDEN, WHO IS GENERALLY A SECOND-GUESS QUARTERBACK. I WONDERED IF THAT'S WHY THE PROSECUTION WAS GOING TO USE IT FOR THIS CASE.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL STAND IN RECESS AND THE COURT WILL OBSERVE A DEMONSTRATION OF THAT AND WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY PROBLEM WITH IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE --
ANOTHER THING, MR. COCHRAN KEEPS PICKING ON ME. I KNOW HE LOVES ME, LOVES ME LIKE A SON, BUT I'M GETTING TIRED OF THIS STEP DAD THING.
IT WAS INTRODUCED TO AMERICA BY JOHN MADDEN, WHO IS GENERALLY A SECOND-GUESS QUARTERBACK. I WONDERED IF THAT'S WHY THE PROSECUTION WAS GOING TO USE IT FOR THIS CASE.
IT'S PROBABLY A FAIR ESTIMATE THAT WE WOULD GET TO A JURY VIEW ON THURSDAY.