Robert Shapiro cross-examines Mezzaluna manager Karen Crawford, focusing on the restaurant's time card for Ron Goldman and her observations on the night of the murders. Shapiro establishes that Crawford first saw most of the documents shown during direct examination only that day in court, casts doubt on the time-punch machine's accuracy, and uses her prior grand jury testimony to impeach her softened account of Goldman's whereabouts — nailing down that she previously testified the managers were 'having dinner,' not just 'hanging out.'
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
# 3 MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 4 THE COURT: MISS CLARK, HAVE YOU CONCLUDED YOUR EXAMINATION OF MISS CRAWFORD?
# 5 MS. CLARK: YES, YOUR HONOR, I HAVE CONCLUDED DIRECT.
# 6 THE COURT: MR. SHAPIRO.
# 7 MR. SHAPIRO: YOUR HONOR, I WONDER, IF WE ARE DONE WITH THE EXHIBIT, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE MISS CLARK RETRIEVE THOSE, SOME PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I AM NOT GOING TO NEED AND THE ENVELOPE THAT I WILL NOT NEED.
# 8 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU RETRIEVE THAT, MISS CLARK.
# 10 THE COURT: AND THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE.
# 12 THE COURT: THANK YOU.
# 13 MR. SHAPIRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOUR HONOR.
# 16 Q: GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS CRAWFORD.
# 18 Q: I HAVE TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS AND I WILL NOT ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS THAT UPSET YOU. THE DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WERE SHOWN BY MISS CLARK, SPECIFICALLY THE CHECK FOR DINNER --
# 20 Q: -- WHEN IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAVE SEEN THAT?
# 21 A: WHEN IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN IT?
# 24 Q: AND WHERE DID YOU SEE IT?
# 25 A: WHERE DID I SEE IT? I SAW IT HERE.
# 26 Q: AND THE RECEIPT FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BILL, WHEN IS THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW THAT?
# 28 Q: AND WHERE DID YOU SEE IT?
# 30 Q: AND THE TIME CARD, WHEN IS THE FIRST TIME YOU SAW THAT?
# 31 A: I MAY HAVE SEEN IT EARLIER IN THE WEEK OF THE WEEK ENDING JUNE 12TH. I ADDED THEM UP ON JUNE 12TH.
# 32 Q: SO THAT ONE YOU HAD SEEN BEFORE?
# 34 Q: IN ADDING UP THAT TIME CARD FOR MR. GOLDMAN DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING THAT WAS INCORRECT ON THE TIME CARD?
# 35 A: WELL, I SEE WHERE I HAD ADDED IT UP IN ONE SECTION AND IT HAD BEEN RE-ADDED AGAIN.
# 36 Q: DID YOU ALSO SEE THAT ON ONE DATE THERE WAS A TIME THAT THERE WAS A STAMPED IN FOR WORK, BUT NO STAMPING OUT OF WORK?
# 37 A: I DON'T REMEMBER NOTICING THAT.
# 38 Q: YOU DON'T REMEMBER NOTICING THAT? MAY I BORROW THE EXHIBIT FOR A MOMENT, YOUR HONOR? MAY I APPROACH THE WITNESS?
# 39 THE COURT: YOU MAY. THIS IS PEOPLE'S 36.
# 40 Q: BY MR. SHAPIRO: WAS THERE AN INDICATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WEDNESDAY WAS A WORKING DAY?
# 41 A: WEDNESDAY? WELL, THERE IS -- THERE IS A STAMP IN AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHETHER OR NOT HE WORKED THAT DAY. MAYBE SOMEONE ACCIDENTALLY PUNCHED IN ON HIS TIME CARD AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR CARD. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. MAYBE HE PUNCHED IN AND THEY DIDN'T NEED HIM AND HE JUST LEFT AND HE DIDN'T PUNCH OUT. MAYBE HE WAS JUST THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES. I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE WHAT THAT IS. HE MAY HAVE WORKED AND FORGOTTEN TO PUNCH OUT.
# 42 Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE TIME ON THAT TIMES PUNCH MACHINE WERE ACCURATE ON JUNE THE 12TH?
# 43 A: CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? DO I HAVE PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT?
# 44 Q: WHEN YOU PUT THAT CARD IN, IT GOES INTO A MACHINE; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 46 Q: AND THAT MACHINE INDICATES A TIME; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 48 Q: DO YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THAT MACHINE WAS ACCURATELY RECORDING THE TIME ON JUNE THE 12TH?
# 50 Q: WHEN YOU GOT THE PHONE CALL FROM MRS. JUDITH BROWN, HAD YOU EVER TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE BEFORE?
# 51 A: I DON'T BELIEVE I HAD EVER TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE, NO.
KEY QUOTE # 52 Q: AND NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON, HAD YOU EVER TALKED TO HER ON THE PHONE BEFORE?
# 53 A: I DON'T REMEMBER IF I HAD OR NOT, NO.
KEY QUOTE # 54 Q: YOU SAY SHE WAS A REGULAR AT THE RESTAURANT?
# 56 Q: HOW OFTEN WOULD SHE COME IN?
# 57 A: WELL, IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR I HAD SEEN HER ABOUT FOUR TIMES AND I WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO BE REGULAR. I HAD HEARD OF OTHER TIMES SHE HAD BEEN IN ON NIGHTS THAT I HADN'T WORKED.
# 58 Q: ON THIS PARTICULAR NIGHT WHEN YOU WERE THE MANAGER, DID YOU SEE HER GREET RON GOLDMAN WHEN SHE AND HER PARTY ARRIVED AT THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT?
# 60 Q: AND HOW DID SHE GREET HIM?
# 61 A: UMM, I JUST THINK SHE SAID HELLO AND I'M NOT -- I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.
# 65 A: I DON'T THINK SO, NO.
KEY QUOTE # 67 A: NO, I'M NOT SURE.
# 68 Q: WHEN YOU WENT TO GET RON GOLDMAN, THAT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF NICOLE?
# 70 Q: AND WHERE WAS RON WHEN YOU WENT TO GET HIM?
# 71 A: HE WAS SITTING AT THE FIRST TABLE BY THE FRONT DOOR.
# 72 Q: WHAT WAS HE DOING?
# 73 A: HE WAS SITTING TALKING TO THE TWO OTHER MANAGERS.
# 75 A: JOHN AND RICHARD.
# 76 Q: DID YOU PREVIOUSLY TESTIFY THAT THEY WERE ALL HAVING DINNER TOGETHER?
# 77 A: UMM, I DON'T THINK SO. JOHN AND RICHARD WERE HAVING DINNER.
# 78 Q: YOU INDICATED THEY WERE HAVING DINNER AND MR. GOLDMAN WAS WITH THEM?
# 79 A: YEAH. I THINK HE -- HE WENT OVER THERE JUST FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO HANG OUT.
# 80 Q: DID YOU SEE MR. GOLDMAN EAT AT ALL THAT EVENING?
# 82 MR. SHAPIRO: MAY I JUST HAVE ONE MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?
# 83 THE COURT: CERTAINLY.
# 84 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEFENSE COUNSEL.) # 85 MR. SHAPIRO: YOUR HONOR, I HAVE A TRANSCRIPT OF PREVIOUS TESTIMONY BY KAREN LEE CRAWFORD, CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MYSELF. THAT IS PAGE 12, HOWEVER, AGAIN I HAVE UNDERLINED IT. I WONDER IF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WOULD OBJECT TO ME SHOWING THIS OR WOULD LIKE ANOTHER COPY TO BE SHOWN TO THE WITNESS?
# 86 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.) # 87 MR. SHAPIRO: MAY I APPROACH THE WITNESS, YOUR HONOR?
# 89 MR. SHAPIRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
# 90 Q: MISS CRAWFORD, WOULD YOU JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW YOUR TESTIMONY PREVIOUSLY GIVEN AND I WANT TO DIRECT YOU TO LINE 22 THROUGH LINE 28, PLEASE.
# 91 A: (WITNESS COMPLIES.) YES.
# 92 Q: DO YOU RECALL BEING ASKED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS BY ME?
# 94 Q: LET ME GIVE YOU THE QUESTIONS, OKAY?
# 95 MS. CLARK: WELL, OBJECTION. THE WITNESS IS BEING ASKED TO REFRESH HER MEMORY. COUNSEL DOESN'T NEED TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. SHE JUST REFRESHED HER MEMORY AND NOW SHE CAN TESTIFY TO WHAT COUNSEL WANTS.
# 96 THE COURT: OVERRULED. MR. SHAPIRO.
# 98 Q: WERE YOU ASKED THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
"WHEN YOU WENT TO CALL RON GOLDMAN TO THE PHONE, WHERE WAS HE?
"ANSWER: HE WAS SITTING AT TABLE 101 WHICH IS THE VERY FIRST TABLE TO THE LEFT OF THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
"QUESTION: WHO WAS HE WITH, IF ANYONE?
"ANSWER: HE WAS SITTING WITH JOHN AND RICHARD, JOHN DEBELLO, THE MANAGER, AND RICHARD ARBOLINO.
"QUESTION: WHAT WERE THEY DOING?
"ANSWER: THEY WERE HAVING DINNER."
DO YOU RECALL BEING ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS AND GIVING THOSE ANSWERS?
# 100 MR. SHAPIRO: THANK YOU. NOTHING FURTHER.