Direct examination of Karen Crawford (part 1)

📄 Direct examination of Karen Crawford (part 1) — Tuesday, February 7, 1995

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Witness: Karen Crawford
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1995 • Utterances: 310

Karen Crawford, the Sunday night manager and bartender at Mezzaluna restaurant, testified about Nicole Brown Simpson's dinner party on the evening of June 12, 1994. She established that Nicole arrived between 6:30-7:00 PM with a large group, that Ron Goldman was working that night as a waiter (but did not wait on Nicole's party), and that Nicole's party departed between 8:30-9:00 PM. She also testified about a 9:37 PM phone call from Juditha Brown (Nicole's mother) asking her to look for lost prescription glasses, which Crawford found outside in the gutter and sealed in an envelope behind the bar — the glasses Ron Goldman was later dispatched to return.

# 1 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THE PEOPLE CALL MISS KAREN CRAWFORD.

KAREN CRAWFORD, CALLED AS A WITNESS BY THE PEOPLE, WAS SWORN AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

# 2 THE CLERK:

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COURT, SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.

# 3 KAREN CRAWFORD:

I DO.

# 4 THE CLERK:

PLEASE BE SEATED ON THE WITNESS STAND AND STATE AND SPELL YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES FOR THE RECORD.

# 5 KAREN CRAWFORD:

KAREN CRAWFORD, K-A-R-E-N C-R-A-W-F-O-R-D.

# 6 THE CLERK:

THANK YOU.

# 7 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK.

# 8 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 9

DIRECT EXAMINATION

# 10

BY MS. CLARK:

# 11 Q:

MISS CRAWFORD, CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING.

# 12 A:

I WORK AT MEZZALUNA.

# 13 Q:

AND WHAT IS THAT?

# 14 A:

IT IS A RESTAURANT IN BRENTWOOD.

# 15 Q:

LOCATED AT?

# 16 A:

IT IS ON SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD.

# 17 Q:

IS IT -- CAN YOU TELL US, IS THAT AN INTERSECTION?

# 18 A:

IT IS ON THE CORNER OF GORHAM AND SAN VICENTE.

# 19 Q:

OKAY. DIRECTLY TO YOUR LEFT IS A GREAT BIG CHART THAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 26. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, POINT TO THE AREA WHERE THE MEZZALUNA IS LOCATED ON THIS. USE THE POINTER.

# 20 A:

IT IS RIGHT HERE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER, (INDICATING).

# 21 Q:

INDICATING THAT YELLOW DOT?

# 22 (NODS HEAD UP AND DOWN.)

# 23 Q:

IS THAT YES?

# 24 A:

YES.

# 25 Q:

THANK YOU. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING THERE?

# 26 A:

HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN WORKING THERE? FOR A YEAR AND A HALF NOW.

# 27 Q:

BACK ON JUNE THE 12TH, WHAT WAS YOUR POSITION AT THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT?

# 28 A:

I WAS THE MANAGER ON SUNDAY NIGHTS AND I BARTENDED.

# 29 Q:

NOW, ON THE DATE OF JUNE THE 12TH, 1994, THAT WAS A SUNDAY?

# 30 A:

YES.

# 31 Q:

AND SO WHAT WAS YOUR -- WHAT WERE YOUR DUTIES THAT NIGHT?

# 32 A:

WELL, I WAS MANAGING THAT DAY, SO I CAME IN AND I OPENED THE RESTAURANT AND THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE EVENING I JUST OVERSAW THE OPERATIONS AND THEN I CLOSED UP, I DID REPORTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

# 33 Q:

IN THE COURSE OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT AT THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT DID YOU MEET NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON?

# 34 A:

YES.

# 35 Q:

SHE WAS A REGULAR CUSTOMER THERE?

# 36 A:

YES.

# 37 Q:

DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT HAS BEEN MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 28, I ASK YOU IF YOU RECOGNIZE HER?

# 38 A:

YES.

# 39 Q:

IS THAT NICOLE BROWN?

# 40 A:

YES.

# 41 Q:

WERE YOU ALSO ACQUAINTED WITH SOMEONE BY THE NAME OF RON GOLDMAN?

# 42 A:

YES.

# 43 Q:

DO YOU SEE HIS PHOTOGRAPH THERE?

# 44 A:

YES.

# 45 MS. CLARK:

PEOPLE'S 27.

# 46 THE COURT:

YES.

# 47 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 48 Q:

AND HOW DID YOU BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH HIM?

# 49 A:

I KNEW HIM THROUGH WORK.

# 50 Q:

DO YOU RECALL WHEN HE BEGAN WORKING AT THE MEZZALUNA?

# 51 A:

HE STARTED WORKING AT MEZZALUNA ABOUT FOUR MONTHS BEFORE JUNE 12.

# 52 Q:

EARLY IN 1994?

# 53 A:

YES.

# 54 Q:

WHEN NICOLE BROWN HAD COME TO THE RESTAURANT ON PREVIOUS OCCASIONS DID YOU SPEAK TO HER?

# 55 A:

YES.

# 56 Q:

BRIEFLY EXCHANGE HI, HOW ARE YOU?

# 57 A:

JUST NICETIES.

# 58 Q:

DO YOU RECALL SEEING HER IN THE RESTAURANT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE THE 12TH, 1994?

# 59 A:

YES, I DID.

# 60 Q:

DO YOU RECALL APPROXIMATELY WHEN SHE ARRIVED?

# 61 A:

I BELIEVE SHE ARRIVED BETWEEN 6:30 AND 7:00.

# 62 Q:

WAS SHE ALONE?

# 63 A:

NO, SHE WAS WITH A LARGE GROUP.

# 64 Q:

AND DO YOU RECALL WHO WAS IN THAT LARGE GROUP?

# 65 A:

THERE WERE SEVERAL ADULTS AND SOME CHILDREN.

# 66 Q:

NOW, DO YOU KNOW WHAT RON GOLDMAN DID AT THE RESTAURANT, WHAT WAS HIS JOB?

# 67 A:

RON WAS A WAITER.

# 68 Q:

AND HE WAS WORKING THERE THAT NIGHT ON JUNE THE 12TH?

# 69 A:

YES, HE WAS.

# 70 Q:

DID HE WAIT ON NICOLE'S PARTY?

# 71 A:

NO, HE DIDN'T.

# 72 Q:

NOW, DO YOU HAPPEN TO RECALL WHERE NICOLE AND HER PARTY --

# 73 THE COURT:

I'M SORRY, MISS CRAWFORD, COULD YOU PULL THE MICROPHONE A LITTLE CLOSER TO YOU THERE, PLEASE, AND ANGLE IT OVER TOWARDS YOURSELF. IT WILL TWIST THERE. THE WITNESS: (WITNESS COMPLIES.)

# 74 THE COURT:

THANK YOU. MISS CLARK.

# 75 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 76 Q:

DO YOU RECALL WHERE NICOLE AND HER PARTY WERE SEATED?

# 77 A:

YEAH. THEY WERE SEATED ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT IN FRONT OF THE BAR AREA.

# 78 Q:

WHY THERE?

# 79 A:

WELL, WE HAD TO SET UP A TABLE FOR THEIR PARTY, IT WAS A LARGE GROUP, AND THAT IS NORMALLY WHERE WE SET UP A LARGE TABLE.

# 80 Q:

OKAY. DO YOU HAPPEN TO RECALL WHAT SHE WAS WEARING THAT NIGHT?

# 81 A:

SHE HAD ON A BLACK HALTER DRESS.

# 82 Q:

WAS IT ABOVE THE KNEE?

# 83 A:

YES.

# 84 Q:

WHILE WE ARE PREPARING TO SHOW YOU AN EXHIBIT, LET ME ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A MACHINE THAT THE SERVERS ENTER THE ORDERS INTO?

# 85 A:

YES.

# 86 Q:

AND ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WAY THAT MACHINE OPERATES?

# 87 A:

YES.

# 88 Q:

HAVE YOU YOURSELF OPERATED IT?

# 89 A:

YES, I HAVE.

# 90 Q:

AND ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE PAPER THAT IT PRINTS OUTS INDICATING WHAT A CUSTOMER HAS ORDERED AND THE TOTAL --

# 91 A:

YES.

# 92 Q:

-- AMOUNT OF THE FOOD SERVED?

# 93 A:

YES.

# 94 Q:

CAN YOU TELL US WHETHER THE SERVER'S NAME IS INDICATED ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER?

# 95 A:

IT IS ON THE PAPER.

# 96 Q:

NOW, THERE IS A TIME STAMP THAT IS CREATED BY THAT MACHINE; IS THAT RIGHT?

# 97 A:

YES.

# 98 Q:

IS IT ACCURATE?

# 99 A:

NO, IT HAS NEVER BEEN ACCURATE.

# 100 Q:

DOES ANYONE USE IT OR RELY ON IT AS TO FIX A TIME AS TO WHEN ANY PARTICULAR PARTY WAS SERVED?

# 101 A:

NO.

# 102 Q:

AND WERE YOU SHOWN SUCH AN ITEM TODAY WHEN YOU CAME INTO COURT?

# 103 A:

YES.

# 104 MS. CLARK:

I'M GOING TO ASK THAT THIS BLUE RECEIPT, AT THE TOP OF WHICH IS HANDWRITTEN "NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON" MEZZALUNA JUNE 12, 1994, BE MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 33.

# 105 (PEO'S 33 FOR ID = MEZZALUNA RECEIPT)

# 106 MS. CLARK:

AND A WHITE RECEIPT WITH THE APPARENT SIGNATURE OF NICOLE BROWN BE MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 34. MAYBE 33-A WILL BE BETTER.

# 107 THE COURT:

IT IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT.

# 108 MS. CLARK:

34.

# 109 THE COURT:

34. I THINK IT IS A CREDIT CARD.

# 110 MS. CLARK:

CREDIT CARD RECEIPT.

# 111 THE COURT:

SO IT IS SEPARATE.

# 112 MS. CLARK:

SEPARATE.

# 113 (PEO'S 34 FOR ID = CREDIT CARD RECEIPT)

# 114 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU -- I WILL TELL YOU WHAT, I WILL PUT IT ON THE ELMO.

# 115 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MISS CRAWFORD, DO YOU SEE THE MONITOR RIGHT THERE?

# 116 KAREN CRAWFORD:

YES.

# 117 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: CAN YOU SEE IT ON THE MONITOR?

# 118 A:

YES.

# 119 Q:

OKAY. NOW, IS THIS THE PIECE OF PAPER WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT COMES OUT OF THE MACHINE THAT THE SERVER PUNCHES THE ORDER INTO?

# 120 A:

YES.

# 121 Q:

AND IS THIS --

# 122 MR. FAIRTLOUGH:

EXCUSE ME JUST A MOMENT.

# 123 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: DOES THAT HELP A LITTLE?

# 124 A:

THAT'S FINE.

# 125 Q:

CAN YOU TELL BY THIS DOCUMENT WHO WAS THE SERVER THAT NIGHT?

# 126 A:

YES, TIA WAS THE SERVER.

# 127 Q:

OKAY. IT INDICATES A NUMBER OF GUESTS AS NINE?

# 128 A:

YES.

# 129 Q:

CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? IS THAT AN ACCURATE AND -- NECESSARILY AN ACCURATE NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT IN THAT PARTY?

# 130 A:

NOT ALWAYS. IF THERE ARE A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THE PARTY THEY MAY COUNT TWO CHILDREN AS ONE GUEST.

# 131 Q:

AND WHY IS THAT?

# 132 A:

BECAUSE THEY TEND TO EAT LESS.

# 133 Q:

NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER THAT IT SAYS, "JUNE 13 AT 7:04 A.M."?

# 134 A:

YES.

# 135 Q:

IS THAT ACCURATE?

# 136 A:

NO, THAT IS INCORRECT.

# 137 Q:

IS THAT TIME OF DAY STAMP ALWAYS INCORRECT?

# 138 A:

AS FAR AS I KNOW AS LONG AS I HAVE WORKED THERE, YES.

KEY QUOTE

# 139 MS. CLARK:

CAN YOU MOVE THAT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. CAN YOU MOVE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT TO SHOW THE TOTAL.

# 140 Q:

NOW, DOES THIS SHOW YOU WHAT EVERYBODY ORDERED FOR DINNER THAT NIGHT?

# 141 A:

YES, IT DOES.

# 142 Q:

AND IT SHOWS YOU THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT IT CAME TO -- THAT IT COST?

# 143 A:

YES.

# 144 Q:

179.95?

# 145 A:

YES.

# 146 Q:

IT ALSO SHOWS A PHONE NUMBER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RECEIPT?

# 147 A:

YES.

# 148 Q:

DO YOU SEE THAT?

# 149 A:

UH-HUH.

# 150 Q:

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THAT PHONE NUMBER?

# 151 A:

I DO, HOWEVER, THE AREA CODE IS WRONG.

# 152 Q:

IT IS NOW 310?

# 153 A:

RIGHT.

# 154 Q:

THE PHONE NUMBER, IS THAT FOR THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT?

# 155 A:

YES.

# 156 MS. CLARK:

CAN YOU PULL IT BACK DOWN.

# 157 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 158 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: THERE WAS A TIME ON THE TOP OF THAT I BELIEVE INDICATED 7:04 A.M.?

# 159 A:

YES.

# 160 MS. CLARK:

OKAY.

# 161 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 162 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: OKAY. 7:04 A.M. OKAY. WE ARE SHOWING YOU THE OTHER SIDE OF IT NOW. AT THE TOP OF THIS OTHER SIDE IT SHOWS THE TIME OF 8:18 A.M. ON JUNE 12?

# 163 A:

YES.

# 164 Q:

THAT IS OF COURSE STILL INCORRECT?

# 165 A:

THAT IS STILL INCORRECT, YES.

# 166 Q:

BUT CAN YOU TELL FROM THIS APPROXIMATELY WHEN THE CHECK WAS OPENED AND WHEN IT WAS CLOSED IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH TIME ELAPSED BETWEEN THE TIME THE ORDER WAS PLACED AND THE TIME THAT THE CHECK WAS PAID?

# 167 A:

YEAH. THAT WOULD BE A CORRECT LAPSE OF TIME.

# 168 Q:

SO IT IS AN HOUR AND 14 MINUTES FROM THE TIME THAT THE ORDER WAS PLACED TO THE TIME THAT THE CHECK WAS PAID?

# 169 A:

YES.

# 170 Q:

AND THEN THAT DOESN'T INDICATE THAT THE PARTY NECESSARILY LEFT, DOES IT?

# 171 A:

NO, IT DOESN'T. IT JUST INDICATES WHEN THE CHECK WAS CLOSED OUT BY THE SERVER.

# 172 Q:

OKAY. NOW, IN THE TOP AS I FACE IT LEFT-HAND CORNER YOU SEE "CASH"?

# 173 A:

YES.

# 174 Q:

DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT WAS PAID IN CASH?

# 175 A:

NO, IT DOESN'T. IT JUST MEANS THAT THE CHECK WAS CLOSED OUT.

# 176 MR. FAIRTLOUGH:

WE WILL REQUIRE A BRIEF THIRTY SECONDS, YOUR HONOR, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE PRINT.

# 177 MS. CLARK:

THAT IS OKAY. WE CAN PROCEED WITH THE TESTIMONY.

# 178 Q:

AT SOME POINT DID YOU SEE NICOLE AND HER PARTY LEAVE?

# 179 A:

UMM, YES, I DID.

# 180 Q:

DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT WHAT TIME THAT WAS?

# 181 A:

I WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 8:30 AND 9:00.

# 182 Q:

JUST BACKING UP FOR A MINUTE, DO YOU SEE WHAT IS ON THE MONITOR NOW?

# 183 A:

YES.

# 184 Q:

OKAY. THIS IS PEOPLE'S 34. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THAT IS?

# 185 A:

IT IS A CREDIT CARD RECEIPT.

# 186 Q:

AND DOES THAT REFLECT PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNT THAT WAS INDICATED IN THAT BLUE PIECE OF PAPER THAT THE NCR MACHINE PRINTED OUT FOR 179.95?

# 187 A:

YES.

# 188 Q:

AND IT IS -- A GRATUITY WAS ADDED ON OF 34?

# 189 A:

YES.

# 190 Q:

FOR A TOTAL OF 213.95?

# 191 A:

YES.

# 192 Q:

DID YOU LOOK AT THAT PIECE OF PAPER WHEN YOU CAME INTO COURT TODAY?

# 193 A:

I DID, YES.

# 194 Q:

DID IT APPEAR TO YOU TO BE THE ORIGINAL?

# 195 A:

YES, IT WAS THE ORIGINAL.

# 196 MS. CLARK:

MOVE IT UP.

# 197 Q:

THE SIGNATURE ON THE BOTTOM APPEARS TO BE NICOLE BROWN?

# 198 A:

YES.

# 199 Q:

IS IT YOUR HABIT AND CUSTOM IN A RESTAURANT TO HAVE THE CUSTOMER WRITE IN THE GRATUITY AND THEN FILL IN THE TOTAL?

# 200 A:

YES.

# 201 Q:

AND THEN SIGN?

# 202 A:

YES.

# 203 Q:

AND IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DONE IN THIS CASE AS WELL?

# 204 A:

YES, IT HAS.

# 205 Q:

NOW, THIS SHOWS A DATE OF JUNE 12?

# 206 A:

YEAH.

# 207 Q:

AND A TIME OF 7:00 P.M.?

# 208 A:

YEAH.

# 209 THE COURT:

7:12.

# 210 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: 7:12 P.M.?

# 211 A:

YES.

# 212 Q:

IS THAT ACCURATE?

# 213 A:

NO, THAT IS NOT ACCURATE EITHER.

# 214 Q:

OKAY. SO NEITHER YOUR CREDIT CARD MACHINE NOR THE NCR THAT YOU PUNCH THE ORDERS INTO HAS CORRECT TIMES IN IT?

# 215 A:

THAT'S RIGHT.

# 216 Q:

IS THE DATE CORRECT ON YOUR CREDIT CARD MACHINE?

# 217 A:

THE DATE IS CORRECT, YES.

# 218 Q:

THE TIME IS WRONG?

# 219 A:

THE TIME IS WRONG.

# 220 Q:

THEN THIS RECEIPT -- THIS CREDIT CARD RECEIPT REFLECTS PAYMENT FOR THE ORDER SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENT MARKED PEOPLE'S 33?

# 221 A:

YES.

# 222 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 223 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: OKAY. AFTER NICOLE AND HER PARTY LEFT, DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE RON GOLDMAN?

# 224 A:

YES, I DID.

# 225 Q:

WERE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE METHOD OF TIME -- TIME STAMPING TO PUNCH IN AND OUT ON A TIME CARD FOR THE EMPLOYEES?

# 226 A:

YES.

# 227 Q:

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT TIME CLOCK IS KEPT?

# 228 A:

YES, I DO.

# 229 Q:

DID YOU SEE HIM GO IN THAT DIRECTION AT SOME POINT?

# 230 A:

I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SEE HIM GO PUNCH OUT.

# 231 Q:

DID YOU SEE HIM GO TOWARDS WHERE HE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO PUNCH OUT AT THE TIME CLOCK?

# 232 A:

UMM, YES.

# 233 Q:

AND DOES EVERYBODY HAVE TO PUNCH IN AND OUT WHEN THEY COME TO WORK AND LEAVE?

# 234 A:

YES.

# 235 Q:

NOW, AS MANAGER ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE METHOD OF COMPUTING THE TIME CARDS AND DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH MAINTAINING THE HOURS?

# 236 A:

YES.

# 237 Q:

AND WHAT IS THAT?

# 238 A:

I WOULD SIGN PEOPLE OUT AND ON SUNDAYS I WOULD ADD UP EVERYONE'S TIME CARD FOR THE WEEK.

# 239 Q:

AND DID YOU DO THAT ON JUNE THE 12TH AS WELL?

# 240 A:

YES, I DID.

# 241 Q:

SHORTLY AFTER YOU SAW RON GO TO THE AREA WHERE THE TIME CLOCK IS KEPT THAT EVENING, SHORTLY AFTER THAT, DID YOU GET A PHONE CALL?

# 242 A:

YES, I DID.

# 243 Q:

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT TIME, APPROXIMATELY, THAT YOU GOT THAT PHONE CALL?

# 244 A:

IT WAS ABOUT 9:30, 9:35.

# 245 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 246 MS. CLARK:

THIS IS ANOTHER BOARD, YOUR HONOR, THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO COUNSEL. I WOULD ASK THAT IT BE MARKED PEOPLE'S 39 -- 35.

# 247 THE COURT:

35.

# 248 MS. CLARK:

35.

# 249 (PEO'S 35 FOR ID = BOARD/JUDITHA BRN PHONE RCDS)

# 250 MS. CLARK:

IT IS ENTITLED "JUDITHA BROWN PHONE RECORD, JUNE 12, 1994."

# 251 MR. SHAPIRO:

YOUR HONOR, IN THE INTERESTS OF SAVING TIME, SINCE I DON'T THINK THIS WITNESS CAN AUTHENTICATE THOSE PHONE RECORDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS WITNESS' TESTIMONY, WE WOULD STIPULATE THAT THE RECORDS ARE ACCURATE AND DEPICT THE TIME THAT THE CALL CAME INTO THE RESTAURANT.

# 252 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. IS THAT STIPULATION AGREEABLE TO THE PEOPLE?

# 253 MS. CLARK:

YES, THAT STIPULATION IS AGREEABLE. THANK YOU.

# 254 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I TOLD YOU DURING THE COURSE OF OUR INSTRUCTIONS THAT WHAT THE ATTORNEYS SAY DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL IS NOT EVIDENCE; HOWEVER, IN A SITUATION WHERE THE ATTORNEYS STIPULATE AND AGREE TO A CERTAIN FACT, YOU ARE TO ACCEPT THAT AS EVIDENCE IN THE CASE. ALL RIGHT. MISS CLARK.

# 255 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU.

# 256 Q:

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE FIRST LINE THERE WHERE IT SAYS "JUNE THE 12TH, 9:37 P.M., WEST LOS ANGELES" AND THEN THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER, "310 447-8667"?

# 257 A:

YES, I DO.

# 258 Q:

AND WHAT PHONE NUMBER IS THAT?

# 259 A:

THAT IS THE PHONE NUMBER TO MEZZALUNA.

# 260 Q:

AND THE TIME THAT YOU RECEIVED THAT CALL, THE 9:37, DOES THAT SEEM TO BE ACCURATE, BASED ON YOUR MEMORY?

# 261 A:

YEAH, IT DOES.

# 262 Q:

AND JUST BEFORE YOU GOT THAT CALL YOU SAW RON GO BACK TO WHERE THE TIME CLOCK IS KEPT?

# 263 A:

YES.

# 264 Q:

DID YOU RECOGNIZE THE VOICE OF THE PERSON THAT YOU SPOKE TO?

# 265 A:

I DID, YES.

# 266 Q:

AND WHAT WAS THAT -- WHO WAS THAT VOICE?

# 267 A:

IT WAS MRS. BROWN.

# 268 Q:

NICOLE'S MOTHER?

# 269 A:

YES.

# 270 Q:

AND DID SHE ASK YOU TO DO SOMETHING?

# 271 A:

SHE DID.

# 272 Q:

AND WHAT WAS THAT?

# 273 A:

UMM, SHE ASKED ME TO LOOK FOR A PAIR OF GLASSES SHE HAD LOST AT THE RESTAURANT.

# 274 Q:

OKAY. AND WHAT DID YOU DO?

# 275 A:

I LOOKED AROUND THE RESTAURANT AND WHEN I DIDN'T FIND THEM OUT THERE, I REMEMBERED I HAD SEEN THEM COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE, SO I LOOKED OUTSIDE.

# 276 Q:

OKAY. NOW, DID YOU PUT HER ON HOLD OR DID YOU CALL HER BACK?

# 277 A:

I PUT HER ON HOLD.

# 278 Q:

AND DID YOU FIND THE GLASSES?

# 279 A:

YES, I DID.

# 280 Q:

WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM?

# 281 A:

I FOUND THEM IN THE STREET BY THE GUTTER.

KEY QUOTE

# 282 Q:

OKAY. AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THEM?

# 283 A:

I BROUGHT THEM BACK IN AND I SPOKE TO MRS. BROWN AND TOLD HER I HAD FOUND THEM. I PUT THEM IN AN ENVELOPE.

# 284 Q:

WHAT KIND OF ENVELOPE DID YOU PUT THEM IN?

# 285 A:

I PUT IT IN A WHITE BUSINESS-SIZED ENVELOPE.

# 286 Q:

OKAY. DID YOU WRITE ANYTHING ON IT?

# 287 A:

YES. I WROTE "NICOLE SIMPSON PRESCRIPTION GLASSES."

# 288 Q:

DID YOU SEAL IT?

# 289 A:

YES.

# 290 Q:

DID YOU ASK HER -- DID YOU ASK MS. BROWN WHAT SHE WANTED DONE WITH THOSE GLASSES?

# 291 A:

YES, I DID.

# 292 Q:

WHAT DID SHE TELL YOU?

# 293 A:

SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE COULD NOT PICK THEM UP, SHE LIVED TOO FAR AWAY, AND THAT SHE WOULD HAVE HER DAUGHTER PICK THEM UP.

# 294 Q:

AND WAS IT AFTER THAT POINT THAT YOU SEALED UP THE GLASSES?

# 295 A:

YES.

# 296 Q:

DID YOU AGREE TO HOLD THEM THERE FOR HER?

# 297 A:

YES. I TOLD HER I WOULD HAVE THEM BEHIND THE BAR IN OUR LOST AND FOUND AREA.

# 298 Q:

WHERE DID YOU PUT THE GLASSES INSIDE THE ENVELOPE THAT YOU SEALED UP?

# 299 A:

I PUT THEM BEHIND THE BAR.

# 300 MS. CLARK:

YOUR HONOR, I HAVE HERE A ZIP-LOCK BAG IN WHICH THERE IS AN ENVELOPE. I CAN SEE GLASSES INSIDE THE ENVELOPE. I WOULD ASK THAT THIS ENVELOPE AND ITS CONTENTS BE MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 36.

# 301 THE COURT:

PEOPLE'S 36.

# 302 MR. SHAPIRO:

YOUR HONOR, WE WOULD STIPULATE THAT THIS WITNESS WILL TESTIFY THIS ENVELOPE AND ITS CONTENTS AS THE GLASSES THAT SHE RECOVERED THAT NIGHT AND THE ENVELOPE --

# 303 MS. CLARK:

I WONDER IF WE COULD DO THIS AT SIDE BAR, YOUR HONOR.

# 304 THE COURT:

HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.

# 305 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 306 THE COURT:

JUST SO THE RECORD IS CLEAR, WE DID PREVIOUSLY MARK THIS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS AS PEOPLE'S 32.

# 307 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THEN PEOPLE'S 32.

# 308 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

# 309 MS. CLARK:

MAY WE APPROACH?

# 310 THE COURT:

YES, WITH THE REPORTER.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (4)

Karen Crawford

AS FAR AS I KNOW AS LONG AS I HAVE WORKED THERE, YES.

Confirms that the NCR machine time stamp has always been inaccurate, undermining any attempt to use it as a precise timeline anchor.

Karen Crawford

I FOUND THEM IN THE STREET BY THE GUTTER.

Establishes where Juditha Brown's prescription glasses were recovered — outside the restaurant — setting up Ron Goldman's errand to return them.

Karen Crawford

I WROTE 'NICOLE SIMPSON PRESCRIPTION GLASSES.'

Identifies the labeled envelope containing the glasses, later marked as People's 32, which is central to establishing why Goldman went to Nicole's condo.

Robert Shapiro

WE WOULD STIPULATE THAT THE RECORDS ARE ACCURATE AND DEPICT THE TIME THAT THE CALL CAME INTO THE RESTAURANT.

Defense stipulates to the 9:37 PM Juditha Brown phone call, locking in a key timeline point without contest.

Evidence (7)

People's 26

Large map/chart showing the Brentwood area with Mezzaluna's location marked with a yellow dot at Gorham and San Vicente

used for witness orientation

People's 27

Photograph of Ron Goldman

identified by witness

People's 28

Photograph of Nicole Brown Simpson

identified by witness

People's 33

Blue Mezzaluna NCR receipt for Nicole Brown Simpson's party, June 12, 1994, showing 9 guests, server Tia, total $179.95, with incorrect timestamps

introduced, displayed on ELMO, time stamp accuracy challenged by witness

People's 34

Credit card receipt bearing apparent signature of Nicole Brown Simpson, reflecting $179.95 meal plus $34 gratuity for $213.95 total, dated June 12 with incorrect time of 7:12 PM

introduced, displayed on ELMO, time stamp accuracy challenged by witness

People's 35

Board: Juditha Brown phone records, June 12, 1994, showing a 9:37 PM call to Mezzaluna (310-447-8667)

introduced, stipulated to by defense as accurate

+ 1 more

Notable Exchanges (2)

Robert Shapiro•Marcia Clark

Shapiro preemptively stipulated that Crawford could not authenticate the Juditha Brown phone records, but agreed they were accurate — locking in the 9:37 PM call time without requiring further foundation.

strategic

Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Confusion over exhibit numbering — the glasses envelope was first called People's 36 before the judge clarified it had already been marked People's 32 in prior discussions.

procedural

Witness Demeanor

(Nods head up and down.)

(Witness complies.) — adjusting microphone at judge's request

(Brief pause.) — during exhibit marking

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4686 • 310 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103