Redirect examination of Karen Crawford

📄 Redirect examination of Karen Crawford — Tuesday, February 7, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 14 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Karen Crawford Recross-examination of Karen Crawford ▶

Witness: Karen Crawford
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Tuesday, February 7, 1995 • Utterances: 53

Marcia Clark briefly redirected Karen Crawford, a manager at Mezzaluna restaurant, to rehabilitate two points: the accuracy of the employee time clock (relevant to establishing Ron Goldman's timeline) and the casual nature of the Goldman-Nicole Brown relationship. Clark also had Crawford identify her own handwriting on a time card used to total employee hours.

# 1 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK, REDIRECT?

# 2 MS. CLARK:

YES, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU.

# 3

REDIRECT EXAMINATION

# 4

BY MS. CLARK:

# 5 Q:

MISS CRAWFORD, IS YOURSELF AND THE WAITERS, ARE THEY ALL PAID BY THE HOUR?

# 6 A:

YES.

# 7 Q:

SO THE HOURS THAT YOU ARE PAID FOR ARE MEASURED BY THE TIME CLOCK?

# 8 A:

YES.

# 9 Q:

THE ONE YOU PUNCH IN AND OUT OF?

# 10 A:

YES.

# 11 Q:

AND SO MINUTES WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT --

# 12 A:

YES.

# 13 Q:

-- TO BE ACCURATE ON THAT, WOULD THEY NOT?

# 14 A:

THAT'S RIGHT.

# 15 Q:

SO IS THERE AN EFFORT MADE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TIME CLOCK REMAINS ACCURATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEASURING WHAT EVERYONE GETS PAID?

# 16 A:

YES.

# 17 Q:

TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE WAS THAT TIME CLOCK ACCURATE ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE THE 12TH?

# 18 A:

YES.

# 19 Q:

AND WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE IF MR. GOLDMAN WAS EATING ANYTHING THAT NIGHT WHEN YOU SAW HIM SITTING WITH MR. DEBELLO AND THE OTHER GENTLEMAN?

# 20 A:

NO. JOHN AND RICHARD WERE HAVING DINNER, BUT RON WASN'T.

KEY QUOTE

# 21 Q:

DID YOU NOTICE WHETHER RON WAS DRINKING ANYTHING?

# 22 A:

I DON'T REMEMBER.

# 23 Q:

DID YOU KNOW HIM TO DRINK MINERAL WATER AT THE MEZZALUNA FREQUENTLY?

# 24 A:

YES.

# 25 Q:

WAS THAT HIS PRETTY MUCH DRINK OF CHOICE?

# 26 A:

THAT WAS HIS DRINK OF CHOICE.

KEY QUOTE

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

# 28 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: WHAT WAS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RON GOLDMAN AND NICOLE BROWN?

# 29 A:

UMM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT WAS THAT IT WAS VERY CASUAL AT MOST.

KEY QUOTE

# 30 Q:

IN OTHER WORDS, DID YOU EVER COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WERE LOVERS?

# 31 A:

NO.

# 32 Q:

JUST KNEW EACH OTHER?

# 33 A:

YES.

# 34 Q:

DO YOU RECALL WHETHER OR NOT THEY -- DO YOU HAVE ANY PRESENT RECOLLECTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY HUGGED EACH OTHER WHEN THEY SAW EACH OTHER THAT NIGHT?

# 35 A:

NO.

# 36 Q:

DO YOU HAVE ANY PRESENT RECOLLECTION AS TO WHETHER THEY EXCHANGED A KISS ON THE CHEEK THAT NIGHT?

# 37 A:

NO. I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT.

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

# 39 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: OH, ONE MORE THING: WITH RESPECT TO THIS TIME CARD, DO YOU RECOGNIZE ANY OF THE HANDWRITING AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT CARD?

# 40 A:

YES.

# 41 Q:

AND WHAT IS IT YOU RECOGNIZE?

# 42 A:

I SEE MY HANDWRITING AND SOMEONE ELSE'S HANDWRITING.

# 43 Q:

WHERE IS YOUR HANDWRITING?

# 44 A:

UMM, MY HANDWRITING IS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT AND --

# 45 Q:

BOTTOM LEFT AS WE FACE IT OR THE BOTTOM --

# 46 A:

IT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TIME CARD ON THE LEFT SIDE.

# 47 Q:

WHAT NUMBER IS THAT?

# 48 A:

IT IS -- WELL, IT IS CROSSED OUT AND THEN THERE IS A CORRECTED NUMBER ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE ON THE BOTTOM, 26.50.

# 49 Q:

OKAY. IS THAT YOUR HANDWRITING?

# 50 A:

YES.

# 51 Q:

BECAUSE YOU TOTALED THAT CARD?

# 52 A:

YES.

# 53 MS. CLARK:

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Karen Crawford

UMM, MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT WAS THAT IT WAS VERY CASUAL AT MOST.

Directly addresses and counters any implication that Goldman and Nicole were romantically involved, which could have affected jury perception of motive or their relationship.

Karen Crawford

THAT WAS HIS DRINK OF CHOICE.

Establishes Ron Goldman's habits at Mezzaluna, humanizing him and grounding his presence there that night.

Karen Crawford

JOHN AND RICHARD WERE HAVING DINNER, BUT RON WASN'T.

Places Goldman at the restaurant that evening in a specific, observable way — he was socializing, not working or dining.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Ron Goldman's employee time card, with Crawford's handwriting identifying a totaled figure of $26.50 at the bottom left

discussed, handwriting authenticated

Notable Exchanges (2)

Marcia Clark•Karen Crawford

Clark walked Crawford through the time clock's purpose — hourly pay accuracy — to rehabilitate its reliability as an objective timestamp for Goldman's whereabouts that night.

strategic

Marcia Clark•Karen Crawford

Clark asked directly whether Crawford ever understood Goldman and Nicole to be lovers; Crawford said no, characterizing the relationship as 'very casual at most.'

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4691 • 53 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103