Marcia Clark begins redirect examination of neighbor Louis Karpf, focusing on a conversation she had with him during the break about whether his girlfriend came downstairs when he returned home from the airport. Clark then attempts to elicit that the girlfriend told Karpf she was awakened by dogs barking 30 minutes before he arrived home — a potentially significant timeline detail — but Cochran's hearsay objection is sustained and the examination breaks for a sidebar before it can proceed.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BE SEATED. MR. KARPF, HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. I WOULD LIKE THE RECORD TO REFLECT WE HAVE BEEN REJOINED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR JURY PANEL. MR. LOUIS KARPF IS STILL ON THE WITNESS STAND. MR. KARPF, YOU ARE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH, SIR. AND MISS CLARK, YOU MAY COMMENCE YOUR REDIRECT EXAMINATION.
# 3 MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 6 Q: MR. KARPF, DID YOU AND I HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION OVER THIS PAST BREAK?
# 7 A: A LITTLE CONVERSATION.
# 8 Q: VERY LITTLE? I'M SORRY.
# 9 MR. COCHRAN: MOVE TO STRIKE THAT LAST STATEMENT; TESTIFYING.
KEY QUOTE # 10 THE COURT: OVERRULED. MISS CLARK.
# 11 Q: BY MS. CLARK: AND DO YOU RECALL THAT I ASKED YOU IF YOU REMEMBERED YOUR GIRLFRIEND COMING DOWNSTAIRS TO SEE YOU WHEN YOU GOT HOME FROM THE AIRPORT?
# 12 A: I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT SHE DID, NO.
# 13 Q: DO YOU REMEMBER MY ASKING YOU THAT?
# 15 Q: AND YOUR ANSWER WAS?
# 16 A: I DIDN'T RECALL THAT SHE DID. IT IS POSSIBLE, BUT I DIDN'T RECALL THAT SHE DID.
KEY QUOTE # 17 Q: IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SHE DID, BUT YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANY MORE?
# 19 Q: IN THIS CASE, AFTER -- THE DAY AFTER YOU FOUND OUT ABOUT THE MURDERS, DO YOU RECALL THAT SHE TOLD YOU THAT HALF AN HOUR BEFORE YOU GOT HOME SHE WAS AWAKENED BY DOGS BARKING?
KEY QUOTE # 20 MR. COCHRAN: OBJECT TO THE FORM OF THIS QUESTION AS HEARSAY, YOUR HONOR.
# 21 THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
# 22 MS. CLARK: MAY WE APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?