Marcia Clark conducted a brief redirect examination of Louis Karpf focusing on how well he could observe the Akita dog's legs and paws when he encountered it on the street. The questioning aimed to undercut the defense's implication that Karpf could reliably identify blood on the dog's legs, establishing instead that it was dark, he was frightened, and he only looked at the dog for about a minute to a minute and a half while it was moving and barking.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 THE COURT: THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MISS CLARK.
# 3 MS. CLARK: MAY I HAVE ONE MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?
# 4 THE COURT: CERTAINLY.
# 5 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.) # 6 Q: BY MS. CLARK: SIR, WHAT WAS THE CLOSEST YOU EVER GOT TO THAT DOG THAT WAS IN THE STREET, THE AKITA?
# 7 MR. COCHRAN: ASKED AND ANSWERED.
# 8 THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
# 9 Q: BY MS. CLARK: WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE THE DOG'S PAWS AND LEGS CLEARLY?
# 10 A: I COULD SEE HIS LEGS CLEARLY. HIS PAWS I WASN'T LOOKING AT.
# 11 Q: WAS IT DARK IN THE STREET WHERE THAT DOG WAS?
# 12 A: IT WAS FAIRLY DARK, YES.
# 13 Q: DID YOU EXAMINE HIS LEGS OR HIS PAWS CAREFULLY WHEN YOU LOOKED AT HIM?
# 14 MR. COCHRAN: OBJECT, YOUR HONOR. IMPROPER REDIRECT. OBJECT TO THAT.
# 15 THE COURT: THAT OBJECTION IS OVERRULED.
# 16 MR. COCHRAN: ASKED AND ANSWERED.
# 17 THE COURT: OVERRULED.
# 18 LOUIS KARPF: NO, I DIDN'T LOOK AT HIS PAWS, OR DO YOU WANT TO REPHRASE THAT ONE MORE TIME?
# 19 Q: BY MS. CLARK: WERE YOU EXAMINING ITS LEGS OR ITS PAWS VERY CAREFULLY WHEN YOU SAW IT OUT IN THE STREET THERE?
# 21 Q: YOU WERE FRIGHTENED BY IT IN FACT?
# 22 A: FRIGHTENED BY HIS BARKING.
KEY QUOTE # 23 Q: ABOUT HOW LONG DID YOU LOOK AT THAT DOG?
# 24 MR. COCHRAN: ASKED AND ANSWERED.
# 25 THE COURT: SUSTAINED. HE HAS TESTIFIED TO THIS ALREADY.
# 26 MS. CLARK: I DIDN'T ASK HIM ABOUT THIS, YOUR HONOR. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO COUNSEL'S QUESTIONING ABOUT WHETHER HE SAW BLOOD ON THE LEGS, AND I DON'T THINK I DID.
# 27 THE COURT: WELL, IT IS A SIMPLE QUESTION AND ANSWER. IT WILL TAKE ME MORE TIME TO GO BACK THROUGH MY NOTES TO SEE, SO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER THE QUESTION.
# 28 MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 29 THE COURT: HOW LONG DID YOU LOOK AT THE DOG?
# 30 LOUIS KARPF: I WOULD SAY I SAW THE DOG NO MORE THAN A MINUTE, BASICALLY, MAYBE A MINUTE AND A HALF.
KEY QUOTE # 31 Q: BY MS. CLARK: AND DURING WHICH TIME THE DOG WAS MOVING AROUND AND BARKING?
# 33 MS. CLARK: I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.