📄 Redirect examination of Sukru Boztepe (part 1) — Wednesday, February 8, 1995
📅 Feb 8 — Day 15
🏛️ Marcia Clark🗣️ Sukru Boztepe
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▲ Day 15 of 167

Redirect examination of Sukru Boztepe (part 1)

Witness: Sukru Boztepe
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Wednesday, February 8, 1995 • Utterances: 28
Marcia Clark conducted a brief redirect examination of Sukru Boztepe, focusing entirely on whether he recalled any specific times that neighbor Steven Schwab mentioned about finding the Akita on the night of the murders. Boztepe repeatedly stated he had no recollection of any times Schwab mentioned, and that he was not paying close attention to Schwab's conversation with police. Clark quickly concluded with nothing further.
1 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK, ANY REDIRECT FOR MR. BOZTEPE?

2 MS. CLARK:

VERY BRIEFLY, YOUR HONOR.

3

REDIRECT EXAMINATION

4

BY MS. CLARK:

5 Q:

SIR, DID MR. SCHWAB TELL YOU WHAT TIME IT WAS WHEN HE FIRST LEFT HIS APARTMENT TO WALK HIS DOG THAT NIGHT?

6 A:

I DON'T REMEMBER.

7 Q:

DO YOU RECALL HIM TELLING YOU ABOUT WHAT TIME IT WAS WHEN HE FOUND THE AKITA AT BUNDY AND DOROTHY?

8 A:

I DON'T REMEMBER.

9 Q:

YOU DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING HE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT NIGHT?

10 A:

HE TOLD ME SOMETHING, BUT I DON'T -- I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT THE TIME.

11 Q:

YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHAT HE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE TIMES?

12 A:

I DON'T.

13 Q:

BUT HE DID TELL YOU ABOUT HAVING FOUND THE DOG AT DOROTHY AND BUNDY?

14 A:

CORRECT.

15 Q:

AND THAT WAS AT SOME POINT EARLIER BEFORE YOU SAW HIM THAT NIGHT?

16 A:

SURE.

17 Q:

AND DO YOU -- WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING TO THE POLICE OFFICER -- TELL HIM ABOUT THE SAME THING THAT HE WAS TELLING YOU, ABOUT WHERE HE FOUND THE DOG?

18 A:

I WASN'T CONCENTRATING ON THE ACTION OF THE TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW.

KEY QUOTE
19 Q:

AT THE TIME THAT THE POLICE OFFICER WAS THERE?

20 A:

YES.

21 Q:

WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT HE WAS TELLING THE POLICE OFFICER?

22 A:

NOT REALLY.

23 Q:

SO WERE YOU PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT TIMES HE WAS SAYING TO THE POLICE OFFICER THAT NIGHT?

24 A:

NO.

25 Q:

AND DO YOU REMEMBER -- YOU HAVE NO SPECIFIC RECOLLECTION OF THE TIMES THAT HE TOLD YOU?

26 A:

NO.

27 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)
28 MS. CLARK:

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Sukru Boztepe
I WASN'T CONCENTRATING ON THE ACTION OF THE TIME. SO I DON'T KNOW.
Encapsulates his entire posture on redirect — he was present but not focused on timeline details, limiting his usefulness as a corroborating timeline witness.
Sukru Boztepe
NOT REALLY.
Direct admission that he was not paying attention to what Schwab told the police officer, undercutting any potential use of Boztepe to corroborate or impeach Schwab's account.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Marcia ClarkSukru Boztepe
Clark methodically pressed Boztepe on whether he remembered any times Schwab mentioned — what time Schwab left his apartment, what time he found the dog at Bundy and Dorothy. Boztepe consistently denied any recollection of time-related details.
procedural

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 4765 • 28 utterances • Prosecution witness
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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