Marcia Clark conducts a brief redirect examination of Sukru Boztepe, focused entirely on pinning down what a neighbor from across the street told police about neighborhood dogs barking around 10:30 PM. Clark refreshes Boztepe's memory with his prior statement to establish the 10:30 timeline, which Boztepe confirms is consistent with what he recalls hearing.
# 1 MS. CLARK: YES.
FURTHER REDIRECT EXAMINATION
# 3 Q: MR. BOZTEPE, WERE YOU -- DID YOU INDICATE THAT YOU WERE PRESENT WHEN A MAN -- THAT A MAN CAME FROM ACROSS THE STREET AND TALKED ABOUT WHEN HE HEARD DOGS BARKING?
# 4 A: NOT LIVING ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THE MAN WAS LIVING ACROSS THE STREET OF THE LOCATION. YEAH, HE CAME AND TALKED TO THE POLICE.
# 5 Q: OKAY. WERE YOU PRESENT WHEN HE DID THAT?
# 7 Q: AND DID YOU RECALL WHAT HE SAID TO THE POLICE?
# 8 A: UH, I REMEMBER THIS, BUT NOTHING ELSE.
# 9 Q: AND WHAT IS IT YOU REMEMBER?
# 10 A: HE WAS SAYING AROUND 10:30, ALL THE NEIGHBOR HEARD DOGS WAS BARKING PRETTY ABNORMALLY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
# 11 Q: HE WAS SAYING AROUND 10:30, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS WERE BARKING?
# 12 MR. COCHRAN: OBJECT TO THIS, YOUR HONOR. SHE'S JUST RESTATING WHAT HE JUST SAID.
# 13 THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
# 14 MS. CLARK: I'M TRYING -- YOUR HONOR, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD HIS TESTIMONY.
# 16 MS. CLARK: I'M TRYING.
# 17 Q: BY MS. CLARK: MR. BOZTEPE, DID -- COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US WHAT YOU HEARD THE MAN SAY?
# 18 MR. COCHRAN: OBJECTION. ASKED AND ANSWERED.
# 19 THE COURT: OVERRULED.
# 20 SUKRU BOZTEPE: AROUND 10:30, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOG WAS BARKING.
KEY QUOTE # 21 Q: BY MS. CLARK: THAT'S WHAT YOU RECALL HEARING HIM SAY?
# 23 Q: AND THEN YOU TOLD THAT TO ANOTHER POLICE OFFICER?
# 24 A: I DON'T REMEMBER.
# 25 Q: LET ME SHOW YOU YOUR STATEMENT, SIR.
# 26 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.) # 27 Q: BY MS. CLARK: LET ME SHOW YOU THE LINE HERE, SECOND PARAGRAPH. AFTER THE POLICE ARRIVED, "THE MAN THAT LIVES ACROSS FROM THE HOUSE CAME OUT AND SAID THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOGS STARTED BARKING AT 10:30 P.M." DO YOU RECALL SAYING THAT TO THE POLICE?
# 28 A: WELL, PROBABLY I SAID IT, BUT I DON'T REMEMBER.
KEY QUOTE # 29 Q: YOU DON'T REMEMBER AT THIS TIME?
# 31 Q: OKAY. AND IS IT YOUR RECOLLECTION THAT THE MAN SAID AROUND 10:30?
# 33 MR. COCHRAN: ASKED AND ANSWERED, YOUR HONOR, MANY TIMES.
KEY QUOTE # 34 THE COURT: ANYTHING MORE?
# 35 MS. CLARK: NO, THAT'S IT.
# 36 THE COURT: THANK YOU. MR. COCHRAN.
# 37 MR. COCHRAN: NOTHING. NOTHING FURTHER. HE MAY BE EXCUSED.
# 38 THE COURT: MR. BOZTEPE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT THE LAWYERS ON THE CASE UNTIL THE MATTER IS CONCLUDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF RECESS FOR THE COURT REPORTER, 15 MINUTES. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, ALLOW ANYBODY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE CASE OR PERFORM ANY DELIBERATIONS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN -- . THE AUDIENCE, WE ARE STILL IN SESSION, IF YOU WILL BE QUIET, PLEASE. -- I WOULD ASK YOU TO STEP INTO THE JURY ROOM, PLEASE.