WHEN WE BROKE THIS MORNING, WE HAD JUST GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF DISCUSSING THE CORONER WHO PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED IN THIS MATTER, DR. GOLDEN; AND I THINK I ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT, IN THE COURSE OF THE OPENING STATEMENT YESTERDAY, WE DIDN'T HEAR HIS NAME. AND WE EXPECT THAT HE WILL IN FACT BE CALLED IN THIS CASE EITHER -- IF THE PEOPLE DON'T CALL HIM, WE WILL. AND I THINK YOU WILL HEAR EVIDENCE TO THE EFFECT THAT YOU CAN IN FACT DETERMINE THE TIME OF DEATH WITH GREATER PRECISION THAN YOU HEARD YESTERDAY. THAT IF ONE IS QUALIFIED, ONE CAN LOOK AT THE STATE OF RIGOR MORTIS, STATE OF LIVIDITY OF THE BODY, STATE OF THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY AND ALSO THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE, USE THINGS LIKE THE STOMACH CONTENTS. IN THIS CASE, THERE WAS A MAJOR PROBLEM. DR. GOLDEN'S TESTIMONY IS THAT HE WOULD PLACE THE TIME OF DEATH BETWEEN 9:00 AND 12:00 O'CLOCK. NOW, BETWEEN 9:00 AND 12:00 O'CLOCK, YOU NOW HAVE HEARD ENOUGH OF THE EVIDENCE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 12:00 O'CLOCK, MR. SIMPSON WAS IN THE AIR. AT 9:00 O'CLOCK, THERE WILL BE TESTIMONY, AS YOU'VE HEARD, AS TO WHERE HE WAS AT HIS HOUSE. SO WE ARE -- WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH REGARD TO TRYING TO FIX THE TIME OF DEATH. AND YOU HEARD THE PROSECUTION'S THEORY YESTERDAY ABOUT THE TIME OF DEATH BEING ABOUT 10:15. YOU'VE HEARD FROM ME THIS MORNING THAT THE DEFENSE ADVANCES THE THEORY THAT THAT'S CLEARLY WRONG BASED UPON THE WITNESSES THAT YOU'VE HEARD. NOW, WITH REGARD TO DR. BADIN, WHO IS OUR EXPERT -- AND I SHOULD TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIM. DR. MICHAEL BADIN IS A FORMER FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST, THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. HE RESIDES IN NEW YORK. AS I SAID, HE HAS WORKED FOR THE L.A. COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE PAST. HE'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE FOREMOST FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS IN AMERICA. HE CAME TO -- THE EVIDENCE WILL BE THAT HE CAME TO LOS ANGELES SHORTLY AFTER MR. SIMPSON'S RETURN FROM CHICAGO AND IN FACT WENT TO THE L.A. COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE THAT WEEK, THE WEEK OF JUNE 13TH. AND IT WAS AFTER DR. MICHAEL BADIN'S CONFERENCES WITH DR. GOLDEN AND HIS SUPERIOR ALONG WITH DR. BADIN'S COLLEAGUE, DR. BARBARA WOLF, THAT THE CORONER'S OFFICE WROTE A LETTER TO MR. HODGMAN WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE CORONER'S REPORT THEY FILED. AND I WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE GRAPHICS. THIS IS A LETTER THAT IS DIRECTED TO OUR COLLEAGUE, MR. WILLIAM HODGMAN. YOU'LL SEE MR. WILLIAM HODGMAN THERE. AND AS WE PROCEED --
DR. GOLDEN'S TESTIMONY IS THAT HE WOULD PLACE THE TIME OF DEATH BETWEEN 9:00 AND 12:00 O'CLOCK. NOW, BETWEEN 9:00 AND 12:00 O'CLOCK, YOU NOW HAVE HEARD ENOUGH OF THE EVIDENCE TO UNDERSTAND THAT 12:00 O'CLOCK, MR. SIMPSON WAS IN THE AIR.
THE DEFENSE ADVANCES THE THEORY THAT THAT'S CLEARLY WRONG BASED UPON THE WITNESSES THAT YOU'VE HEARD.
IT WAS AFTER DR. MICHAEL BADIN'S CONFERENCES WITH DR. GOLDEN AND HIS SUPERIOR ALONG WITH DR. BADIN'S COLLEAGUE, DR. BARBARA WOLF, THAT THE CORONER'S OFFICE WROTE A LETTER TO MR. HODGMAN WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE CORONER'S REPORT THEY FILED.