📄 Redirect examination of Denise Pilnak (part 3) — Tuesday, July 11, 1995
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Redirect examination of Denise Pilnak (part 3)

Witness: Denise Pilnak
Examiner: Johnnie Cochran
Called by: Defense • Date: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 • Utterances: 9
Cochran asked one final redirect question to clarify that when Pilnak called her mother at 10:25 PM, she was inside her house — not outside where she could have observed anything on the street. This brief exchange reinforces that her phone call timing does not establish her as an outside witness to events at that hour.
1 MR. COCHRAN:

May I just have one second, your Honor?

2 (Discussion held off the record between Defense counsel and Defendant.)
3 MR. COCHRAN:

Last question, your Honor.

FURTHER REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. COCHRAN

4 MR. COCHRAN:

When you--when you talked to your mother at 10:25 as evidenced by that phone bill right before you, were you inside your house?

5 MS. PILNAK:

Yes. I had just walked in. Judy just left.

KEY QUOTE
6 MR. COCHRAN:

So you weren't outside looking at that point. You were inside your house, right?

KEY QUOTE
7 MS. PILNAK:

I was inside my house.

8 MR. COCHRAN:

Thank you very kindly.

9 MS. PILNAK:

You're welcome.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Denise Pilnak
Yes. I had just walked in. Judy just left.
Confirms she was indoors at 10:25 PM, limiting what she could have witnessed outside at that time.
Johnnie Cochran
So you weren't outside looking at that point. You were inside your house, right?
Cochran closes the loop on the timeline, ensuring the jury understands her vantage point was interior, not exterior.

Evidence (1)

Informal
Phone bill showing a call to her mother at 10:25 PM
referenced to establish witness location at time of call

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie CochranDenise Pilnak
Cochran confirms Pilnak was inside her home at 10:25 PM when she called her mother, not outside observing the neighborhood.
strategic

Light Moments (1)

Denise Pilnak
Witness responds 'You're welcome' to Cochran's 'Thank you very kindly,' a polite and slightly warm closing exchange.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 6737 • 9 utterances • Defense witness
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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