Redirect examination of Francesca Harman

📄 Redirect examination of Francesca Harman — Tuesday, July 11, 1995

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▲ Day 112 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Francesca Harman (part 2) Recross-examination of Francesca Harman ▶

Witness: Francesca Harman
Examiner: Robert Shapiro
Called by: Defense • Date: Tuesday, July 11, 1995 • Utterances: 16

Shapiro conducts a brief redirect of Francesca Harman, solidifying her timeline testimony placing her at the corner of Dorothy and Bundy at 10:20 PM and gone from the area by 10:27 PM. He also reinforces that she did not hear any barking dogs, undercutting the prosecution's timeline built around the Akita's behavior.

# 1 THE COURT:

Mr. Shapiro.

REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. SHAPIRO

# 2 MR. SHAPIRO:

Miss Harman, how sure are you--how sure are you of the time when you were at the corner of Dorothy and Bundy?

# 3 MS. HARMAN:

I'm very sure because pushing my finger in to look at the digital display, the clock is right there, and I looked at both and I'm positive.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. SHAPIRO:

And the time was?

# 5 MS. HARMAN:

10:20.

# 6 MR. SHAPIRO:

About how long would it take you to get to the corner of Bundy and Montana? About what time do you estimate you got there?

# 7 MS. HARMAN:

Maybe 10:22, 10:23. 10:22 probably.

# 8 MR. SHAPIRO:

So clearly by 10:27, you were out of the area of the condominium of Nicole Brown Simpson?

KEY QUOTE

# 9 MS. HARMAN:

Yes, I was.

# 10 MR. SHAPIRO:

How loud do you play your radio and how loud--well, strike that. How loud were you playing your radio that night?

# 11 MS. HARMAN:

I don't consider it very loud.

# 12 MR. SHAPIRO:

You don't have one of those blast systems in your car?

# 13 MS. HARMAN:

No, I do not.

# 14 MR. SHAPIRO:

And how sure are you that you did not hear the sound of a barking or barking dogs?

# 15 MS. HARMAN:

I'm very sure. I didn't hear anything.

KEY QUOTE

# 16 MR. SHAPIRO:

Thank you. Nothing further.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Francesca Harman

I'm very sure because pushing my finger in to look at the digital display, the clock is right there, and I looked at both and I'm positive.

Harman explains exactly why she's confident in her 10:20 time reading — checking both a digital display and a clock, bolstering her credibility on the key timeline question.

Francesca Harman

I'm very sure. I didn't hear anything.

Direct denial of hearing barking dogs, which challenges the prosecution's narrative that the Akita began barking around 10:15-10:20, signaling the murders had already occurred.

Robert Shapiro

So clearly by 10:27, you were out of the area of the condominium of Nicole Brown Simpson?

Shapiro frames the timeline conclusion explicitly, locking in testimony that someone was near the scene around 10:20-10:22 without hearing anything alarming.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Shapiro•Francesca Harman

Shapiro walks Harman through her precise timeline — 10:20 at Dorothy/Bundy, 10:22 at Bundy/Montana, out of the area by 10:27 — cementing the defense's counter-narrative to the prosecution's timeline.

strategic

Light Moments (1)

Robert Shapiro

Shapiro asks whether Harman has 'one of those blast systems' in her car, a casual aside before getting to the no-barking-dogs point.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6761 • 16 utterances • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103