Wayne Stanfield, an American Airlines captain, testified that O.J. Simpson was a passenger on Flight 668 from Los Angeles to Chicago, departing at 11:45 PM on June 12, 1994. Stanfield left the cockpit approximately three hours into the flight, sat with Simpson, had a brief conversation, and obtained Simpson's autograph in his personal logbook. The testimony is primarily relevant to the timeline — placing Simpson on a departing flight hours after the murders.
# 1 MR. BAILEY: Mr. Stanfield, would you be sworn, please.
Wayne Stanfield, called as a witness by the Defendant, was sworn and testified as follows:
# 2 THE COURT: Would you stand over here next to the podium, sir, and face the clerk.
# 3 THE CLERK: Raise your right hand, sir. You do solemnly swear that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
# 5 THE CLERK: Please have a seat in the witness stand and state and spell your first and last names for the record.
# 6 MR. STANFIELD: And I am Wayne Stanfield, W-A-Y-N-E, Stanfield, S-T-A-N-F-I-E-L-D.
# 7 THE CLERK: Thank you.
# 8 THE COURT: Mr. Bailey.
DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. BAILEY
# 9 MR. BAILEY: Where do you reside, Mr. Stanfield, just the city?
# 10 MR. STANFIELD: Camarillo.
# 11 MR. BAILEY: Camarillo, California?
# 13 MR. BAILEY: What is your occupation?
# 14 MR. STANFIELD: I'm an airline pilot.
# 15 MR. BAILEY: And what rank do you hold?
# 16 MR. STANFIELD: Captain.
# 17 MR. BAILEY: How long have you been a captain?
# 18 MR. STANFIELD: Three and a half years.
# 19 MR. BAILEY: Did you fly on the evening of June 12th, 1994?
# 20 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir, I did.
# 21 MR. BAILEY: Where did you fly from and to?
# 22 MR. STANFIELD: Los Angeles to Chicago, Chicago to Albany.
# 23 MR. BAILEY: And what time did you depart Los Angeles that night?
# 24 MR. STANFIELD: 2345.
# 25 MR. BAILEY: Do you remember the flight number?
# 26 MR. STANFIELD: 668. Yes, sir.
# 27 MR. BAILEY: And what kind of equipment were you flying?
# 28 MR. STANFIELD: A Super 80, an MD80.
# 29 MR. BAILEY: That's a McDonald Douglas--
# 30 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, it is. A stretch DC9.
# 31 MR. BAILEY: Follow on to the DC9?
# 32 THE COURT: Excuse me, Captain. Would you please allow the lawyers to finish asking their question before you start answering.
# 33 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, your Honor.
# 34 THE COURT: Court reporter can only take down one person at a time.
# 35 MR. BAILEY: How long have you been an American captain?
# 36 MR. STANFIELD: 10 years.
# 37 MR. BAILEY: And prior to that, what did you do?
# 38 MR. STANFIELD: I was a carpenter for four years, I worked for Continental Airlines for two years and then I was in the navy, active duty, and I also did navy reserve duty as well.
# 39 MR. BAILEY: Are you still in the navy?
# 40 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, I am.
# 41 MR. BAILEY: And what is your current rank?
# 42 MR. STANFIELD: I am a Captain Selectee.
# 43 MR. BAILEY: Okay. Now, you gave the time as 2345. Is that military time?
# 44 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir. 11:45 P.M.
# 45 MR. BAILEY: P.M., in the evening. Okay. What were the conditions that evening, if you remember?
# 46 MR. STANFIELD: The weather conditions?
# 47 MR. BAILEY: Anything remarkable about the flight?
# 48 MR. STANFIELD: No, sir.
# 49 MR. BAILEY: Anything remarkable about the passengers on the flight?
# 50 MR. STANFIELD: No, sir, except for Mr. Simpson was on the flight.
# 51 MR. BAILEY: All right. Did you at some point learn that one of the passengers on your aircraft was Mr. O.J. Simpson?
# 52 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir.
# 53 MR. BAILEY: And without saying what was said, can you tell me who brought that information to you?
# 54 MR. STANFIELD: The first flight attendant indicated that Mr. Simpson had come aboard.
# 55 MR. BAILEY: All right. What altitude did you fly to Chicago that night, if you remember?
# 56 MR. STANFIELD: I think it was 31,000.
# 57 MR. BAILEY: All right. And how far into the flight were you in terms of hours and minutes before you first left the cockpit or the cabin?
# 58 MR. STANFIELD: Approximately three hours.
# 59 MR. BAILEY: What was your purpose in leaving the cockpit, the cabin?
# 60 MR. STANFIELD: Just to stretch a little bit and use the facilities.
# 61 MR. BAILEY: And did you have something with you that you're obliged to carry on your flights, something personal?
# 62 MR. STANFIELD: It's--
# 63 MR. BAILEY: Such as a log book?
# 64 MR. STANFIELD: It's not obliged. I keep my own personal flight log book. But yes, sir, I did take it back with me.
# 65 MR. BAILEY: Are you not required to log every flight?
# 66 MR. STANFIELD: Not anymore, sir. After you make captain, there's no requirement to keep your flight hours because you've already made captain.
# 67 MR. BAILEY: Is that because there's no higher rank?
# 68 MR. STANFIELD: Apparently. Yes.
# 69 MR. BAILEY: When you came back into the cabin, how were dressed?
# 70 MR. STANFIELD: I had my uniform on without the jacket and without the hat.
# 71 MR. BAILEY: Okay. Had you known personally prior to this flight Mr. O.J. Simpson?
# 72 MR. STANFIELD: No, sir.
# 73 MR. BAILEY: Had you ever met him?
# 74 MR. STANFIELD: No, sir.
# 75 MR. BAILEY: Were you familiar with what he looked like?
# 77 MR. BAILEY: How had you been exposed to Mr. Simpson or how had he been exposed to you?
# 78 MR. STANFIELD: Through the media, sporting events, press as well as video and movie.
# 79 MR. BAILEY: Have you noticed him on television any number of times?
# 80 MR. STANFIELD: Oh, yes, sir.
# 81 MR. BAILEY: Okay. And had you ever followed his career?
# 82 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, I have.
# 83 MR. BAILEY: Back when he was in college in California?
# 85 MR. BAILEY: Did you have occasion to speak to Mr. Simpson during the course of the flight you've just described?
# 86 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir, I did.
# 87 MR. BAILEY: Where was he sitting?
# 88 MR. STANFIELD: In the second row on the right-hand side of the aircraft next to the window.
# 89 MR. BAILEY: And how did you greet him?
# 90 MR. STANFIELD: I excused myself because I had just moved from the rest room area to around a little bulkhead there and asked if it wouldn't be an imposition to talk to him for a moment.
# 91 MR. BAILEY: Okay. When you first encountered Mr. Simpson, he was sitting by the window, was he awake or asleep?
# 92 MR. STANFIELD: He was awake.
# 93 MR. BAILEY: What, if anything, did you observe that he was doing?
# 94 MR. STANFIELD: Just looking out the window. If anything, I would characterize it as being pensive. Just lost in thought.
KEY QUOTE # 95 MR. BAILEY: And did you introduce yourself?
# 96 MR. STANFIELD: Well, I asked initially if it wouldn't be an imposition to talk to him and then I introduced myself and we shook hands.
# 97 MR. BAILEY: What was his response when you asked if that would be an imposition?
# 98 MR. DARDEN: Objection, your Honor. This is hearsay.
# 99 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 100 MR. STANFIELD: He came out of his seat in sort of a half crouched and extended his hand, and we shook hands and I thanked him.
# 101 MR. BAILEY: Okay. Did you sit down in the aisle seat?
# 102 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, I did. I sat next to him.
# 103 MR. BAILEY: And did a conversation ensue?
# 104 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir, it did.
# 105 MR. BAILEY: Without telling us what was said, did you at some point make a request of Mr. Simpson?
# 106 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, I did.
# 107 MR. BAILEY: And what was that request?
# 108 MR. STANFIELD: I asked if he would sign my log book.
# 109 MR. BAILEY: And did he in fact do so?
# 110 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir, he did.
# 111 MR. BAILEY: Do you keep your log book under fairly tight control?
# 112 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, I do.
# 113 MR. BAILEY: Is that something you regard as a personal value?
# 114 MR. STANFIELD: It is my own personal record of my flight time and notes about types of approaches and the people I fly with and so forth. So yes, it is important to me.
# 115 MR. BAILEY: Okay. At my request, did you make a photostat of a certain page of your log book relevant to that evening's flight?
# 116 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir, I did.
# 117 MR. BAILEY: Do you have it with you?
# 118 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, I do.
# 119 MR. BAILEY: May I approach, your Honor?
# 120 THE COURT: You may.
# 121 MR. DARDEN: May I approach with Mr. Bailey?
# 122 THE COURT: You may.
# 123 MR. BAILEY: May this be marked as Defendant's next in order, your Honor?
# 125 (Deft's 1242 for id = page of log book) # 126 MR. BAILEY: Handing 1242 to the witness and ask you if there are any markings on that page which you personally observed made by Mr. O.J. Simpson who is sitting at the Defense table?
# 127 MR. STANFIELD: Yes.
# 128 MR. BAILEY: Would you just point them out on the page?
# 129 MR. STANFIELD: His signature and "A peace to you" comment underneath.
# 130 MR. BAILEY: And what is the date of the log book page that I'm holding?
# 131 MR. STANFIELD: It's 12 June of `94, but it also has 14 June on there as well.
# 132 MR. BAILEY: Okay. And I see an MD80, 668 flight number, "LAX to ORD." What does "ORD" stand for?
# 133 MR. STANFIELD: Chicago O'hare airport.
# 134 MR. BAILEY: Is that where you went that night?
# 135 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir.
# 136 MR. BAILEY: All right. May I, your Honor, just without passing this around show it to the jury, please?
# 137 THE COURT: You want to put it on the elmo?
# 138 MR. BAILEY: Oh, fine.
# 139 MR. BAILEY: This is going to appear on the screen above you. There's one down to your right which may be a little clearer.
# 140 MR. BAILEY: If you can crank that up a little bit. Back off, Howard, if you would.
# 141 MR. BAILEY: All right. Can you tell us where on that page the date appears?
# 142 MR. STANFIELD: On the right-hand corner, 12 June.
# 143 MR. BAILEY: The name "Crew," name next to that, can you tell us who that is?
# 144 MR. STANFIELD: It's my co-pilot, Bob Julius.
# 145 MR. BAILEY: And the first line of the several columns across, can you tell us what information is entered in that row?
# 146 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir. Flight was flight 668, the aircraft was an MD80, the ship number was 215, the departure point was Los Angeles, the arrival point on that flight was Chicago O'hare. Continuing over, the departure time, Zulu time was 0645, the actual take off time looks like O656, the land time at Chicago, I think it's 10:33. I can't really read it on the monitor.
# 147 MR. BAILEY: Do you perhaps have a different flight? I understood that passengers boarded 11:45.
# 148 MR. STANFIELD: That's--yeah. Zulu time was 0645. Local time was 2345. The Zulu time is how I keep my log.
KEY QUOTE # 149 MR. BAILEY: I see. When you say "Zulu time," would you translate that, please, for the members of the jury?
# 150 MR. STANFIELD: Greenwich mean time.
# 151 MR. BAILEY: All right. Is that time used in aviation as a common denominator for all flights?
# 152 MR. STANFIELD: Yes, sir. It's--
# 153 MR. BAILEY: So when it's 6:45 in Greenwich, England, what time is it in Los Angeles?
# 154 MR. STANFIELD: 2345.
# 155 MR. BAILEY: Okay. What time, Chicago time, did you land, if you can compute that, please?
# 156 MR. STANFIELD: 4:33 was the actual touchdown if that's 33, and then it took us a few minutes to taxi into the gate, then arriving at 4:41.
# 157 MR. BAILEY: Okay. And did the flight attendant say stand by for early arrival?
# 158 MR. STANFIELD: I don't believe so.