Recross-examination of Michael Norris

📄 Recross-examination of Michael Norris — Wednesday, July 12, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 113 of 167

◀ Redirect examination of Michael Norris Administrative matters: jury resolution ▶

Witness: Michael Norris
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Defense • Date: Wednesday, July 12, 1995 • Utterances: 16

Marcia Clark briefly recrosses Michael Norris, a witness who observed OJ Simpson at the airport. Clark establishes two points: that Simpson showed no visible limp as he walked to the door, and that Norris departed before Simpson reached the skycap station, meaning he cannot testify to anything that happened there.

# 1 MS. CLARK:

After Mr. Simpson gave your friend an autograph, Mr. Simpson walked away; is that correct?

# 2 MR. NORRIS:

Correct.

# 3 MS. CLARK:

You stopped observing him at that point, correct?

# 4 MR. NORRIS:

As he walked to the door.

# 5 MS. CLARK:

Uh-huh. Did you turn to watch him as he walked to the door?

# 6 MR. NORRIS:

Yes.

# 7 MS. CLARK:

Did he appear to limp?

KEY QUOTE

# 8 MR. NORRIS:

No.

# 9 MS. CLARK:

Walked okay, didn't he?

# 10 MR. NORRIS:

Yes.

# 11 MS. CLARK:

All right. Did you ever see him talk to the skycap at the skycap station there outside the doors?

# 12 MR. NORRIS:

That's when we left, about the time the skycap was coming back out.

# 13 MS. CLARK:

Okay. So at the point when he went, got to the skycap, you took off?

# 14 MR. NORRIS:

When he walked to the door to where he would meet the skycaps at, that's where we left.

# 15 MS. CLARK:

All right. So you were not present to observe any interaction between him and the skycap or anything that transpired at that point because you left?

KEY QUOTE

# 16 MR. NORRIS:

Right.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Marcia Clark

Did he appear to limp?

Clark is locking in testimony that Simpson walked normally — undermining any defense claim of physical impairment that might explain his inability to commit the crimes.

Michael Norris

No.

Direct, unambiguous answer confirming Simpson showed no limp at the airport.

Marcia Clark

So you were not present to observe any interaction between him and the skycap or anything that transpired at that point because you left?

Clark boxes in the limits of Norris's observations, preventing the defense from expanding his testimony beyond what he actually witnessed.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Marcia Clark•Michael Norris

Clark systematically narrows the scope of what Norris observed — confirming no limp, then establishing he left before any skycap interaction occurred.

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6793 • 16 utterances • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103