Redirect examination of Howard L. Bingham

📄 Redirect examination of Howard L. Bingham — Thursday, July 13, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 114 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Howard L. Bingham Next witness called ▶

Witness: Howard Bingham
Examiner: Johnnie Cochran
Called by: Defense • Date: Thursday, July 13, 1995 • Utterances: 5

Cochran conducted a brief redirect examination of Howard Bingham, Muhammad Ali's longtime photographer and friend. Cochran reinforced the defense's point that Simpson's friendly, gregarious behavior toward Bingham was consistent and genuine going back to 1968, not a performance put on the night in question.

# 1 THE COURT:

Mr. Cochran.

REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. COCHRAN

# 2 MR. COCHRAN:

Mr. Bingham, if Mr. Simpson was acting that night, he had been acting that same way since 1968; is that right?

KEY QUOTE

# 3 MR. BINGHAM:

He was the same to me. Whenever I see him, he knows me because of Ali, "Hey, Bingham," asks me about Ali.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. COCHRAN:

All right. Thank you very much for coming and give our best to the champ.

# 5 MR. BINGHAM:

I shall.

Temperature

light

Key Quotes (2)

Johnnie Cochran

Mr. Bingham, if Mr. Simpson was acting that night, he had been acting that same way since 1968; is that right?

Cochran reframes the prosecution's implied suggestion that Simpson's demeanor was a performance by anchoring it in decades of consistent behavior.

Howard Bingham

He was the same to me. Whenever I see him, he knows me because of Ali, 'Hey, Bingham,' asks me about Ali.

Bingham's casual, specific detail — Simpson greeting him by name and asking about Ali — reads as genuine familiarity, not a staged act.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Howard Bingham

Cochran closes with 'give our best to the champ,' and Bingham responds 'I shall' — a warm, collegial end to a brief examination.

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Light Moments (1)

Johnnie Cochran

Cochran signs off by sending regards to Muhammad Ali through Bingham, giving the exchange a friendly, almost social tone entirely out of step with the surrounding murder trial.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6810 • 5 utterances • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103