Redirect examination of Howard L. Bingham

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

Address:

C:\DEPT103\CRIMINAL\1995\JUL\13\REDIRECT-EXAMINATION-OF-HOWARD.DOC

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 • Lines: 5

Cochran conducted a brief redirect examination of Howard Bingham, Muhammad Ali's longtime photographer and friend. Bingham described Simpson's friendly, gregarious outward behavior as familiar since 1968. Cochran's suggestion that it was not a performance was conditional advocacy; Bingham did not know Simpson's internal state.

# 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.

light

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 lines • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103