Cochran conducted redirect examination of Officer Thompson, focusing on the inadequate security around the Bronco (allowing civilians to touch it), the circumstances of OJ Simpson's handcuffing and departure with Detective Vannatter, and attempting to contextualize Simpson's emotional state. Cochran closed by establishing that Simpson's luggage was kept off the property, implying normal behavior of unpacking after travel.
# 1 THE COURT: Mr. Cochran.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. COCHRAN
# 2 MR. COCHRAN: Officer Thompson, I believe you shared with us you've been a police officer for over eight years with LAPD; is that correct?
# 4 MR. COCHRAN: How long?
# 5 OFCR. THOMPSON: Seven years, nine months, five days.
KEY QUOTE # 6 MR. COCHRAN: As of today?
# 8 MR. COCHRAN: Oh, yes. I thought that was earlier. So you counted those, huh, but who's counting anyway, right? You enjoy your job, don't you?
# 9 OFCR. THOMPSON: I'm counting.
# 10 MR. COCHRAN: You are counting? How long do you have to go then? Tell me how many more days do you have to go before you can leave?
# 11 OFCR. THOMPSON: That number is too large.
KEY QUOTE # 12 MR. COCHRAN: Is it too large? But you have it in mind, right?
# 13 OFCR. THOMPSON: One day it will happen.
# 14 MR. COCHRAN: I understand. And what is your rank now? What have you reached? What rank have you referred?
# 15 OFCR. THOMPSON: I'm a senior lead officer.
# 16 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And as such, you're a training officer now with LAPD?
# 17 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 18 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Good. Now, with regard to the events of this date that we've talked about on June 13th, 1994, as I understand it, the Bronco was never--there was never any yellow tape or anything like that put around the Bronco because logistically, you didn't feel that was--you could really do it. Is that what you're saying?
# 19 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's true.
# 20 MR. COCHRAN: And you mentioned that that's why the yellow tape wasn't put actually around the Bronco itself as opposed to trying to anchor it someplace; isn't that correct?
# 21 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes. That's one of the reasons.
# 22 MR. COCHRAN: All right. But because it wasn't secure, that was how these two ladies we've just talked about were able to get up to the Bronco and actually put one--put two coffee cups up on it; isn't that correct?
# 23 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's--I don't know if it was one person that put two cups up there, but I saw two cups.
# 24 MR. COCHRAN: All right. You're right. Could have been two people putting coffee cups on the Bronco, right?
# 25 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's possible.
# 26 MR. COCHRAN: Because you don't know, right?
# 27 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's true.
# 28 MR. COCHRAN: And then we know, we saw the video of the other lady who walked up and was looking, peering inside that Bronco, right?
# 29 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's true.
# 30 MR. COCHRAN: Now, one of the things you could have done, however, you could have stationed a police officer right by that Bronco to tell everybody to get back. Couldn't you have done that?
# 31 OFCR. THOMPSON: There was an officer that was--we had closer to the Bronco telling someone to stay back.
# 32 MR. COCHRAN: But you could have--couldn't you put somebody and station them right by the Bronco and say "Don't touch this Bronco"? You could have done that, couldn't you?
# 33 OFCR. THOMPSON: You're asking me throughout the entire day having someone right by the Bronco?
# 34 MR. COCHRAN: Yes. Well, I'm asking you, could you have placed someone right by the Bronco and said--an officer right by the Bronco, tell everybody, "Don't touch this car"? You could have done that, couldn't you?
# 35 OFCR. THOMPSON: I guess that could have been done, yes.
# 36 MR. COCHRAN: Could have been done, right?
# 37 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 38 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. Now, with regard to the Bronco, you've told us that you did not--you could not look and tell whether or not that Bronco was locked, could you?
# 39 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's true.
# 40 MR. COCHRAN: Because visually you couldn't tell that. And then secondly, you yourself never checked the doors to make that determination, did you?
# 41 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's true.
# 42 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And as I understand it, your job primarily there was to provide security for people who were coming up in and around Rockingham; is that correct?
# 43 OFCR. THOMPSON: No. My job was to protect a crime scene.
# 44 MR. COCHRAN: All right. I mean, it became a crime scene at some point; is that correct?
# 45 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 46 MR. COCHRAN: And you kept people out of there; isn't that right?
# 47 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 48 MR. COCHRAN: All right. So that--Mr. Darden asked you these questions about Mr. Kardashian and others who came up there. Nobody could come on that property; isn't that correct?
# 49 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's correct.
# 50 MR. COCHRAN: So whatever bags Mr. Simpson brought back with him from Chicago, he was not allowed to bring those bags on that property, is that correct, only what he had on his arm? Isn't that correct, sir?
# 51 MR. DARDEN: Objection.
# 52 THE COURT: What's the objection?
# 53 MR. DARDEN: Speculation.
# 54 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 55 MR. COCHRAN: He wasn't allowed to bring any bags on that property, was he?
# 57 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And they were turned away and he was taken on the property and handcuffed; isn't that correct?
# 58 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 59 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Now, with regard to that, you told us he was handcuffed within 30 to 45 seconds of his arrival. After he was handcuffed, you then went back out to the front of the property; isn't that correct?
# 60 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 61 MR. COCHRAN: When you next saw Mr. Simpson, he was being--he was coming out to go downtown to talk to the detectives; isn't that correct?
# 62 MR. DARDEN: Objection. Calls for speculation, hearsay.
# 63 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 64 MR. COCHRAN: Well, let me rephrase it, your Honor.
# 65 MR. COCHRAN: When you next saw Mr. Simpson, he was walking down his driveway in the company of Detective Philip Vannatter; isn't that correct?
# 66 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 67 MR. COCHRAN: And you--you stood there and watched him get into a--some vehicle. Did Mr. Simpson get into the police vehicle?
# 68 OFCR. THOMPSON: I don't know if it was a police vehicle or not.
# 69 MR. COCHRAN: Well, think back for us. Is there any report by which you could refresh your recollection, sir?
# 70 OFCR. THOMPSON: The videotape would help.
# 71 MR. COCHRAN: Would help if you saw that videotape again to see what he got into. Let's see if we can play that again.
# 73 MR. COCHRAN: May I have just a second, your Honor?
# 74 THE COURT: Yes. Is that People's 527?
# 76 MR. COCHRAN: Now, we're going to play--
# 77 MR. COCHRAN: What is this number, your Honor, 520--
# 78 THE COURT: 527 I believe was the last video played by the People.
# 79 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. Well, let's take a look at this photograph and see if this--or this video and see whether or not this might refresh your recollection.
# 80 (At 4:18 P.M., People's 527, a videotape, was played.) # 81 MR. COCHRAN: By MR. COCHRAN: Can you see that? All right. Now, you see yourself in this photograph?
# 82 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 83 MR. COCHRAN: You see that vehicle that Philip Vannatter is opening the front door of?
# 84 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 85 MR. COCHRAN: Mr. Simpson is getting in the rear of that vehicle?
# 86 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 87 MR. COCHRAN: Now, that's the detective's vehicle, isn't it? Isn't that Detective Phil Vannatter's vehicle owned by the city of Los Angeles? Mr. Simpson is getting in the rear of that vehicle?
# 88 OFCR. THOMPSON: I can't tell if it is a city vehicle or not.
# 89 MR. COCHRAN: I see. Well, do you see that--in the stop action here, do you see Phil Vannatter toward the left front driver's door of that vehicle? Do you see him there?
# 90 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 91 MR. COCHRAN: And you see that in the left rear, Mr. Howard Weitzman?
# 92 OFCR. THOMPSON: Well, it looks like Mr. Weitzman is looking inside the left front door.
# 93 MR. COCHRAN: Isn't that the left--well, towards the left side of the vehicle, do you see Mr. Weitzman, the side that Mr. Simpson had just gotten into, sir?
# 94 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 95 MR. COCHRAN: Is that the left rear? Seems like a four-door car, doesn't it?
# 96 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 97 MR. COCHRAN: So Mr. Simpson gets in and Mr. Weitzman is at that rear door, right?
# 98 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes. It looks like that.
# 99 MR. COCHRAN: And then Mr. Vannatter is up at the left front of the vehicle, isn't he?
# 100 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 101 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Now, as you think back, don't you recall that the detectives were driving plain cars that particular day and that after Mr. Simpson got in the back, Vannatter was joined by another police officer and they drove off? Do you recall that?
# 102 OFCR. THOMPSON: I don't remember who was driving the car, but I do remember seeing the car drive off.
# 103 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And Mr. Simpson was in the company of these two police officers, wasn't he?
# 104 OFCR. THOMPSON: If that was Detective Vannatter driving the car away, yes.
# 105 MR. COCHRAN: All right. You didn't see Mr. Simpson drive off in a Bentley, did you, sir?
KEY QUOTE # 106 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 107 MR. COCHRAN: You didn't see him drive off in any car in that driveway, did you, sir?
# 108 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 109 MR. COCHRAN: You saw him come out of the driveway and get into this car with some police officers and you saw them leave the scene; isn't that right, sir?
# 110 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 111 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And did you know where they were going at that point?
# 112 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 113 MR. COCHRAN: Did you ascertain at some later point where they were going?
# 114 MR. DARDEN: Objection.
# 115 MR. COCHRAN: Just answer yes or no.
# 116 MR. DARDEN: Irrelevant. Exceeds the scope.
# 117 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 118 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 119 MR. COCHRAN: Now, do you see Vannatter get in that car?
# 120 MR. COCHRAN: Back that up again.
# 121 MR. COCHRAN: I want you to watch and see if Vannatter doesn't--is that your partner, Angela Guzman?
# 122 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 123 MR. COCHRAN: You see that--
# 124 MR. COCHRAN: Will you back that up a minute, Mr. Howard Harris, please, sir. Back it up a little more.
# 125 MR. COCHRAN: Now, was that--do you see these two men there, that's Mr. Weitzman and Mr. Vannatter?
# 126 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 127 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. Did you see thereafter--
# 128 MR. COCHRAN: Let's see if we can play it forward.
# 129 MR. COCHRAN: You see Mr. Simpson get inside the car. Seems as though they're--the lawyer's talking to the detective, right?
# 130 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 131 MR. COCHRAN: And thereafter, does it seem as though Vannatter got inside that car?
# 132 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 133 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And so does that refresh your recollection, that he got in the driver's compartment and at some point, he then drove away with Mr. Simpson in the car?
# 134 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 135 MR. COCHRAN: In fact, you can see him through the window, can't you?
# 136 OFCR. THOMPSON: Well, I could see him through the window, yes.
# 137 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Did you see a tall gray-haired man out in the street who was waiting outside on Rockingham there that day?
# 138 OFCR. THOMPSON: There were so many people there, there were bound to be a few gray-haired people.
# 139 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. But you couldn't recall this particular tall gray-haired man by the name of Skip Taft? That doesn't refresh your recollection?
# 140 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 141 MR. COCHRAN: All right. But somebody there at the scene had gray hair that day, right?
# 142 OFCR. THOMPSON: There were a lot people that had gray hair, including me.
# 143 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Now, Mr. Weitzman, the lawyer, was not in that car. He didn't get in that car and leave the scene in that car, did he?
# 144 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 145 MR. COCHRAN: In fact, you saw him leave, did you not, that day?
# 146 OFCR. THOMPSON: I know he left, but I don't remember seeing him leave.
# 147 MR. COCHRAN: All right. But he left in a car different than his then client, Mr. OJ Simpson; isn't that correct?
# 148 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 149 MR. COCHRAN: He didn't go--wherever these detectives took Mr. Simpson, Mr. Weitzman, the lawyer, was not in that car, was he?
# 150 OFCR. THOMPSON: I don't think he was.
# 151 MR. COCHRAN: And as you search your memory and look back, Mr. Simpson was in the backseat of that car all by himself; isn't that correct?
# 152 OFCR. THOMPSON: From my own independent memory?
# 154 OFCR. THOMPSON: I don't remember that from my own independent memory.
# 155 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Well, let's refresh your memory by looking at this video. You never saw anybody else get inside the backseat of that car with Mr. Simpson, did you?
# 156 OFCR. THOMPSON: As of right now, no.
# 157 (At 4:22 P.M., the playing of the videotape was concluded.) # 158 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Now, with regard to your testimony here today, Mr. Darden indicated that you and he met last Friday; is that correct?
# 159 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 160 MR. COCHRAN: Was that to discuss your testimony that you were going to give here in this case?
# 161 OFCR. THOMPSON: I think he was interviewing witnesses.
# 162 MR. COCHRAN: And did you come--did he ask you to come over and talk to him?
# 163 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 164 MR. COCHRAN: And did you then have occasion to talk to him?
# 165 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes, I did.
# 166 MR. COCHRAN: About the things that the two of you have just talked have about?
# 167 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 168 MR. COCHRAN: Was that correct? And as an LAPD officer, you work for the city of Los Angeles; isn't that correct?
# 169 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's correct.
# 170 MR. COCHRAN: And you protect and serve all the citizens; isn't that correct?
# 171 OFCR. THOMPSON: I'm sorry?
# 172 MR. COCHRAN: You protect and serve all the citizens, don't you? You protect and serve all citizens, don't you?
# 173 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes, I do.
# 174 MR. COCHRAN: And you're just as available to me as you are to Mr. Darden, aren't you?
# 175 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes, I am.
# 176 MR. COCHRAN: So if I called you on the phone, you would come and talk to me, would you?
# 177 OFCR. THOMPSON: Sure I would.
# 178 MR. COCHRAN: You wouldn't hide from me, would you?
# 179 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 180 MR. COCHRAN: In fact, you talked to me yesterday in fact, didn't you?
# 181 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes, I did.
# 182 MR. COCHRAN: Now, sir, Mr. Darden asked you some questions about whether Vannatter said hook him up or cuff him. It still meant the same thing, put handcuffs on him. Isn't that what that meant?
# 183 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 184 MR. COCHRAN: You understand what that meant; isn't that right?
# 185 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 186 MR. COCHRAN: And you complied with that; isn't that correct?
# 187 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes, I did.
# 188 MR. COCHRAN: And then you then turned and then you left and there was a period of time when Mr. Simpson was out of your sight; isn't that correct?
# 189 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 190 MR. COCHRAN: And now, with regard to Mr. Simpson's emotional state, do you recall I asked you some questions about that?
# 191 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 192 MR. COCHRAN: And I reminded you that yesterday when we talked here in this courtroom, you mentioned that he appeared agitated. Remember that? Remember those questions that I asked you?
# 193 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 194 MR. COCHRAN: Now, you had never before seen Mr. Simpson before in close proximity, you talked to him, had you?
# 195 OFCR. THOMPSON: No, I haven't.
# 196 MR. COCHRAN: So you don't know how he is when he's despondent or sad or down, do you?
# 197 OFCR. THOMPSON: Well, just from seeing people in general despondent or sad, I could--
# 198 MR. COCHRAN: We're talking about Mr. Simpson. You've never seen him before in that state, have you?
# 199 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 200 MR. COCHRAN: This is the first time you actually encountered him; isn't that right?
# 201 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's correct.
# 202 MR. COCHRAN: And were you aware that he just had come back from a flight from Chicago at the time you arrived there? Were you aware of that?
# 203 MR. DARDEN: Objection. This is--
# 204 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 205 MR. COCHRAN: Well, were you aware he just had gotten off a plane?
# 206 MR. DARDEN: Same objection.
# 207 MR. COCHRAN: I'm asking. I'm asking, your Honor.
# 208 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 209 MR. COCHRAN: Were you aware he had had no sleep that night?
# 210 MR. DARDEN: Objection.
# 211 THE COURT: Sustained. We are assuming facts not in evidence.
# 212 MR. COCHRAN: Well, may I ask it in a different way then perhaps, your Honor?
# 214 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Were you aware--you were told that Mr. Simpson was going to arrive there in a short period of time; isn't that correct?
# 215 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 216 MR. COCHRAN: By one of the detectives?
# 217 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 218 MR. COCHRAN: All right. Do you know where he had been the night before?
# 219 MR. DARDEN: Objection. Calls for hearsay.
# 220 MR. COCHRAN: I can ask him if he knows.
# 221 THE COURT: Counsel, the jury knows these facts.
# 222 MR. COCHRAN: All right. I'm seeking--without arguing with the Court, I think that he was allowed to ask. So I'm going to ask another question.
# 223 THE COURT: No. I think the jury knows.
# 225 THE COURT: We've heard testimony from people on the airline. The jury is smart enough to be able to put this witness' testimony in the context with the other witnesses.
# 226 MR. COCHRAN: Certainly. Okay. Thank you, your Honor. Then I'll move on.
# 228 MR. COCHRAN: Thank you.
# 229 MR. COCHRAN: With regard to the way Mr. Simpson walked, did you notice that when he walks, he has this kind of peculiar walk? Did you notice a peculiar walk because he walks with kind of a limp and he's kind of pigeon-toed with bowlegs? Did you notice that?
# 230 MR. DARDEN: This is so leading.
# 231 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 232 MR. COCHRAN: It's what?
# 233 THE COURT: Leading.
# 234 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. Well, did you notice anything unusual about the way Mr. Simpson walks when he walks?
# 235 OFCR. THOMPSON: I noticed that he seems to have a long stride when he walks.
# 236 MR. COCHRAN: Did you notice that he appears to be bowlegged?
# 237 MR. DARDEN: Objection. This is leading, your Honor.
# 238 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 239 MR. COCHRAN: Is he bowlegged?
# 240 OFCR. THOMPSON: I don't know.
# 241 MR. COCHRAN: You weren't paying attention to the way OJ Simpson walked that particular day, were you?
# 242 OFCR. THOMPSON: No, I wasn't.
# 243 MR. COCHRAN: Because what you were trying to do was carry out Vannatter's order to catch up to him, to hook him or cuff him; isn't that correct, sir?
# 244 MR. DARDEN: Your Honor, this is leading.
# 245 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 246 MR. COCHRAN: Well, you were trying to carry out the order of Detective Vannatter; isn't that correct, sir?
# 247 MR. DARDEN: Still leading.
# 249 MR. COCHRAN: Well, just one leading.
# 250 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. So you were trying to carry out Detective Vannatter's instructions; isn't that right?
# 251 MR. DARDEN: Objection.
# 252 THE COURT: Overruled. We waste more time going through this.
# 253 MR. COCHRAN: Isn't that right?
# 254 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 255 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And your focus was on dealing with Mr. Simpson; isn't that correct, this catching up with him?
# 256 OFCR. THOMPSON: At that point in time, yes.
# 257 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And this conversation that you went into where the two of you then walked over toward the dollhouse and the tree, you were focusing on getting his hands behind him and then handcuffing him with your handcuffs; isn't that right?
# 258 MR. DARDEN: Your Honor, this is leading.
# 260 MR. COCHRAN: All right. What were you focusing on when you took him to the dollhouse by the tree?
# 261 OFCR. THOMPSON: I was just focusing on a number of things.
# 262 MR. COCHRAN: Was one of those things handcuffing him, sir?
# 263 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 264 MR. COCHRAN: All right. And you then accomplished that; isn't that correct?
# 265 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 266 MR. COCHRAN: That's when you then left and went back outside; isn't that right?
# 267 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 268 MR. COCHRAN: And with regard to other people who might have touched or got close to that Bronco or got inside that Bronco, do you know about other people who touched it?
# 269 MR. DARDEN: Your Honor, that assumes a fact not in evidence.
# 270 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 271 MR. COCHRAN: Well, let me ask it this way. Were other reports brought to your attention regarding other people who touched the Bronco?
# 272 MR. DARDEN: That would call for hearsay.
# 273 THE COURT: Sustained.
# 274 MR. COCHRAN: When you were in with Mr. Simpson seeking to handcuff him or cuff him up as Vannatter told you, do you know whether or not there was a police officer out there watching the Bronco at that point?
# 275 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes. My partner was at the front entrance at Rockingham.
# 276 MR. COCHRAN: Now, was she out there watching the Bronco is the question.
# 277 OFCR. THOMPSON: She was keeping the crowd back and watching the Bronco.
# 278 MR. COCHRAN: But you told Mr. Darden that one of the problems, the reason you had to rush back was because the media or the crowd was getting kind of unruly; is that correct?
# 279 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 280 MR. COCHRAN: So it was very difficult to do both, to watch the crowd, keep the media back and watch this Bronco; is that right?
# 281 OFCR. THOMPSON: That's correct.
# 282 MR. COCHRAN: You had a lot on your hands that morning; is that right?
# 283 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 284 MR. COCHRAN: I understand. Mr. Darden asked you some questions about the Louie Vuitton bag which you said that you had seen a bag that looked like that that particular morning?
# 285 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 286 MR. COCHRAN: And you never asked anybody to give you that bag that morning, did you?
# 287 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 288 MR. COCHRAN: In fact, the persons who had that bag couldn't even get on the property; isn't that right?
# 289 MR. DARDEN: Your Honor, this is leading.
# 291 MR. COCHRAN: Well, could the person who had that bag get on the property that morning?
# 292 OFCR. THOMPSON: At that time, no.
# 293 THE COURT: But I think this is the third time we've asked that question.
# 294 MR. COCHRAN: Me? Thank you, your Honor. May I have just a second, your Honor?
# 295 THE COURT: Certainly.
# 296 (Discussion held off the record between Defense counsel and the Defendant.) # 297 MR. COCHRAN: Thank you, your Honor.
# 298 MR. COCHRAN: Officer Thompson, you never at any time, when you talked to Mr. Simpson, ever told him that he couldn't unpack his luggage, did you?
# 299 MR. DARDEN: Objection. Hearsay, your Honor.
# 300 THE COURT: Overruled.
# 301 OFCR. THOMPSON: No.
# 302 MR. COCHRAN: And when people come home from trips--strike that. When you come home from a trip, do you normally unpack your luggage?
# 303 OFCR. THOMPSON: When I come home from a trip?
# 304 MR. COCHRAN: Yes. When you take a trip and come home, do you unpack your luggage?
# 305 OFCR. THOMPSON: Some of it I do.
# 306 MR. COCHRAN: And usually, you don't leave it in luggage until your next trip, do you?
# 307 OFCR. THOMPSON: Some of it I do.
# 308 MR. COCHRAN: You do that? That's if your next trip is real soon I hope or either that or you have a lot of things?
# 309 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 310 MR. COCHRAN: Normally when you come home from a trip, you unpack your clothes, don't you?
KEY QUOTE # 311 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 312 MR. COCHRAN: That's normal, isn't it?
# 313 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 314 MR. COCHRAN: Is that right, sir?
# 315 OFCR. THOMPSON: Yes.
# 316 MR. COCHRAN: Okay. Thank you very much for coming here today.
# 317 OFCR. THOMPSON: You're welcome.