Direct examination of Tom Lange

📄 Direct examination of Tom Lange — Tuesday, March 21, 1995

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▲ Day 42 of 167

◀ Witness stand preparation Cross-examination of Tom Lange ▶

Witness: Det. Tom Lange
Examiner: Christopher Darden
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Tuesday, March 21, 1995 • Utterances: 11

A brief recalled direct examination of Detective Tom Lange by Christopher Darden. Lange testifies that after Fuhrman showed him the glove on the south walkway, he checked two doors on the south side of the Rockingham residence and found both locked. Notably, he wrote no report documenting this.

# 1

DIRECT EXAMINATION

# 2

BY MR. DARDEN:

# 3 Q:

DETECTIVE LANGE, YOU TESTIFIED ALREADY I BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE SHOWN THE GLOVE DETECTIVE FUHRMAN FOUND ON THE SOUTH WALKWAY?

# 4 A:

YES.

# 5 Q:

OKAY. AND SOMETIME AFTER THAT, ON JUNE 13, DID YOU CHECK ANY DOORS LEADING OUT TO THE SOUTH WALKWAY?

# 6 A:

YES. SUBSEQUENT TO DETECTIVE FUHRMAN SHOWING ME THE GLOVE, I CHECKED TWO DOORS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RESIDENCE, ONE THAT I BELIEVE WENT INTO THE LAUNDRY ROOM AREA OF THE RESIDENCE AND A SECOND DOOR THAT APPEARED TO GO INTO THE GARAGE.

# 7 Q:

AND WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU CHECKED THOSE DOORS, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?

# 8 A:

I CHECKED THEM TO SEE IF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE LOCKED, AND THEY BOTH WERE LOCKED.

KEY QUOTE

# 9 Q:

AND DID YOU WRITE ANY REPORT TO THAT EFFECT?

# 10 A:

NO.

# 11 MR. DARDEN:

THANK YOU.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Tom Lange

I CHECKED THEM TO SEE IF WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE LOCKED, AND THEY BOTH WERE LOCKED.

Establishes that access to/from the south walkway via the residence was locked, potentially relevant to how the glove ended up there.

Tom Lange

NO.

Lange wrote no report documenting his check of the doors — an absence of documentation that could be used to challenge his account.

Evidence (1)

Informal

The glove found by Detective Fuhrman on the south walkway of the Rockingham residence

discussed informally as reference point for Lange's subsequent actions

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Tom Lange

Darden elicits that Lange checked both south-side doors and found them locked, but wrote no report — laying foundation without pressing on the documentation gap.

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5358 • 11 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103