📄 Redirect examination of Tom Lange (part 1) — Tuesday, March 21, 1995
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Redirect examination of Tom Lange (part 1)

Witness: Det. Tom Lange
Examiner: Christopher Darden
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Tuesday, March 21, 1995 • Utterances: 33
Darden uses photographs of the Rockingham garage interior to refresh Lange's recollection about items stacked in front of a side garage door. The examination is largely procedural, with Cochran successfully objecting to leading questions and then requesting voir dire on the photographs' date before they can be shown to the jury.
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REDIRECT EXAMINATION

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BY MR. DARDEN:

3 Q:

DETECTIVE LANGE, I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU A PHOTOGRAPH AND SEE IF THIS WILL REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION REGARDING THE --

4 MR. COCHRAN:

MAY I APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?

5 THE COURT:

YOU MAY.

6 MR. DARDEN:

FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS PHOTOGRAPH 148. HE'S LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPHS 146 AND 147 AS WELL, YOUR HONOR. THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPH NUMBERS AND NOT EVIDENCE ITEM NUMBERS.

7 DET. TOM LANGE:

YES. IT APPEARS TO BE THE INSIDE OF THE ROCKINGHAM GARAGE AND THERE IS THE DOOR PICTURED THERE, BUT I DO NOT RECALL PHYSICALLY CHECKING IT.

8 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: PHYSICALLY CHECKING WHAT?

9 A:

THE DOOR.

10 Q:

DID YOU GO INSIDE THE GARAGE?

11 A:

YES.

12 Q:

DID YOU SEE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF THE SIDE GARAGE DOOR?

13 MR. COCHRAN:

OBJECT TO THE FORM OF THAT QUESTION. LEADING AND SUGGESTIVE.

14 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

15 DET. TOM LANGE:

THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF ITEMS STACKED IN THERE, YES.

KEY QUOTE
16 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: OKAY. THE SAME ITEMS DEPICTED IN PHOTOGRAPH 148?

17 MR. COCHRAN:

OBJECT TO THAT QUESTION AS LEADING AND SUGGESTIVE, YOUR HONOR.

18 THE COURT:

SUSTAINED. REPHRASE THE QUESTION, PLEASE.

19 Q:

BY MR. DARDEN: THE ITEMS THAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED, DO YOU SEE THOSE PHOTO -- THOSE ITEMS DEPICTED IN ANY OF THE THREE PHOTOGRAPHS I JUST SHOWED YOU TO REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION?

20 A:

THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS THERE. THAT IS MY RECOLLECTION. AS TO THE SPECIFIC ITEMS, I DON'T RECALL, BUT I DO RECALL IT BEING SIMILAR TO THAT PHOTOGRAPH AT THAT DATE, YES.

21 MR. DARDEN:

MAY I MARK PHOTOGRAPH NUMBER 148 PEOPLE'S NEXT IN ORDER?

22 THE COURT:

128. (PEO'S 128 FOR ID = PHOTOGRAPH)

23 MR. DARDEN:

AND MAY I PLACE THAT PHOTOGRAPH ON THE ELMO?

24 THE COURT:

YOU MAY.

25 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, BEFORE HE DOES THAT, MAY I SEE THE PHOTO?

26 THE COURT:

IT'S HIS -- THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S TRUE. HIS CLIENT NEEDS TO SEE IT.

27 MR. COCHRAN:

TOO BAD I COULDN'T BRING HIM OVER THERE WITH ME.

KEY QUOTE
28 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.)
29 THE COURT:

JUST SO THE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY KNOW, IT'S JUST A COMMON COURTESY TO SHOW THE EXHIBITS TO OPPOSING COUNSEL BEFORE YOU SHOW IT TO THE WITNESS OR JURY SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

30 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, THERE'S A QUESTION REGARDING THE DATE OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHS. MAY WE APPROACH ON THE RECORD FOR A MOMENT?

31 THE COURT:

YOU WANT TO TAKE THE WITNESS ON VOIR DIRE AS TO THAT PHOTOGRAPH?

32 MR. COCHRAN:

YES, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I MIGHT.

33 THE COURT:

PROCEED.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Tom Lange
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF ITEMS STACKED IN THERE, YES.
Lange confirms items were blocking the garage side door, which relates to access and movement at Rockingham.
Johnnie Cochran
TOO BAD I COULDN'T BRING HIM OVER THERE WITH ME.
Cochran quips about OJ being unable to approach the bench to view the photograph — light moment amid procedural maneuvering.
Lance A. Ito
IT'S JUST A COMMON COURTESY TO SHOW THE EXHIBITS TO OPPOSING COUNSEL BEFORE YOU SHOW IT TO THE WITNESS OR JURY SO EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
Judge explains courtroom protocol to the jury after a procedural stumble by Darden.

Evidence (2)

People's 128
Photograph 148 — interior of the Rockingham garage showing a side door and items stacked in front of it
marked for identification, pending voir dire on photograph date
Informal
Photographs 146 and 147 — additional Rockingham garage photographs used to refresh Lange's recollection
shown to witness to refresh recollection

Notable Exchanges (2)

Johnnie CochranLance A. Ito
After the photograph is marked, Cochran asks to view it before it goes on the ELMO, then raises a question about the photograph's date and requests voir dire of Lange on that issue.
strategic
Christopher DardenLance A. Ito
Judge corrects Darden on courtroom courtesy — exhibits should be shown to opposing counsel before being displayed to witness or jury.
corrective

Light Moments (1)

Johnnie Cochran
Cochran jokes that it's too bad he couldn't bring OJ over to the bench with him to view the photograph.

Objections

2 objections (1 sustained, 1 overruled)
Proceeding 5361 • 33 utterances • Prosecution witness
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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