Recross-examination of Allan Park

📄 Recross-examination of Allan Park — Wednesday, March 29, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 47 of 167

◀ Redirect examination of Allan Park (part 2) Sidebar (1) ▶

Witness: Allan Park
Examiner: Johnnie Cochran
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Wednesday, March 29, 1995 • Utterances: 173

Johnnie Cochran recrossed limousine driver Allan Park, methodically reinforcing that Park's sole focus that night was getting Simpson to the airport on time — not observing parked cars, OJ's hands, or the dark figure's clothing. Cochran used Park's own grand jury and preliminary hearing testimony to establish that Park had no reliable observations about a white Bronco parked outside or details of the mysterious figure he glimpsed, and ended with a question about the Swiss Army bag that was cut off before he could finish it.

# 1 THE COURT:

MR. COCHRAN.

# 2

RECROSS-EXAMINATION

# 3

BY MR. COCHRAN:

# 4 Q:

SO AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR TESTIMONY, MR. PARK -- GOOD AFTERNOON, FIRST OF ALL.

# 5 ALLAN PARK:

GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 6 MR. COCHRAN:

GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

# 7 THE JURY:

GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 8 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR TESTIMONY, THE LAST THING THAT YOU DID WITH MR. SIMPSON WAS YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH HIM AND THEN YOU TOOK YOUR LEAVE; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 9 A:

CORRECT.

# 10 Q:

AND YOU HAD HAD A RATHER PLEASANT ENCOUNTER WITH HIM; IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT TO SAY, BASED UPON THE FACT YOU GOT HIM THERE ON TIME AND EVERYTHING WENT WELL?

# 11 A:

YES.

# 12 Q:

AND IN FACT HE SAID TO ADD TWENTY PERCENT TO THE BILL, RIGHT?

# 13 A:

CORRECT.

# 14 Q:

AND FIRST OF ALL, WITH REGARD TO THE GOLF BAG THAT WAS TAKEN OVER HERE, THIS WAS THE FIRST NIGHT THAT YOU HAD EVER SEEN MR. O.J. SIMPSON; ISN'T THAT CORRECT, IN YOUR LIFE, ON JUNE 12TH?

# 15 A:

PERSONALLY, YES.

# 16 Q:

YES, PERSONALLY, WHERE THE TWO OF YOU WERE TOGETHER?

# 17 A:

YES.

# 18 Q:

AND IN YOUR FIRST MEETING WITH MR. SIMPSON HE DIDN'T SHARE WITH YOU HIS LIFE SECRETS ABOUT HIM HAVING RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, DID HE?

# 19 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. ASSUMES FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE, CALLS FOR HEARSAY.

# 20 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 21 ALLAN PARK:

NO.

# 22 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: YOU ARE NOT SURPRISED BY THAT, ARE YOU, SIR?

# 23 A:

NO, I'M NOT.

# 24 Q:

YOU DIDN'T SHARE WITH HIM ANY MALADIES YOU HAD, EVEN AT YOUR YOUNG AGE, DID YOU?

# 25 A:

NO, I DID NOT.

# 26 Q:

YOU WERE JUST TRYING TO GET HIM TO THE AIRPORT ON TIME; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 27 A:

YES.

# 28 Q:

NOW, SIR, WITH REGARD TO QUESTIONS YOU WERE ASKED, YOU WERE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE IN A HURRY AND YOU INDICATED TO MISS CLARK AT SOME POINT THAT YOU WERE IN FACT IN A HURRY AGAIN BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO GET MR. SIMPSON TO THE AIRPORT ON TIME; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 29 A:

CORRECT.

# 30 Q:

YOU PREVIOUSLY TOLD US ALREADY THAT AT SOME POINT YOU DROVE PERHAPS AS FAST AS 75 OR 80 SO COULD YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL?

# 31 A:

CORRECT.

# 32 Q:

WHICH YOU DID, RIGHT?

# 33 A:

YES.

# 34 Q:

YOU RECALL MISS CLARK ASKED YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE LOOKING OR PAYING ATTENTION TO MR. SIMPSON'S BODY OR HIS HAND. DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE QUESTIONS?

# 35 A:

YES.

# 36 Q:

YOU WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED, WOULD YOU HAVE NOT, IF MR. SIMPSON HAD A BAND-AID, A LARGE BAND-AID ON THIS LEFT KNUCKLE HERE? IT WOULD STAND OUT? YOU WOULD REMEMBER THAT, WOULDN'T YOU?

# 37 A:

IF I SAW IT, YES.

# 38 Q:

YOU NEVER SAW THAT THAT NIGHT, DID YOU?

# 39 A:

NO.

# 40 Q:

ALL RIGHT. NOW, WITH REGARD TO THE TIME YOU WERE WAITING AND TRYING TO GET INSIDE THE ASHFORD GATE, WOULD I BE CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT YOUR ATTENTION AT THAT TIME WAS -- YOU WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TRYING TO LOCATE SOMEBODY INSIDE THE PREMISES AND REACHING YOUR CLIENT; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 41 A:

YES.

# 42 Q:

IN FACT, SO MUCH SO THAT YOU NOT ONLY CALLED YOUR BOSS, BUT YOU ALSO CALLED YOUR MOTHER; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 43 A:

CORRECT.

# 44 Q:

DURING THAT TIME FRAME? AND THAT PRETTY MUCH WAS YOUR FOCUS; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

# 45 A:

YES.

# 46 Q:

AND WHEN YOU TESTIFIED AT THE GRAND -- AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING AS FOLLOWS, COUNSEL AGAIN AT PAGE 40 --

# 47 MS. CLARK:

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. PAGE 40?

# 48 MR. COCHRAN:

YES, PAGE 40 BEGINNING AT LINE 17 -- LINE 15.

# 49 Q:

WERE YOU ASKED THESE QUESTIONS AND GAVE THESE ANSWERS TO MISS CLARK? "WHAT GATE DID YOU LEAVE FROM? "ANSWER: THE ROCKINGHAM GATE. "QUESTION: AND WHICH WAY DID YOU GO ON ROCKINGHAM AS YOU EXITED THE GATE? "ANSWER: I MADE A LEFT. "QUESTION: DID YOU LOOK TO SEE WHETHER ANY CARS WERE PARKED ON THE RIGHT SIDE AS YOU FACED THE DRIVEWAY OF ROCKINGHAM OUTSIDE THE RESIDENCE?" YOUR ANSWER WAS: "I DIDN'T LOOK TO SEE.

"QUESTION: YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AT THE PARKED CARS?" AND YOUR ANSWER WAS: "YEAH." YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AT PARKED CARS THAT NIGHT BECAUSE YOUR FOCUS WAS ON SOMETHING ELSE; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 50 A:

YES.

# 51 Q:

AS YOU TOLD US BEFORE, YOU CAN'T BE POSITIVE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY PARKED CARS PARKED THERE TO THE RIGHT OF THE GATE WHEN YOU CAME OUT OF THAT GATE; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 52 A:

YES.

# 53 Q:

AND WHEN YOU TESTIFIED AT THE GRAND JURY IN THAT CONNECTION, YOU WERE AGAIN TRYING TO BE AS ACCURATE AND AS FACTUAL AS YOU COULD, WERE YOU NOT?

# 54 A:

YES, I WAS.

# 55 MR. COCHRAN:

COUNSEL, LET'S BEGIN AT PAGE 270, ABOUT LINE 21. AND LET'S GO OVER TO PAGE 272, LINE 14. "QUESTION:" --

# 56 MS. CLARK:

JUST ONE SECOND.

# 57 MR. COCHRAN:

GRAND JURY.

# 58 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 59 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.)

# 60 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: DO YOU RECALL BEING ASKED THESE SERIES OF QUESTIONS BY MISS CLARK ON JUNE 17, 1994? "QUESTION: WHEN YOU PULLED OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY OF THE SUSPECT'S HOUSE, WHAT DRIVEWAY EXIT DID YOU USE, ASHFORD OR ROCKINGHAM? "ANSWER: ROCKINGHAM. "QUESTION: WHEN YOU PULLED OUT OF THE ROCKINGHAM GATE WERE YOU ABLE TO SEE ANY CAR PARKED ON THE STREET NEXT TO THAT GATE? "ANSWER: THERE WAS A VEHICLE TO MY LEFT. WHEN I WAS EXITING I NOTICED I HAD TO LOOK AROUND A VEHICLE. I NEVER NOTICED WHAT KIND OF VEHICLE IT WAS. I DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO THAT, BUT THERE WAS A VEHICLE THERE. "QUESTION: YOU SAY A VEHICLE TO YOUR LEFT. THAT WOULD BE THE AREA I AM INDICATING WITH MY PEN -- "ANSWER: CORRECT. "WHY DON'T YOU MARK THAT. "YOU SAID YOU NOTICED THE VEHICLE DOWN THERE? "ANSWER: YES. "(WITNESS COMPLIES.) "GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT. "YOU EXITED OUT OF THE GATE THAT FEEDS ONTO ROCKINGHAM; IS THAT RIGHT? "ANSWER: YES. "SO YOU WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR CAR, RIGHT? "ANSWER: YES. "AND YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A LEFT OUT OF THE GATE? "ANSWER: THAT'S CORRECT. "SO YOU ARE LOOKING TO YOUR LEFT FOR TRAFFIC, FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC? "ANSWER: YEAH, BOTH WAYS. "QUESTION: DID YOU ATTEMPT TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY TO SEE WHETHER THE CARS WERE PARKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY" I PRESUME THAT MEANS TO THE RIGHT SIDE. "ANSWER: THERE WERE NO CARS."

# 61 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION TO COUNSEL'S EDITORIALIZING. THAT IS NOT PART OF THE TRANSCRIPT.

# 62 THE COURT:

JUST READ THE TRANSCRIPT, COUNSEL.

# 63 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: "DID YOU ATTEMPT TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY TO SEE WHETHER CARS WERE PARKED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DRIVEWAY? "ANSWER: THERE WERE NO CARS. "QUESTION: ARE YOU SURE? "ANSWER: I'M PRETTY SURE. "QUESTION: DID YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE WERE ANY CARS THERE? "ANSWER: I LOOKED TO THE RIGHT TO SEE IF WERE ANY CARS COMING DOWN THE STREET. "I'M ASKING IF YOU LOOKED TO -- MADE AN EFFORT TO SEE IF THERE WAS A CAR PARKED? "ANSWER: NO." WAS THAT A CORRECT ANSWER AT THAT TIME?

# 64 A:

YES.

# 65 Q:

ALL RIGHT. "QUESTION: THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CAR PARKED THERE AND YOU DIDN'T SEE IT? "ANSWER: CORRECT." AND THE REASON WHY YOU DON'T KNOW ONE WAY OR THE OTHER IS BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T FOCUSING ON ANY CARS OR PAYING ANY ATTENTION; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

# 66 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. THAT MISSTATES THE TESTIMONY.

# 67 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 68 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: BASICALLY YOUR GOAL WAS TO GET MR. O.J. SIMPSON -- TRY TO GET HIM TO THE AIRPORT ON TIME, ISN'T IT?

# 69 A:

THAT'S CORRECT.

# 70 Q:

THAT IS WHAT YOU ENDED UP DOING, ISN'T IT, SIR?

# 71 A:

YES.

# 72 Q:

NOW, HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE ENGINE OF A FORD BRONCO?

# 73 A:

WHAT YEAR?

# 74 Q:

WELL, THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. LET'S SEE. WELL, LET'S START WITH MY QUESTION FIRST. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD THE ENGINE OF ANY FORD BRONCO?

# 75 A:

YES.

# 76 Q:

AND WHAT YEAR WAS THE FORD BRONCO THAT YOU HEARD?

# 77 A:

I'VE HEARD A LOT OF THEM.

# 78 Q:

HAVE YOU?

# 79 A:

YEAH.

# 80 Q:

WELL --

# 81 A:

WELL, OLDER CARS SEEM TO -- SOME OF THE OLDER BRONCOS SEEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER THAN THE NEW ONES.

# 82 Q:

ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE. WHAT IS THE NEWEST FORD BRONCO THAT YOU HAVE HEARD?

# 83 A:

I THINK IT WAS AN '88.

# 84 Q:

'88? AND WHAT IS THE OLDEST?

# 85 A:

UMM, HAD TO BE SOMEWHERE AROUND A '70, '72.

# 86 Q:

PRETTY OLD ONE; IS THAT RIGHT?

# 87 A:

YEAH.

# 88 Q:

HOW LONG AGO WAS IT THAT YOU HEARD THE ENGINE OF THE '88 FORD BRONCO?

# 89 A:

I DON'T REMEMBER THAT.

# 90 Q:

SOMETIME IN YOUR PAST?

# 91 A:

YES.

# 92 Q:

ALL RIGHT. AND WOULD I BE CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT THOSE ENGINES CAN BE LOUD ON OCCASION, THOSE CARS?

# 93 A:

COULD BE.

# 94 Q:

YOU DIDN'T HEAR THE ENGINES ON ANY CARS OR ANYTHING THAT SOUNDED LIKE A FORD BRONCO THAT NIGHT, DID YOU?

# 95 A:

NO.

# 96 Q:

NOW, MISS CLARK ASKED YOU SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS FIGURE THAT WAS WALKING INTO THE WALKWAY THERE, OF THE ROCKINGHAM RESIDENCE; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 97 A:

YES.

# 98 Q:

DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? AND YOU RECALL THAT, AS YOU HAVE TESTIFIED FOR US, THE FIGURE WAS WALKING TOWARDS THE DOOR WHEN YOU FIRST OBSERVED THAT FIGURE, RIGHT?

# 99 A:

YES.

# 100 Q:

AND YOU SAW THAT FIGURE FOR ONLY A SECOND OR SO; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 101 A:

YES.

# 102 Q:

AND YOU TOLD US THAT THAT FIGURE WAS ATTIRED IN SOMETHING DARK AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN A ROBE, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 103 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. THAT MISSTATES THE TESTIMONY.

# 104 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 105 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: IT COULD HAVE BEEN A ROBE; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 106 A:

JUST SEEMED TO BE DARK CLOTHING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING.

KEY QUOTE

# 107 Q:

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

# 108 A:

THAT'S TRUE.

# 109 Q:

YOU JUST GOT A FLEETING GLANCE; ISN'T THAT RIGHT, SIR?

# 110 A:

YES.

# 111 Q:

SO YOU NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THE HEM OF A ROBE SWIRLING AROUND OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE, DID YOU?

# 112 A:

NO.

# 113 Q:

AND WITH REGARD TO THIS TIME FRAME, YOU SHARED WITH US THAT IT WAS YOUR BELIEF THAT FROM THE TIME THAT YOU SAW THIS FIGURE TO THE TIME THAT YOU SAW MR. SIMPSON COME DOWN WITH A BAG, WHICH WE NOW KNOW IS THE LOUIS VITTON BAG, ONE OF THE DEFENDANT'S EXHIBITS, ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MINUTES, HAD PAST; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 114 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. THAT MISSTATES THE TESTIMONY.

# 115 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 116 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: AND THAT IS ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MINUTES; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 117 A:

YES.

# 118 Q:

THAT IS YOUR BEST ESTIMATE; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?

# 119 A:

YES.

# 120 Q:

YOU HAVE DONE THAT THROUGHOUT YOUR TESTIMONY HERE, GIVE US YOUR HONEST AND BEST ESTIMATE ISN'T THIS RIGHT, SIR?

# 121 A:

YES.

# 122 Q:

YOU HAVE DONE THAT WITH REGARD TO THAT FIVE OR SIX-MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

# 123 A:

YES.

# 124 Q:

WHEN YOU WERE SHOWN PEOPLE'S 112 FOR IDENTIFICATION, THE FOYER AREA OF THE SIMPSON RESIDENCE THERE, DO YOU RECALL ON THAT NIGHT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS EVER A RUG ANYWHERE IN THAT FOYER AREA WHEN YOU WERE IN THERE, WHEN YOU WERE INSIDE THERE?

# 125 A:

NO.

# 126 Q:

YOU RECALL THAT YOU WALKED SOME TWO TO THREE FEET IN THERE YOURSELF BUT YOU DON'T REMEMBER SEEING A RUG OF ANY KIND; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

# 127 A:

NO.

# 128 Q:

NOW, YOU NEVER WENT OUT AND LOOKED AND YOU WERE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT LOOKING IN THE PLAY YARD FOR GOLF BALLS. YOU NEVER DID THAT, DID YOU?

# 129 A:

NO, I DIDN'T.

# 130 Q:

YOU WEREN'T THERE TO LOOK FOR GOLF BALLS?

# 131 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. HE WAS NEVER ASKED TO GO OUT AND LOOK.

# 132 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 133 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: YOU DIDN'T GO AROUND LOOKING IN MR. SIMPSON'S PREMISES FOR ANY GOLF BALLS, DID YOU?

# 134 A:

NO.

# 135 Q:

CAME THERE TO DO A JOB AND YOU TRIED TO DO THAT JOB; ISN'T THAT RIGHT, SIR?

# 136 A:

THAT'S CORRECT.

# 137 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION, ASKED AND ANSWERED.

# 138 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 139 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: YOU CAME THERE TO PICK HIM UP AND YOU LEFT AS SOON AS YOU COULD; IS THAT RIGHT?

# 140 A:

YES.

# 141 Q:

YOU WERE ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ON REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MISS CLARK REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THIS SMALLER BAG THAT WAS SOME TWENTY FEET AWAY FROM YOU. DO YOU RECALL THAT?

# 142 A:

YES.

# 143 Q:

AS YOU THINK BACK IN YOUR MIND'S EYE, CAN YOU TELL US HOW FAR THAT SECOND BAG WAS AWAY FROM THE SECOND CAR, IF THE SECOND CAR WAS THERE?

# 144 (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE.)

# 145 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION. THAT IS CONFUSING, VAGUE.

# 146 THE COURT:

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION, SIR?

# 147 ALLAN PARK:

YES.

# 148 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: YOU MAY ANSWER.

# 149 A:

IT -- IT SEEMED TO BE THREE TO FIVE FEET BEHIND THE BACK BUMPER.

# 150 Q:

OF WHICH CAR?

# 151 A:

OF THE SECOND CAR.

# 152 Q:

IN OTHER WORDS, SO IF WE -- IF WE COULD PUT THAT DIAGRAM UP, IT WOULD BE BEHIND WHERE YOU BELIEVE THE SECOND -- THE BACK BUMPER OF THE SECOND CAR?

# 153 A:

YES.

# 154 Q:

NOT THE BENTLEY; IS THAT RIGHT?

# 155 A:

YES.

# 156 Q:

AS I UNDERSTAND YOUR TESTIMONY, MR. KATO KAELIN HAD PLACED THE GOLF CLUBS IN THE BACK OF THE LIMOUSINE AT ROCKINGHAM; IS THAT RIGHT?

# 157 A:

YES.

# 158 Q:

AND WITH REGARD TO THESE GOLF CLUBS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN MARKED AS ONE OF OUR EXHIBITS -- 1063 FOR IDENTIFICATION?

# 159 THE COURT:

YES.

# 160 MR. COCHRAN:

MAY I APPROACH, YOUR HONOR?

# 161 THE COURT:

YOU MAY.

# 162 Q:

BY MR. COCHRAN: IT IS YOUR BELIEF THAT AS YOU LIFTED THE ITEMS THAT YOU LIFTED THAT NIGHT, APPEARED ABOUT THE SAME WEIGHT AS THAT?

# 163 THE COURT:

IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO GO OVER.

# 164 MR. COCHRAN:

I WILL STAND HERE WITH IT.

# 165 Q:

IT IS YOUR TESTIMONY THAT WHEN YOU LIFTED THIS ITEM ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 12, 1994, IT APPEARED TO BE ABOUT THE SAME WEIGHT; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?

# 166 A:

THAT'S CORRECT.

# 167 Q:

AND THIS MORNING YOU REMEMBER I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INSIGNIA OF THE SWISS ARMY BRAND LIMITED. WOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR TESTIMONY AT ALL IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT --

KEY QUOTE

# 168 MS. CLARK:

OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

# 169 THE COURT:

SUSTAINED.

# 170 MR. COCHRAN:

WELL, I HAVEN'T SAID IT YET, YOUR HONOR.

# 171 THE COURT:

THE WAY IT WAS PHRASED, I DON'T THINK IT WAS APPROPRIATE.

# 172 MR. COCHRAN:

MAY I APPROACH FOR A MOMENT?

# 173 THE COURT:

SURE.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (4)

Allan Park

JUST SEEMED TO BE DARK CLOTHING. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ANYTHING.

Undermines the prosecution's suggestion that the dark figure Park saw was OJ returning home — Park admits he had only a fleeting glance and cannot identify what the figure was wearing.

Allan Park

THERE WERE NO CARS. ... I'M PRETTY SURE.

Grand jury testimony directly contradicting or complicating the Bronco's presence outside Rockingham — Park told the grand jury there were no cars on the right side of the driveway.

Allan Park

NO.

Park confirms he never saw a band-aid on Simpson's left knuckle that night, cutting against the prosecution's injury narrative.

Johnnie Cochran

AND THIS MORNING YOU REMEMBER I ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INSIGNIA OF THE SWISS ARMY BRAND LIMITED. WOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR TESTIMONY AT ALL IF I WERE TO TELL YOU THAT --

The question was cut off by a sustained objection, suggesting Cochran was about to introduce contradicting information about the mysterious small bag — a dangling thread left unresolved.

Evidence (5)

People's 112

Photograph of the foyer area of the Simpson Rockingham residence

Referenced — Park confirms he saw no rug in the foyer area the night of June 12

Defense Exhibit 1063

Golf bag (brought to courtroom for weight comparison)

Physically handled — Park confirmed the item he lifted that night felt approximately the same weight

Informal

Louis Vuitton bag (described as 'one of the defendant's exhibits')

Referenced in testimony — identified as the bag Simpson brought down 5–6 minutes after the dark figure was seen

Informal

Swiss Army Brand Limited small bag

Cochran attempted to question Park about its insignia; objection sustained before question completed

Informal

Grand jury transcript (June 17, 1994, pp. 270–272) and preliminary hearing transcript (p. 40)

Read into record by Cochran to establish Park's prior statements about parked cars near the Rockingham gate

Notable Exchanges (4)

Johnnie Cochran•Allan Park

Cochran walks Park through his grand jury testimony, where Park said 'THERE WERE NO CARS' on the right side of the Rockingham driveway, contrasting with later suggestions of a Bronco parked there.

strategic

Johnnie Cochran•Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Clark objected to Cochran editorializing ('I PRESUME THAT MEANS TO THE RIGHT SIDE') while reading the grand jury transcript. Ito directed Cochran to simply read the transcript.

procedural friction

Johnnie Cochran•Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Cochran began a 'would you change your testimony if I told you' question about the Swiss Army bag insignia; Clark objected before the substance landed and it was sustained.

strategic — question cut off

Johnnie Cochran•Allan Park

Cochran asked whether Park had ever heard a Ford Bronco engine; Park replied knowledgeably that older Broncos sound louder than newer ones, ranging from a '70/'72 to an '88. Park confirmed he heard nothing like that on the night in question.

methodical

Light Moments (2)

Allan Park

Cochran asks if Park has ever heard a Ford Bronco engine; Park counters with 'What year?' — a sharp, unexpected response that briefly threw the rhythm of the examination.

Lance A. Ito / Johnnie Cochran

The golf bag nearly fell over during Cochran's courtroom weight demonstration; Ito noted it was 'about to go over' and Cochran offered to stand there and hold it.

Credibility Attacks (2)

⚔ Allan Park

prior inconsistent statement / scope limitation

Cochran used Park's own grand jury testimony to show he said 'THERE WERE NO CARS' on the right side of the Rockingham driveway, complicating prosecution attempts to place the Bronco there during the relevant window. Cochran also used the preliminary hearing transcript to show Park said he 'didn't look' at parked cars.

⚔ Allan Park

attention diversion / scope limitation

Cochran established through repeated questioning that Park's focus was entirely on getting Simpson to the airport — not on observing the dark figure's clothing, parked cars, Simpson's hands, or other details the prosecution relied on.

Witness Demeanor

(BRIEF PAUSE.) during grand jury transcript coordination between counsel

(DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.)

(NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE.) when asked how far the second bag was from the second car

Objections

9 objections (2 sustained, 7 overruled)

Proceeding 5481 • 173 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103