Redirect examination of Allan Park (part 2)

📄 Redirect examination of Allan Park (part 2) — Wednesday, March 29, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 47 of 167

◀ Recess Recross-examination of Allan Park ▶

Witness: Allan Park
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Wednesday, March 29, 1995 • Utterances: 41

Marcia Clark conducted a brief resumed redirect of limo driver Allan Park, focusing on two points: OJ Simpson's physical capability (he lifted a heavy golf bag without complaint despite later claiming arm/shoulder pain) and the mysterious bag sitting on top of a trash can near the skycap stand that Simpson never checked in. Clark concluded quickly after establishing these details.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN REJOINED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR JURY PANEL. MR. PARK, WOULD YOU RESUME THE WITNESS STAND, PLEASE.

ALLAN PARK, THE WITNESS ON THE STAND AT THE TIME OF THE NOON RECESS, RESUMED THE STAND AND TESTIFIED FURTHER AS FOLLOWS:

# 2 MS. CLARK:

YOUR HONOR, IF I MAY, I HAD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON REDIRECT, VERY, VERY BRIEFLY. I'M SORRY.

# 3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MR. PARK.

# 4 ALLAN PARK:

GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.

# 5 THE COURT:

YOU ARE REMINDED YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH, PLEASE. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, MISS CLARK.

# 6 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. I WILL BE BRIEF. GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 7 THE JURY:

GOOD AFTERNOON

# 8

REDIRECT EXAMINATION (RESUMED)

# 9

BY MS. CLARK:

# 10 Q:

MR. PARK, WHEN THE DEFENDANT WENT OVER TO THE SKYCAP, DID YOU -- WHAT DID YOU DO?

# 11 A:

I PUT THE GOLF BAGS ON THE BIGGER LARGER SKYCAP CART AND THE DESIGNER BAG.

# 12 Q:

OKAY. SO YOU ACTUALLY LIFTED THAT GOLF BAG, DID YOU?

# 13 A:

YES.

# 14 Q:

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU NOW TO LIFT THIS BAG FOR US AND TELL US IF THIS IS THE APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF THE BAG THAT YOU PICKED UP AND PUT ON THE SKYCAP'S CARRIER?

# 15 A:

IT IS CLOSE TO IT, YES.

# 16 Q:

OKAY. AND NOW, THAT -- THIS BAG, SIR, GO AHEAD AND TAKE YOUR SEAT.

# 17 A:

(WITNESS COMPLIES.

# 18 Q:

THIS BAG, WHO TOOK IT OUT OF THE TRUNK OF THE CAR WHEN YOU GOT TO THE AIRPORT?

# 19 A:

FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, MR. SIMPSON.

# 20 Q:

AND WHO PUT IT -- TAKING IT FROM THE TRUNK, WHO PUT IT ONTO THE LUGGAGE CARRIER THAT YOU BROUGHT OUT OF THE AIRPORT?

# 21 A:

I WAS HOLDING THE LUGGAGE CARRIER AND HE SET IT ON THE RACK.

# 22 Q:

AND WHEN HE PICKED UP THAT BAG AND TOOK IT OUT OF THE TRUNK AND PUT IT ONTO THE LUGGAGE CARRIER, DID HE COMPLAIN TO YOU OF ANY PAIN IN HIS ARMS OR HIS SHOULDERS?

# 23 A:

NO, HE DIDN'T.

# 24 Q:

WHEN MR. SIMPSON WAS OVER BY THE SKYCAP, SIR, DID YOU SEE -- OTHER THAN THE GARMENT BAG AND THE GOLF BAG, DID YOU SEE WHERE THE OTHER BAGS WERE?

# 25 A:

FROM WHAT I REMEMBER THERE WAS -- HE HAD THE ONE OVER HIS SHOULDER AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE SITTING ON TOP OF A TRASH CAN NEXT TO THE SKYCAP STAND.

KEY QUOTE

# 26 Q:

SO THERE WAS A BAG SITTING ON TOP OF THE TRASH CAN NEXT TO THE SKYCAP STAND?

# 27 A:

YES.

# 28 Q:

DID YOU SEE MR. SIMPSON DO ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO THE BAG ON TOP OF THE TRASH CAN?

# 29 A:

NO, I DIDN'T.

# 30 Q:

AFTER YOU GOT MR. SIMPSON OVER TO THE SKYCAP AREA, AND THAT BAG WAS ON TOP OF THE TRASH CAN AND THE GARMENT BAG AND THE GOLF BAG WERE GIVEN TO THE SKYCAP, WHAT DID YOU DO?

# 31 A:

UMM, I WALKED OVER TO HIM AND THAT IS WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE, AND SHOOK HIS HAND AND SAID "ADD TWENTY PERCENT" AND THAT WAS IT.

KEY QUOTE

# 32 Q:

SO YOU LEFT AT THAT POINT?

# 33 A:

YES.

# 34 Q:

DID YOU SEE MR. SIMPSON ENTER THE AIRPORT TERMINAL?

# 35 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, THIS HAS BEEN ASKED AND ANSWERED BEFORE.

# 36 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 37 ALLAN PARK:

UMM, NOT AT THAT POINT. WHEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR, AFTER I CHECKED THE CAR TO SEE IF HE LEFT ANYTHING, I DROVE AWAY, LOOKED DOWN THE TERMINAL AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO THE AIRPORT OR TO THE PLANE.

# 38 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: DID YOU SEE WHAT HE WAS CARRYING?

# 39 A:

NO.

# 40 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.)

# 41 MS. CLARK:

OKAY. NOTHING FURTHER.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Allan Park

FROM WHAT I REMEMBER THERE WAS -- HE HAD THE ONE OVER HIS SHOULDER AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE SITTING ON TOP OF A TRASH CAN NEXT TO THE SKYCAP STAND.

The unaccounted-for bag on the trash can is potentially significant — it was never checked in and Park didn't see what happened to it, consistent with prosecution theory that Simpson disposed of something.

Allan Park

NO, HE DIDN'T.

Simpson showed no signs of arm or shoulder pain when lifting the golf bag, undercutting any defense claim of physical limitation that night.

Allan Park

I WALKED OVER TO HIM AND THAT IS WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO LEAVE, AND SHOOK HIS HAND AND SAID 'ADD TWENTY PERCENT' AND THAT WAS IT.

Park's tip instruction to Simpson — a small humanizing detail that also confirms the farewell moment and timeline.

Evidence (2)

Informal

A bag (golf bag or similar) used in court for weight demonstration — Park lifted it to confirm approximate weight match to the bag he handled at the airport

demonstrated

Informal

Unidentified bag sitting on top of a trash can near the skycap stand at LAX

discussed — its disposition never established

Notable Exchanges (2)

Marcia Clark•Allan Park

Clark had Park physically lift a bag in court to establish that the golf bag Simpson handled was heavy — and that Simpson lifted it without complaint, implying no arm/shoulder injury

strategic

Marcia Clark•Allan Park

Clark elicited that a bag was sitting on the trash can near the skycap and that Park never saw what happened to it — leaving the implication hanging for the jury

revealing

Witness Demeanor

(WITNESS COMPLIES.) — Park sat down after lifting the bag demonstration

Objections

1 objections (0 sustained, 1 overruled)

Proceeding 5480 • 41 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103