Cochran resumes cross-examination of Detective Lange by pinning down the location of the Bonita Ecuador fruit label at Bundy using crime scene photographs, then methodically attacks LAPD's evidence handling procedures. He catches Lange in a discrepancy between his contemporaneous notes (two dimes and two pennies) and what was actually booked into evidence (one dime and one penny), and raises questions about the delayed booking of the blue plastic heart and the chain of custody for OJ Simpson's blood vial.
# 1 THE COURT: MR. COCHRAN, YOU MAY RESUME WITH YOUR CROSS-EXAMINATION.
# 2 MR. COCHRAN: THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
# 3 THE JURY: GOOD AFTERNOON.
# 4 MR. COCHRAN: GOOD AFTERNOON, DETECTIVE LANGE.
# 5 CROSS-EXAMINATION (RESUMED)
# 7 Q: OVER THE LUNCH HOUR WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND THE BONITA ECUADOR LABEL, THE PICTURE THEREOF?
# 8 A: I BELIEVE IT IS IN EVIDENCE. I DIDN'T GET IT.
# 9 Q: YOU BELIEVE IT IS IN EVIDENCE WHERE? IN THIS COURTROOM?
# 10 A: NO, I BELIEVE IT IS AT SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION DIVISION.
# 11 Q: ALL RIGHT. DO YOU HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF IT?
# 12 A: THERE IS AN OVERALL PHOTOGRAPH, AS I STATED, BUT THERE IS NOT A CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPH. IT IS NOT A VERY GOOD PHOTOGRAPH.
# 13 Q: DO YOU HAVE THAT WITH YOU?
# 15 Q: ALL RIGHT. WHAT DOES THIS OVERALL PHOTOGRAPH SHOW?
# 16 A: IT SHOWS LOOKING DOWN ON THE WALKWAY AT THE STATIONARY GATE AT THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WALKWAY.
# 17 Q: AND IF YOU SAW AN OVERALL PHOTOGRAPH NOW COULD YOU POINT IT OUT FOR US?
# 19 Q: BECAUSE IT HAS NOT BEEN MARKED IN THIS CASE, HAS IT?
# 20 A: I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
# 21 Q: LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND OUT AND GIVE US AN APPROXIMATION OF WHERE THIS LABEL WAS FOUND. ALL RIGHT.
# 23 THE COURT: MR. FAIRTLOUGH, DO YOU WANT TO GIVE MR. COCHRAN A HAND FISHING FOR THOSE EXHIBITS, PLEASE.
# 24 MR. FAIRTLOUGH: SURE.
# 25 THE COURT: SO WE DON'T LOSE THE EASEL AGAIN.
# 26 MR. FAIRTLOUGH: YES, YOUR HONOR.
# 27 THE COURT: LET ME HAVE MR. FAIRTLOUGH GIVE YOU A HAND WITH THAT.
# 28 MR. COCHRAN: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.
# 30 MR. COCHRAN: CAN THE WITNESS STEP DOWN OFF THERE, YOUR HONOR?
# 31 THE COURT: CERTAINLY.
# 33 MR. COCHRAN: YOUR HONOR, PERHAPS WE CAN JUST CUT THE FEED NOW TO BRIEFLY SHOW -- PUT ON THE BOARD PLAINTIFF'S 43.
# 34 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE DIRECTED NOT TO TAKE ANY PHOTOGRAPHS OF THIS ITEM.
# 35 MR. COCHRAN: SPECIFICALLY 43-D.
# 36 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. 43-D, AS IN DAVID.
# 37 MR. COCHRAN: D, AS IN DAVID.
# 38 Q: WHILE WE ARE HERE, ON 43-D, BLOCKING THE VIEWS, CAN YOU SHOW US WHERE THIS BONITA ECUADOR LABEL WAS FOUND IN RELATION TO THE POST AT THE FRONT GATE?
# 39 A: YES. RIGHT HERE, (INDICATING).
# 40 MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. YOUR HONOR, HE IS POINTING TO AN AREA JUST TO THE RIGHT OF THE POST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WALKWAY.
# 43 Q: SOUTH SIDE OF THE WALKWAY AND IT IS LIKE A LITTLE LABEL?
# 47 Q: AND THAT IS DEPICTED IN 43-D?
# 49 Q: HAVE YOU SEEN THE OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS WHICH ARE CLEARER WITH REGARD TO THAT?
# 50 MS. CLARK: EXCUSE ME?
# 52 MS. CLARK: WITH MR. FAIRTLOUGH'S ASSISTANCE WE HAVE LOCATED ONE THAT DOES ACTUALLY DEPICT THIS LABEL. APPEARS TO BE A FRUIT TYPE LABEL RIGHT THERE. AND WE CAN PUT IT ON THE ELMO AND BLOW IT UP.
# 53 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.) # 54 MR. COCHRAN: I WILL MARK THIS AS DEFENDANT'S NEXT IN ORDER, YOUR HONOR.
# 57 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. DEFENSE 1047.
# 58 (DEFT'S 1047 FOR ID = PHOTOGRAPH) # 59 MR. COCHRAN: PUT IT ON THE ELMO AND THEN I THINK EVERYONE CAN SEE IT.
# 60 Q: AND CAN YOU SEE -- WE WILL HAVE TO CLEAR IT UP, FIRST. ALL RIGHT. NOW, CAN YOU SEE ON YOUR MONITOR?
# 62 Q: AND IS THAT A FOOT -- IS THAT A MAN'S SHOE?
# 63 A: IT APPEARS TO BE, YES.
# 64 Q: ALL RIGHT. IS THAT -- WILL YOU POINT OUT FOR US -- OR LET ME ASK YOU THIS: IS THE BONITA ECUADOR LABEL TO THE LEFT OF THAT MAN'S LEFT SHOE THERE?
# 65 A: YES, TO THE LEFT OF THE SHOE AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE POST.
# 66 Q: ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE POST ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE WALKWAY AT THE FRONT GATE; IS THAT CORRECT, SIR?
# 67 A: THAT IS THE STATIONARY GATE TO THE SOUTH OF THE WALKWAY, YES.
# 68 Q: ALL RIGHT. THAT IS THE LOCATION; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 70 MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. FAIRTLOUGH. YOUR HONOR, WHILE WE ARE ABOUT IT AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS, LET ME PUT PEOPLE'S 48 FOR IDENTIFICATION UP, PLEASE.
# 72 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: THIS -- I HAVE NOW PLACED, DETECTIVE LANGE, PEOPLE'S 48 AND 48-A, A LARGER PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PHOTOGRAPH I SHOWED YOU THIS MORNING. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE CARD LABELED "112." WHAT IS THAT?
# 73 A: 112 INDICATES THE LOCATION OF A BLOOD DROP.
# 74 Q: ALL RIGHT. AND CAN YOU SHOW US THE CLOSEST FOOTPRINT TO THAT BLOOD DROP?
# 75 A: IT APPEARS TO BE A FOOTPRINT HERE, (INDICATING).
# 77 A: LITTLE HARD TO TELL BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTING. PERHAPS ANOTHER ONE HERE, (INDICATING).
# 78 Q: ALL RIGHT. IN THE FOREGROUND THERE ARE SOME, WHAT APPEAR TO BE FOOTPRINTS, IF YOU COULD TELL?
# 79 A: THIS APPEARS TO BE ONE HERE, YES.
# 80 Q: NOW, CAN YOU SEE ON THAT PHOTOGRAPH 48-A WHERE YOU SAY THERE IS A POINT WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS OR INDIVIDUAL TURNS TOWARD THE BUILDING, THERE ARE TWO FOOTPRINTS THAT ARE GOING TOWARD THE BUILDING? CAN YOU SEE THIS DEPICTED IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH?
# 81 A: IT COULD BE APPROXIMATELY IN THIS AREA HERE, (INDICATING).
# 82 Q: NOW, YOU ARE REFERRING TO AN AREA IN THE CENTER -- ABOUT THE CENTER OF 48-A; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 84 Q: AND DESCRIBE FOR THE JURY HOW THOSE FOOTPRINTS -- HOW -- WHICH DIRECTION THEY WERE POINTING, THE SHOEPRINTS?
# 85 A: THE FRONT WAS MORE OR LESS POINTED TOWARDS THE LEFT INDICATING SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN TURNING AROUND.
# 86 Q: IS THAT THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU SEE SHOEPRINTS POINTING TOWARD THE PARTICULAR BUILDING?
# 88 Q: ALL RIGHT. WHILE YOU ARE UP, SIR, WITH REGARD TO 48-F, DO YOU RECALL THAT THERE WAS SOME BERRIES OR SOME KIND OF PLANT MATERIAL ON THAT BACK GATE AS YOU WALKED OUT THE WALKWAY THERE?
# 89 A: QUITE A BIT OF DEBRIS, YES.
# 90 Q: WAS THERE A TREE ABOVE THAT?
# 91 A: THERE ARE BUSHES AND TREES OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, YES.
# 92 Q: ALL RIGHT. WITH REGARD TO THIS TRASH CAN BACK HERE DEPICTED ON 48-J, IS THAT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS SEARCHED EITHER FOR WEAPONS OR ANY KIND OF BLOODY CLOTHES OR WHATEVER?
# 94 Q: ALL RIGHT. DOES THIS PICTURE HERE SEEK TO ILLUMINATE OR PORTRAY THAT?
# 96 Q: ALL RIGHT. SO THAT WE ARE CLEAR AGAIN, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OR THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS JEEP CHEROKEE, THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THIS CHANGE WAS FOUND; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 98 Q: I'M NOT TOTALLY CLEAR, DETECTIVE LANGE. DID YOU FIND ONE DIME AND ONE PENNY OR TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES?
# 99 A: MY RECOLLECTION IS ONE DIME AND ONE PENNY.
# 100 Q: IS THAT WHAT WAS BOOKED?
# 102 Q: WHEN YOU LOOKED -- DETECTIVE, TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR NOTES IN YOUR REPORT AND SEE IF THERE IS AN INDICATION THERE WERE REALLY TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES.
# 103 (WITNESS COMPLIES.) # 104 Q: LOOK AT PAGE 0555.
# 105 A: STATES TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES IN THE DRIVEWAY NORTH OF THE JEEP.
# 106 Q: IS THAT WHAT IS DEPICTED IN THAT AREA IN 48-F, I GUESS IT WAS, NEAR THE TRASH CAN?
# 107 A: IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS ONE DIME AND ONE PENNY.
# 108 Q: WELL, WHAT DOES YOUR REPORT SAY?
# 109 A: THE NOTES SAY TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES.
KEY QUOTE # 110 Q: YOU WROTE THAT? IS THAT IN YOUR HANDWRITING?
# 112 Q: WHICH IS IT, TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES?
# 113 A: I OBSERVED TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES IF THAT IS WHAT WAS WRITTEN THERE.
# 114 Q: THAT WAS WRITTEN CONTEMPORANEOUSLY WITH YOUR OBSERVATION; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 116 Q: IF YOU ONLY BOOKED ONE DIME AND ONE PENNY, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?
# 117 A: I DIDN'T BOOK ANYTHING. THE CRIMINALIST COLLECTED AND BOOKED ALL THOSE ITEMS.
# 118 THE COURT: DETECTIVE, CAN I GET YOU TO USE THE MICROPHONE THERE, PLEASE.
# 119 DET. TOM LANGE: YES.
# 120 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: BUT THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POINTED OUT TO THE CRIMINALIST BY YOU? THEY DID WHAT YOU TOLD THEM TO DO?
# 122 Q: SO IF YOU SAW TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES, YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED THEM TO BOOK TWO DIMES AND TWO PENNIES?
# 124 Q: YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE EVIDENCE OUT THERE, WOULD YOU?
# 126 Q: THIS IS THE SAME AREA, HOWEVER, WHERE NEAR THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE OF THIS PARTICULAR JEEP THIS SMALL BLUE GLASS PLASTIC HEART WAS LOCATED; ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
# 127 A: THAT IS CORRECT.
# 128 Q: THAT BLUE PLASTIC HEART, WAS THAT ALSO POINTED OUT BY YOU TO THE CRIMINALIST?
# 130 Q: AND I THINK YOUR TESTIMONY WAS IT WAS NOT BOOKED UNTIL AUGUST; IS THAT RIGHT, AUGUST OF '94?
# 132 Q: DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE DIME AND PENNY OR DIMES AND PENNIES WERE FINALLY BOOKED?
# 133 A: I WOULD HAVE TO CONSULT THE CRIMINALIST REPORT.
# 134 Q: DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOUR REPORT THERE?
# 136 Q: CAN DO YOU THAT FOR US?
# 137 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. MR. COCHRAN, CAN WE HAVE MR. DOUGLAS OR SOMEONE MOVE THAT DIAGRAM BACK, BECAUSE IT IS BLOCKING THE VIEW OF SOME OF THE JURORS.
# 138 MR. COCHRAN: I CAN DO THAT, YOUR HONOR.
# 140 THE COURT: THAT IS PLENTY.
# 141 MR. COCHRAN: IS THAT BETTER?
# 142 THE COURT: THAT IS PLENTY. THANK YOU.
# 143 DET. TOM LANGE: YES, IT IS IN THE CRIMINALIST REPORT, ITEM 53.
# 144 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: AND WHAT DOES THAT REPORT INDICATE?
# 145 A: A DIME AND A PENNY TOTALING 11 CENTS RECOVERED FROM THE DRIVEWAY SIX FEET EAST OF THE WEST GATE.
# 146 Q: PRESUMABLY THAT WAS WHAT WAS BOOKED INTO EVIDENCE?
# 148 Q: WHAT DATE WAS THAT BOOKED?
# 150 Q: YOU SAW THIS ON 6/13; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 152 Q: AND THE PLASTIC HEART, DO YOU HAVE THE DATE THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY BOOKED?
# 153 A: IT WAS BOOKED ON AUGUST 25, '94.
# 154 Q: THAT WAS THE PLASTIC HEART?
# 156 Q: IF IT IS NOT TOO MUCH TROUBLE, WHAT DATE WAS THE BONITA ECUADOR LABEL BOOKED?
# 157 A: THAT WILL BE JUNE 15TH ALSO.
# 158 Q: AND THEY WERE FIRST SEEN ON THE 13TH; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 160 Q: AND AGAIN, YOUR MANUAL -- THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT MANUAL CALLS FOR EVIDENCE TO BE BOOKED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
# 161 A: UNDER CERTAIN GUIDELINES. THAT IS -- THAT IS A GUIDE. IT IS NOT A HARD AND FAST RULE. IF THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT IS CONSTANTLY COMING IN, WHY, IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE BOOKED IMMEDIATELY.
# 162 Q: WELL, DETECTIVE, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A GUIDELINE, BUT YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO CARRY EVIDENCE AROUND WITH YOU IN YOUR POCKET OR TAKE IT HOME IF YOU CAN BOOK IT; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
# 163 A: GENERALLY NOT. UMM --
# 164 Q: AS A MATTER OF CHAIN OF CUSTODY, ISN'T THE BEST PROCEDURE --
# 165 MS. CLARK: YOUR HONOR, OBJECTION. THE WITNESS OBVIOUSLY HAD NOT FINISHED HIS ANSWER.
# 166 THE COURT: SUSTAINED.
# 167 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: DO YOU HAVE MORE TO SAY, SIR?
# 168 A: THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVIDENCE WOULD BE SECURED AT OUR OFFICE AT ROBBERY/HOMICIDE DIVISION.
# 169 Q: ALL RIGHT. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN A USUAL PROCEDURE. IF YOU SEE EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE, THE BEST PROCEDURE WOULD NORMALLY BE TO SECURE THAT EVIDENCE, BRING IT BACK AND BOOK IT AND KEEP THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY INTACT; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
# 170 A: THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERABLE METHOD, UNLESS SOME OTHER SITUATION EXISTED PREVENTING THAT.
# 171 Q: ALL RIGHT. THAT IS WHAT THE MANUAL, YOUR MANUAL, HAS IN MIND WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BOOKING EVIDENCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; ISN'T THAT CORRECT?
# 172 A: AS A GUIDE, YES.
# 173 Q: THAT IS THE WAY YOU WERE TRAINED; ISN'T THAT CORRECT, SIR?
# 174 A: AGAIN, YES, AS A GUIDE.
# 175 Q: OKAY. AS A GUIDE IN THIS CASE THE SNEAKERS WERE NOT BOOKED THE SAME DAY THEY WERE RECOVERED, WERE THEY?
# 176 A: THEY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN.
# 177 Q: ALL RIGHT. AND THE --
# 178 THE COURT: I THINK WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS, HAVEN'T WE?
# 179 MR. COCHRAN: I AM MOVING ON, YOUR HONOR.
# 180 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.
# 181 Q: NEITHER WAS THE -- MR. SIMPSON'S BLOOD WAS NOT BOOKED THE SAME DAY IT WAS RECOVERED, WAS IT?
# 182 MS. CLARK: OBJECTION. THIS WITNESS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
# 183 MR. COCHRAN: IF HE KNOWS, YOUR HONOR. HE WAS THERE.
# 184 THE COURT: HE WASN'T THERE.
# 185 MR. COCHRAN: HOW DO WE KNOW THAT?
# 186 THE COURT: WERE YOU THERE?
# 187 DET. TOM LANGE: I WAS AT THE ROCKINGHAM LOCATION LATER THAT EVENING.
# 188 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: WELL, THE BLOOD WAS THERE, WASN'T IT?
# 189 A: WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT BY.
# 190 Q: WITH VANNATTER, RIGHT?
# 192 Q: ALL RIGHT. AND WAS FUNG THERE AT THAT TIME?
# 193 A: I BELIEVE HE WAS.
# 194 Q: DID YOU EVER SEE VANNATTER GIVE THAT BLOOD TO FUNG?
# 196 Q: NOW, THAT WAS ON JUNE 13TH AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 198 Q: AND YOU PREVIOUSLY TOLD US THAT ON JUNE 14TH, THE NEXT DAY, WHICH WOULD BE TUESDAY, YOU WERE DOWNTOWN AT THE SID LAB; IS THAT CORRECT?
# 200 Q: AS EARLY AS SEVEN O'CLOCK THAT MORNING?
# 202 Q: AND THE BLOOD WAS BOOKED FINALLY AT WHAT TIME?
# 203 (NO AUDIBLE RESPONSE.) # 204 MS. CLARK: OBJECTION.
# 205 THE COURT: DO YOU KNOW?
# 206 MS. CLARK: APPLES AND ORANGES.
# 208 DET. TOM LANGE: I KNOW THAT WE HAVE 24 HOURS TO BOOK BLOOD AND I KNOW IT WAS TURNED OVER TO THE CRIMINALIST. ASIDE FROM THAT, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
KEY QUOTE # 209 Q: BY MR. COCHRAN: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS TURNED OVER ACTUALLY?
# 211 Q: IF YOU LOOKED AT YOUR CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD FOR JUNE 14, 1994, WOULD THAT TEND TO REFRESH YOUR RECOLLECTION?
# 213 Q: CAN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT PAGE 00007.
# 214 A: (WITNESS COMPLIES.) OKAY.
# 215 Q: AND IS THAT AN INDICATION THAT YOU WERE AT SID LAB ON 6/14/94 AT ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING?
# 217 Q: AND THIS IS IN YOUR OWN HANDWRITING?
# 219 Q: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONFERRING WITH CRIMINALIST MATHESON AND WONG, WHO IS WONG?
# 220 A: WONG IS ANOTHER CRIMINALIST WHO WAS PRESENT.
# 221 Q: ALL RIGHT. THAT IS NOT FUNG?
# 224 A: I DON'T BELIEVE FUNG WAS AT THAT LOCATION.
# 225 THE COURT: HOW COULD YOU CONFUSE FUNG AND WONG?
KEY QUOTE # 226 MR. COCHRAN: I SAID THAT WASN'T FUNG OR WONG. HE HAS WONG HERE, YOUR HONOR. I'M ASKING HIM THAT WAS NOT FUNG BECAUSE I DON'T SEE FUNG DOWN HERE. LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
# 227 Q: DID YOU INDICATE EARLIER THAT FUNG -- THAT THE BLOOD WAS TURNED OVER TO FUNG THE NEXT MORNING? DID YOU INDICATE THAT AT SOME POINT?
# 228 A: MR. SIMPSON'S BLOOD?
# 230 A: I MAY HAVE INDICATED THAT IT WAS BY MY PARTNER.
# 231 Q: ALL RIGHT. IN YOUR NOTES -- I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU WERE AT ANY TIME AT THAT LAB THAT MORNING YOU SAW FUNG, NOT WUNG (SIC)?
# 232 A: I DON'T RECALL SEEING HIM. THAT IS NOT HIS NORMAL OFFICE. HE'S OUT OF NORTHEAST STATION. WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE IS WRITTEN DOWN THE NAME OF THE PERSONS WHO WERE PRESENT.
# 233 Q: ALL RIGHT. NOW, WHAT IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR STATEMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO BOOK BLOOD WITHIN 24 HOURS?
# 234 A: YOU ALLUDED TO THE MANUAL AND THAT IS IN THE MANUAL, THAT WE HAVE 24 HOURS IN WHICH TO BOOK BLOOD.
# 235 Q: DOESN'T IT ALSO SAY YOU SHOULD BOOK IT ABSOLUTELY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE?
# 236 A: I BELIEVE IT SAYS 24 HOURS.
# 237 Q: DOESN'T IT SAY YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BOOK IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HOWEVER?
# 238 A: AGAIN, IN REGARDS TO BLOOD, I BELIEVE IT DOES SAY WITHIN 24 HOURS.
# 239 Q: ALL RIGHT. DOES IT SAY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND NO LATER THAN 24 HOURS?
# 240 A: AS FAR AS BLOOD, I DON'T BELIEVE SO. I BELIEVE IT IS 24 HOURS.
# 241 Q: IS IT ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE REFRIGERATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE BLOOD?
# 242 A: FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THAT IS PREFERABLE.
# 243 Q: AND WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE TO TAKE BLOOD HOME WITH YOU AT NIGHT AND BRING IT BACK THE NEXT MORNING?
# 244 A: TAKE BLOOD HOME?
# 245 Q: YES, TO TAKE A VIAL OF BLOOD HOME AND BROOK IT THE NEXT MORNING AFTER YOU TOOK IT, LET'S SAY, AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, 2:30 IN THE AFTERNOON ON A GIVEN DAY?
# 246 A: I NEVER HEARD OF THAT HAPPENING. I WOULD NOT DO THAT, NO.
KEY QUOTE # 247 Q: YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT?
# 249 Q: NOW, IN THE COURSE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE, DID YOU OR DETECTIVE PAYNE, UNDER YOUR DIRECTION, HAVE OCCASION TO INVESTIGATE A COMPLAINT BY MISS NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON OF ANNOYING PHONE CALLS?
# 251 MS. CLARK: OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR. IRRELEVANT. ASK TO APPROACH.
# 252 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT.