Redirect examination of Det. Tom Lange (morning, part 2)

📄 Redirect examination of Det. Tom Lange (morning, part 2) — Tuesday, March 7, 1995

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◀ Sidebar: trace evidence analysis Sidebar: blood evidence questions ▶

Witness: Det. Tom Lange
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Tuesday, March 7, 1995 • Utterances: 14

A brief redirect examination segment in which Marcia Clark asks Detective Lange about his review of criminalist reports on hair and trace evidence from the knit cap found at Bundy, and whether any of that analysis led him to eliminate Simpson as a suspect. Lange answers no. Clark then pivots to blood evidence on the Rockingham glove.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. PROCEED.

# 2 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 3 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 4 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU.

# 5 Q:

YES. DETECTIVE LANGE, DID YOU REVIEW THE REPORTS OF THE CRIMINALIST'S ANALYSIS OF THE HAIR AND TRACE EVIDENCE FOUND ON THE KNIT CAP AT 875 SOUTH BUNDY?

# 6 A:

YES.

# 7 Q:

AND ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS CONCERNING THE RESULTS OF THAT ANALYSIS, SIR?

# 8 A:

YES.

# 9 Q:

AND BASED ON ALL OF THAT WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAUSED YOU TO ELIMINATE MR. SIMPSON AS A SUSPECT IN THE CASE?

# 10 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT TO THE FORM OF THIS QUESTION. THIS IS HEARSAY.

# 11 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 12 DET. TOM LANGE:

NO, THERE WASN'T.

# 13 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: NOW, DO YOU ALSO -- DID YOU EXAMINE THE REPORTS OF CRIMINALISTS AND EXPERTS CONCERNING THE ANALYSIS OF THE BLOOD FOUND ON THE GLOVE AT ROCKINGHAM, SIR?

# 14 A:

YES.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (1)

Tom Lange

NO, THERE WASN'T.

Lange confirms that nothing in the hair and trace evidence analysis on the knit cap exculpated Simpson — a clean, unequivocal answer on redirect.

Evidence (2)

Informal

Knit cap found at 875 South Bundy — hair and trace evidence analysis by criminalists

discussed

Informal

Glove found at Rockingham — blood analysis by criminalists

introduced for upcoming questioning

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito

Cochran objects that Clark's question about what caused Lange to not eliminate Simpson is hearsay, since it implicitly calls for the substance of expert reports. Ito overrules.

strategic

Objections

1 objections (0 sustained, 1 overruled)

Proceeding 5190 • 14 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103