Redirect examination of Tom Lange

📄 Redirect examination of Tom Lange — Wednesday, March 8, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 33 of 167

◀ Afternoon session opening Recross-examination of Tom Lange (part 1) ▶

Witness: Det. Tom Lange
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Wednesday, March 8, 1995 • Utterances: 210

Marcia Clark redirected Detective Lange to rebut the defense's drug-murder theory, eliciting testimony that no drug evidence was found at either victim's residence and that the overkill/rage nature of the wounds was inconsistent with drug hits. Clark then reopened direct examination to introduce a crime scene videotape (People's 101) showing an officer walking the Bundy walkway after the crime scene tape was already removed — directly countering a defense suggestion of improper police conduct.

# 1

REDIRECT EXAMINATION (RESUMED)

# 2

BY MS. CLARK:

# 3 Q:

DETECTIVE LANGE, YOU WERE SPEAKING YESTERDAY YOUR REASONS AS TO WHY IN YOUR OPINION BASED ON WHAT YOU SAW IN THE COURSE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION YOU DID NOT BELIEVE THESE TO BE DRUG RELATED MURDERS. YOU RECALL THAT?

# 4 A:

YES.

# 5 Q:

IN THAT REGARD, SIR, YOU INDICATED -- DO YOU RECALL INDICATING TO MR. COCHRAN THAT THERE WERE SUPERFICIAL INQUIRIES MADE CONCERNING THE TOPIC OF WHETHER OR NOT DRUGS WERE INVOLVED IN THESE MURDERS? DO YOU RECALL THAT?

# 6 A:

YES.

# 7 Q:

CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US WHAT YOU MEAN BY SUPERFICIAL INQUIRY?

# 8 A:

CHECKING THE LOCATION FOR DRUG DEBRIS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA, FOR WEAPONS PERHAPS, FOR ANY -- ANYTHING THAT WOULD INDICATE NARCOTICS ACTIVITY ON THE PART OF THE VICTIM OR THE SUSPECTS.

# 9 Q:

AND SO WAS THAT AN EXAMINATION THAT YOU MADE AT THE CRIME SCENE?

# 10 A:

YES.

# 11 Q:

AND WAS -- WAS THE CONDOMINIUM -- WAS MISS BROWN'S CONDOMINIUM EXAMINED BY POLICE?

# 12 A:

YES.

# 13 Q:

WERE -- WAS THERE ANY DRUGS FOUND?

# 14 A:

NO.

# 15 Q:

WERE THERE ANY PARAPHERNALIA FOR DRUGS FOUND?

# 16 A:

NO.

# 17 Q:

ANY SCALES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

# 18 A:

NO.

# 19 Q:

ANY PARAPHERNALIA FOR THE USAGE OF COCAINE?

# 20 A:

NO.

# 21 Q:

OR MARIJUANA?

# 22 A:

NO.

# 23 Q:

DID YOU FIND ANY WRITINGS IN THE WAY OF PAY AND OWE SHEETS CONCERNING MONIES TO BE PAID FOR A KILO OF THIS OR A GRAM OF THAT?

# 24 A:

I DID NOT.

# 25 Q:

WAS ANY MATERIAL LIKE THAT EVER FOUND IN THE APARTMENT -- THE CONDOMINIUM THAT WAS SHOWN TO YOU LATER?

# 26 A:

NO.

# 27 Q:

WAS MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT EXAMINED FOR -- EXAMINED ALSO?

# 28 A:

YES.

# 29 Q:

AND WAS ANYTHING RELATED TO DRUGS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA FOUND IN HIS APARTMENT?

# 30 A:

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

# 31 Q:

AND WOULD IT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, SIR, AS THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR?

# 32 MR. COCHRAN:

I OBJECT TO THAT. NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.

# 33 THE COURT:

CALLS FOR A CONCLUSION.

# 34 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: WAS THE EVIDENCE -- WAS THE APARTMENT -- FINDINGS MADE IN THE APARTMENT OF RON GOLDMAN MADE KNOWN TO YOU, SIR?

# 35 A:

YES.

# 36 Q:

AND WAS ANYTHING MADE KNOWN TO YOU CONCERNING THE SEARCH OF HIS APARTMENT --

# 37 MR. COCHRAN:

SAME OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR.

# 38 THE COURT:

COMPLETE THE QUESTION.

# 39 MS. CLARK:

LET ME START ANOTHER ONE, YOUR HONOR.

# 40 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: WAS ANY EVIDENCE -- WAS -- WERE ANY DRUGS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA SEIZED FROM MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT, SIR?

# 41 MR. COCHRAN:

OBJECTION. HE HAS NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THAT.

# 42 MS. CLARK:

THIS IS THE BASIS OF HIS OPINION.

# 43 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS -- THIS INFORMATION IS LIMITED ONLY TO THE STATE OF MIND OF THIS DETECTIVE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE. IT'S HIS STATE OF MIND.

# 44 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU.

# 45 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK.

# 46 DET. TOM LANGE:

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

# 47 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: OTHER DETECTIVES SEARCHED MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT; IS THAT CORRECT?

# 48 A:

YES.

# 49 Q:

WAS THAT AT YOUR DIRECTION, SIR?

# 50 A:

YES.

# 51 Q:

DID THEY TURN OVER TO YOU ANY EVIDENCE OF DRUGS OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA FOUND IN MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT?

# 52 A:

NO.

# 53 Q:

WAS THERE ANY PAY AND OWE SHEETS INDICATING MONIES PAID OR RECEIVED FOR THE SALE OF DRUGS?

# 54 A:

NO.

# 55 Q:

WERE THERE ANY SCALES OR CUTTING AGENTS OR DEBRIS ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG USAGE OR DRUG SALES FOUND IN MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT?

# 56 A:

NO.

# 57 Q:

AND IS THAT -- DID YOU COMPLETE YOUR ANSWER WITH RESPECT TO WHAT YOU MEANT BY SUPERFICIAL INQUIRY? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT?

# 58 MR. COCHRAN:

LEADING AND SUGGESTIVE, YOUR HONOR.

# 59 THE COURT:

SUSTAINED.

# 60 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO ADD? I DON'T KNOW IF I CUT YOU OFF, SIR.

# 61 A:

NO. THAT'S IT.

# 62 Q:

NOW, WITH RESPECT TO -- YOU ALSO ALLUDED TO YESTERDAY THE MANNER OF KILLING AS ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU FELT THESE WERE NOT DRUG-RELATED MURDERS. DO YOU RECALL THAT, SIR?

# 63 A:

YES.

# 64 Q:

YOU REFERRED TO THE FACT THAT THERE --

# 65 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT TO THIS. THIS IS IMPROPER QUESTIONING, NO FOUNDATION.

# 66 THE COURT:

OVERRULED. IT'S FOUNDATION, THE NEXT QUESTION IS.

# 67 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: YOU REFERRED TO, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, IT'S USUALLY FIREARMS, GUNS THAT ARE USED IN DRUG-RELATED MURDERS?

# 68 A:

IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE, YES.

# 69 Q:

WAS THERE ANYTHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE WOUNDS THAT YOU OBSERVED EITHER AT THE CRIME SCENE AND IN THE COURSE OF THE AUTOPSY THAT CAUSED YOU TO CONCLUDE THAT THESE WERE NOT DRUG-RELATED MURDERS?

# 70 A:

YES.

# 71 Q:

AND WHAT WAS THAT?

# 72 A:

THIS APPEARED TO ME TO BE AN OVERKILL OR RAGE KILLING.

KEY QUOTE

# 73 Q:

AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE IN DRUG-RELATED MURDERS?

# 74 MR. COCHRAN:

OBJECT TO THAT. OBJECT TO THE FORM OF THAT. CALLS FOR SPECULATION.

# 75 THE COURT:

OVERRULED. OVERRULED.

# 76 DET. TOM LANGE:

AGAIN, IN MY MIND, IT APPEARED TO BE MOTIVATED BY RAGE AND NOT NARCOTICS RELATED.

# 77 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: IN NARCOTICS-RELATED CASES, WHAT KIND OF WOUNDING DO YOU TYPICALLY SEE --

# 78 MR. COCHRAN:

YOUR HONOR, OBJECT AGAIN.

# 79 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: -- AS COMPARED TO THIS CASE?

# 80 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 81 DET. TOM LANGE:

GENERALLY, YOU WOULD SEE GUNSHOT WOUNDS, WHAT I SAW NORMALLY.

# 82 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: I AM SORRY?

# 83 A:

NORMALLY A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE MURDERS THAT I'VE HANDLED, NORMALLY BY GUNSHOT WOUNDS AS OPPOSED TO EXCESSIVE SLASHING, STABBING OF THE VICTIM.

KEY QUOTE

# 84 Q:

ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THAT ON CROSS-EXAMINATION ALSO, YOU DISCUSSED WITH MR. COCHRAN THE POSSIBLE ORDER OF DEATH, WHETHER NICOLE WAS KILLED FIRST, WHETHER RON GOLDMAN WAS KILLED FIRST. DO YOU RECALL THAT?

# 85 A:

PARTIALLY. I DON'T RECALL TESTIFYING TO AN ORDER.

# 86 Q:

AND WHAT IS YOUR OPINION IN THAT REGARD, SIR?

# 87 A:

AS TO WHO WAS ATTACKED OR DIED FIRST?

# 88 Q:

YES.

# 89 A:

FROM THE EVIDENCE, I REALLY CAN'T TELL.

# 90 Q:

UH-HUH. COULD BE EITHER ONE?

# 91 A:

COULD BE EITHER ONE.

# 92 MS. CLARK:

YOUR HONOR, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD ASK LEAVE OF THE COURT TO REOPEN DIRECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF SHOWING THE JURY A VIDEOTAPE.

# 93 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. PROCEED. LET ME JUST INSTRUCT THE JURY WHAT THAT MEANS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, REOPENING DIRECT MEANS THAT THE PROSECUTION IS GOING TO GO INTO SOMETHING THAT THEY DID NOT PRESENT PREVIOUSLY IN THEIR FIRST EXAMINATION OF MR. LANGE, DETECTIVE LANGE, AND I'VE ALLOWED THEM TO DO THAT RATHER THAN TO RECALL THE WITNESS AT A LATER TIME SINCE HE'S HERE. MISS CLARK.

# 94 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 95 THE COURT:

IT'S PLAYING. DO YOU WANT THAT PLAYING?

# 96 MS. CLARK:

NO, NOT YET.

# 97 MR. FAIRTLOUGH:

MY APOLOGIES.

# 98 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

# 99 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: SIR, I'M SHOWING YOU A PHOTOGRAPH THAT'S BEEN PREVIOUSLY MARKED AS PEOPLE'S 57. DO YOU RECOGNIZE THE LOCATION SHOWN THERE?

# 100 A:

YES. THAT APPEARS TO BE THE WALKWAY AT 875 BUNDY, CRIME SCENE.

# 101 Q:

CAN YOU TELL BY WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT PHOTOGRAPH WHO THAT OFFICER IS?

# 102 A:

NO.

# 103 Q:

I'M GOING TO PUT THAT UP ON THE ELMO OR LET ME ALSO SHOW YOU DEFENSE 1011. CAN YOU TELL US, DOES THAT APPEAR TO BE A COPY OF THE SAME PHOTOGRAPH BUT WITH THE LOGO AMERICAN JOURNAL BLOCKED OUT?

# 104 A:

YES.

# 105 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MISS CLARK, YOU HAVE ON THE ELMO WHICH OF THE EXHIBITS?

# 106 MS. CLARK:

THIS IS PEOPLE'S 57, YOUR HONOR.

# 107 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

# 108 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: ALL RIGHT, SIR. NOW, CAN YOU TELL US AT WHAT TIME THE CRIME SCENE IN THIS CASE AT 875 SOUTH BUNDY WAS BROKEN DOWN?

# 109 A:

I BELIEVE IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3:00 OR 3:30 THAT AFTERNOON OF THE 13TH.

# 110 Q:

OKAY. YOU DON'T PRESENTLY RECALL EXACTLY?

# 111 A:

EXACTLY? NO.

# 112 Q:

WOULD IT REFRESH YOUR MEMORY IF YOU LOCKED AT THE CHRONO LOG?

# 113 A:

YES.

# 114 Q:

GO AHEAD.

# 115 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 116 DET. TOM LANGE:

LAST ENTRY SHOWS 3:45 P.M.

# 117 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: NOW, AFTER THE CRIME SCENE TAPE IS TAKEN DOWN, WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

# 118 A:

THAT THE CRIME SCENE IN EFFECT HAS BEEN BROKEN DOWN AND THAT THE INVESTIGATORS AND THE OFFICERS INVOLVED ARE LEAVING AT THAT TIME.

# 119 Q:

OKAY. AND DOES THAT THEN PERMIT PEOPLE TO WALK INSIDE WHERE THE CRIME SCENE -- THE AREA WHERE THE CRIME SCENE TAPE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY BLOCKING OFF?

# 120 A:

WELL, THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO PREVENT THAT.

# 121 Q:

IS THERE ANYTHING IMPROPER AT THAT TIME FOR POLICE OFFICERS THEN TO WALK INSIDE THE AREA THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN BLOCKED OFF BY THE CRIME SCENE TAPE?

# 122 A:

NO.

# 123 Q:

CAN YOU TELL BY LOOKING AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH, SIR, WHETHER THE CRIME SCENE TAPE HAS BEEN REMOVED OR NOT?

# 124 A:

NO.

# 125 Q:

DID YOU SEE AN OFFICER STROLL UP THE WALKWAY IN THE MANNER SHOWN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH DURING THE TIME THE CRIME SCENE TAPE WAS STILL UP --

# 126 A:

NO.

# 127 Q:

-- AT 875 SOUTH BUNDY?

# 128 A:

NO.

# 129 MS. CLARK:

THE FOLLOWING VIDEOTAPE I WOULD ASK BE MARKED NEXT IN ORDER, PEOPLE'S 101.

# 130 THE COURT:

101.

# 131 (PEO'S 101 FOR ID = VIDEOTAPE/CRIME SCENE)

# 132 (AT 10:25 A.M., PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 101, A VIDEOTAPE, WAS PLAYED.)

# 133 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: CAN YOU TELL US WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IN THIS PORTION OF THE TAPE, SIR?

# 134 A:

THAT'S THE OFFICERS REMOVING THE CRIME SCENE TAPE AND THE SCENE IS APPARENTLY BEING BROKEN DOWN.

# 135 Q:

AND YOU SAID THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3:45?

# 136 A:

YES.

# 137 Q:

THEN AT THIS POINT, THE CRIME SCENE TAPE HAS BEEN REMOVED?

# 138 A:

YES.

# 139 Q:

DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE INVESTIGATION HAS BASICALLY BEEN COMPLETED IN THIS AREA?

# 140 MR. COCHRAN:

ASKED AND ANSWERED, YOUR HONOR, THIS MORNING.

# 141 THE COURT:

IT'S LEADING.

# 142 MS. CLARK:

SORRY.

# 143 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION -- THE STATUS OF THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION IN THIS AREA?

# 144 MR. COCHRAN:

OBJECTION. THIS WAS ASKED AND ANSWERED THIS MORNING.

# 145 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 146 DET. TOM LANGE:

AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, IT'S BEEN CONCLUDED.

# 147 MS. CLARK:

AND STOP.

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

# 149 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU AGAIN PEOPLE'S -- OOPS -- PEOPLE'S 57 AND THE DEFENSE 1011 AND ASK YOU IF THESE APPEAR TO BE A STILL FRAME TAKEN FROM THE VIDEO WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THAT'S BEEN MARKED PEOPLE'S 101.

# 150 A:

DOES APPEAR TO BE A STILL OF THAT VIDEO, YES.

# 151 MS. CLARK:

MAY I ASK PERMISSION OF THE COURT TO LET THE JURY -- TO PASS THESE PICTURES TO THE JURY WHILE THIS IS STILL ON THE SCREEN?

# 152 THE COURT:

YES.

# 153 (PEOPLE'S EXHIBIT 57 AND DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT 1011 WERE PASSED AMONGST THE JURY.)

# 154 (AT 10:30 A.M., THE PLAYING OF THE VIDEOTAPE ENDED.)

# 155 THE COURT:

DEPUTY RUSSELL, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CELLULAR PHONE GOING OFF IN THE AUDIENCE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THINK THE COURT'S ORDER IS QUITE CLEAR. ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE TO BE TURNED OFF IN THE COURTROOM.

# 156 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 157 THE COURT:

MRS. ROBERTSON, WHAT IS THE DEFENSE EXHIBIT?

# 158 THE CLERK:

1011.

# 159 THE COURT:

THANK YOU.

# 160 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 161 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: ALL RIGHT, SIR. AND AT THE TIME THEN --

# 162 THE COURT:

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

# 163 MS. CLARK:

OH, I'M SORRY.

# 164 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 165 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT EACH OF THE JURORS HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPARE PEOPLE'S 57 AND DEFENSE 1011 WITH THE STILL FRAME VIDEO THAT IS NOW ON THE SCREEN. MISS CLARK, I WOULD SUGGEST WE PRINT THIS OUT.

# 166 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 167 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: THEN AT THE TIME THAT THESE -- THAT YOU SEE THE OFFICER ON THE WALKWAY AS DEPICTED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND IN THE VIDEO FROM WHICH THE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN, THE CRIME SCENE TAPE, IS IT UP OR DOWN?

# 168 A:

DOWN.

# 169 Q:

AND WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT, SIR? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

# 170 A:

THAT THE CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION AT THAT TIME HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.

# 171 Q:

AND DOES THAT -- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WITH RESPECT TO WHETHER IT WAS APPROPRIATE OR NOT FOR THE OFFICER TO BE ON THAT WALKWAY WALKING IN THE MANNER YOU SEE HIM ON THE VIDEO AND ON THAT STILL?

# 172 A:

IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO DO THAT.

KEY QUOTE

# 173 Q:

CAN YOU TELL US, SIR, IN THE COURSE OF YOUR INVESTIGATION IN THIS CASE, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY WITNESSES HAVE BEEN INTERVIEWED?

# 174 A:

I'M AWARE OF I BELIEVE A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FORMAL INTERVIEWS THAT ARE WRITTEN. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER INTERVIEWS THAT ARE TAPED. THERE'S AN EXCESS OF 440 CLUES I BELIEVE WITH NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE.

KEY QUOTE

# 175 Q:

EACH OF THOSE CLUES HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED, SIR?

# 176 A:

THAT'S CORRECT.

# 177 MR. COCHRAN:

LEADING AND SUGGESTIVE, YOUR HONOR.

# 178 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 179 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: AND WERE ALL OF THOSE CLUES WITH RESPECT TO -- WERE ALL CLUES FOLLOWED UP?

# 180 A:

WE -- WE GET CLUES IN ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT'S AN ON-GOING PROCESS, BUT THEY ARE ALL BEING FOLLOWED UP OR HAVE BEEN.

# 181 Q:

AND DID YOU FOLLOW UP CLUES THAT -- EXCUSE ME. STRIKE THAT.

# 182 MS. CLARK:

MAY I HAVE A MOMENT?

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

# 184 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: DO YOU --

# 185 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 186 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: AND HAS THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS CASE -- HAS THE INVESTIGATION OF THIS CASE STOPPED, SIR?

# 187 A:

NO. IT'S ONGOING.

# 188 Q:

IS THAT UNUSUAL?

# 189 A:

NO. NOT AT ALL.

# 190 Q:

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT, PLEASE?

# 191 A:

IN MOST OF MY CASES, WE GET INFORMATION ALL THE TIME FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. CERTAINLY IN THIS CASE, DUE TO THE GREAT AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY, WE ARE GETTING INFORMATION ON A DAILY BASIS AND ATTEMPTING TO FOLLOW UP ON ALL OF IT.

# 192 Q:

UH-HUH. WELL, SIR, BUT IN YOUR OTHER CASES, DOES -- HAS YOUR INVESTIGATION STOPPED AT THE MOMENT OF TRIAL?

# 193 A:

NO.

# 194 MR. COCHRAN:

I OBJECT. IRRELEVANT AND IMMATERIAL.

# 195 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 196 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: FOR HOW LONG DOES YOUR INVESTIGATION CONTINUE IN YOUR OTHER CASES, NOT JUST THIS ONE?

# 197 A:

CONTINUES RIGHT INTO TRIAL AND RIGHT THROUGH TRIAL.

# 198 Q:

IS THAT A TYPICAL THING?

# 199 A:

YES, IT IS.

# 200 Q:

AND YOU CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP ALL LEADS IN ALL CASES THAT YOU -- THAT YOU INVESTIGATE, THAT YOU HANDLE?

# 201 A:

YES.

# 202 MS. CLARK:

YOUR HONOR, I HAVE HERE THE -- THE PRINTOUT STILL FROM THE VIDEO TAPE MARKED PEOPLE'S 101, ASK THAT THIS BE 101-A.

# 203 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. 101-A.

# 204 (PEO'S 101-A FOR ID = PRINTOUT STILL OF VIDEOTAPE)

# 205 Q:

BY MS. CLARK: IN THAT RESPECT, SIR, IS THIS CASE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER CASES YOU'VE HANDLED?

# 206 MR. COCHRAN:

VAGUE, YOUR HONOR.

# 207 THE COURT:

OVERRULED.

# 208 DET. TOM LANGE:

JUST AS TO THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION COMING IN.

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

# 210 MS. CLARK:

I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (4)

Tom Lange

THIS APPEARED TO ME TO BE AN OVERKILL OR RAGE KILLING.

Core prosecution argument that the nature of the wounds points to personal motive, not drug-related murder — directly countering the defense's alternative theory.

Tom Lange

NORMALLY A GUNSHOT WOUND. THE MURDERS THAT I'VE HANDLED, NORMALLY BY GUNSHOT WOUNDS AS OPPOSED TO EXCESSIVE SLASHING, STABBING OF THE VICTIM.

Expert opinion distinguishing the MO of drug killings from what was seen at Bundy, reinforcing the rage/personal motive narrative.

Tom Lange

IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR HIM TO DO THAT.

Directly neutralizes the defense's implication that an officer seen on the walkway in photos/video was contaminating or improperly accessing the crime scene.

Tom Lange

I'M AWARE OF I BELIEVE A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FORMAL INTERVIEWS THAT ARE WRITTEN. THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER INTERVIEWS THAT ARE TAPED. THERE'S AN EXCESS OF 440 CLUES I BELIEVE WITH NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE.

Clark uses the scope of the investigation to counter any implication of tunnel vision — that only OJ was pursued while other leads were ignored.

Evidence (5)

People's 57

Photograph of the walkway at 875 South Bundy crime scene showing an officer

Discussed and passed to jury; identified as still frame from videotape People's 101

Defense 1011

Copy of the same photograph as People's 57 but with an American Journal logo blocked out

Compared with People's 57 and video still; passed to jury

People's 101

Videotape of the crime scene at 875 South Bundy showing officers removing crime scene tape

Introduced and played for jury; showed scene breakdown at approximately 3:45 PM on June 13

People's 101-A

Printout still frame from videotape People's 101

Introduced as exhibit

Informal

Chrono log (chronological log of crime scene activity)

Used to refresh Lange's memory; showed last entry at 3:45 PM

Notable Exchanges (3)

Marcia Clark•Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito

Repeated objections from Cochran on personal knowledge grounds as Clark tried to establish that no drug evidence was found at Goldman's apartment. Ito resolved it by limiting the testimony to Lange's state of mind rather than truth of the matter.

strategic

Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Clark requested leave to reopen direct examination to introduce the Bundy walkway videotape. Ito explained the procedural significance to the jury and allowed it rather than recalling the witness later.

procedural

Lance A. Ito•courtroom audience

Judge Ito interrupted proceedings to address a cellular phone going off in the audience, reminding attendees of the court's order to turn off electronic devices.

procedural

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Judge Ito suggested printing out a still frame from the video currently displayed, and Clark thanked him — a small moment of judicial helpfulness mid-examination.

Credibility Attacks (1)

⚔ LAPD crime scene officers

photographic/video evidence implying improper access

The defense had apparently used People's 57 / Defense 1011 (a photograph of an officer on the Bundy walkway) to suggest improper police presence or crime scene contamination. Clark used the video (People's 101) on redirect to show the tape was already down at that point, making the officer's presence appropriate.

Witness Demeanor

(BRIEF PAUSE.) — while Lange consulted the chrono log

(DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.) — twice during examination

Objections

13 objections (2 sustained, 7 overruled)

Proceeding 5205 • 210 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103