📄 Redirect examination of Mark Krueger — Monday, September 11, 1995
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Redirect examination of Mark Krueger

Witness: Mark Krueger
Examiner: Marcia Clark
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Monday, September 11, 1995 • Utterances: 48
Marcia Clark conducted a brief redirect of Mark Krueger, a civilian witness who had sent the prosecution a photograph of OJ Simpson wearing a glove. Clark attempted to elicit Krueger's opinion that the glove appeared short or ill-fitting in the photo, but was repeatedly blocked by sustained objections. Krueger ultimately testified that the glove appeared short and did not cover the palm, consistent with gloves he had worn.
1 THE COURT:

Redirect, Miss Clark.

2 MS. CLARK:

Can we please leave that picture up on the elmo?

3 THE COURT:

Yes. All right. I take it, Mr. Blasier, you want that marked as an exhibit?

4 MR. BLASIER:

Please, your Honor.

5 THE COURT:

The printout? All right. Just for simplicity sake, I'm going to make that 605-C.

6 MR. BLASIER:

That's fine.

7 (Peo's 605-C for id = photograph)
8 THE COURT:

Miss Clark.

REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY Ms. CLARK

9 MS. CLARK:

Does that glove appear to be kind of short at the wrist, sir?

10 MR. BLASIER:

Objection, your Honor. The photograph speaks for itself.

11 THE COURT:

Sustained.

12 MS. CLARK:

Why did you select this photograph to send to the Prosecution, sir?

13 MR. BLASIER:

Objection. Irrelevant.

14 THE COURT:

Overruled.

15 MR. KRUEGER:

Why did I select it? I mean, it wasn't like--that was the only photo I had and it was--just seemed like it was evidence to me.

16 MS. CLARK:

Did it seem like this glove fit very much the way the glove fit in court?

17 MR. BLASIER:

Objection. No foundation.

18 THE COURT:

Sustained. That's for the jury to decide.

19 MS. CLARK:

Mr. Blasier asked you why you sent us the photograph. Do you recall that? And you told him because you had heard some people say that the glove didn't fit?

20 MR. KRUEGER:

Right.

21 MS. CLARK:

And what was your opinion, sir?

22 MR. BLASIER:

Objection.

23 THE COURT:

Sustained.

24 MS. CLARK:

Why did you send us the photograph when you heard people say that?

25 MR. BLASIER:

Objection.

26 THE COURT:

Overruled.

27 MR. KRUEGER:

Because of the shrinkage test. I--or--I'm sorry. What was the question again?

28 MS. CLARK:

Why, after you heard that remark, did you send us this photograph, sir?

29 MR. KRUEGER:

Because I thought it didn't fit.

KEY QUOTE
30 MS. CLARK:

Because you thought what?

31 MR. KRUEGER:

The glove did not fit.

KEY QUOTE
32 MS. CLARK:

Okay. And does it look like that glove? Did it look like that glove to you?

33 MR. BLASIER:

Objection.

34 THE COURT:

Sustained.

35 MS. CLARK:

Does this glove look small on him to you, sir?

36 MR. BLASIER:

Objection.

37 THE COURT:

Sustained. Speaks for itself, counsel.

38 MS. CLARK:

Does the glove appear to be up at the palm area, sir?

39 MR. BLASIER:

Objection.

40 THE COURT:

Overruled.

41 MR. BLASIER:

The picture speaks for itself.

42 THE COURT:

Overruled. You asked about bunching.

43 MR. KRUEGER:

It actually appears to be above the palm. I assume the palm is--it's above the palm.

44 MS. CLARK:

Does it appear short to you?

45 MR. KRUEGER:

From the gloves I've worn--I mean, I've never owned a pair of these gloves, so I couldn't say. But from gloves that I've owned, I mean, usually they cover your palm.

46 MS. CLARK:

Then your answer is yes?

47 MR. KRUEGER:

Yes. That they appear short, yes.

KEY QUOTE
48 MS. CLARK:

I have nothing further.

Temperature

tense

Key Quotes (4)

Mark Krueger
Because I thought it didn't fit.
Direct statement of why Krueger sent the prosecution the photo — volunteering his opinion that the glove did not fit OJ Simpson.
Mark Krueger
The glove did not fit.
Unambiguous clarification of his belief, echoing the trial's central defense claim but from a prosecution witness's perspective.
Mark Krueger
From gloves that I've owned, I mean, usually they cover your palm.
Krueger grounding his lay opinion in personal experience, the only foundation Clark could establish after repeated sustained objections.
Mark Krueger
Yes. That they appear short, yes.
Final concession Clark was working toward — that the glove in the photo looked short — completing the redirect after multiple blocked attempts.

Evidence (1)

People's 605-C
Photograph (printout) of OJ Simpson wearing a glove, sent to prosecution by Krueger
marked for identification, displayed on Elmo during examination

Notable Exchanges (2)

Marcia ClarkRobert BlasierLance A. Ito
Clark attempted five different phrasings to get Krueger to opine that the glove looked short or ill-fitting in the photo; Blasier repeatedly objected that the photo speaks for itself or lacked foundation; Ito sustained most, reminding Clark that glove fit is for the jury to decide.
strategic/frustrated
Lance A. ItoRobert Blasier
When Blasier objected to the palm-area question, Ito overruled, noting 'You asked about bunching' — referencing Blasier's own cross-examination as the door he opened.
pointed

Objections

8 objections (5 sustained, 3 overruled)
Proceeding 7588 • 48 utterances • Prosecution witness
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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