Recross-examination of Philip Vannatter

📄 Recross-examination of Philip Vannatter — Tuesday, September 19, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 157 of 167

◀ Witness excusal and recall Exhibit 609 handling ▶

Witness: Det. Philip Vannatter
Examiner: Brian Kelberg
Called by: Defense • Date: Tuesday, September 19, 1995 • Utterances: 33

Prosecutor Brian Kelberg briefly reopened cross-examination of Detective Vannatter to clarify the inventory of caps and gloves recovered from Simpson's residence. The examination established that two additional knit caps and two additional pairs of gloves (neither Aris brand) were recovered, and concluded by passing the single Aris glove — People's 609 — to the jury for inspection.

# 1 MR. KELBERG:

May I approach the witness, your Honor?

# 2 THE COURT:

You may.

CROSS-EXAMINATION (REOPENED) BY MR. KELBERG

# 3 MR. KELBERG:

Detective Vannatter, showing you a document, does that appear to be a Los Angeles Police Department property report listing various items recovered from Mr. Simpson's residence?

# 4 DET. VANNATTER:

Yes, sir, it does.

# 5 MR. KELBERG:

Would looking over that report refresh your memory regarding what, if any, additional ski knit caps were recovered?

# 6 DET. VANNATTER:

Yes.

# 7 MR. KELBERG:

And would you please do so.

# 8 DET. VANNATTER:

Certainly. Item 95 was a navy blue watch cap, knit cap.

# 9 MR. KELBERG:

And is there also item no. 98?

# 10 DET. VANNATTER:

That's correct. There was an additional one, item 98, a watch cap, navy blue in color.

# 11 MR. KELBERG:

And the additional gloves that were recovered, are they also identified on this form, 99 and 100 are the item numbers?

# 12 (No audible response.)

# 13 MR. KELBERG:

That is the one--

# 14 DET. VANNATTER:

Yes.

# 15 MR. KELBERG:

The ones other than the exhibit that you were shown?

# 16 DET. VANNATTER:

Yes, sir, they are.

# 17 MR. KELBERG:

And what description can you give us regarding those?

# 18 DET. VANNATTER:

Item 99 is two gloves, brown in color, made of deer skin. Item 100 is two gloves, leather, black, made in western Germany.

KEY QUOTE

# 19 MR. KELBERG:

And they were neither set of gloves Aris; is that correct?

# 20 DET. VANNATTER:

No, sir, they were not.

# 21 MR. KELBERG:

And this is the only Aris glove, this exhibit, that was recovered from Mr. Simpson's house?

KEY QUOTE

# 22 DET. VANNATTER:

That's correct, yes.

# 23 MR. KELBERG:

One moment, please, your Honor.

# 24 (Discussion held off the record between the Deputy District Attorneys.)

# 25 MR. KELBERG:

Your Honor, Miss Clark tells me that the jury has not seen this glove. Could I pass that to the jury?

KEY QUOTE

# 26 (Brief pause.)

# 27 THE COURT:

All right. This is previously 609.

# 28 MR. KELBERG:

I think that is the number you gave me, your Honor.

# 29 THE COURT:

Yes, it is.

# 30 MR. KELBERG:

It is. May I pass it to the jury?

# 31 THE COURT:

Yes.

# 32 (People's exhibit 609 was passed amongst the jurors.)

# 33 MR. KELBERG:

And I have no further questions of the witness.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Brian Kelberg

And this is the only Aris glove, this exhibit, that was recovered from Mr. Simpson's house?

Underscores that only one Aris glove was found at the residence, reinforcing the prosecution's theory that the matching glove was the one left at Bundy.

Det. Philip Vannatter

Item 99 is two gloves, brown in color, made of deer skin. Item 100 is two gloves, leather, black, made in western Germany.

Distinguishes the other gloves recovered from the single Aris glove central to the case.

Brian Kelberg

Your Honor, Miss Clark tells me that the jury has not seen this glove. Could I pass that to the jury?

Reveals the jury had not yet physically handled People's 609, prompting a significant moment of juror examination of the key glove exhibit.

Evidence (6)

People's 609

Single Aris leather glove recovered from Simpson's residence

Passed to jury for inspection

Informal

LAPD property report listing items recovered from Simpson's residence

Used to refresh Vannatter's memory regarding additional caps and gloves

Item 95

Navy blue watch cap / knit cap recovered from Simpson's residence

Referenced from property report

Item 98

Additional navy blue watch cap recovered from Simpson's residence

Referenced from property report

Item 99

Two brown deerskin gloves recovered from Simpson's residence

Referenced; confirmed not Aris brand

Item 100

Two black leather gloves made in western Germany, recovered from Simpson's residence

Referenced; confirmed not Aris brand

Notable Exchanges (2)

Brian Kelberg•Lance A. Ito

Kelberg relayed Marcia Clark's note that the jury had not yet seen People's 609 and requested it be passed to jurors; Ito confirmed the exhibit number and allowed it.

procedural

Brian Kelberg•Det. Philip Vannatter

Use of property report to refresh Vannatter's memory on inventory, methodically establishing that the only Aris glove found at the house was Exhibit 609.

strategic

Witness Demeanor

(No audible response.) — Vannatter's initial non-verbal response when asked about items 99 and 100

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7763 • 33 utterances • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103