Detailed entries (13)
A three-page document headed 'Fuhrman questions round two,' comprising 31 numbered questions McKinny prepared and sent to Fuhrman after the April 2, 1985 first interview to guide subsequent sessions, with some items referencing specific transcript page numbers. Introduced and authenticated by McKinny; used to demonstrate deliberate continuity in the interview series.
Defense-prepared compilation displaying transcript excerpts from Laura Hart McKinny's recorded interviews with Detective Mark Fuhrman and, where available, playing corresponding audio. Organized into lettered and numbered groupings that included racial-slur, police-misconduct, and other segments; some excerpts were enhanced to reduce background noise. McKinny identified Fuhrman's voice on one played excerpt and provided recollection, context, or transcript-foundation testimony for selected excerpts. Segments played included C-10 through C-18, D-1, D-2, and a spring 1987 interview segment whose original audio had been inadvertently erased.
An audiotape excerpt containing Fuhrman's 'six-foot-five inch Nigger' statement from an interview also attended by Laurie Diaz. It was marked as Defendant's 1368; technical difficulties initially prevented playback, and Defense Exhibit 1368 was later played in open court.
Eighteen excerpts from the McKinny tapes and transcripts in which Fuhrman described evidence planting, false testimony, beatings of suspects, and covering for other officers. The defense argued that all 18 were admissible under Evidence Code 1101(b) and that six also qualified under Evidence Code 1105; item C-2 concerned tearing up drivers' licenses.
A transcript of an audiotape excerpt containing Fuhrman's 'We have no niggers where I grew up' statement, drawn from the taped-over first interview and existing only as a contemporaneous written transcript. Introduced during McKinny's testimony, distributed to the jury, and displayed on the ELMO.
Forty-one instances of Mark Fuhrman using racial slurs on the McKinny tapes and transcripts, spanning 1985 through 1988. The defense proffered them to impeach Fuhrman's flat denial.
A specific McKinny tape excerpt (C-9) in which Fuhrman describes how 37 officers from a division told the same story without consulting each other, characterized as evidence of a 'code of silence.' Highlighted as habit evidence under Evidence Code 1105; the judge specifically questioned its factual basis.
The audio recordings and accompanying transcripts of Mark Fuhrman's interviews with screenwriter Laura Hart McKinny, comprising approximately 12–14 sessions from April 1985 through July 1994 and about 11–12 hours of material. The corpus was obtained through interstate subpoena process and cited in litigation concerning Fuhrman's credibility, alleged misconduct, admissibility, access, and suppression issues; two interview tapes were reported inadvertently recorded over.
Laura McKinny's written transcripts of her recorded interviews with Mark Fuhrman, organized by tape number and used to refresh her recollection when audio was unavailable. The transcripts were described as not professionally prepared, and the judge noted substantial discrepancies when they were compared with the recordings.
Laura McKinny's screenplay 'Men Against Women,' containing recorded conversations with Mark Fuhrman, and a novel described by her counsel as a derivative work from the tapes. McKinny testified that racism was not a subplot; the judge stated that he would read the screenplay during his admissibility review, while counsel argued that release threatened the works' commercial value.
A bound three-ring binder of compiled transcripts from all interview sessions, with indexes and dates, given by McKinny to Fuhrman in mid-June 1985. Fuhrman did not return the binder or make corrections to it. The same binder was used by McKinny during trial testimony to refresh her recollection on specific passages including the 'Fat Burger' excerpt.
The first recorded interview between Mark Fuhrman and Laura McKinny, dated April 2, 1985. McKinny said she transcribed the session but could not verify the transcript's completeness, and that the tape had inadvertently been recorded over.
A transcript of the Fuhrman/McKinny recordings prepared by the District Attorney's office, one of three competing versions discussed alongside McKinny's and the defense's transcripts. The court discussed releasing stamped copies pending McKinny's consent.
Additional references (9)
Brief references from transcripts that don't warrant an individual page. Each has a single source or is mentioned only in passing.
- Five McKinny tape excerpts excluded under EC 1230 (declarations against penal interest) — Five excerpts from the McKinny tapes and transcripts dealing with tearing up driver’s licenses, scratching scabs, providing testimony as needed, and planting evidence. The defense sought their admission as declarations against penal interest under Evidence Code 1230; the court sustained an objection and denied admiss…
- Fuhrman/McKinny interview tape no. 9 (taped over or missing) — Tape no. 9 from McKinny's recorded interviews with Mark Fuhrman, referenced during her examination as having been taped over or otherwise missing.
- July 28, 1994 McKinny-Flynn-Fuhrman taped conversation — A taped conversation dated July 28, 1994, among Laura McKinny, producer John Flynn, and Mark Fuhrman. During the conversation, Fuhrman denied planting the glove and discussed suing Robert Shapiro for libel.
- McKinny tape excerpts nos. 17, 18, 26, and 27 (defense alternative selections) — Four tape excerpts (nos. 17, 18, 26, and 27) proposed by the defense as audible substitutes for the court's original single-excerpt selection. The court ultimately substituted excerpt no. 27 by order.
- McKinny tape no. 4 transcript, pages 1 and 12 — Pages 1 and 12 of the written transcript from McKinny interview tape no. 4, containing Fuhrman's 'verbatim' acknowledgment and discussion of McKinny's research methodology. Disputed during proceedings when the court's copy did not match the content in the defense's offer of proof.
- McKinny tape proffer no. 41: 'Farrell' and 'anthracite' conversation — Proffer no. 41 from the McKinny tape materials concerns a conversation referencing “Farrell” and the term “anthracite.” Darden challenged its context, arguing that Fuhrman was describing a term invented by someone else rather than coining it himself.
- McKinny transcript no. 1, page 41: Fuhrman on LAPD women's performance cover-up — A passage from McKinny transcript no. 1, page 41, in which Fuhrman discusses a departmental cover-up regarding the performance of women in the LAPD. Proffered by the defense but excluded by the court as irrelevant.
- McKinny transcript no. 11, pages 19-26: Fuhrman on falsifying police logs — Pages 19 through 26 of McKinny transcript no. 11, in which Fuhrman describes how police logs can be falsified, framed as screenplay research on cover-up mechanics. Proffered by the defense but excluded by the court as fictional and irrelevant.
- Transcript of April 2, 1985 interview sent to Fuhrman before second session — A written transcription of the first taped interview (April 2, 1985) that McKinny sent to Fuhrman prior to the second interview session. Fuhrman made no changes to it.