Jim Merrill was a Hertz employee stationed at Chicago's O'Hare Airport who met O.J. Simpson when his red-eye flight landed at 5:34 a.m. Chicago time on June 13, 1994. His testimony became a flashpoint over Simpson's luggage — Merrill described Simpson carrying a black garment bag with silver initials and a black leather duffel bag off the plane, and Marcia Clark pressed him on inconsistencies in how he had previously described those bags. The defense, led by Carl Douglas, used Merrill to establish details of Simpson's arrival and demeanor in Chicago, while Clark's cross-examination sought to undermine the precision of his observations, noting he had no knowledge of whether Simpson had slept on the flight or how long he'd been awake.