Los Angeles County Superior Court: The OJ Simpson Case

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PSIR OJ SIMPSON CASE Court: Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge: Lance Ito Prosecutor: Marcia Clark Defense Attorney: Alan Dershowitz and Johnnie Cochran Name of Defendant: OJ Simpson 875 South Bundy Drive Los Angeles, CA DOB: July 9, 1947 Arrest Charges: 2 Counts of First Degree Murder Conviction Charge: None On June 12, 1994 Nicole Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were brutally stabbed to death at his wife Nicole Simpson home at 875 South Bundy Drive in Los Angeles California. The two victims body wasn’t discovered until the next morning. Two child were a sleep in the home when this incident occurred, which were OJ Simpson and Nicole two kids. June 17, 1994 Police brought murder charges against OJ Simpson for the murder of …show more content…

In preliminary DNA tests, blood found on the glove was shown to have come from Simpson and the two victims. After Simpson arrest, further DNA tests would confirm this finding. Simpson had a wound on his hand, and his blood was a DNA match to drops found at the Brentwood crime scene. Nicole Simpson’s blood was discovered on a pair of socks found at the OJ Simpson home. OJ Simpson had recently purchased a knife of the type the coroner believed was used by the killer. Shoe prints in the blood at Brentwood Nicole’s home matched Simpson’s shoe size and later were shown to match a type of shoe he had owned. Neither the knife nor shoes were found by …show more content…

DeBello testified that when he arrived for work on June 12, 1994, Nicole Simpson was already dining there. Goldman punched out at 9:33 p.m., and DeBello spoke to him for about 12 minutes afterward. DeBello said Goldman left the restaurant no later than 9:50 p.m. STATEMENT OF WITNESS 4: Karen Crawford- Bartender at Mezzaluna Crawford worked the evening of June 12. She testified that Nicole Simpson was with a party of ten and left between 8:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Afterwards, a woman in the party called the restaurant, saying she had left a pair of prescription eyeglasses. Crawford testified she placed the glasses in an envelope marked "Nicole Simpson." Nicole later called the bar and spoke to Goldman, who took the glasses to Simpson when he left. STATEMENT OF WITNESS: Stewart Tanner- Waiter/Bartender at Mezzaluna Tanner was bar tending at Mezzaluna the night of June 12. He testified that he saw Goldman and Nicole Simpson in the restaurant. On cross-examination, the defense attempted to impeach Tanner with a statement he had given to the police, where he said Goldman told him he was taking the glasses to Nicole. In court, Tanner said he did not recall Goldman volunteering to take the glasses to her, but noted that many people were talking at the same time when police were

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