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Limo driver testifies about white Ford Bronco
LOS ANGELES — No white Ford Bronco was in sight when limo driver Allan Park pulled up to O.J. Simpson's estate at 10:22 p.m. on June 12, 1994 — either in the driveway or on the street, the driver told jurors yesterday.
The Associated Press
The precise time, recalled by a man whose job performance depended on his wristwatch, helped frame the period in which prosecutors say Simpson drove two miles to his ex-wife's home, killed her and a friend, returned to his estate, where he dropped a glove and cleaned up in time for his scheduled limousine ride to the airport.
With time and motive as key issues, the prosecution also disclosed it had a cellular phone record indicating that Simpson called the home of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, the afternoon of June 12, before their daughter's dance recital.
"We have a witness who observed him on the cell phone angry, yelling," Deputy District Attorney Marcia Clark told the judge and defense attorneys Monday outside the jury's presence. A transcript of the bench conference was released yesterday.
The phone call was mentioned for the first time Monday during the testimony of former Simpson houseguest Brian "Kato" Kaelin, who left the stand yesterday after five days of tense prosecution questioning.
In his testimony, Kaelin said Simpson never mentioned a phone conversation with his ex-wife the afternoon before the murders. Prosecutors said that the call, which lasted four minutes, was made at 2:18 p.m. from the Riviera Country Club, where Simpson played golf and gin rummy with several buddies. Clark said that a woman at the country club who saw an angry Simpson talking on the phone would be called to testify.
Prosecutors contend Simpson was so enraged at being snubbed by his ex-wife and prevented from spending time with his daughter at the recital that he went home, set up an albi involving a trip to McDonald's with Kaelin and drove in his Bronco to Ms. Simpson's Brentwood condominium to kill her.
Simpson's lawyers assert he was at home when the killings occurred. They have said the Bronco was not moved that night from its parking
place along the curb on the Rockingham Avenue side of Simpson's estate. Defense witness Rosa Lopez testified outside the presence of the jury that she saw the Bronco parked on the street after 10 p.m.
Prosecutors contend Ms. Simpson and Goldman were killed about 10:15 p.m.
But Park offered crucial testimony about the spot on Rockingham where the Bronco supposedly was parked, explaining he found Simpson's estate by the house number painted on the curb and did not see any vehicle there at 12:22 p.m.
Park also testified that he drove his stretch limousine past that section of curb again at 10:39 p.m. and again did not see the Bronco.
At 10:40 p.m., Park said, he began ringing a buzzer at Simpson's gate. He was scheduled to collect Simpson at 10:45 for the drive to Los Angeles International Airport, where Simpson was booked on an 11:45 p.m. flight to Chicago.
Charges finally filed for March 1993 fight; Phelps jubilant
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TOPEKA — The Rev. Fred W. Phelps Sr. said his reaction was jubilant when a judge ordered prosecutors to file charges in a melee in which several members of his Westboro Baptist Church were injured.
But lawyers for the church want Shawnee County District Attorney Joan Hamilton disqualified from handling charges against 11 people accused in the 2-year-old case. The lawyers asked Linn County District Judge Richard M. Smith on Monday to appoint a special prosecutor.
They claim Hamilton is biased against members of the church, known for its strong anti-gay message. The March 1993 incident outside a Topeka restaurant involved picketing church members, restaurant owners and others.
stood by her earlier decision not to file criminal charges linked to the fight. Three independent witnesses told police the incident was mutual combat and that it would have been impossible to prove to jurors either side was more guilty than the other, she said.
Hamilton, who filed charges last week on Smith's orders, said she
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