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...major victory for the prosecution, Judge Lance Ito ruled that today that the jury will be allowed to hear some of theevidence of alleged domestic violence in O.J. Simpson's past. Ito said that the evidence can be presented to prove motive and intent. The jury will now get to hear the highly publicized 911 emergency call made by Nicole Simpson on New Year's Day in 1989, which led to criminal charges against O.J., and will be told about a 1985 baseball bat attack that damaged...
...also ruled today that relatives of Nicole Brown Simpson can sit in the courtroom for most of the trial. Defense attorney Robert Shapiro had asked yesterday that they be barred from some of the proceedings because they were witnesses in the trial. Ito said that the family members may be in the courtroom for "a majority" of the trial -- but not when another witness testifies on matters they will be called to discuss...
Race was the main topic of an inconclusive day in court, as the defense and prosecution collided over the expected testimony of Detective Mark Fuhrman. Fuhrman found and collected several key items of evidence in the case, including a bloody glove on Simpson's estate. Defense attorneys have accused Fuhrman of bias against Simpson. Today the prosecution sought to bar the defense team from asking whether Fuhrman ever used the racial epithet "nigger." Deputy District Attorney Chris Darden, referring to "the n-word," said the use of the word in the trial would "blind the jury. It'll blind...
Prosecutors in the O.J. Simpson trial pleaded with Judge Lance Ito to admit evidence that Simpson had often beaten his ex-wife Nicole during their 17-year relationship. Outside the courtroom, meanwhile, lawyers on both sides dealt with fall-out from yesterday's sensational revelations. This morning the District Attorney's office withdrew some items from consideration in this evidenciary hearing, including passages from Nicole Simpsons' journal and a statement allegedly made by Simpson that if he caught any of his ex-wife's boyfriends driving his cars, he would "cut their (expletive) heads off." TIME Los Angeles correspondent...
...evidence of domestic violence involvingO.J. Simpsonand his wife and testimony about his threats against Nicole Brown Simpson's friends surfaced today as Judge Lance Ito moved closer to making critical decisions about the evidence the jury in the murder case will ultimately hear. The admissibility of 59 incidents of domestic violence at the hand of O.J. Simpson against his wife were reviewed during today's hearing -- closed to the now sequestered jury. Among the most incriminating evidence: that Eddie Reynoza, who worked on a movie with O.J. Simpson, told investigators that Simpson became angry at the mention of Nicole Simpson...