Week by Week in the O.J. Simpson Criminal Trial

Pre-Trial Developments in the Case (January 11 - 20, 1995)

Week 1 (January 23 - 27, 1995)
No Witnesses (Opening Statements)

Week 2 (January 30 - February 3, 1995)
Witnesses: Sharon Gilbert, LAPD 911 Dispatcher; Detective John Edwards, LAPD; Detective Mike Farrell, LAPD; Ron Shipp, friend of O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson; Mike Stevens, LAPD investigator; Terri Moore, 911 Dispatcher; Sgt. Robert Lerner, LAPD; Catherine Boe, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Carl Colby, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Denise Brown, sister of Nicole Brown Simpson

Week 3 (February 6 - 10, 1995)
Witnesses: Denise Brown, sister of Nicole Brown Simpson; Candace Garvey, friend of Nicole Brown Simpson; Cynthia Shahian, friend of Nicole Brown Simpson; Tia Gavin, waitress at Mezzaluna Restaurant; Stuart Tanner, bartender at Mezzaluna Restaurant; Karen Crawford, manager at Mezzaluna Restaurant; Karen Goldman, sister of Ronald Goldman; Pablo Fenjves, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Eva Stein, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Louis Karpf, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Steven Schwab, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Sukru Boztepe, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Elsie Tistaert, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Mark Storfer, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Officer Robert Riske, LAPD

Week 4 (February 12 - 17, 1995)
Witnesses: Officer Robert Riske, LAPD; Sgt. David Rossi, LAPD; Detective Ronald Phillips, LAPD; Detective Tom Lange, LAPD

Week 5 (February 20 - 24, 1995)
Witnesses: Detective Tom Lange, LAPD

Week 6 (February 27 - March 3, 1995)
Witnesses: Rosa Lopez, maid of O.J. Simpson's neighbor (testimony not heard by jury)

Week 7 (March 6 - 10, 1995)
Witnesses: Detective Tom Lange, LAPD; Patti Goldman, Ronald Goldman's stepmother; Detective Mark Fuhrman, LAPD

Week 8 (March 13 - 17, 1995)
Witnesses: Detective Mark Fuhrman, LAPD; Darryl Smith, Inside Edition news photographer; Lt. Frank Spangler, LAPD; Detective Philip Vannatter, LAPD

Week 9 (March 20 - 24, 1995)
Witnesses: Detective Philip Vannatter, LAPD; Brian "Kato" Kaelin, O.J. Simpson houseguest

Week 10 (March 27 - 31, 1995)
Witnesses: Brian "Kato" Kaelin, O.J. Simpson houseguest; Rachel Ferrara, friend of Brian Kaelin; Allan Park, limousine driver; Judge Delbert Wong, Special Master; James Williams, skycap at LA International Airport; Sue Silva, Westec Security Inc.; Charles Cale, neighbor of O.J. Simpson

Week 11 (April 3 - 7, 1995)
Witnesses: Dennis Fung, LAPD criminalist

Week 12 (April 10 - 14, 1995)
Witnesses: Dennis Fung, LAPD criminalist

Week 13 (April 17 - 21, 1995)
Witnesses: Dennis Fung, LAPD criminalist; Andrea Mazzola, LAPD criminalist

Week 14 (April 24 - 28, 1995)
Witnesses: Andrea Mazzola, LAPD criminalist

Week 15 (May 1 - 5, 1995)
Witnesses: Gregory Matheson, chief chemist, LAPD

Week 16 (May 8 - 12, 1995)
Witnesses: Bernie Douroux, towtruck driver; Robin Cotton, lab director of Cellmark Diagnostics

Week 17 (May 15 - 19, 1995)
Witnesses: Robin Cotton, lab director of Cellmark Diagnostics; Gary Sims, California Department of Justice

Week 18 (May 22 - 26, 1995)
Witnesses: Gary Sims, California Department of Justice; Renee Montgomery, criminalist, California Department of Justice; Collin Yamauchi, criminalist, LAPD

Week 19 (May 30 - June 2, 1995)
Witnesses: Collin Yamauchi, criminalist, LAPD; Gary Sims, California Department of Justice; Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, LA County Chief Medical Examiner

Week 20 (June 5 - 9, 1995)
Witnesses: Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, LA County Chief Medical Examiner

Week 21 (June 12 - 16, 1995)
Witnesses: Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, LA County Chief Medical Examiner; Brenda Vemich, merchandise buyer, Bloomingdale's; Richard Rubin, former executive, Aris Isotoner

Week 22 (June 19 - 23, 1995)
Witnesses: William J. Bodziak, FBI shoe print expert; Samuel Poser, shoe department manager, Bloomingdale's; LuEllen Robertson, custodian of records, Airtouch Cellular Phones; Kathleen Delaney, Mirage Hotel; Bruce Weir, population geneticist

Week 23 (June 26 - 30, 1995)
Witnesses: Bruce Weir, population geneticist; Denise Lewis, criminalist, LAPD; Susan Brockbank, criminalist, LAPD; Douglas Deedrick, FBI Special Agent

Week 24 (July 5 - 7, 1995)
Witnesses: Douglas Deedrick, FBI Special Agent

Week 25 (July 10 - 14, 1995)
Witnesses: Arnelle Simpson, O.J. Simpson's daughter from his first marriage; Carmelita Simpson-Durio, O.J. Simpson's sister; Eunice Simpson, O.J. Simpson's mother; Carol Conner, philanthropist and writer; Mary Collins, O.J. Simpson's longtime interior designer; Mattie Shirley Simpson Baker, O.J. Simpson's oldest sister; Jack McKay, CFO for the American Psychological Association, played golf with O.J. Simpson on June 8, 1994; Danny Mandel, walked with his date, Ellen Aaronson, near Nicole Brown Simpson's home at about 10:25 pm on night of murders; Ellen Aaronson, walked with date, Danny Mandel, near Nicole Brown Simpson's home at about 10:25pm on the night of the murders; Denise Pilnak, lived on 900 block of Bundy near Nicole Brown Simpson's condominium; Judy Telander, friend of Denise Pilnak and was with her on night of murders; Robert Heidstra, neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson; Wayne Stanfield, American Airlines captain; Michael Norris, LA Airport delivery service employee; Michael Gladden, LA Airport delivery service employee; Howard Bingham, passenger on flight from LA to Chicago; Stephen Valerie, passenger on flight from LA to Chicago; Jim Merrill, Hertz employee who picked up Simpson at Chicago's O'Hare Airport; Dave Kilduff, Hertz employee who saw Simpson outside his hotel in Chicago; Mark Patridge, sat next to Simpson on flight from Chicago to LA; Dr. Robert Huizenga, Beverly Hills private physician

Week 26 (July 17 - 21, 1995)
Witnesses: Dr. Robert Huizenga, Beverly Hills private physician; Juanita Moore, O.J. Simpson's hairdresser; Detective Don Thompson, LAPD; John Meraz, Vietrel's employee who towed Ford Bronco; Richard Walsh, fitness trainer in exercise video; Willie Ford, LAPD videographer; Josephine "Gigi" Guarin, O.J. Simpson's housekeeper; Detective Kelly Mulldorfer, LAPD; Detective Alberto Luper, LAPD

Week 27 (July 24 - 28, 1995)
Witnesses: Dr. Fredric Rieders, forensic toxicologist; Roger Martz, FBI Special Agent; Herbert MacDonell, blood splatter expert

Week 28 (July 31 - August 4, 1995)
Witnesses: Herbert MacDonell, blood splatter expert; Thano Peratis, jail nurse (taped testimony); John Gerdes, clinical director

Week 29 (August 7 - 11, 1995)
Witnesses: John Gerdes, clinical director; Terrence Speed, statistics professor; Dr. Michael Baden, forensic pathologist

Week 30 (August 14 - 18, 1995)
Witnesses: Dr. Fredric Rieders, forensic toxicologist; Michelle Kestler, director, LAPD crime lab; Gilbert Aguilar, LAPD fingerprint specialist

Week 31 (August 21-25, 1995)
Witnesses: John Larry Ragle, former director, Orange County Crime Laboratory; Christian Reichardt, friend of O.J. Simpson and former boyfriend of Faye Resnick; Detective Kenneth Berris, Chicago Police Department; Dr. Henry Lee, chief criminalist, state of Connecticut

Week 32 (August 28 - September 1, 1995)
Witnesses: Dr. Henry Lee, chief criminalist, state of Connecticut

Week 33 (September 5 - 8, 1995)
Witnesses: Kathleen Bell, heard Mark Fuhrman utter racial slurs; Natalie Singer, heard Mark Fuhrman utter racial slurs; William Blasini, general manager, wholesale parts shop; Rolf Rokahr, LAPD photographer; Laura Hart McKinney, professor and screenwriter; Roderic Hodge, individual arrested by Mark Fuhrman

Week 34 (September 11 - 15, 1995)
Witnesses: Mark Krueger, photographed Simpson in 1990; Bill Renken, professional photographer; Kevin Schott, photography teacher; Stewart West, former professional photographer; Debra Guidera, photographed Simpson in December 1993; Michael Romano, professional photographer; Richard Rubin, former executive, Aris Isotoner; Gary Sims, senior criminalist, California Department of Justice; Stephen Oppler, investigator; Theresa Ramirez, photographed interview with Thano Peratis; Douglas Deedrick, FBI Special Agent; William Bodziak, FBI Special Agent

Week 35 (September 18 - 22, 1995)
Witnesses: William Bodziak, FBI Special Agent; Detective Philip Vannatter, LAPD; Larry Fiato, organized crime informant who met with Vannatter; Craig Fiato, organized crime informant who met with Vannatter; Michael Wacks, FBI Special Agent, overheard Vannatter conversation with Fiato brothers; Keith Bushey, commander, LAPD

Week 36 (September 25 - 29, 1995)
No Witnesses (Closing Arguments)

Week 37 (October 2 - 3, 1995)
No Witnesses (Deliberations and Verdict)


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