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Rosa Lopez was a housekeeper from El Salvador and a witness in the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
The defense originally hoped that Lopez's testimony would provide an alibi because she had reported having seen Simpson's Ford Bronco parked outside his estate in Rockingham around the approximate time of the murder (around 10:15 pm). for alibi used in the sense of a legal defense, see the Wiktionary entry Alibi Alibi is a 1929 film written by Elaine S. Carrington, J.C. Nugent, C. Gardner Sullivan, Roland West and John Griffith Wray, from the play Nightstick by Carrington, Nugent and Wray. ...
The Ford Bronco was an SUV produced from 1966 through 1996, with four distinct generations. ...
The name Rockingham can refer to certain peers of England, notably to Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who served as UK Prime Minister. ...
Asserting that she wanted to return her native El Salvador, the defense successfully petitioned to record her testimony on videotape during the prosecution's phase of the trial. She testified on February 27, 1995. However, during the actual testimony and cross-examination by Christopher Darden (during which she insisted on speaking in Spanish with a translator, despite some knowledge of English), the value of her testimony became less clear as she could not provide a definite time at which she saw the Bronco. Ultimately, the prosecution decided not to present her testimony to the jury despite many references in opening statements and the large interruption to the trial. Soon after her testimony, Lopez returned to her native country. February 27 is the 58th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
Christopher Allen Darden (Born April 7, 1956) is an American lawyer and fifteen-year veteran of the LA County District Attorneys office and an associate Professor of Law. ...
In March, judge Lance Ito sanctioned Simpson lawyers Johnnie L. Cochran and Carl Douglas for failing to provide an audio recording of interview with Lopez made by an investigator hired by Simpson. Lance Allan Ito (born August 2, 1950 in Los Angeles, California) is a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who hears felony criminal cases at the county courthouse in downtown Los Angeles. ...
Carl Douglas is a Jamaican-born singer, most famous for the one-hit wonder Kung Fu Fighting, which hit #1 in the Billboard charts in 1974. ...
She was legally represented by Carl E. Jones.
Biography Lopez was from a family of ten children. At nine, she stopped school to her family on their small family. She had seven children, but only two survived to move to Los Angeles. This article is about the largest city in California. ...
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