Prosecutor Alan Jackson CHECKS LIAR Paramedic Daniel Stark - Phil Spector Trial

Testimony of defense witness Paramedic Daniel Stark in the Phil Spector trial regarding Lana Clarkson's 2001 Hollywood Hills fall and whether she was under the influence: Jackson Closing on Stark's Credibility • Memory critique: Six years later, no notes or reports, thousands of calls since, yet he remembers she was drunk. • Written records: EMS report and base hospital form both say not under the influence, no ETOH. • Radio tape: Senior partner Bruce Liverpool tells the base nurse she is not under the influence. Jackson says the defense showed the jury none of that. Direct Examination (Roger Rosen) • Background: Los Angeles City firefighter paramedic. Paramedic since 1998. Thirteen months with LAFD at the December 24, 2001 call. Nearly seven years on the job by trial. • The call: Hollywood Hills Christmas party with senior partner Bruce Liverpool (~17 years). • Injuries: Obvious bilateral wrist fractures, only the second double-wrist break of his career. • Treatment: Splints, distal pulse, motor, and sensation, IV, then a morphine order. She was crying in pain from visible bone deformity. • Sobriety: Alcohol odor, slurred speech, and other impaired partygoers. He called her inebriated, or under the influence. Cross-Examination (Alan Jackson) • No notes: Stark wrote nothing about sobriety at the time. Liverpool filled out the forms. • Defense contacts: Met Rosen and investigator Tawny Tindall. Shown one party photo, not a headshot (People's 14). • Alertness: Alert and oriented times four. Glasgow Coma Scale. Answered allergies and medications through tears. • No sobriety tests: No nystagmus or FSTs. Walked only four to five feet onto a gurney. • People's 57: Base hospital form from Liverpool's radio call, ETOH, written by the MICN. • Defense Quadruple E: EMS report alcohol box left blank by Liverpool. • Other explanations: Sobbing, pain, and possible shock can slur speech. A recent drink can explain odor. Not staggering drunk. Redirect (Rosen) • Why he remembers: New at Station 27, famous people, unique double wrist fractures. • Opinion stands: Odor, slurred speech, demeanor, and ongoing patient assessment. Recalled Testimony • Roles: Stark drove. Liverpool attended in the back. Destination Cedars-Sinai. • Radio dispute: Stark said he was in the cab and did not hear a no-alcohol report. • Form times: On scene 1112 PM. Base contact 1135 PM. Transport 1144 PM. • Jackson: The call was nine minutes before transport, so Stark was still in the back. • Stark: He sits in the cab until a destination is set, then they leave. He did not recall being next to the radio. • 902M morphine: Titrated 4, 4, and 2 milligrams. First push1123PM, 12 minutes before the 1135PM base order. Later pushes 1139PM and 1155PM. • Protocol: Alcohol is not a contraindication for morphine. He would have corrected Liverpool if he had heard a no-alcohol report because it affects ER toxicology and consciousness tracking. • Times: Watch estimates versus computer logs. Denied lying. Same ongoing assessment standard applied to Liverpool during transport. • Exhibit 195: Dispatch sheet for Rescue 27. Two transport times. Stark had never seen the document. 00:00:00 - CA v Phil Spector - Prosecutor Alan Jackson - Daniel Stark 00:01:03 - Direct Examination: Paramedic Stark's Background 00:02:29 - Treating Lana Clarkson's Wrist Fractures 00:06:08 - Initial On-Scene Sobriety Assessment 00:07:43 - Cross-Examination: Missing Notes and Reports 00:12:19 - Interviews with Defense Investigators 00:17:39 - Glasgow Coma Scale and Patient Alertness 00:24:59 - Confronting Official Hospital Forms (People's 57) 00:30:55 - Omissions of Sobriety and Balance Tests 00:33:18 - Slurred Speech vs. Shock and Severe Pain 00:37:01 - Redirect: Reaffirming the Opinion of Inebriation 00:42:09 - Recalled Testimony: Dispatch and Transport Setup 00:44:21 - Radio Proximity and the Base Hospital Call 00:52:58 - On-Scene and Transport Timeline Logs 01:00:11 - Redirect: Morphine Push Time Discrepancies 01:06:03 - Recross: Dispatch Logs vs. Watch Times 01:13:19 - Exhibit 195 Dispatch Sheet Phil Spector Trial Playlist: CA vs Phil Spector (2007)