Miami:: The Doors Testimony September 1970

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Here are collected the musical Doors Miami Trial Testimonies from 1970.


Max Fink in court with Jim Morrison

Ray's Testimony 1

THEREUPON:
RAYMOND DANIEL MANZAREK
was called as a witness on behalf of the defendant, and being first duly sworn, was examined and testified on his oath as follows:

DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR FINK
Q: Will you state your name, please?
Ray: Raymond Daniel Manzarek.

Q: Are you a member of the group known as the Doors?
Ray: Yes, I am.

Q: How long have you fellows been together?
Ray: About four and a half years now.

Q: When did you start to work professionally?
Ray: About four years ago.

Q: Where do you live?
Ray: Los Angeles, California.

Q: What instrument do you play?
Ray: I play the organ and the bass.

Q: Are you also an author and composer?
Ray: Well, I work on the songs, Jim does most of the writing. Robby writes some of the songs, too, but Jim is the main poet in the group.

Q: Do you recall being in Miami performing at Dinner Key Auditorium on March lst of 1969?
Ray: Yes, I do.

Q: Do you recall going on stage with your fellow members of the Doors that night?
Ray: Yes, sir.

Q: Do you remember the performance that night?
Ray: Somewhat.

Q: How long would you say the performance by the Doors lasted?
Ray: Approximately an hour.

Q: While you were on stage was James Morrison also on stage?
Ray: Yes, he was.

Q: What observation did you make of Mr. Morrison during that hour or so you were on stage with him?
Ray: Well, I observed that he was at the microphone singing and doing more or less the show we had planned and the show we usually do. (objection, sustained.) (stricken.)

Q: Did you observe him do a show that night?
Ray: Yes, I did.

Q: To what extent was Mr. Morrison within your view and observation as you were on stage?
Ray: One hundred per cent of the time. I could see him constantly.

Q: And during the time that you saw him, insofar as his pants or trousers were concerned, was he wearing them?
Ray: Yes, he was.

Q: Did he ever, while you were observing him, remove them or any part thereof?
Ray: Not his pants or his trousers, certainly not, but he did take his shirt off and I think it was a very wise idea, too. (objection, sustained.) (answer stricken.)

Q: Did you see Mr. Morrison remove his shirt?
Ray: Yes, I did.

Q: What were the circumstances?
Ray: The circumstances were that in an auditorium that held comfortably 7,000 people, there appeared to be, I suppose, 12 to 15,000 people. It was very hot. The temperature on stage seemed to me to be a hundred and twenty degrees. We were all just boiling, too many people in the place, too crowded, too close and Jim took his shirt off.

Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time in the course of that evening expose any private organs? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time during that evening and while you were observing him expose any private organs?
Ray: No, he did not, not unless you consider his chest a private organ. (objection, overruled.)

Q: I am speaking of his penis, pubic hair.
Ray: No, no, no exposure.

Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time while you were observing him do any acts of masturbation or pretended masturbation? (objection, sustained.)

Q: I show you here Exhibit I. That is Defendant's Exhibit I, and ask you if you remember at any time Mr. Morrison being in that position.
Ray: Mr. Morrison was in many positions. If this was taken two seconds, taken a second later his hand would have been somewhere else. It might have been at the top of his head. (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did Mr. Morrison move about?
Ray: Constantly.

Q: Can you tell us to what extent?
Ray: He moved all across the stage. He came over to the organ where I was, stood by me for a while, went by John, the drummer, went over to Robby's side, back to the center of the stage.

Q: Did he gyrate his hands, body, arms, legs?
Ray: Yes. (objection.)
Ray: Jim moves about a great deal on stage.

Q: Is Jim what is known as a rock singer?
Ray: Yes, he is.

Q: Insofar as body movements are concerned, how do rock singers perform? (objection, overruled.)
Ray: Rock singers move about. It is the nature of the music that makes people move. That is why we play the music, to make people move, enjoy themselves. (objection.)

Q: Is that what happened that evening?
Ray: Exactly what happened. Everybody moved around. Everybody enjoyed themselves.

Q: Did Jim move?
Ray: Certainly.

Q: Constantly?
Ray: A large part of the time.

Q: Did you ever see Jim with his hands down in his pants moving them around in his crotch area while you were observing him?
Ray: No, not with his hands inside his pants, no.

Q: While you were observing him, insofar as Robby Krieger is concerned, do you recall whether or not there came a time during the performance that night ... I am speaking of Dinner Key March 1, 1969 ... when Robby Krieger took a solo run playing the guitar?
Ray: Yes, in just about every song Robby takes a solo. In "Light My Fire" he takes a ... (objection.)

Q: In "Light My Fire" did he take a long solo?
Ray: Yes, he did.

Q: At that particular time what did Jim do?
Ray: It is customary ... (objection, sustained.)

Q: Have you ever been a witness in court before?
Ray: No, I haven't, first time.

Q: Just tell us what Jim did while Robby was taking his long solo.
Ray: Well, Jim went over to Robby's side of the stage because the spotlight is on Jim. If Robby is taking a solo most spotlight workers don't know he is taking a solo and it is time to turn it on him. (objection, comment stricken.)

Q: We have to limit ourselves to what happened this particular night of March lst of last year, not what somebody thinks or did, but what happened. (objection, sustained.)

Q: I just want to limit it so we can avoid objections. Tell us, on this particular night at Dinner Key Auditorium, March 1 last year, a year ago, while Robby was doing the long solo in "Light My Fire", what did Jim do?
Ray: Jim went over to Robby's side of the stage and stood around Robby for awhile while Robby was playing to direct the attention of the audience to Robby, and was on his knees, was standing, was moving around Robby.

Q: Did he at any time while he was on his knees or any other time stick his tongue out and wag it up and down? (objection, sustained.)

Q: In your observation was Jim's tongue hanging out of his mouth wagging?
Ray: I didn't see his tongue out of his mouth.

Q: During the time while the Doors were on stage did the audience tend to move forward, crush down toward the stage?
Ray: Yes, they did. It was very crowded and the audience during "Light My Fire" started to surge toward the stage. Many people came on the stage.

Q: At first I take it a few came on, is that correct?
Ray: Yes.

Q: Then did more come on?
Ray: Yes.

Q: What did you fellows do when the people started coming on stage?
Ray: Fortunately it was near the end of the song so we just finished out the song. Our equipment man said, "You better stop." (objection, sustained.)
Ray: What did we do?

Q: What did you do? You did have an equipment man with you to set up and protect the equipment?
Ray: Yes, right, who was on stage with us.

Q: Where is he now?
Ray: He is in Los Angeles.

Q: Then what did you do?
Ray: We saw there were too many people on stage and things were starting to get a little violent. There was some fellow I found out later was the promoter who was on stage and who was starting to push and shove and grabbed the microphone away from Jim. We thought, it is time to get out of here, that is enough, better not carry on the performance anymore.

Q: Did you leave?
Ray: Yes, we left the stage.

Q: After you left the stage did you go to your dressing room?
Ray: Yes, we did, to cool off.

Q: Approximately how long did you remain in the dressing room?
Ray: We must have stayed there an hour and a half to two hours.

Q: Were other people there besides the Doors?
Ray: A large crowd of people, yes.

Q: Did you see some police officers?
Ray: There were a few police officers in there, that brought in some friends, signed some autographs for a lot of people, some people there for interviews, some friends.

Q: In the meantime did the crowd in the auditorium disperse and leave?
Ray: Yes, they did.

Q: Did you see any police officers around the place?
Ray: There were many police officers. There were police officers even when we left an hour and a half or two hours later.

Q: And while you were in your dressing room after the performance or in that period of time, did an officer come up about a hat?
Ray: Yes, he did.

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Ray's Testimony 2

Q: Tell us what happened.
Ray: Well, it seems his hat went into the audience and he didn't get his hat back and our manager reimbursed him the expenses on his hat plus some extra for his own trouble.

Q: Was there an argument about it or a quarrel?
Ray: No, hardly, just the opposite. He took it in a very good natured way and everyone had a big laugh about it. Since it didn't cost him any money he was able to get his hat back through the money we gave him, he wasn't concerned about it and we all had quite a joke about it. (objection, overruled.)


CROSS EXAMINATION
MR. McWILLIAMS:

Q: Your organ was behind Morrison, isn't that a fact?
Ray: To the right of him and about two feet, three feet back, approximately forty-five degree angle to Jim.

Q: Most of the time when he was facing the audience you were looking at the back of Morrison?
Ray: No, more to the side.

Q: You weren't able to see the front of him, were you?
Ray: No.

Q: That was most of the time during the performance he was back there at that forty-five degree angle?
Ray: Yes, all the time. I can't leave the organ.

Q: How much beer did you have in the dressing room?
Ray: I had a can or two, probably two cans of beer.

Q: How many did Robby have?
Ray: Robby had ... gee, I don't know. Robby is not much of a beer drinker. He had probably two cans.

Q: John didn't have any?
Ray: John had some orange juice.

Q: There were two six-packs in the dressing room, right?
Ray: I suppose there were. I can't really recall how much there was.

Q: How much did you see Morrison drink?
Ray: We were on stage, Jim came late. I didn't see him drink any beer in the dressing room. I didn't know he went into the dressing room.

Q: Did you have some of the champagne on stage?
Ray: I wish I did. I know somehow I didn't get any.

Q: You saw a bottle?
Ray: I saw a bottle. Jim was holding it. Somehow I couldn't get ahold of it. I suppose he had a drink or two out of it. Before I could get hold of it, it seemed to be poured all over everybody.

Q: You don't remember seeing him drink out of it?
Ray: No. I remember him pouring it, or if not him, somebody pouring. Somehow I remember champagne flying all over everybody.

Q: You were watching a hundred per cent of the time, isn't that a fact?
Ray: No.

Q: Didn't you testify you were watching Morrison about a hundred per cent of the time, isn't that what you said?
Ray: Yes ... I don't know. Did I say that? I will have to take that back if I said it.

Q: You are changing your testimony?
Ray: I have to look at the organ sometimes. I see him most of the time. I have to watch him to get the leads, get his cues.

Q: You didn't see him a hundred per cent of the time?
Ray: No.

Q: You didn't see him put his hands inside his pants?
Ray: No, I didn't.

Q: But you were watching 90 per cent of the time?
Ray: A good percent of the time. I have to keep my eyes on him to find out what is going on.

Q: I show you Defendant's Exhibit E and ask you if you can recall seeing that.
Ray: I saw many things, saw him move his hands all over the place.

Q: Did you see him put his hands inside his pants all the way down to his crotch, yes or no?
Ray: No, I didn't.

Q: But you were watching most of the time. How many times did you see Morrison put his hands inside his pants?
Ray: I don't think I saw him put his hands in his pants.

Q: Not once?
Ray: No.

Q: But you were watching most of the time?
Ray: Yes.

Q: Did you see the lamb on stage?
Ray: Yes, I did.

Q: Did you hear Morrison say, "If it weren't so young I would fuck it"? Did you hear that?
Ray: Yes, I did.

Q: Now, that particular evening to your knowledge did Morrison have any medical problems before he went on stage?
Ray: Not to my knowledge.

Q: Did he have any fungus or any itch, medical ailment?
Ray: Don't know. You will have to ask Mr. Morrison.

Q: You say you have been four years with Morrison?
Ray: Yes. Even more. We went to school together.

Q: What other occupation do you have other than that of a professional musician?
Ray: None.

Q: So it is safe to say your entire future depends on what happens in the courtroom here, isn't that a fact?
Ray: No. You are asking me what I will do with the rest of my life. I probably won't be a musician for the rest of my life. There will be other things.

Q: When was it in the performance you heard Morrison say, "Do you want to see my cock" ?
Ray: I don't think those words were said. I never heard that.

Q: You never heard those words?
Ray: No.

Q: What words did you hear him express to the audience he wanted to see some nakedness; what were the words you heard?
Ray: Jim said, "I am not talking about no revolution. I am not talking about no demonstration, I want to see love. I want to see you love your brother. I want to see love, love, love. I want to see some nakedness around here," as he was taking his shirt off. "I want to see some nakedness around here" and I would have done the same if I didn't have to keep my hands on the organ.

Q: You are telling the jury you thought it was proper to remove your clothing on stage?
Ray: Under those circumstances, certainly.

Q: Was Morrison drunk that night or was he stoned on something else?
Ray: No, he didn't appear to be drunk to me.

Q: His eyes didn't appear to you glassy?
Ray: He had just been on a flight from Los Angeles.

Q: His eyes were glassy, isn't that a fact?
Ray: His eyes were glassy? I really ... I can't say. I don't know what glassy eyes are.

Q: Isn't it a fact his timing was off that night, that his words were behind the music, lagging?
Ray: He was off his timing, sometimes behind, sometimes ahead, sometimes right on the beat. Jim's timing is ... it varies from performance to performance. He plays with the beat so it is really hard to say whether his timing was off.

Q: So that it is safe to say most of the time while you were observing Morrison, you were observing him from a forty-five degree angle and weren't able to see the front of Morrison, is that right?
Ray: Right.


REDIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. JOSEFSBERG:

Q: Did you ever see the side of his pants go down while you were observing?
Ray: No, the side stayed right where it belonged.

Q: Mr. Manzarek, you were asked about your economic dependence on Mr. Morrison. Do you have any degrees?
Ray: Yes, I do, Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Master's Degree in Motion Picture, Fine Arts from UCLA.

Q: During the last year and a half have you been offered other jobs?
Ray: Yes, I have.

Q: Do you know if they pay more or the same amount that you make now?
Ray: They didn't really say how much they were paying but it didn't really matter to me because I didn't want another job. I am one of the Doors. We want to keep the Doors together so I don't care about another job.

Q: Before when you said due to the heat you would remove your clothing, were you referring to your shirt?
Ray: Certainly, shirt and jacket.

Q: This terminology about nakedness which you heard Mr. Morrison say, what was done physically by Mr. Morrison after saying that?
Ray: Well, he took his shirt off. Nakedness is not nudity. He didn't say get nude, take all of your clothes off, although if somebody in the audience had wanted to do that ... (objection, sustained.)

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John's testimony

THEREUPON:
JOHN PAUL DENSMORE
was called as a witness on behalf of the defendant, and being first duly sworn, was examined and testified on his oath as follows:

DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR FINK
Q: Will you state your full name, please?
John: John Paul Densmore.

Q: Mr, Densmore, you are a member of the group known as the Doors?
John: Yes.

Q: How long has that group been working together?
John: About four years.

Q: Professionally, when did you start?
John: About three years ago.

Q: What instrument do you play?
John: I play drums.

Q: Rhythm for the group?
John: Right.

Q: You performed with the Doors on March lst, 1969 at Dinner Key Auditorium?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you arrive at Dinner Key prior to the start of the program by the Doors that night?
John: Yes.

Q: Were you on the balcony before the show started in the dressing room?
John: Yes.

Q: While you were there and before the show started, did you see any police officers?
John: Yes.

Q: Did any of them come to the dressing room?
John: I think a couple were in and out of the dressing room.

Q: Do you recall before you went on stage looking down at the crowd in this huge auditorium?
John: Yes.

Q: Can you describe what you saw?
John: Well, it was filled to the brim, stuffed. I think that the person who promoted the concert ...

The court: Just answer the question.

Q: In any event, did this audience appear to be quiet and seated or were they on the floor, sitting and standing and moving about?
John: They were on the floor. They were quite restless because it was hot and crowded.

Q: In any event you and the Doors went on stage, is that right?
John: Yes.

Q: About how long did the Doors' part of the program take?
John: About an hour and fifteen minutes.

Q: That is your approximation?
John: Yes.

Q: While you were on stage that night was Mr. Morrison, the defendant here, also on stage?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you observe him while he was on stage?
John: Yes.

Q: By the way, in playing the drums and the rhythm course for the group, do you follow Mr. Morrison's activities on stage?
John: Yes, I watch him most of the time.

Q: While you were observing Mr. Morrison did he at any time drop his trousers?
John: No.

Q: Did he at any time open his fly?
John: No.

Q: Did he at any time expose his penis?
John: No. (objection.)

Q: Did he at any time while you were observing him expose his penis?
John: No.

Q: Did he at any time while you were observing him drop his trousers or pants below his knees?
John: No.

Q: Did he at any time while you were observing him drop his pants or trousers to a point just above his knees?
John: No.

Q: Did he at any time while you were observing him, while you were right on stage, drop his pants or trousers to a point below his crotch?
John: No. (objection, overruled.)

Q: Did he at any time expose any part of his male organs?
John: No. (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did he at any time while you were observing him, while under your observation, expose any part of his male organs?
John: No.

Q: Did he expose any pubic hair?
John: No.

Q: Did Robby Krieger, the guitar player, come around in front of Mr. Morrison on that stage while you were observing him and pretend copulation, oral copulation?
John: No. (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did Robby Krieger, the guitar player, did he at any time come around and kneel in front of Mr. Morrison on his knees facing Mr. Morrison's crotch area?
John: No. (objection, overruled.)

Q: Did you hear the question?
John: Yes, and the answer is no.

Q: Did Mr. Morrison at any time while the Doors were on stage and while he was on stage within your observation, did he at any time masturbate?
John: No.

Q: Did he do any act pretending masturbation that you observed?
John: No.

Q: Do you recall a time in the program when Robby Krieger, guitar player, took a solo, a period when he played his guitar solo?
John: Yes, several.

Q: Is that something that is generally done in your programs?
John: Yes. (objection, sustained.) (answer stricken.)

Q: In any event, on this night in this particular program within your observation, both with your eyes and your ears at Dinner Key Auditorium, did you see Robby Krieger take his solo part on the guitar?
John: Yes.

Q: While Robby Krieger was taking the solo part on his guitar what, if anything, did Mr. Morrison do?
John: Well, usually when Robby solos ... (objection, sustained.)

Q: The question is not what he usually does. It is what did he do this night, not whether he has done it a thousand times before.
John: He moved over to Robby to bring attention to Robby because Robby was taking a guitar solo. The spotlight is on Jim and as he moves over, the spotlight follows him. (objection, overruled.)

Q: On this particular night, regardless of how many other times he may or may not have done it, on this particular night did Jim come over where Robby was doing his guitar solo and kneel down in front of him?
John: Yes. (objection, sustained.)

Q: On this particular night, March 1, 1969, whatever the night may have been when you appeared in Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami with the Doors and while you were on stage and while you were observing Mr. Morrison with your eyes and ears, and while Robby Krieger was doing a guitar solo, did Jim Morrison come down on his knees directly in front of him and in front of his guitar?
John: Not directly in front of him, on the side, just comes over to stand on the side of him.

Q: I show you here the last page of five photos which were marked Exhibit No.3 in this case and ask you if you recognize Robby Krieger and Jim?
John: Yes, I do.

Q: Do you recall seeing that particular situation on the night of March 1 of 1969 at Dinner Key?
John: Yes, I recall.

Q: Will you describe exactly what happened at that time?
John: Well, Jim came over to Robby because Robby was going to take a solo and he, you know, encourages him to play a good solo, shouts out, whatever, you know ... (objection, overruled.)
John: ... that is what he did.

Q: Did Jim at any time while Robby was playing his solo or while he was on his knees or any time during that whole night pretend oral copulation with anybody?
John: No. (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did Jim do any act that was unusual while he was on his knees near the guitar player?
John: No, he usually ...

The court: You have answered the question.

Q: By the way, at this particular time when this particular scene was on that stage, was Jim's back to the audience?
John: No, he was sort of on the side.

Q: At that particular time did you have a clear view of Jim and Robby?
John: Yes, I think so.

Q: Did you have a clear view of the guitar?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you see all three of them, Jim, the guitar and Robby?
John: Yes.

Q: I show you here five photos in this Exhibit No.3. Will you take a look at the last one? ... You looked at the last one. Will you look at all of them now? ... Are those scenes as you see them on the picture approximately correct in your memory?
John: Yes.

Q: I show you here Jim with two pictures, one being Exhibit F and one Exhibit H, with Jim wearing a hat. Do you recall seeing approximately that view that night?
John: Yes.

Q: Do you recall seeing Jim with a policeman's hat on his head?
John: Well, I just saw it in the picture. I don't know whether I remember which hat he had on at the concert. ... It was in that last group you showed me.

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John's testimony 2

Q: I show you here a picture, I believe of Mr. Morrison, his head tilted back and a policeman's hat on his head. Do you remember that?
John: Yes.

Q: Can you tell us what happened to the policeman's hat as well as to the funny looking hat Jim was wearing in the other pictures?
John: Well, there was a policeman standing on the side of the stage and as I recall, Jim ...

The court: The question was what happened to the hat, son.
John: Jim went over to the policeman and took the hat off his head and threw it in the audience. Then the policeman took Jim's hat off, and threw his in the audience. Then I think the policeman's hat was tossed back up on the stage and Jim put it on.

Q: Was there a policeman's hat lost that night?
John: Yes.

Q: When this happened, was it done in a spirit of good humor or were they fighting about it? (objection, overruled.)
John: It was done in good humor.

Q: As the Doors performed did the audience tend to move down toward the stage?
John: Yes.

Q: Did there come a time when they started to come up on the stage?
John: Yes.

Q: Did there come a time when the stage became particularly crowded with people climbing up on it?
John: Yes.

Q: What did you and the rest of your group do at that time?
John: Well, we kept playing.

Q: Did you leave the stage?
John: Eventually.

Q: About how long did you play after people started coming up ?
John: 15 minutes.

Q: Then as the crowd became more intense on the stage did you quit playing?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you leave the stage?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you have any assistance of any police officers in leaving the stage?
John: Yes, they cleared the way.

Q: Then where did you go from the stage?
John: Up into the balcony, back in the dressing room.

Q: Approximately how long did you remain in the dressing room?
John: Quite awhile, an hour and a half, two hours, maybe.

Q: During all that time was Mr. Morrison there with you?
John: Yes.

Q: All four of the members of the Doors were present?
John: Yes.

Q: During the time were there any other people there?
John: Well, there was a few policemen and people coming in for autographs and stuff like that.

Q: This policeman with the hat deal, did he come in?
John: It seems that the Captain of the Police that was there came in and we paid him for the hat.

Q: Was there a handshake at that time?
John: Yes, it was all in, you know, good spirits. There wasn't any hostility.

Q: There was no hostility?
John: No.


CROSS EXAMINATION
MR. McWILLIAMS:

Q: Now, your position on the stage relative to that of Morrison, isn't it a fact that you were behind Morrison?
John: Yes.

Q: You were not at the same level he was on the stage?
John: I am always up higher.

Q: Most of the time you were observing the back of Morrison, isn't that a fact?
John: He moved around all over the place.

Q: When he is facing the audience you are looking at his back, isn't that a fact?
John: Yes, when he is facing the audience, yes.

Q: When the surge came, when the crowd began coming up on stage, how many people did you see on stage?
John: Oh, approximately seven or eight people, maybe.

Q: Isn't it a fact that there were people to the right of Morrison?
John: To the right?

Q: To the right, to the left, people all around where Morrison was standing on the stage?
John: About seven people all locked arms.

Q: Isn't it a fact people were surging, forward trying to get up on top of the stage?
John: A few, yes.

Q: Were you worried about your equipment at all?
John: Yes.

Q: Were you doing anything to try to protect your equipment at that particular time?
John: Well, I was playing drums and our equipment people were trying to keep everything stable.

Q: There was a lot of confusion on the stage at that time, wasn't there?
John: Yes.

Q: Who left the stage first, you or Morrison?
John: I did.

Q: You left first?
John: Yes.

Q: So there was a time when Morrison was on the stage when you weren't on the stage, isn't that a fact?
John: Yes.

Q: How long, or do you know?
John: Well, as I left I went up to the balcony and stood there about five minutes watching.

Q: So there was a time, there was five minutes from the time you left the stage until Morrison left?
John: That is true but I was watching the whole time.

Q: Did you leave by way of the front?
John: No, to the left, stairs on the left of the stage.

Q: Isn't it a fact that there were people surging forward toward the stage at all sides of the stage?
John: Yes.

Q: You had to fight your way through that crowd, isn't that a fact?
John: I sort of jumped over a lot of people and I walked up the stairs to the balcony.

Q: You weren't walking backwards, were you, during those five minutes?
John: I wasn't walking for five minutes.

Q: It took you five minutes to get from the stage to the balcony?
John: I didn't say that. It took me 30 seconds. Then I stayed up there about five minutes watching.

Q: Did you walk backward while you went up the stairs?
John: No, I didn't.

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John's testimony 3

Q: How long have you been with Morrison?
John: With the group, since the beginning.

Q: About four years?
John: Right.

Q: Do you have your own home in Beverly Hills, also?
John: I live in Hollywood.

Q: Hollywood, California. Do you have your own home?
John: Yes.

Q: How many thousands of dollars a year do you stand to lose if Morrison is convicted?
John: We have already lost quite a bit. (objection, overruled.)

Q: Your entire musical future depends on what happens in this court, isn't that a fact?
John: I really don't know.

Q: You don't have any other occupation than as drummer for the Doors, isn't that a fact?
John: I am a musician. I am a studio musician, you know.

Q: Now, how much of the beer in the dressing room did you drink?
John: I drink orange juice.

Q: You didn't drink any of the beer?
John: No.

Q: How many six-packs were they drinking back in the dressing room?
John: Well, Jim arrived late so he had a couple of beers.

Q: How many six-packs were back there?
John: I have no idea.

Q: More than two?
John: I don't know.

Q: You didn't have any, is that right?
John: No.

Q: How about Robby Krieger, he didn't have any, did he?
John: Robby has a beer, usually.

Q: Maybe one or two?
John: Yes, and he likes it sometimes on stage.

Q: How about Ray, how many did he have?
John: Ray has a couple, usually.

Q: Did you have any of the champagne?
John: Was there champagne? (objection, overruled.)

Q: Answer the question. Did you have any champagne?
John: No.

Q: Do you remember James Morrison drinking champagne on the stage?
John: No.

Q: Yet you say you were watching him most of the time, is that what you were telling the jury?
John: If I am not watching him, I look at Ray for musical cues.

Q: And you never saw any bottle at all on the stage?
John: No, I don't recall.

Q: How about the lamb, did you see a lamb on the stage?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you hear Morrison say, "If it weren't so young I would fuck it?" Did you hear that?
John: No, I didn't. I am behind the amplifiers and then the PA speakers are way out in front. I rarely hear a voice anyway.

Q: Were those amplifiers between you and Morrison?
John: They are in front of me.

Q: In front of you?
John: Yes.

Q: Which would mean at times Morrison was in front of the amplifier and you are behind the amplifier, is that right?
John: They don't block my view. They are on my side but they are up.

Q: You heard catcalls from the audience, isn't that a fact?
John: Yes.

Q: You heard people calling Morrison a fag?
John: I don't think I heard that specifically.

Q: Did you hear some reference?
John: I heard some four letter words, whatever.

Q: You were with Morrison back there in the dressing room that entire night. To your knowledge did he have any medical ailments?
John: No.

Q: Did he have any kind of fungus or rash?
John: No.

Q: How many times did you see him put his hand inside his pants, all the way down to his crotch? (objection, overruled.)
John: I didn't say that.

Q: I show you Defendant's Exhibit I and ask you if you remember seeing that.
John: No.

Q: You couldn't see when Morrison was facing the audience, isn't that a fact?
John: As he directly faces the audience, I can't see him,true, from the front. (objection.)

Q: Were you finished with your answer?
John: I don't recall. (question read.)
John: I can't see him when he is facing the audience. I can see him as he moves all over the stage. He doesn't just stand rigid, ever.

Q: Did you hear him say, "Do you want to see my cock" ?
John: No.

Q: You never heard that?
John: No, I didn't,

Q: You are familiar, of course, with his philosophy, are you not, of Morrison's philosophy?
John: What do you mean? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Do you believe in the philosophy that there are no rules, there are no laws? (objection, overruled.)
John: What was the question?

Q: Do you believe in the philosophy there are no rules, there are no laws?
John: No.

Q: Do you believe that a man has a right to disobey a law he feels has no further use? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Do you believe that you have a right to disobey a law that you think is of no further use? (objection, overruled.)
John: Do I feel I have a right to disobey a law I don't agree with?

Q: Yes.
John: I don't know, It would depend on the law and how I felt about it.

Q: How about the oath you took here to tell the truth?
John: Yes, I believe in that.

Q: You couldn't see him while he was facing the audience, is that what you are telling the jury? (objection, overruled.)
John: When he is facing the audience I can't see him from the front./FONT>


REDIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. FINK:

Q: What you mean is you can't see the front of him if he happened to stand still facing the audience?
John: Right.

Q: Did he ever stand still facing the audience?
John: No, he never stands still.

Q: You say you couldn't see him. Could you see his back and sides even if he had been standing still, which you say he wasn't?
John: Yes, I could see his back and sides.

Q: By the way, do you know of any rules or any laws which would prevent those people who paid six or seven dollars a head by the thousands to come see that concert that night, do you know of any rules or laws that would keep them from standing up and dancing around, moving if they wanted to? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Do you know of any rules or laws that would prevent them if they couldn't find room to stretch out their legs from getting up and moving around? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Do you recall any mention being made that night while you were on stage about people who couldn't see the stage?
John: Pardon me?

Q: Do you recall any mention being made with regard to the fact some people that had paid admission couldn't see the stage? (objection, overruled.)
John: Yes, there was a lot of people that couldn't see.

Q: Do you recall some mention of that fact by Jim?
John: Yes.

Q: Do you remember words to the effect to some people over there to come on up and come on over?
John: Yes, he said that.

Q: Do you remember whether or not Jim took off his shirt during the course of the concert?
John: Yes. (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did you observe with your eyes Jim Morrison remove his shirt?
John: Yes, I did.

Q: Was he wearing shorts?
John: Yes.

Q: While you were on the balcony for five minutes, is that the balcony right above the stage?
John: To the left of the stage.

Q: Just a few feet off the stage?
John: Yes.

Q: Was that the part of the balcony you were talking about?
John: Yes.

Q: In other words, you went over to your left around and up on top?
John: Right.

Q: Did you have a direct view right on top of the stage almost at that point?
John: Yes. (objection, overruled.)

Q: At that time did you continue to watch the events on stage?
John: Yes, I did.

Q: The music had stopped, had it?
John: Yes.

Q: Jim was still there and people were coming on stage, were they?
John: Yes. (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did Mr. Morrison leave the stage?
John: Did he leave the stage? Yes, he did.

Q: Did he have any assistance by police officers in leaving?
John: Police officers and a lot of other people that were locked in arms. They all sort of left.

Q: By the way, some hour and a half or two hours later you left the auditorium and where did you fellows go from there? (objection.)

Q: Did you return to your hotel that night?
John: Yes, I think we did.

Q: Do you recall where you fellows stayed?
John: No, I don't.

Q: The Hilton Plaza, does that help you?
John: That's right.

Q: On the Beach?
John: Yes.

Q: Did you stay overnight?
John: Yes, we did.

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Robby's testimony 1

THEREUPON:
ROBERT KRIEGER
was called as a witness on behalf of the defendant, and being first duly sworn, was examined and testified on his oath as follows:

DIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR FINK
Q: Would you state your full name, please.
Robby: Robert Krieger.

Q: Where do you live, Mr. Krieger?
Robby: Beverly Hills, California.

Q: Did you arrive here in Miami last night?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You are a member of the group known as The Doors, is that right?
Robby: Right.

Q: Do you play an instrument?
Robby: I play guitar.

Q: Are you also an author and composer of music?
Robby: Yes .

Q: What is your education?
Robby: Two years of college.

Q: Your family, your father and mother live in California?
Robby: Yes, they do.

Q: What does your father do?
Robby: He is vice president of a corporation.

Q: What is the name of it?
Robby: Planning Research.

Q: What does Planning Research do? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Mr. Krieger, do you recall the appearance The Doors made at Dinner Key Auditorium in Miami, Florida on or about March 1 of the year 1969, that would be last year, do you recall that?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Did you perform with your fellow members of the group on that evening?
Robby: Yes, we did.

Q: Were you on stage at all times during that performance?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Was Jim Morrison, the defendant in this casesitting here, was he on stage at all times during the performance?
Robby: Yes, he was, except during the end, right at the end.

Q: You came down to court here this morning to the cafeteria downstairs; you have been with Mr. Morrison and your associates this morning?
Robby: Yes.

Q: By the way, how long have you gentlemen had this group known as The Doors and performed professionally?
Robby: About three and a half years.

Q: Have you performed together in the United States as well as abroad?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Foreign countries?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Do you also make records?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Compose music together?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Now, calling your attention to the night of this Dinner Key performance, did you observe Mr. Morrison during the entire time that he was on stage?
Robby: Yes. Well, I wasn't looking at him all the time.

Q: To what extent did you see him?
Robby: Well, whenever I wasn't looking down at my guitar, I was looking at Jim, I guess.

Q: Did you at any time during the time that you observed Jim, did he at any time lower his pants or trousers?
Robby: No, he didn't.

Q: Did he at any time expose any private part of his body?
Robby: No, sir.

Q: Did he at any time while you were observing him pretend masturbation?
Robby: No.

Q: Do you gentlemen as a group, have kind of an act that you perform generally when you make public appearances before crowds? (objection, overruled.)
Robby: Well, we don't have a definite act but ...

Q: There are certain things you do routinely?
Robby: Well, yes.

Q: For example, do you, in your performance, take a guitar solo?
Robby: Yes, a number of them.

Q: Do you recall taking the guitar solo at a time at the Dinner Key Auditorium when Jim Morrison was on his knees?
Robby: Yes, vaguely I remember that.

Q: Can you tell us, how did it happen that Jim was on his knees?
Robby: Well, when I was taking my solo?

Q: Yes.
Robby: Well, he sometimes does that. (objection, sustained.) (motion to strike, granted.)

Q: How did he happen to do it that night among others?
Robby: I was taking my solo. He went down on his knees and was like looking at what I was doing, meaning to call attention to the fact I was playing the solo. Otherwise the light man wouldn't know to put the light on me, you know.

Q: Was this part of the routine of your solo? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Did Jim at any time pretend oral copulation during the course of that show that night within your view? (objection, sustained.)

Q: While you were observing Jim during the concert we are referring to, did Jim at any time pretend oral copulation?
Robby: No. (objection, overruled.)
Robby: No, I didn't see that.

Q: Was there anything unusual that occurred when Jim was on his knees right near you as you were playing your guitar solo facing you?
Robby: Nothing out of the ordinary I wouldn't say, no.

Q: Now, before you went on stage that evening, were you up on the balcony of the building, the dressing rooms?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Did you look out and see the crowd?
Robby: Yes.

Q: What observation did you make of the crowd?
Robby: Well, it was just a mess out there. It looked like they were just about to riot any minute. It was hot and crowded. There were thousands of people jammed into this big barn with no seats or anything and we didn't know whether we should go out and play or not.

Q: Did you take some time in arriving at a decision whether to go out or not?
Robby: We knew we had to go out or there really would be a riot, you know.

Q: When you got down to the stage and during your performance did you hear any catcalling from the audience?
Robby: Yes, quite a bit.

Q: Were they using vulgar and profane words?
Robby: Yes.

Q: And during the course of the performance did people throw things on stage?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Can you tell us what, if anything, for example, they threw that struck Jim?
Robby: The exact objects, you mean?

Q: Well, did any color or paint hit him?
Robby: Yes, toward the end of the concert. I think it was red paint got on him.

Q: During the course of the concert was somebody just off the side of the stage that was catcalling and screaming, yelling up?
Robby: Pardon?

Q: During the performance was there someone just off the stage who you particularly noticed screaming or catcalling?
Robby: No. There was a lot of catcalling but I didn't notice one person particularly.

Q: As the performance went on did the audience tend to move about or move down towards stage?
Robby: Yes.

Q: At the time the performance was about over, did people come on stage?
Robby: Yes. They tried to get up there on the stage.

Q: Did some of them come on stage?
Robby: I think so, yes. In fact, the stage was just about ready to collapse. That is when I left.

Q: Was that the reason you left?
Robby: Yes, pretty much. I mean, the concert was over, anyway.

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Robby's testimony 2

Q: Who left first?
Robby: You mean in the group? Q Yes.
Robby: I think John left first.

Q: Then Jim left?
Robby: I don't really remember. 1 think I might have left next.

Q: Were they still on stage when all four of you had left?
Robby: The people?

Q: Yes.
Robby: I guess. I didn't look back.

Q: In leaving the stage that night, you, John, Jim and Ray, were you escorted by the police or assisted through the crowd by the police?
Robby: Yes, there was some policemen there that helped us off.

Q: Were the police on stage and around the stage at all times during the concert?
Robby: I didn't see too many but I think there was some around the stage. I don't know if there was, any on the stage. I don't seem to remember that.

Q: After you were assisted through the crowd to go back to your dressing room, did you return to your dressing room?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Did the other three fellows also all return to the dressing room?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Were there other people there?
Robby: Yes, our friends were there.

Q: Do you recall approximately how long you stayed there after the concert was over?
Robby: About an hour and a half, maybe two hours.

Q: Did any policemen come up there during the time you were there?
Robby: Yes, a couple of policemen came up to get autographs. One policeman who lost his hat came up and our manager paid him for the hat.

Q: Going back to that hat, Mr. Krieger, I show you here Exhibits F and H which depict Jim wearing a hat. Do you remember that hat?
Robby: Right, yes.

Q: What happened to that hat, if anything, during the concert?
Robby: I don't know. It went out in the audience.

Q: Who threw it out?
Robby: I forget who threw it out.

Q: I will show you here as part of Exhibit No.3 a picture supposed to be Jim wearing a policeman's hat. Do you remember that?
Robby: Yes.

Q: What happened to that hat?
Robby: That hat went into the audience, too.

Q: You say the policeman came up and your manager paid him some money?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Did anything happen or was anything said at that time? Did you talk to him; did he talk to you?
Robby: I didn't talk to him but I heard them talking. He thought it was pretty funny, the policeman did.

Q: Did you shake hands with him?
Robby: I didn't but I believe he shook hands with Jim and Bill, our manager.

Q: Did they have any laughs about it?
Robby: Yes, it was very funny.

Q: By the way, do you recall seeing an animal on stage that night?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Will you describe what you saw in that respect?
Robby: Well, it was a little lamb. One of our friends from Los Angeles had brought this little lamb to the show and he had it up near the stage.

Q: Did Jim ever have the lamb in his hands?
Robby: Yes. Jim, during one of the songs, he held it up for a few minutes.

Q: So you remained upstairs in the dressing rooms after the show was over for about an hour and a half or two hours, you told us?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You say some of your friends were there, visitors?
Robby: Yes.

Q: And some police came, you say, for autographs?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Did others get autographs, too?
Robby: Yes, I think a promoter guy who owned the hall or something came back and got some autographs.


CROSS EXAMINATION BY
MR. McWILLIAMS:

Q: Robby, do you follow the philosophy that there are no rules, there are no laws?
Robby: No.

Q: Do you agree that that is Morrison's philosophy?
Robby: No, not especially.

Q: Well, do you personally feel that you have the right to disobey a law that you don't think is proper?
Robby: No, I don't feel that way.

Q: I can't hear you.
Robby: No, I don't feel that way.

Q: How much of that beer did you have back in the dressing room?
Robby: How much of the beer did I have?

Q: Right.
Robby: I don't remember.

Q: Did you have any of the beer? (objection, overruled.)
Robby: I don't remember how much beer I had.

Q: Of the two six-packs, how many cans did you drink? (objection, sustained.)

Q: How many six-packs were there back in the dressing room?
Robby: I have no idea.

Q: More than two?
Robby: I don't remember.

Q: You don't remember any beer being back in the dressing room?
Robby: I remember beer, yes. I don't know how many six-packs.

Q: Do you remember Morrison demanding that he would not go on stage until he had more beer; do you remember that?
Robby: No.

Q: You don't remember that?
Robby: No.

Q: Do you remember a discussion about having more beer before going on stage?
Robby: No, I don't.

Q: Do you remember any champagne being in the back room before going on?
Robby: No. It is pretty hazy.

Q: You don't remember?
Robby: About what happened?

Q: You don't remember too clearly?
Robby: No.

Q: How much beer did you have?
Robby: I told you I don't remember.

Q: Did you have anything else other than beer that night?
Robby: I don't think so.

Q: Did you smoke anything that night?
Robby: No.

Q: Your memory isn't too clear of that night, is it?
Robby: Not too clear. It was about a year and a half ago.

Q: How long were you in the dressing room that night before going on stage?
Robby: I think about an hour, I would say.

Q: What took so long to go on stage? You were all there, weren't you?
Robby: Jim came in late because he missed a plane and we, the other guys, were there about an hour earlier and, you know, we had to wait for Jim to get there.

Q: Do you remember seeing Jim Morrison drinking beer back in the back room, don't you?
Robby: Not especially.

Q: Who else was drinking in the back room?
Robby: Don't know.

Q: Was Ray?
Robby: He might have been.

Q: How about Bobby Densmore, do you remember seeing him drink any of the beer?
Robby: You mean John Densmore?

Q: John Densmore.
Robby: No, I don't remember.

Q: How much of the champagne did you have on stage?
Robby: I don't remember any champagne at all being in the dressing room or on stage.

Q: Do you remember a bottle being on stage, a green bottle about this big, about a foot high?
Robby: No.

Q: That doesn't stick out in your mind at all?
Robby: No.

Q: Would it be safe to say you didn't have any champagne on stage that night then?
Robby: Would it be safe to say that?

Q: Yes.
Robby: It might be.

Q: You say you heard catcalls from the audience, is that right?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You heard people call Morrison a fag, didn't you?
Robby: Yes, I think I remember something like that.

Q: It appeared to bother him, didn't it?
Robby: No more than usual.

Q: It appeared to be an insult to his manhood, didn't it?
Robby: Well, it would appear that way.

Q: What did you think Morrison meant when he said, "Do you want to see my cock"? (objection, sustained.)

Q: You heard Morrison say, "Do you want to see my cock," didn't you?
Robby: No, I didn't hear him say that.

Q: What words did you hear him say when he called for nakedness in the audience? (objection, overruled.)
Robby: I didn't hear him call for nakedness in the audience.

Q: You didn't hear him say, "I want to see some nakedness in the audience"?
Robby: I don't remember hearing him using that word.

Q: You don't remember him saying, "I want to see some bareness in the audience"?
Robby: No.

Q: You don't remember hearing him say, "Do you want to see my cock"?
Robby: No.

Q: Do you remember him saying, "I will show you mine if you will show me yours"?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You were on stage?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You heard people call him a fag?
Robby: I'm not sure I heard that but I think I heard that among other things.

Q: When he had the lamb on stage, did you hear Morrison say, "If it weren't so young I would fuck it".
Robby: I don't remember that.

Q: You don't remember hearing that?
Robby: No.

Q: Did you think it was funny when he had the lamb on stage?
Robby: I thought it was nice, yes.

Q: Did you get a few laughs over that?
Robby: That was kind ..., it wasn't funny, really. It was actually beautiful, you know.

Q: You enjoyed what he did with the lamb?
Robby: Yes.

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Robby's testimony 3

Q: Do you have any children?
Robby: No.

Q: Are you married?
Robby: No.

Q: You say you live in Beverly Hills?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Do you have your own home there?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You have been working with Morrison for three and a half years?
Robby: Yes.

Q: How many thousands of dollars do you stand to lose if he gets convicted?
Robby: If he gets convicted?

Q: That's right.
Robby: Nothing compared to what we have lost already because of this whole thing.

Q: Your entire musical success depends on what happens to Morrison in court, isn't that a fact?
Robby: I wouldn't say that, no.

Q: You have some other occupation?
Robby: No.

Q: You are by profession a musician, aren't you?
Robby: Yes.

Q: By your profession you depend on the leader of your organization, don't you?
Robby: To a certain extent.

Q: You have for three and a half years, haven't you?
Robby: Yes, to a certain extent.

Q: To your knowledge, did Morrison have any medical ailments the night of this concert; was he sick?
Robby: I don't think so.

Q: Do you remember whether he had some kind of fungus or itch that night?
Robby: I don't think so.

Q: Do you remember seeing him with his hands in his pants on several occasions on the stage?
Robby: No.

Q: You don't remember that?
Robby: No.

Q: You never saw that, is that right?
Robby: I might have seen something like that but I wouldn't remember it especially.

Q: You wouldn't remember that?
Robby: No.

Q: That is something normal to you, to have someone's hand in his pants all the way down to his crotch? (objection, question withdrawn.)

Q: Were you in front of or behind Morrison during most of the performance?
Robby: To the side, really.

Q: I show you State's Exhibit No.1 and ask you if you remember seeing that.
Robby: I would be standing over here so I wouldn't have seen that.

Q: You weren't able to see that, is that right?
Robby: I don't remember seeing it. I might have been able to see it.

Q: Where were you when the crowd surged forward and the people began coming up on the stage?
Robby: I was on the stage.

Q: Where on the stage; describe your location.
Robby: I was on the stage left.

Q: What were you doing?
Robby: Playing my guitar.

Q: Paying attention to your equipment?
Robby: Yes.

Q: You weren't watching Morrison, were you?
Robby: I can't say who I was watching at that time. I don't ... I am sure ... you mean when everybody started to come up on stage, there was a lot of excitement. There was a lot of confusion at that time.

Q: You don't know what was going on at that time, do you?
Robby: Not really. I can't remember exactly what happened.

Q: Isn't it a fact that Morrison's timing was off that night, that his words were behind the music? He was late, lagging, isn't that a fact?
Robby: In some of the songs.

Q: Was he stoned or was he drunk?
Robby: I can't answer that. He might not have been either.


REDIRECT EXAMINATION
BY MR. FINK:

Q: Was Mr. Morrison drunk that night?
Robby: Was he drunk?

Q: Yes.
Robby: No, he had complete control of his faculties.

Q: Mr. Krieger, I call you Bobby at times, how long have you known me?
Robby: How long have I known you? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Robby, are you a member of ASCAP, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Do you compose and write music?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Lyrics?
Robby: Yes.

Q: I don't want you to brag about yourself, but will you tell us whether or not you are internationally known as a guitarist?
Robby: I would say so.

Q: And able to play with any group who requires anyone who authors, composes music and needs a guitarist?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Insofar as Jim was concerned, while he was on stage and while you were observing him that night, did he continuously move about, move his arms, his legs, his body?
Robby: Yes.

Q: The picture counsel showed you, if that picture had been taken one split second or one fourth of a second later could you tell us where his hand might have been?
Robby: It could have been anywhere.

Q: So far as your memory of the events of something more than a year and a half ago, Robby, you say you aren't clear on some of the little details at this time insofar as the performance of the Doors is concerned that night. Was that any, particularly different than any other performance? (objection, sustained.)

Q: Was there anything significant about the performance of any one of you fellows that night that would create some special memory or special mark in your mind? (objection, overruled.)
Robby: It was a pretty good show, I thought. The kids had a good time and, you know, I wouldn't say we played the best we have ever played or anything like that.

The court: If you intend to answer the question, please do it. Otherwise ask your next question.
Robby: What was it?

Q: Was there anything remarkable that impressed itself on your memory that night that would cause you to remember it in detail?
Robby: No.

Q: Robby, would you tell a lie from the witness stand to me to help anybody, Jim or anyone else? (objection, overruled.)
Robby: No, I wouldn't lie on the stand.

Q: Are you an American citizen?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Are your parents American citizens?
Robby: Yes.

Q: Born in this country?
Robby: Yes.

Mr. Fink: That is all.