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.     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.     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.

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