Simpson case hinges on motive By Debbie Howletl USA TODAY LOS ANGELES - If prosecutors hope to convict OJ. S i m w n of two brutal mur31 d& exnetts sav thev have to e e r be qu&on-l~temcst , in the pubhc's mlnd: Why? "It'isupremely l m p o t h t to w i g n a motive," says Robert Hhchhom, a jury consultant from Texas. "Lenallv. it's not required. But &I& TV has shaped our view of the judicial 1 nies he stalked his ex-wife. Prosecutors will have to plot a-stotylineas tidy =an episode of She Wmte,permad. Murder mn iurors an ~~ ~ ok?sed - ---.~- OJ. .... ampson stalked his exwife, Nicole Simpson, in the weeks 1 before her murder and that of her friend, Ronald Goldman. While the defense team d e clines to talk about motives ascribed to O.J. Simpson, they deny that he ever staked Nicole S i m p n . And lead counsel Robert a Shapiro said Last week grand ,: jury tmnxripts showed O.J. S i p n used "remarkable r e s&ainr' in dealing with a man Nicole Simpson started dating before their divorce was 6nal. But prosecuton' theories $1 - .~~~ ~ - reatened his Life words to the effect, 'I could kill you, you son of a bitch,' " says RW.P e n, a Denver invesdgator d by a group called "Friends of Nicole." gcmd on May 24,19 days before Peterson says "Friends of she was Wed. Nicole" consists of one person "She dropped the bombshell keenly interested in spousal and he realized that would be abuse h e s and two "close it," Peterson says. Mends" of Nicole's. "They (his employers) feel, Nicole Simpson moved out there's a gocd chance he's g(r of OJ. Simpson's house for ing to walk because the d e rehe is making such a show ot muhdvine the kite[ and trvine &ng juty," he sa$ rts say the only sure a hum-. iuw in A c k without eye wimesses is to offer a motive. "If you've got one of those - - 'smoking pun' cases,who cares why the killer did it," saysGteg Garrison, an Indianpoh lawyer who prosecuted boxer Mike Tvson. To tdat end, pnsecutots ,Are trying to interview Sirnoson's adult children hwn a prkvious maniage, Jason and Amelle. b Seized answeriapmachine t a p from Nicole Sipson's house with rambling and angry monolomes from Simwn, the Los ~ng-elesTimes reported. It's dear from lranscripts of the aborted grand jury p r e c e e d i n ~that police and prosecutors are considering a s h a t e gy that includes painting a portrait of OJ. Simpson as jealous and unstable. Nicole Simpson's former boyfriend Keith Wornsowitch, who testified before the grand iury, is laying low at the request of the court, says his mother, Lois Zlomsowitch. He told the grand jury he had several intimidating encounters with O.J. Simpson dwing a month-long amtir with Nicole Simpson in 1992.