Crime | OJ Simpson OJ's Past Will Be Elephant in Courtroom Simpson must overcome baggage to beat robbery rap By Kevin Spak Posted Sep 8, 2008 10:20 AM CDT Copied In this Jan. 16, 2008 file photo O.J. Simpson, right, sits in a courtroom during his bail revocation hearing in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rick Wilking, Pool) If he gets an impartial jury, it’s possible “OJ’s going to walk again,” one trial consultant says of the armed-robbery case starting today in a Las Vegas courtroom. But finding an impartial jury is nigh-impossible when it comes to Orenthal James Simpson. Simpson’s double-murder case is bound to influence the most even-minded of jurors. "The question is: Is this case going to be decided on OJ's baggage or the facts and evidence of the case?" The case against Simpson is built on the testimony of the associates who allegedly helped with the heist; one of them, Thomas Riccio, covertly taped the incident. But the associates all have criminal pasts and, the defense will argue, credibility problems. Riccio has said he’s out to make money from the trial, including selling ad space on his limousine and cap. Read These Next Trumps ends trade talks with Canada. Gavin Newsom has filed a massive lawsuit against Fox News. New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. Supreme Court gives Trump big win on national injunctions. Report an error