📄 Sidebar: foundation for photographs — Wednesday, December 11, 1996
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Sidebar: foundation for photographs

Date: Wednesday, December 11, 1996 • Utterances: 10
A brief sidebar about establishing foundation for photographs taken inside an airplane cabin. Petrocelli began explaining how he planned to authenticate the exhibits through witnesses, but defense attorney Leonard withdrew any objection before Petrocelli could finish, making the whole exercise unnecessary.
1 (The following proceedings were held at the bench with the reporter:)
2 MR. PETROCELLI:

Right outside the courtroom we have Howard Bingham, another passenger on the flight. We also have Captain Wayne Stanfield. And from their criminal testimony I believe they've identified these exhibits and Mike Brewer has constituting --

3 MR. LEONARD:

Save your breath. I don't have any objection.

KEY QUOTE
4 MR. PETROCELLI:

You stipulate that this is the cabin?

5 MR. LEONARD:

No. You can establish it through the witness if you want. Just --

6 MR. PETROCELLI:

I don't want to have --

7 THE COURT:

He's withdrawn his objection.

8 MR. LEONARD:

Ask him whatever questions you want.

9 THE COURT:

Why do I have to go through this exercise?

KEY QUOTE
10 MR. PETROCELLI:

You don't.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Hiroshi Fujisaki
Why do I have to go through this exercise?
Judge's mild exasperation at the procedural back-and-forth after the objection had already been withdrawn.
Dan Leonard
Save your breath. I don't have any objection.
Defense concedes the point before plaintiff can even finish laying out the foundation argument.

Evidence (1)

Informal
Photographs of the airplane cabin, referenced as exhibits identified by witnesses Howard Bingham and Captain Wayne Stanfield
foundation being established

Notable Exchanges (1)

Daniel PetrocelliDan Leonard
Petrocelli started explaining his foundation witnesses; Leonard cut him off and withdrew any objection, though stopped short of a full stipulation.
procedural

Light Moments (1)

Hiroshi Fujisaki
Judge Fujisaki's weary 'Why do I have to go through this exercise?' after the defense withdrew its objection mid-argument.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 8620 • 10 utterances
Civil Trial
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