Witness excused and next witness sworn

📄 Witness excused and next witness sworn — Thursday, November 14, 1996

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TRIAL

▲ Day 15 of 57

◀ Cross-examination of Renee Montgomery (2) Direct examination of Gary Sims (morning, part 1) ▶

Date: Thursday, November 14, 1996 • Utterances: 12

Juror Montgomery was excused from the stand, followed by the admission of Plaintiffs' Exhibit 326 into evidence without objection. Gary Alan Sims was then called as a witness for the plaintiffs and sworn in.

# 1 THE COURT:

Thank you.

You're excused.

# 2 (Witness excused.)

# 3 MR. LAMBERT:

Could I move into evidence, Your Honor, one exhibit, 326.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. BLASIER:

No objection.

# 5 THE COURT:

Received.

# 6 (The instrument previously marked as Plaintiffs' Exhibit 326 was received in evidence.)

# 7 MR. LAMBERT:

Plaintiff calls Gary Sims, Your Honor.

# 8 THE CLERK:

Please raise right hand.

GARY ALAN SIMS, called as a witness on behalf of Plaintiffs, was duly sworn and testified as follows:

# 9 THE CLERK:

You do solemnly swear that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?

# 10 THE WITNESS:

I do.

# 11 THE CLERK:

please be seated. And, sir, if you would, please state and spell your name for the record.

# 12 THE WITNESS:

My name is Gary Alan Sims, G-A-R-Y, A-L-A-N, S-I-M-S.

DIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. LAMBERT:

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Tom Lambert

Could I move into evidence, Your Honor, one exhibit, 326.

Admission of a plaintiffs' exhibit, accepted without defense objection.

Gary Alan Sims

My name is Gary Alan Sims, G-A-R-Y, A-L-A-N, S-I-M-S.

Introduction of a new witness, likely a DNA or forensic expert given the name matches the LAPD criminalist Gary Sims known from this trial.

Evidence (1)

Plaintiffs' 326

Unspecified exhibit admitted without objection at the transition between witnesses

introduced

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 8260 • 12 utterances

Civil Trial

Department 103