📄 Recess and court instructions — Tuesday, November 19, 1996
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Recess and court instructions

Date: Tuesday, November 19, 1996 • Utterances: 6
Judge Fujisaki called a 10-minute recess at Petrocelli's agreement. Standard recess instructions were issued, including an order barring the witness from speaking to media and directing the bailiff to keep media away from witnesses in the hallway.
1 THE COURT:

Want to take a recess of 10 minutes?

2 MR. PETROCELLI:

Yes, Your Honor, it's a good time.

3 THE COURT:

Witness is ordered not to speak to the media.

4 THE BAILIFF:

Media folks, stand by --

5 THE COURT:

You're ordered not to interfere with the trial process by attempting to interview the witness during the recess.

KEY QUOTE
6 THE BAILIFF:

All media out in the hallway to the right side. Do not approach any of the -- approach where the witnesses are standing for the recess.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Hiroshi Fujisaki
You're ordered not to interfere with the trial process by attempting to interview the witness during the recess.
Reflects the intense media scrutiny surrounding the civil trial and the court's active management of press access.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 8336 • 6 utterances
Civil Trial
Department 103
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