Jury admonition and adjournment

📄 Jury admonition and adjournment — Tuesday, November 26, 1996

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▲ Day 23 of 57

◀ Witness dismissal and scheduling In chambers: jury instructions ▶

Date: Tuesday, November 26, 1996 • Utterances: 3

Judge Fujisaki adjourns court for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, reminding jurors of their standard admonition not to discuss the case, watch news coverage, or read anything about the trial. Court will resume Tuesday, December 3, 1996.

# 1 THE COURT:

Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen, we'll adjourn until Tuesday at 8:30.

Remember the admonition I gave you at the start of this morning's session. Don't allow yourselves to be grilled about anything connected with your participation in this case, by any of your friends or family members over the holidays.

Excuse me.

Don't watch any news or read anything about this case.

Have a very happy Thanksgiving.

Thank you very much.

# 2 JURORS:

Thank you, Your Honor.

You too, Judge.

# 3 (At 10:02 A.M. an adjournment was taken until Tuesday, December 3, 1996, at 8:30 A.M.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Hiroshi Fujisaki

Don't allow yourselves to be grilled about anything connected with your participation in this case, by any of your friends or family members over the holidays.

Holiday-specific framing of the standard jury admonition — acknowledging the social pressure jurors would face at Thanksgiving gatherings.

Jurors

Thank you, Your Honor. You too, Judge.

Brief moment of human warmth between the jury and judge at the holiday break.

Light Moments (1)

Jurors

Jurors wish the judge a happy Thanksgiving in return, creating a brief cordial exchange before the holiday recess.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 8408 • 3 utterances

Civil Trial

Department 103