Jury excusal and scheduling

📄 Jury excusal and scheduling — Thursday, November 7, 1996

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TRIAL

▲ Day 11 of 57

◀ Direct examination of Detective Berris Motion: 402 opening ▶

Date: Thursday, November 7, 1996 • Utterances: 18

Judge Fujisaki excused the jury until the following morning at 9 AM, reminding them of standard admonishments. After the jury left, attorneys briefly discussed the upcoming witness schedule and motions to be heard at 1:30 PM, including a defense motion to exclude autopsy photographs and mannequins.

# 1 THE COURT:

Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen, we will excuse you until tomorrow at 9 O'clock. Don't talk the about the case. Don't form or express any opinions. We're going to not be vacationing, but we will be conducting some matters that don't concern you immediately.

But there's no need for you to be around the Court house today so you will be excused.

Let me again remind you not to read anything about this case, not watch anything on television or listen to anything on the radio. Don't let anybody talk to you or approach you about anything connected with this case or yourselves as service or as jurors on this case.

Don't talk to one another either about this case. All right. And don't form or express any opinions until this case is finally submitted to you.

See you tomorrow: Jurors exit courtroom.

# 2 MR. PETROCELLI:

Can we take a short break?

# 3 THE COURT:

Jurors are gone. Who's Werner Spitz on this list?

# 4 MR. PETROCELLI:

Excuse me.

# 5 THE COURT:

Warner Spitz.

# 6 MR. PETROCELLI:

Tomorrow morning, first thing. He's a pathologist.

# 7 THE COURT:

And you got another list for us?

# 8 MR. PETROCELLI:

I've given Mr. Baker two weeks worth of witnesses. I'm filling out your list now.

KEY QUOTE

# 9 THE COURT:

Okay. Great.

# 10 MR. BAKER:

Are they the same?

# 11 (Laughter.)

# 12 THE COURT:

All right. So at 1:30 we'll resume with the motions; is that right?

# 13 MR. PETROCELLI:

Sure.

# 14 MR. BLASIER:

Your Honor, I advised are even that one of the motions as that we want to exclude autopsy photographs and mannequins.

I asked Mr. Medvene to have those over here this afternoon so we can handle that this afternoon.

# 15 THE COURT:

All right. Fine.

# 16 MR. PETROCELLI:

No problem.

# 17 THE COURT:

See you at 1:30.

# 18 (At 10:54 A.M., a recess was taken until Thursday, October 7, 1996 at 1:30 P.M. of the same day.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Robert Blasier

one of the motions as that we want to exclude autopsy photographs and mannequins

Signals an upcoming evidentiary fight over graphic crime scene evidence and demonstrative aids

Daniel Petrocelli

I've given Mr. Baker two weeks worth of witnesses. I'm filling out your list now.

Indicates plaintiff's case is well underway with a substantial witness queue

Evidence (2)

Informal

Autopsy photographs

defense motion to exclude flagged for afternoon session

Informal

Mannequins

defense motion to exclude flagged for afternoon session

Notable Exchanges (1)

Robert Baker•Daniel Petrocelli

Baker asks whether the witness lists are the same, prompting laughter in the courtroom

light

Light Moments (1)

Robert Baker

Baker's question 'Are they the same?' about witness lists draws laughter

Witness Demeanor

(Laughter.)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 8193 • 18 utterances

Civil Trial

Department 103