Jury instructions

📄 Jury instructions — Thursday, February 6, 1997

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TRIAL

▲ Day 55 of 57

◀ Direct examination of Leroy Taft (part 3) Morning session opening ▶

Date: Thursday, February 6, 1997 • Utterances: 6

Robert Baker asked for a stopping point, and Judge Fujisaki adjourned the court until 9:00 AM the following morning. The judge delivered standard jury isolation instructions before dismissal.

# 1 MR. BAKER:

Is this a good point, Your Honor?

# 2 THE COURT:

Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll adjourn until 9 o'clock tomorrow. Don't talk about the case. Don't form or express any opinions. Don't read anything. Don't watch anything. Don't let anybody speak to you. Don't let anybody call you about this case. Maintain your isolation from the media and information on this case. All right?

# 3 JURORS:

Yes, sir.

# 4 THE COURT:

Thank you.

# 5 THE BAILIFF:

Quiet, please, until the jury leaves the room.

# 6 (At 4:29 P.M., an adjournment was taken until Friday, February 7, 1997, at 9:00 A.M.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Hiroshi Fujisaki

Don't talk about the case. Don't form or express any opinions. Don't read anything. Don't watch anything. Don't let anybody speak to you.

Standard but emphatic jury isolation instructions reflecting the high-profile media environment of the Simpson civil trial.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 8886 • 6 utterances

Civil Trial

Department 103