📄 Afternoon session opening — Tuesday, April 11, 1995
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Afternoon session opening

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 1995 • Utterances: 8
The court reconvened after a break and called the jury in for the afternoon session. There was a brief exchange about additional videotape the defense intended to show, with Goldberg asking to view it first, but Judge Ito ended the discussion when the jury arrived.
1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)
2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. ALL PARTIES ARE AGAIN PRESENT. LET'S HAVE THE JURY, PLEASE.

3 MR. GOLDBERG:

YOUR HONOR, THERE'S MORE VIDEOTAPE THAT THE DEFENSE INTENDS TO SHOW THAT MR. SCHECK JUST NOW TOLD ME ABOUT. I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH VIEWING IT.

4 MR. SCHECK:

I THINK THIS IS ALL STUFF THEY'VE SEEN.

5 THE COURT:

BUT COUNSEL IS ENTITLED TO VIEW IT TO SEE WHAT SNIPPET WE'RE GOING TO BE USING HERE.

6 MR. SCHECK:

THE COURT MAY WANT TO --

7 THE COURT:

NEVER MIND. THEY'RE HERE. LET THEM IN. DEPUTY JEX.

KEY QUOTE
8 THE COURT:

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. WITH THE COURT REPORTER, PLEASE.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito
NEVER MIND. THEY'RE HERE. LET THEM IN. DEPUTY JEX.
Ito cuts off the sidebar dispute about videotape preview the moment the jury is ready, prioritizing momentum over Goldberg's request.

Evidence (1)

Informal
Videotape footage the defense intended to show, described as material Prosecution had not yet previewed
disputed informally before jury entry

Notable Exchanges (1)

Hank GoldbergBarry ScheckLance A. Ito
Goldberg objected that Scheck had just informed him of additional videotape the defense planned to show; Scheck claimed it was material they had already seen; Ito cut the discussion short when the jury arrived.
procedural

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 5633 • 8 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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