Morning session opening

📄 Morning session opening — Tuesday, April 11, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 54 of 167

◀ Scheduling hearing and adjournment Sidebar: juror incident ▶

Date: Tuesday, April 11, 1995 • Utterances: 6

Judge Ito opens the court session, notes the presence of OJ Simpson and all counsel, and confirms the jury is not present. Cochran immediately requests a sidebar conference with the court reporter.

# 1 (JANET M. MOXHAM, CSR NO. 4855, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 2 (CHRISTINE M. OLSON, CSR NO. 2378, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 3 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

# 4 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE COURT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. BLASIER, MR. SCHECK. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MISS CLARK, MR. DARDEN AND MR. GOLDBERG. THE JURY IS NOT PRESENT. COUNSEL, ANYTHING WE NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE INVITE THE JURORS TO JOIN US?

KEY QUOTE

# 5 MR. COCHRAN:

YES. MAY WE -- I NEED TO MAKE AN INQUIRY OF THE COURT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN INQUIRY OF THE COURT. CAN WE DO IT AT THE SIDE BAR?

KEY QUOTE

# 6 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY. WITH THE COURT REPORTER, PLEASE.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER.

Standard opening establishing the record for the session.

Johnnie Cochran

I NEED TO MAKE AN INQUIRY OF THE COURT. CAN WE DO IT AT THE SIDE BAR?

Signals there is a matter to address outside the jury's presence, before proceedings begin.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Johnnie Cochran

Cochran requests a sidebar immediately after the judge opens court and asks if there is anything to discuss.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5629 • 6 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103