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📄 Back on record — Wednesday, April 12, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 55 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Dennis Fung (morning, part 2) Sidebar: examination timing ▶

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 1995 • Utterances: 6

Judge Ito called the court back on record and summoned the jury. Before the jurors entered, Barry Scheck requested a brief sidebar regarding cross-examination timing, indicating he might need up to a half hour beyond noon to finish.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. ALL PARTIES ARE AGAIN PRESENT. DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE.

# 3 MR. SCHECK:

WHILE THE JURY IS FILING IN, CAN WE APPROACH ON ONE MATTER BRIEFLY REGARDING ONE MATTER IN CROSS-EXAMINATION?

# 4 THE COURT:

HOW MUCH MORE COULD YOU HAVE?

KEY QUOTE

# 5 MR. SCHECK:

IF I DON'T FINISH AT 12:00 -- I CAN'T TELL YOU PRECISELY HOW MUCH. SHOULDN'T BE MUCH. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FINISH AT 12:00. I MAY NOT. WOULD ONLY BE A HALF HOUR MORE.

KEY QUOTE

# 6 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MISS CLARK.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

HOW MUCH MORE COULD YOU HAVE?

Judge pressing Scheck on how much cross-examination time remains, signaling impatience with pacing.

Barry Scheck

IF I DON'T FINISH AT 12:00 -- I CAN'T TELL YOU PRECISELY HOW MUCH. SHOULDN'T BE MUCH. I'M GOING TO TRY TO FINISH AT 12:00. I MAY NOT. WOULD ONLY BE A HALF HOUR MORE.

Scheck hedging on cross-examination length, suggesting the examination was running longer than anticipated.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Barry Scheck

Scheck requested to approach on a matter related to cross-examination before the jury entered; judge asked how much time remained and Scheck estimated up to a half hour beyond noon.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5656 • 6 utterances

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