Cross-examination of Dennis Fung (part 10)

📄 Cross-examination of Dennis Fung (part 10) — Thursday, April 13, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 56 of 167

Witness: Dennis Fung
Examiner: Hank Goldberg
Called by: Defense • Date: Thursday, April 13, 1995 • Utterances: 13

A brief administrative pause during cross-examination while a physical exhibit is passed among the jury. Judge Ito reminded jurors that all admitted evidence would be available for their deliberations. The proceeding ended with a prosecution sidebar request.

# 1 (The following proceedings were held in open Court:)

# 2 THE COURT:

Mr. Scheck, do you want to check the paperclips?

# 3 MR. SCHECK:

I'm sorry?

# 4 THE COURT:

Check the paperclips.

# 5 (Brief pause.)

# 6 MR. SCHECK:

I think something fell off. Thank you.

# 7 (Brief pause.)

# 8 THE COURT:

Let me just remind the members of our jury panel that at the conclusion of the trial all the evidence that is admitted by the Court as evidence will be available for you in the jury room during your deliberations and you can examine them as long as you like.

KEY QUOTE

# 9 (Brief pause.)

# 10 (The exhibit continues to be passed amongst the jury.)

# 11 MR. GOLDBERG:

Your Honor, may we approach for a moment?

# 12 THE COURT:

Without the Court reporter?

# 13 MR. GOLDBERG:

Yes.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

Let me just remind the members of our jury panel that at the conclusion of the trial all the evidence that is admitted by the Court as evidence will be available for you in the jury room during your deliberations and you can examine them as long as you like.

Standard jury instruction about evidence access during deliberations, given while physical evidence was circulating.

Evidence (1)

Informal

An unspecified physical exhibit with paperclips, passed among the jury

examined by jury

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Barry Scheck

Ito prompts Scheck to check the paperclips on an exhibit; something had fallen off.

procedural

Light Moments (1)

Barry Scheck

Ito asks Scheck to check the paperclips; Scheck mishears and says 'I'm sorry?' before discovering something had fallen off the exhibit.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5685 • 13 utterances • Defense witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103