A brief sidebar in which both sides agree to stipulate to the admission of exhibits 15 and 16, withdrawing any prior objections. The parties and judge quickly aligned on how to announce the agreement to the jury without drawing attention to the judge's earlier instruction to ignore the items.
# 1 (The following proceedings were held at the bench:) # 2 THE COURT: We're over at the sidebar. Where are we going to go with this?
# 3 MR. COCHRAN: We're willing I think just to go forward and we'll stipulate to any withdrawal of any objection.
KEY QUOTE # 5 MR. COCHRAN: So you can mark them. But that's it. That's what we were talking about. We were trying to save time.
# 6 THE COURT: Do I have to tell them I previously instructed them to ignore it or just let it lie?
KEY QUOTE # 7 MR. NEUFELD: Just let it lie I think because obviously it's coming in.
KEY QUOTE # 8 MS. CLARK: You know what you could do? Just say the parties agree that--
# 9 THE COURT: 15 and 16 are going to be shown to you.
# 10 MS. CLARK: Without reminding them, just say the parties agree.
# 11 MR. COCHRAN: The parties have agreed 15 and 16 can come in.