📄 Jury instructions and adjournment — Monday, April 3, 1995
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Jury instructions and adjournment

Date: Monday, April 3, 1995 • Utterances: 13
Judge Ito adjourned the session until 9:00 AM the following morning, delivering standard jury admonitions. The only notable moment was a brief, lighthearted exchange where Cochran deflected a question about what the parties could agree on by quipping that UCLA would win — which Clark immediately seconded.
1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. WOULD THIS BE A GOOD SPOT?

2 MR. GOLDBERG:

YES, IT WOULD, YOUR HONOR.

3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MISS CLARK, IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN AGREE UPON AT THIS MOMENT?

4 MR. COCHRAN:

REGARDING -- YES. SHALL I STATE IT?

5 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

6 MS. CLARK:

WELL, WHY DON'T WE --

7 MR. COCHRAN:

UCLA WILL WIN.

8 MS. CLARK:

I WILL AGREE WITH THAT.

KEY QUOTE
9 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO STAND IN RECESS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER ALL MY ADMONITIONS TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS, DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU WITH REGARD TO THE CASE. WE WILL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 9:00 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.

10 MR. COCHRAN:

MAY WE APPROACH ON ONE THING?

11 THE COURT:

SURE. ALL RIGHT. MR. FUNG, 9:00 O'CLOCK.

12 MR. FUNG:

YOUR HONOR, DID YOU WANT ME TO SEAL THIS?

13 THE COURT:

PLACE THE ITEMS BACK IN THE BOX AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Johnnie Cochran
UCLA WILL WIN.
A rare moment of levity from Cochran, using a sports quip to sidestep Ito's attempt to find legal common ground between parties.
Marcia Clark
I WILL AGREE WITH THAT.
Clark's deadpan agreement with Cochran's joke briefly united two deeply adversarial counsel in a moment of bipartisan humor.

Evidence (1)

Informal
Unspecified items in a box, likely evidence from Dennis Fung's testimony
Fung instructed to seal and return items to the clerk

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. ItoJohnnie CochranMarcia Clark
Ito asked if counsel could agree on anything; Cochran answered 'UCLA will win' and Clark immediately concurred.
light

Light Moments (1)

Johnnie Cochran
Cochran dodges the judge's request for legal consensus by predicting a UCLA victory; Clark agrees without hesitation.

Objections

None recorded
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