A brief pre-session exchange in which prosecutor Goldberg asks Judge Ito whether the court will resolve a pending evidentiary issue involving the phenol test before the afternoon session. The judge's dry response and Goldberg's reply suggest the matter is still being worked out. No substantive ruling occurs.
# 1 THE COURT: ARE WE READY TO PROCEED? BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. ALL PARTIES ARE AGAIN PRESENT. DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE.
# 2 MR. GOLDBERG: YOUR HONOR, WAS THE COURT GOING TO RESOLVE THE PHENOL ISSUE BEFORE THIS AFTERNOON?
KEY QUOTE # 3 THE COURT: ARE WE THERE YET?
# 4 MR. GOLDBERG: WE'RE GETTING THERE.