Direct examination of Thano Peratis (preliminary hearing)

📄 Direct examination of Thano Peratis (preliminary hearing) — Tuesday, August 1, 1995

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TRIAL

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◀ Direct examination of Thano Peratis (grand jury) Sidebar (2) ▶

Witness: Thano Peratis
Examiner: Robert Shapiro
Called by: Prosecution • Date: Tuesday, August 1, 1995 • Utterances: 12

Judge Ito introduces the playing of a videotaped deposition of Thano Peratis from the July 7, 1994 preliminary hearing. The tape runs approximately 10 minutes. Ito notes a court-ordered edit removed from the tape before jury viewing.

# 1 THE COURT:

All right. Thank you, gentlemen. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are next going to exhibit to you a videotape of Mr. Peratis' testimony during the preliminary hearing. You will notice that there is one blip in the tape. It is an edit of some material that I ordered removed from the tape before it was played to you. So if you see that blip, that's what that is. All right. And Mr.--who's presenting this? Mr. Shapiro?

# 2 MR. SHAPIRO:

Yes.

# 3 THE COURT:

We need a statement regarding date and time of the proffered evidence.

# 4 MR. SHAPIRO:

Yes, your Honor. We called as a witness July 7th, 1994 at the preliminary hearing in this matter witness Thano Peratis.

# 5 THE COURT:

July 7 as a Prosecution witness.

# 6 MR. SHAPIRO:

I'm sorry. The Prosecution called as a witness at the preliminary hearing.

KEY QUOTE

# 7 THE COURT:

All right. July 7.

# 8 MR. SHAPIRO:

And called by Miss Clark, was cross-examined by myself.

# 9 THE COURT:

All right. Let's proceed.

# 10 MR. SHAPIRO:

Thank you, your Honor.

# 11 (At 2:12 P.M., Defendant's exhibit 1283, a videotape, was played.)

# 12 (At 2:22 P.M., the playing of the videotape was concluded.)

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

You will notice that there is one blip in the tape. It is an edit of some material that I ordered removed from the tape before it was played to you.

Ito preemptively explains a visible edit to prevent juror confusion or speculation about what was cut.

Robert Shapiro

The Prosecution called as a witness at the preliminary hearing... called by Miss Clark, was cross-examined by myself.

Establishes provenance: this is prosecution testimony that the defense is now introducing, a notable strategic inversion.

Evidence (1)

Defendant's 1283

Videotape of Thano Peratis' preliminary hearing testimony, July 7, 1994

played to jury, 2:12–2:22 P.M.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Robert Shapiro

Shapiro initially misattributes the witness as a defense witness before correcting himself — Peratis was a prosecution witness at the preliminary hearing, now being introduced by the defense at trial.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7123 • 12 utterances • Prosecution witness

Criminal Trial

Department 103