Jury entry

📄 Jury entry — Thursday, August 10, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 133 of 167

◀ Sidebar (1) Direct examination of Dr. Michael Baden (morning, part 1) ▶

Date: Thursday, August 10, 1995 • Utterances: 13

The jury was brought into the courtroom and Judge Ito apologized for the previous day's delays before defense attorney Robert Shapiro called Dr. Michael Baden as the next defense witness. Baden was sworn in by the clerk and took the stand.

# 1 (The following proceedings were held in open court, in the presence of the jury:)

# 2 THE COURT:

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

THE JURY: Good morning.

# 3 THE COURT:

The record should reflect that we have been rejoined by all the members of our jury panel. Ladies and gentlemen, I had a--excuse me. Deputy, I think we need to leave that.

# 4 THE BAILIFF:

Okay.

# 5 THE COURT:

That is the beverage of choice of the witness. Ladies and gentlemen, my apologies to you for the delays yesterday. A number of issues came up that I had to resolve out of your presence and it just wound up taking more time. And the witness was not--the next witness was not then available in the afternoon, as I had anticipated, so my apologies to you. I hope they took you out and did some extra shopping or something yesterday. And we will proceed with a full Court day today. All right. The Defense--Mr. Shapiro, are you going to present the next witness?

KEY QUOTE

# 6 MR. SHAPIRO:

Yes, I am. Thank you very much, your Honor.

# 7 THE COURT:

All right.

# 8 MR. SHAPIRO:

Good morning. Your Honor, with the Court's permission we call Dr. Michael Baden.

KEY QUOTE

# 9 THE COURT:

All right. Dr. Baden.

Michael Baden, called as a witness by the Defendant, was sworn and testified as follows:

# 10 THE CLERK:

Please raise your right hand. You do solemnly swear that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this court, shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God.

# 11 DR. BADEN:

I do.

# 12 THE CLERK:

Please have a seat on the witness stand and state and spell your first and last names for the record.

# 13 DR. BADEN:

Michael Baden, B-A-D-E-N.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Lance A. Ito

That is the beverage of choice of the witness.

Light aside to the jury about a drink left on the stand, humanizing the moment before a key defense witness testifies.

Lance A. Ito

I hope they took you out and did some extra shopping or something yesterday.

Ito-style attempt to maintain goodwill with the jury after an unexplained delay day.

Robert Shapiro

Your Honor, with the Court's permission we call Dr. Michael Baden.

Introduction of a major defense expert witness — Baden was a prominent forensic pathologist retained by the defense.

Light Moments (2)

Lance A. Ito

Judge Ito points out a beverage left on the witness stand, calling it 'the beverage of choice of the witness,' drawing a small laugh before the jury.

Lance A. Ito

Ito jokes that he hopes the jury was taken out for 'extra shopping or something' to compensate for the previous day's wasted time.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7256 • 13 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103