Jury admonition

📄 Jury admonition — Thursday, August 3, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 128 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Dr. John Gerdes (afternoon, part 3) Session closing ▶

Date: Thursday, August 3, 1995 • Utterances: 3

Judge Ito dismissed the jury for the evening recess, instructing Dr. John Gerdes to step down from the witness stand. The judge delivered standard end-of-day admonitions to the jury before recessing until 9:00 AM the following morning.

# 1 THE COURT:

All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to take our recess for the evening. Doctor, you can step down.

# 2 DR. GERDES:

Thank you.

# 3 THE COURT:

Please remember all my admonitions to you. Don't discuss the case among yourselves, don't form any opinions about the case, don't conduct any deliberations until the matter has been submitted to you, don't communicate with anybody with regard to the case. As far as the jury is concerned, we will stand in recess until 9:00 A.M. tomorrow morning. All right. You all have a pleasant evening. See you tomorrow.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

Don't discuss the case among yourselves, don't form any opinions about the case, don't conduct any deliberations until the matter has been submitted to you, don't communicate with anybody with regard to the case.

Standard jury admonition reminding jurors of their obligations during recess — particularly important mid-testimony to prevent premature deliberation or outside influence.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7944 • 3 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103