📄 Jury instructions — Monday, August 7, 1995
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Jury instructions

Date: Monday, August 7, 1995 • Utterances: 1
Judge Ito adjourns court for the day, ordering Professor Speed to return the next morning. He then delivers a brief tribute to Robin Clark, a Philadelphia Inquirer journalist and trial regular who died in a car accident over the weekend on PCH, noting his Pulitzer Prize nomination and the respect of his colleagues.
1 THE COURT:

All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to take our recess at this time. And, Professor Speed, you can step down. You are ordered to return tomorrow morning at 9:00 o'clock. Ladies and gentlemen, if you recollect, back when I first issued the order placing you into sequestration as a jury, I indicated to you that the court staff would keep a collection of some of the news coverage and newspapers and magazines for you. And one of the selections that we made was by a news writer by the name of Robin Clark who was a writer for the Philadelphia Enquirer, which is, as you know, one of this nation's oldest and most well-known newspapers. Mr. Clark was one of the regulars here. If you noticed, every day that you're here, there's always a regular contingent from the news media here with us, and Mr. Clark was one of the regulars. And I regret to tell you that he passed away over the weekend as a result of the--a car accident over on PCH. He studied journalism at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and he was a very accomplished writer. He was a Pulitzer Prize nominee for a story that he did while working for the Charlotte Observer and he was an excellent reporter. He was liked, admired and most importantly, respected by his colleagues, and I think that's the highest tribute that anybody can pay in the journalism profession. So this evening, we'll stand in recess in his memory. All right. You all have a nice day. Remember my admonitions.

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Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
He was liked, admired and most importantly, respected by his colleagues, and I think that's the highest tribute that anybody can pay in the journalism profession.
Ito's characterization of professional respect as the ultimate honor reflects his own values and adds a humanizing moment to an otherwise clinical trial proceeding.
Lance A. Ito
So this evening, we'll stand in recess in his memory.
The judge frames the adjournment as a tribute, giving the recess a ceremonial weight beyond routine procedure.

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Criminal Trial
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