THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT WE'VE NOW BEEN REJOINED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR JURY PANEL. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
GLAD TO SEE THAT YOU ALL DRESSED COMFORTABLY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME TELL YOU THE PURPOSE OF OUR COURT SESSION HERE TODAY. WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO FOUR LOCATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE FACTS AND ISSUES OF THIS CASE. THE REASON WE ARE DOING THIS ON A SUNDAY IS BECAUSE OF THE DISRUPTION OF TRAFFIC IN THE AREA THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO CONDUCT A COURT SESSION OUT IN THE FIELD. WE WILL HAVE TO ACTUALLY BLOCK STREETS TO ALLOW US AND YOU TO HAVE A VIEW OF THESE LOCATIONS WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE, WITH ANY OUTSIDE INFLUENCES, AND IT'S EASIEST TO DO THIS ON A SUNDAY BECAUSE OF THE LESSER AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S INVOLVED AND THE FEWEST NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WE WILL HAVE TO INCONVENIENCE. AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE INCONVENIENCING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. SO WE NEED TO GET THROUGH OUR VIEW OF THE SCENES AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE GOING TO FOUR LOCATIONS. OUR FIRST STOP WILL BE AT 11663 GORHAM AVENUE. AND THE TESTIMONY SO FAR HAS BEEN THAT THAT IS THE APARTMENT THAT WAS OCCUPIED BY RONALD GOLDMAN IN JUNE OF 1994. OUR PURPOSE IS TO ALLOW YOU TO SEE WHERE IT IS PHYSICALLY, THAT THAT APARTMENT HOUSE IS LOCATED. WE WILL THEN GO TO THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT AT 11750 SAN VICENTE BOULEVARD. AND THE PURPOSE IS SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO JUDGE THE PROXIMITY OF MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT TO THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT. AT BOTH THE GORHAM ADDRESS, MR. GOLDMAN'S APARTMENT, AND AT THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT, WE WILL STOP THE BUS FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. THAT WILL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE SITTING ON OPPOSITE BESIDES OF THE BUS TO WALK OVER TO VIEW THE LOCATION. HOWEVER, WE WILL NOT GET OUT OF THE BUS TO LOOK AT THOSE LOCATIONS SINCE THE ISSUE IS WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE CASE. MERELY TO SHOW YOU THE LOCATION. WE WILL THEN GO FROM THE MEZZALUNA RESTAURANT TO 875 SOUTH BUNDY. WHEN WE GET TO SOUTH BUNDY, OBVIOUSLY WE WILL HAVE YOU LOOK AT THE EXTERIOR, WHERE THE BODIES WERE FOUND, WHERE SOME OF THE BLOOD EVIDENCE WAS FOUND. WE WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO INTO THE ALLEYWAY THERE UP AND BACK, AND YOU WILL BE ESCORTED BY THE BAILIFFS AND THEY WILL TAKE YOU ALONG THE ITINERARY WE PLANNED ON THE OUTSIDE. WE WILL ALSO HAVE A VIEWING OF THE INTERIOR, THE BASEMENT, MAIN FLOOR, TOP FLOOR OF WHERE THE BEDROOMS ARE SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE FLOOR PLAN THAT'S THERE. FROM THE BUNDY SCENE, WE WILL GO TO THE DEFENDANT'S RESIDENCE ON ROCKINGHAM IN BRENTWOOD. THIS IS TO ALLOW YOU TO VIEW THE RELEVANT AREAS, THE BEDROOM, THE OUTSIDE WALKWAY, ALONG THE FENCE, OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE TESTIFIED TO DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE IN A FORMAL COURT SESSION THE ENTIRE TIME THAT WE ARE ON THIS TRIP. AND THAT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE NO TALKING DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRIP UNLESS I DECIDE TO ADDRESS YOU OR GIVE YOU FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS WHILE WE'RE OUT IN THE FIELD. THERE WILL BE NO QUESTIONS ASKED. NO WITNESSES WILL TESTIFY. YOU WILL BE ASKED NOT TO TOUCH ANYTHING THAT YOU SEE ALONG THE WAY. YOU MAY TAKE YOUR NOTEBOOKS WITH YOU. HOWEVER, YOU WILL RETURN THEM TO THE BAILIFF AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR COURT SESSION IN THE FIELD. THIS IS GOING TO BE A RATHER LONG DAY. WE WILL BE TAKING PROBABLY MOST OF THE DAY. YOU SHOULD EXPECT SOME DELAY WHEN WE GET TO EACH OF THE LOCATIONS, AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY. WHEN WE GET TO THE BUNDY ADDRESS AND ROCKINGHAM ADDRESS, I NEED TO ACCOMPANY THE ATTORNEYS TO TAKE ONE LAST WALK THROUGH OUR PLANNED TOUR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL AGREE AS TO WHAT IT IS WE WILL BE SHOWING TO YOU. SO THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE US ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES TO DO BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET STARTED WITH BRINGING YOU OFF THE BUS. WE WILL ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE SMALL AREAS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS TOUR, BREAK YOU UP INTO GROUPS OF FOUR AND FIVE THAT I RANDOMLY SELECTED TO TAKE YOU THROUGH. KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU VIEW EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE NOW EIGHT MONTHS TO THE DAY FROM JUNE THE 12TH, 1994 AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED GIVING THE PASSAGE OF TIME, AND YOU SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND. NOW, I WANT TO WARN YOU OF ONE PARTICULAR THING. I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY PERSONS ALREADY OUT AT THE SCENES THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ATTEMPT BY PERSONS IN THE PUBLIC TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS TO YOU, TO SOMEHOW TRY TO INFLUENCE YOU ON THIS CASE. WE ARE -- THE COURT IS IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. WE WILL BE IN A FORMAL COURT SESSION. AND OBVIOUSLY IF WE WERE IN THE COURTROOM AND SOMEBODY TRIED TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU EITHER VERBALLY OR BY SIGNS OR BY GESTURES, THAT PERSON WOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE COURTROOM AND I WOULD ADMONISH YOU TO IGNORE WHATEVER IT IS THEY SAID OR DONE. THE PROBLEM IS, WE WILL BE OUT -- LITERALLY OUT IN BRENTWOOD. WE CANNOT INTERFERE WITH INDIVIDUAL PERSONS' RIGHT TO WRITE WHATEVER THEY WANT ON PLACARDS OR BANNERS. IF THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE ENTITLED TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. A MAN OR WOMAN'S HOUSE IS THEIR CASTLE AND THE COURT CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THAT UNLESS THAT PERSON DELIBERATELY TRIES TO DISRUPT OUR COURT PROCEEDING. I AM ORDERING YOU NOW TO IGNORE ANY ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE ANYTHING TO YOU WHILE WE ARE OUT IN THE FIELD. AND I'M SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY WE HAVE IN DOING THIS. BUT IF YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE BAILIFF AND SO THAT I CAN TAKE WHATEVER REMEDIAL MEASURES ARE APPROPRIATE. AND THEN PLEASE REMEMBER THAT I AM ORDERING YOU AS PART OF OUR STANDARD ADMONITION NOT TO ALLOW ANYBODY TO ATTEMPT TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AS TO ANY OF THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WILL NOW ADJOURN TO THE TRANSPORTATION BUSES AND WE WILL NEXT SEE YOU AT THE BUNDY LOCATION. ALL RIGHT. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE SWEAR THE BAILIFF.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND, PLEASE. YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE JURY AND KEEP THEM TOGETHER, THAT YOU WILL NOT SPEAK TO THEM UPON ANY SUBJECT CONNECTED WITH THIS CASE EXCEPT BY ORDER OF THE COURT, AND YOU WILL RETURN THEM INTO THIS COURT WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DELAY AFTER VIEWING THE PLACE OR PROPERTY, SO HELP YOU GOD?
DEPUTY MAGNERA: YES, I WILL.
KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU VIEW EACH OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT WE ARE NOW EIGHT MONTHS TO THE DAY FROM JUNE THE 12TH, 1994 AND OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED GIVING THE PASSAGE OF TIME, AND YOU SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND.
A MAN OR WOMAN'S HOUSE IS THEIR CASTLE AND THE COURT CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THAT UNLESS THAT PERSON DELIBERATELY TRIES TO DISRUPT OUR COURT PROCEEDING.
I HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY PERSONS ALREADY OUT AT THE SCENES THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ATTEMPT BY PERSONS IN THE PUBLIC TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU, TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS TO YOU, TO SOMEHOW TRY TO INFLUENCE YOU ON THIS CASE.