Jury instruction: photographs during scene view

📄 Jury instruction: photographs during scene view — Sunday, February 12, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 17 of 167

◀ Scene view preparation at Simpson residence Juror conduct discussion ▶

Date: Sunday, February 12, 1995 • Utterances: 1

Judge Ito, speaking to the jury on a bus during a scene view, instructed jurors to disregard any photographs they might see displayed inside the residence. He explained that the photographs' provenance was unknown — they may not reflect conditions on June 12th and could contain irrelevant content.

# 1 THE COURT:

WE'RE ON THE RECORD IN THE BUS WITH THE JURORS AND THE ALTERNATE JURORS. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? ALL RIGHT. WHEN WE GO INTO THE RESIDENCE, THERE ARE CERTAIN PHOTOGRAPHS ON WALLS AND PLACES BY THE BEDS AND THINGS. YOU ARE TO DISREGARD, IGNORE ANYTHING YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE THERE. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT ACCURATELY DEPICTS WHAT WAS THERE ON JUNE THE 12TH, AND IT MAY HAVE CONTENT THAT'S COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT TO THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE. YOU ARE TO IGNORE ANY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU SEE IN THE RESIDENCE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. WE HAVE A FEW LOGISTICAL THINGS WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. SO UNFORTUNATELY, YOU WILL BE HERE A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT I HOPE THE LUNCH IS OKAY, THE BUS IS OKAY.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

YOU ARE TO DISREGARD, IGNORE ANYTHING YOU SEE IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT ARE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS WERE THERE. WE DON'T KNOW IF IT ACCURATELY DEPICTS WHAT WAS THERE ON JUNE THE 12TH.

Core limiting instruction — prevents jurors from drawing inferences from personal photos that may have been added, removed, or altered since the night of the murders.

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Judge closes the instruction with a casual check-in about the jury's comfort: 'I hope the lunch is okay, the bus is okay.'

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4774 • 1 utterances

Criminal Trial

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