📄 Witness excusal — Wednesday, February 15, 1995
📅 Feb 15 — Day 19
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▲ Day 19 of 167

Witness excusal

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 1995 • Utterances: 2
F. Lee Bailey objected to a witness being excused, wanting to retain the ability to recall them. Judge Ito overruled the request, noting the witness is an LAPD officer whose whereabouts are known, and dismissed him before calling the next witness.
1 MR. BAILEY:

YOUR HONOR, WE WOULD LIKE THE WITNESS NOT TO BE EXCUSED.

KEY QUOTE
2 THE COURT:

HE IS AN LAPD OFFICER. HE IS AVAILABLE. WE KNOW WHERE TO FIND HIM. THANK YOU, SERGEANT. NEXT WITNESS.

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

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Key Quotes (2)

F. Lee Bailey
YOUR HONOR, WE WOULD LIKE THE WITNESS NOT TO BE EXCUSED.
Defense wanted to preserve the right to recall the officer, suggesting unfinished business with his testimony.
Lance A. Ito
HE IS AN LAPD OFFICER. HE IS AVAILABLE. WE KNOW WHERE TO FIND HIM.
Judge dismissed the concern summarily — the officer's institutional affiliation makes him easily locatable, so formal retention is unnecessary.

Notable Exchanges (1)

F. Lee BaileyLance A. Ito
Bailey sought to keep an LAPD officer witness available for recall; Ito denied it with a terse reassurance that the officer is locatable.
routine

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 4852 • 2 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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