The jury is handed transcripts in preparation for playing a tape, with brief courtroom confusion as Clark complains the defense took the prosecution's copy. Judge Ito restores order and Darden accepts Cochran's representation that the tape has not been enhanced or edited.
# 1 MR. COCHRAN: MAY WE DISTRIBUTE THEM TO THE JURORS, YOUR HONOR?
# 2 THE COURT: YES. DEPUTY JACKSON, WOULD YOU DISTRIBUTE THOSE TO THE JURY, PLEASE.
# 3 (THE BAILIFF COMPLIES.) # 4 MR. DARDEN: BEFORE WE PLAY THE TAPE, MAY WE INSPECT THE TAPE PHYSICALLY BEFORE IT'S PLAYED?
# 6 THE COURT: FOLKS, IF YOU JUST HOLD ON TO THOSE TRANSCRIPTS. DON'T READ THEM UNTIL WE ACTUALLY START PLAYING THE TAPE THAT IT PERTAINS TO.
# 7 MS. CLARK: YOUR HONOR, MAY WE GET ANOTHER COPY? DEFENSE JUST TOOK THE COPY WE WERE USING.
# 8 THE COURT: I'M SORRY, MISS CLARK. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
# 9 MS. CLARK: CAN WE GET ANOTHER CLEAN COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT? THE COURT -- THE DEFENSE JUST TOOK THE ONE WE WERE USING.
# 10 THE COURT: I THINK IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT YOU HAVE WITHOUT THE ENVELOPE, ISN'T IT?
# 11 MS. CLARK: I REALIZE THAT, YOUR HONOR. BUT WE WANTED TO MARK IT AND DEFENSE OBJECTED TO THE COPY --
# 13 MR. COCHRAN: I GAVE YOU ONE I THOUGHT, COUNSEL.
# 14 MR. HARRIS: I HAVE ONE HERE.
# 15 THE COURT: WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. COUNSEL, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. WHEN I SAY WAIT, EVERYBODY STOPS TALKING AND SITS DOWN. ALL RIGHT. MISS CLARK, HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE TAPE? MR. DARDEN?
# 16 MR. DARDEN: I HAVE, YOUR HONOR. MR. COCHRAN HAS TOLD ME THAT THE TAPE HAS NOT BEEN ENHANCED OR OTHERWISE EDITED, AND I ACCEPT THAT REPRESENTATION. THANK YOU, SIR.
KEY QUOTE # 17 MR. COCHRAN: THANK YOU, SIR.
# 18 THE COURT: MR. COCHRAN, YOU MAY PROCEED.
# 19 MR. COCHRAN: THANK YOU VERY KINDLY, YOUR HONOR.