Morning session opening

📄 Morning session opening — Thursday, February 16, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 20 of 167

Date: Thursday, February 16, 1995 • Utterances: 8

Brief opening of a court session in which the judge calls the proceedings to order, notes all counsel present on both sides, and directs the jury to be brought in. Marcia Clark requests that the witness be allowed to take the stand, and the judge approves. No substantive argument or testimony occurs.

# 1 (JANET M. MOXHAM, CSR NO. 4855, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 2 (CHRISTINE M. OLSON, CSR NO. 2378, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 3 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

# 4 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL.

# 5 MR. COCHRAN:

GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR.

# 6 THE COURT:

BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE COURT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. DOUGLAS, MR. BAILEY. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MISS CLARK AND MR. DARDEN. COUNSEL, THERE IS ANYTHING WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE INVITE THE JURY INTO JOIN US? ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAGNERA, WOULD YOU INVITE THE JURY TO JOIN US, PLEASE.

# 7 MS. CLARK:

MAY THE WITNESS TAKE THE STAND, YOUR HONOR?

KEY QUOTE

# 8 THE COURT:

YES.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE COURT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. DOUGLAS, MR. BAILEY. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MISS CLARK AND MR. DARDEN.

Official record of all counsel present for the session.

Marcia Clark

MAY THE WITNESS TAKE THE STAND, YOUR HONOR?

Signals that direct examination is about to begin; prosecution is ready to proceed.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5027 • 8 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103