LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF 15-MINUTE RECESS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONG YOURSELVES, FORM ANY OPINIONS, ALLOW ANYBODY TO TALK ABOUT THE CASE. I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO STEP BACK IN THE JURY ROOM, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. MR. SHIPP, YOU MAY STEP DOWN. LET'S HAVE IT QUIET IN THE COURTROOM, PLEASE. WE'RE STILL IN SESSION.
SURE. THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THE JURY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURTROOM. MR. SHAPIRO.
YES, YOUR HONOR. WHILE YOU WERE DIRECTING YOUR ATTENTION TO COUNSEL AT SIDEBAR, I WAS CONFERRING WITH MR. SIMPSON; AND MR. SHIPP CONTINUALLY WAS STARING AT US, WAS MOUTHING SOME TYPE OF WORDS IN SOME TYPE OF ATTEMPT TO EITHER COMMUNICATE WITH ME OR WITH MR. SIMPSON, WAS MAKING VERY UNUSUAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS THAT WOULD GO FROM A GRIMACE TO A SNIRK -- TO A SMIRK, AND IT WAS IN FRONT OF THE JURY AND I FOUND IT -- I FOUND IT MYSELF TO BE VERY, VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND I TRIED TO DIRECT MY ATTENTION AWAY FROM HIM, AND I WANTED TO CALL THAT TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION.
YOUR HONOR, I HAVE BEEN SITTING AT THE BACK OF THE COURTROOM AT THE SMALLER COUNSEL TABLE DURING THE TIME THAT MR. SHIPP WAS WAITING FOR THE SIDEBAR CONFERENCE TO FINISH, AND WHAT I SAW WAS A WITNESS WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT THERE AND STARE AT THE JURY. HE COULD NOT STARE AT THE AUDIENCE. SO HE WAS LOOKING AROUND, AS IS TYPICAL OF A WITNESS WHEN ATTORNEYS ARE AT SIDEBAR. I DIDN'T SEE HIM MAKE ANY UNUSUAL EXPRESSIONS OTHER THAN THOSE TYPICAL AND CONSISTENT WITH A WITNESS WHO IS JUST TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT TO DO WHILE THE ATTORNEYS ARE AT SIDEBAR.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF WE HAVE ANY LUCK, MAYBE COURT T.V. HAD THE FOCUS ON MR. SHIPP DURING THAT TIME. WE'LL SEE. LET'S TAKE A 15-MINUTE RECESS.
KEY QUOTEMR. SHIPP CONTINUALLY WAS STARING AT US, WAS MOUTHING SOME TYPE OF WORDS IN SOME TYPE OF ATTEMPT TO EITHER COMMUNICATE WITH ME OR WITH MR. SIMPSON, WAS MAKING VERY UNUSUAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS THAT WOULD GO FROM A GRIMACE TO A SNIRK -- TO A SMIRK
WHAT I SAW WAS A WITNESS WHO DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO LOOK. HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT THERE AND STARE AT THE JURY. HE COULD NOT STARE AT THE AUDIENCE.
IF WE HAVE ANY LUCK, MAYBE COURT T.V. HAD THE FOCUS ON MR. SHIPP DURING THAT TIME. WE'LL SEE.