Witness excused (3)

📄 Witness excused (3) — Thursday, February 2, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 11 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Terri Moore DNA testing ▶

Date: Thursday, February 2, 1995 • Utterances: 8

The prosecution declined redirect on witness Miss Moore, who was then excused by Judge Ito. Following a brief unreported sidebar, Ito dismissed the jury for the afternoon with standard sequestration instructions and a joking aside about the movie they were being made to watch.

# 1 THE COURT:

ANY REDIRECT, MR. DARDEN?

# 2 MR. DARDEN:

NO REDIRECT, YOUR HONOR. THANK YOU.

# 3 THE COURT:

MISS MOORE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. YOU ARE EXCUSED. PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYONE ELSE EXCEPT THE LAWYERS ON THE CASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT WITNESS.

# 4 MR. DARDEN:

MAY THIS WITNESS BE EXCUSED?

# 5 THE COURT:

YES. I JUST DID.

# 6 MR. DARDEN:

MAY WE APPROACH AT SIDEBAR WITHOUT THE REPORTER?

# 7 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.)

# 8 THE COURT:

THANK YOU, COUNSEL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS FOR THE AFTERNOON AT THIS TIME, AND WE WILL RESUME AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 O'CLOCK. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH ANYBODY OR ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE INFLUENCED OR CONTACTED BY ANYBODY ON THE OUTSIDE. HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING. ENJOY THE MOVIES, AND WE'LL SEE YOU -- ENJOY THE MOVIES. AND THE FLINTSTONES WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MY PICK, BUT -- WE WILL SEE YOU BACK HERE TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 O'CLOCK.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

YES. I JUST DID.

Dry correction after Darden asked for something Ito had already done — small moment of judicial impatience.

Lance A. Ito

ENJOY THE MOVIES. AND THE FLINTSTONES WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN MY PICK, BUT --

Rare moment of levity from Ito, revealing the sequestered jury's movie programming and the judge's low opinion of it.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Lance A. Ito

Darden asked if the witness could be excused moments after Ito had already done so; Ito flatly noted he had just done it.

mildly awkward

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Ito quipped that The Flintstones would not have been his movie choice for the sequestered jury's evening entertainment.

Witness Demeanor

(A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4618 • 8 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103