Witness sworn

📄 Witness sworn — Thursday, February 2, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 11 of 167

◀ Witness excused Direct examination of Michael Stevens ▶

Date: Thursday, February 2, 1995 • Utterances: 9

Judge Ito briefly explains to the jury why they were briefly excused (to review physical evidence admissibility for the next witness), then Christopher Darden calls Senior D.A. Investigator Michael Stevens as the People's next witness. Stevens is sworn in by the clerk.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OCCASIONALLY WHEN A NEW WITNESS IS GOING TO BE CALLED, I HAVE TO REVIEW SOME OF THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT IS GOING TO BE OFFERED DURING THE COURSE OF THAT WITNESS' TESTIMONY TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ADMISSIBLE AND SOMETHING THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO SEE AND THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DOING IN YOUR ABSENCE. ALL RIGHT. MR. DARDEN, YOU MAY CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.

# 3 MR. DARDEN:

SENIOR D.A. INVESTIGATOR MIKE STEVENS, YOUR HONOR.

MICHAEL STEVENS, CALLED AS A WITNESS BY THE PEOPLE, WAS SWORN AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:

# 4 THE CLERK:

PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COURT, SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.

# 5 THE WITNESS:

I DO.

# 6 THE CLERK:

PLEASE BE SEATED AND STATE AND SPELL YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES FOR THE RECORD.

# 7 THE WITNESS:

MICHAEL STEVENS, M-I-C-H-A-E-L S-T-E-V-E-N-S.

# 8 THE COURT:

MR. DARDEN.

# 9 MR. DARDEN:

THANK YOU.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

OCCASIONALLY WHEN A NEW WITNESS IS GOING TO BE CALLED, I HAVE TO REVIEW SOME OF THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT IS GOING TO BE OFFERED DURING THE COURSE OF THAT WITNESS' TESTIMONY TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS ADMISSIBLE AND SOMETHING THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU TO SEE AND THAT IS WHAT WE WERE DOING IN YOUR ABSENCE.

Ito's transparency with the jury about sidebar/in-chambers proceedings, signaling physical evidence is forthcoming through this witness.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4583 • 9 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103