Jury instructions

📄 Jury instructions — Thursday, February 23, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 24 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Tom Lange (part 4) Discovery matters ▶

Date: Thursday, February 23, 1995 • Utterances: 5

Judge Ito dismisses the jury for the weekend with standard admonitions not to discuss the case or form opinions, informing them court will reconvene Monday at 9:00 a.m. Detective Lange is excused from the witness stand. Darden briefly raises a procedural matter involving F. Lee Bailey and Bill Hodgman that needs to be addressed outside the jury's presence.

# 1 MR. COCHRAN:

IT'S 4:30, YOUR HONOR.

# 2 THE COURT:

INDEED IT IS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS FOR THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS, DON'T DISCUSS IT AMONG YOURSELVES, CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU, DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU REGARDING THE CASE. AND WE WILL BE IN SESSION ON MATTERS REGARDING THE CASE, BUT WE WILL NOT REQUIRE YOUR PRESENCE ON FRIDAY. SO SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY, 9:00 O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. AND, DEPUTY JACKS, CAN WE HAVE THE COURT T.V. PHOTOGRAPHER? AND, DETECTIVE LANGE, YOU MAY STEP DOWN, SIR.

# 3 THE WITNESS:

THANK YOU.

# 4 THE COURT:

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND. SEE YOU MONDAY.

# 5 MR. DARDEN:

YOUR HONOR, YOU DID WANT MR. HODGMAN DOWN HERE, DIDN'T YOU? WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS WITH MR. BAILEY. I CAN'T GET HIM ON THE TELEPHONE, MR. HODGMAN.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

WE WILL BE IN SESSION ON MATTERS REGARDING THE CASE, BUT WE WILL NOT REQUIRE YOUR PRESENCE ON FRIDAY. SO SEE YOU BACK HERE ON MONDAY, 9:00 O'CLOCK.

Signals the court will handle out-of-jury business on Friday, suggesting pending legal matters to resolve before testimony resumes.

Christopher Darden

WE HAVE SOME BUSINESS WITH MR. BAILEY. I CAN'T GET HIM ON THE TELEPHONE, MR. HODGMAN.

Hints at unresolved procedural or evidentiary business involving F. Lee Bailey that required counsel coordination.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Lance A. Ito

Darden flags unfinished business with Bailey and Hodgman after jury is dismissed, suggesting a Friday in-chambers or sidebar matter.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4941 • 5 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103