Defense counsel Cochran flagged a discrepancy between what a witness said ('Mark' Fuhrman) and what the interpreter rendered ('Mike' Fuhrman), prompting the sidebar to clarify the record. The bench conference quickly expanded into sniping between Cochran and Darden over courtroom delays, and a tense exchange about investigator Bill Pavelic and pending discovery, with Ito indicating he planned to adjourn at 4:30 and put on record that all materials had been turned over.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD AT THE BENCH:) # 2 MR. COCHRAN: THE ONLY REASON I WANTED TO APPROACH THE BENCH, IT SEEMED TO ME SHE SAID MARK FUHRMAN. THE INTERPRETER SAID MIKE FUHRMAN. WE WERE LISTENING. SO I THINK --
# 3 THE COURT: THAT'S WHAT THE INTERPRETER SAID, BUT I THOUGHT THE WITNESS SAID "MARK." WHY DON'T YOU GO BACK AND CLARIFY THAT.
# 4 MR. COCHRAN: ALL RIGHT.
# 5 MR. DARDEN: ARE WE JUST KILLING TIME OR SOMETHING HERE OR WHAT?
KEY QUOTE # 6 MR. COCHRAN: WE ARE KILLING TIME WITH ALL YOUR OBJECTIONS.
KEY QUOTE # 7 THE COURT: HOW LATE DO YOU WANT TO GO?
# 8 MR. DARDEN: JUDGE, IF YOU KNEW WHAT I KNEW, YOU WOULD JUST WANT TO GO ALL NIGHT ON THIS. BUT, YOU KNOW --
KEY QUOTE # 9 THE COURT: I'M PROBABLY GOING TO QUIT AT 4:30.
# 10 MR. DARDEN: I'M HOPING MY INVESTIGATORS WILL GET IN HERE BECAUSE I MAY --
# 11 THE COURT: WHEN WE QUIT AT 4:30, WE'LL BRING PAVELIC IN AND PUT ON THE RECORD THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TURNED OVER.
# 12 MS. CLARK: WE ARE ASSUMING FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE.
# 13 THE COURT: YES. AND WE KNOW --
# 14 MR. COCHRAN: JUDGE --
# 15 THE COURT: -- THEY'VE BEEN TWICE BURNED NOW.
# 16 MR. COCHRAN: JUDGE, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? LET ME SAY SOMETHING.
# 17 MS. CLARK: NO. PLEASE, NOT NOW.
# 18 MR. COCHRAN: AFTER YOU MAKE THESE STATEMENTS, THEN YOU WANT TO WALK AWAY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU DO THAT. THERE IS -- WHEN YOU HAVE I SUPPOSE EIGHT, NINE, 10 LAWYERS, YOU TRY TO MAKE SURE YOU GET EVERYTHING.
KEY QUOTE # 19 THE COURT: LET'S NOT ARGUE THIS POINT NOW.
# 20 MS. CLARK: AND I'M LESS THAN SYMPATHETIC.