A brief administrative moment at the start of a session: Judge Ito calls the court to order and asks that witness Miss Lopez be brought in from the jury room. Cochran requests a bench conference, which is held off the record. Nothing substantive occurs.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. ALL PARTIES ARE PRESENT. MISS LOPEZ?
KEY QUOTE # 3 MS. LEWIS: IN THE JURY ROOM I BELIEVE, YOUR HONOR.
# 4 THE COURT: LET'S HAVE MISS LOPEZ BROUGHT OUT, PLEASE.
# 5 MR. COCHRAN: YOUR HONOR, MAY WE APPROACH AGAIN?
# 6 THE COURT: SURE. MISS CLARK.
# 7 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.) # 8 THE COURT: MADAM REPORTER, MAY I HAVE YOU HERE BRIEFLY, PLEASE?