Witness dismissal

📄 Witness dismissal — Friday, February 3, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 12 of 167

◀ Recross-examination of Catherine Boe Witness oath and introduction ▶

Date: Friday, February 3, 1995 • Utterances: 5

Judge Ito dismisses witness Miss Boe with standard instructions not to discuss her testimony with anyone other than lawyers until the trial concludes. The prosecution then requests a brief moment before calling their next witness.

# 1 THE COURT:

MISS BOE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY ELSE, EXCEPT FOR THE LAWYERS, UNTIL THE END OF THE TRIAL.

KEY QUOTE

# 2 THE WITNESS:

NO, I WON'T. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

KEY QUOTE

# 3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MR. DARDEN, YOUR NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE.

# 4 MR. DARDEN:

MAY I HAVE ONE MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?

# 5 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

MISS BOE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN. PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY ELSE, EXCEPT FOR THE LAWYERS, UNTIL THE END OF THE TRIAL.

Standard witness dismissal instruction to preserve testimony integrity.

The Witness

NO, I WON'T. HAVE A GOOD DAY.

Unusually warm and casual farewell from a witness departing the stand.

Light Moments (1)

The Witness

Witness departs with a cheerful 'HAVE A GOOD DAY.' — an unusually breezy exit from a murder trial witness stand.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4630 • 5 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103