A brief pause between witnesses as the prosecution's next witness, Candace Garvey, was not yet in the courtroom. Judge Ito dismissed the jury to the jury room while she was brought down from upstairs, then called counsel to a sealed sidebar.
# 1 THE COURT: MR. DARDEN, YOUR NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE.
# 3 MR. DARDEN: YOUR HONOR, THE NEXT WITNESS IS GOING TO BE CANDACE GARVEY. I'M NOT SURE THAT SHE IS DOWN YET.
KEY QUOTE # 4 MR. GORDON: DO YOU WANT ME TO GO UP AND GET HER?
# 5 MR. DARDEN: IT IS GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES.
# 6 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET ME THEN JUST ASK YOU TO JUST STEP BACK INTO THE JURY ROOM JUST FOR THE WITNESS TO BE BROUGHT DOWN FROM UPSTAIRS. AS SOON AS SHE IS HERE, WE WILL GET STARTED WITH EVIDENCE. ALL RIGHT.
# 7 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 8 THE COURT: AND LET ME SEE COUNSEL AT THE SIDE BAR WITH THE REPORTER, PLEASE.
# 9 (PAGES 13413 THROUGH 13414, VOLUME 81A, TRANSCRIBED AND SEALED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.)