📄 Jury return — Monday, February 6, 1995
📅 Feb 6 — Day 13
⚖️ Lance A. Ito
jury
Address:
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TRIAL
▲ Day 13 of 167

Jury return

Date: Monday, February 6, 1995 • Utterances: 15
The jury was brought back into the courtroom and witness Miss Brown was called to resume the stand after a brief delay caused by a long security line at the metal detector. Darden explained the holdup to Judge Ito, who acknowledged it with a brief 'busy day' comment.
1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)
2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE.

3 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)
4 THE COURT:

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. PLEASE BE SEATED.

5 MR. GORDON:

MR. DARDEN IS BRINGING THE WITNESS DOWN.

6 THE COURT:

THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT WE'VE BEEN REJOINED BY ALL OF OUR JURORS. MR. DARDEN IS BRINGING THE WITNESS DOWN?

7 MR. GORDON:

HE'LL BE HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.

8 (BRIEF PAUSE.)
9 THE COURT:

MR. DARDEN, DO YOU HAVE MISS BROWN?

10 MR. DARDEN:

SHE'S GOING THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR, YOUR HONOR.

KEY QUOTE
11 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

12 MR. DARDEN:

THERE'S A VERY, VERY LONG LINE OUT THERE, VERY LONG.

KEY QUOTE
13 THE COURT:

BUSY DAY.

14 (BRIEF PAUSE.)
15 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MISS BROWN, WOULD YOU RESUME THE WITNESS STAND, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MISS BROWN. YOU ARE REMINDED YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH. MR. DARDEN.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Christopher Darden
SHE'S GOING THROUGH THE METAL DETECTOR, YOUR HONOR.
Explains the brief delay in resuming testimony.
Christopher Darden
THERE'S A VERY, VERY LONG LINE OUT THERE, VERY LONG.
Conveys the high-profile nature of the trial drawing large crowds to the courthouse.
Lance A. Ito
BUSY DAY.
Dry acknowledgment of the chaotic courthouse atmosphere surrounding the trial.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. ItoChristopher Darden
Short back-and-forth explaining why the witness was delayed — she was in a long security line.
casual

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito
Ito responds to the news of a very long security line with a deadpan 'Busy day.'

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 4676 • 15 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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