Brief administrative opening of a session in the criminal trial. Judge Ito confirmed all parties were present and directed the prosecution to call its next witness, then brought the jury in to proceed.
# 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 THE PARTIES ARE PRESENT. MR. DARDEN, YOU HAVE YOUR NEXT WITNESS?
KEY QUOTE # 3 MR. DARDEN: YES, YOUR HONOR.
# 4 THE COURT: LET'S HAVE THE JURY, PLEASE.
# 5 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 6 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BE SEATED. MR. DARDEN, YOU MAY CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.