Sidebar: weather

📄 Sidebar: weather — Wednesday, February 8, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 15 of 167

◀ Defendant ready to proceed Jury enters courtroom ▶

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 1995 • Utterances: 5

Cochran requested a brief off-the-record bench conference with Judge Ito, telling him it concerned 'the weather.' The actual conference was not reported by the court reporter. This appears to be a routine administrative matter, possibly related to weather affecting jurors, scheduling, or court logistics.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MR. COCHRAN, ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ASK THE JURY TO JOIN US?

# 2 MR. COCHRAN:

THERE'S ONE OTHER MATTER, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO IT LATER. I DO HAVE A QUESTION, YOUR HONOR, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH ON WITHOUT THE REPORTER.

# 3 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY.

# 4 MR. COCHRAN:

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE WEATHER.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Johnnie Cochran

I DO HAVE A QUESTION, YOUR HONOR, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH ON WITHOUT THE REPORTER.

Cochran explicitly requested the discussion be off the record, keeping the substance of the weather matter out of the official transcript.

Johnnie Cochran

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE WEATHER.

The stated reason for the unreported sidebar — almost certainly a logistical or scheduling matter rather than anything substantive.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito

Cochran asked to approach for an off-the-record discussion about the weather; Ito agreed without hesitation.

procedural

Light Moments (1)

Johnnie Cochran

A bench conference about 'the weather' — the most mundane possible reason to approach the bench off the record.

Witness Demeanor

(A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4699 • 5 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103