Witness excused, jury recesses

📄 Witness excused, jury recesses — Wednesday, February 8, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 15 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Elsie Tistaert Courtroom monitors discussion ▶

Date: Wednesday, February 8, 1995 • Utterances: 17

Judge Ito excused witness Miss Tistaert for the afternoon and called a recess rather than begin a new witness with only seven minutes remaining. He announced to the jury that he has been arranging a field visit to the Bundy and Rockingham addresses within the next one to two weeks so jurors can see the actual crime scene locations.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. COCHRAN. MISS CLARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS?

# 2 MS. CLARK:

NO, YOUR HONOR.

# 3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MISS TISTAERT?

# 4 THE WITNESS:

YES.

# 5 THE COURT:

I'M GOING TO EXCUSE YOU FOR THE AFTERNOON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN.

# 6 THE WITNESS:

OKAY.

# 7 THE COURT:

PLEASE DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY ELSE, EXCEPT THE LAWYERS ON THE CASE, UNTIL THE MATTER IS OVER. OKAY?

# 8 THE WITNESS:

YES.

# 9 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASSIST MISS TISTAERT.

# 10 MS. CLARK:

YES, I WOULD.

# 11 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

# 12 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 13 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MISS CLARK, IS YOUR NEXT WITNESS THE FIRST OFFICER?

# 14 MS. CLARK:

YES, YOUR HONOR. I ANTICIPATE HIS TESTIMONY WILL NOT BE BRIEF.

KEY QUOTE

# 15 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU RECALL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IS ONE OF OUR SHORT AFTERNOONS FOR VISIT PURPOSES. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR US TO GO OUT TO THE BUNDY ADDRESS AND TO THE ROCKINGHAM ADDRESS IN THE NEXT PERHAPS NEXT TWO WEEKS, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY SEE THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AND JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A COURT SESSION OUT IN THE FIELD, SO TO SPEAK. THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN THE NEXT PERHAPS WEEK TO TWO WEEKS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL, RATHER THAN START THE NEW WITNESS NOW WITH ONLY SEVEN MINUTES TO GO, I'M GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS AT THIS TIME AND I'M GOING TO ASK COUNSEL TO STAY, THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD AFTER WE EXCUSE THE JURY.

# 16 MR. COCHRAN:

YES, YOUR HONOR.

# 17 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL STAND IN RECESS THEN UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AS FAR AS THE JURY IS CONCERNED UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

I HAVE BEEN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR US TO GO OUT TO THE BUNDY ADDRESS AND TO THE ROCKINGHAM ADDRESS IN THE NEXT PERHAPS NEXT TWO WEEKS, SOMETIME IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY SEE THE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.

Announces a planned jury site visit to both crime scene locations, a significant procedural step in the trial.

Marcia Clark

I ANTICIPATE HIS TESTIMONY WILL NOT BE BRIEF.

Clark signals that the next witness — identified as 'the first officer' — will require substantial time, prompting the judge to defer to the next morning.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Marcia Clark

Judge confirms the next witness is 'the first officer' and, upon learning testimony will be lengthy, decides to take recess rather than start with only seven minutes remaining.

procedural

Witness Demeanor

(BRIEF PAUSE.)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4790 • 17 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103