📄 Jury return — Thursday, February 9, 1995
📅 Feb 9 — Day 16
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Jury return

Date: Thursday, February 9, 1995 • Utterances: 4
Judge Ito dismissed the jury for the day after a technical delay prevented the court from producing certain documents. He also excused witness Mr. Riske with an order to return on Tuesday, Valentine's Day, and instructed him not to discuss his testimony or watch television.
1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)
2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT WE'VE BEEN REJOINED BY ALL MEMBERS OF OUR JURY PANEL. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAD A MINOR TECHNICAL SNAFU, IF YOU KNOW WHAT A SNAFU IS. IT MEANS SITUATION NORMAL ALL FOULED UP. AT LEAST THAT'S THE COURTROOM VERSION OF THAT ACUMEN. AND WE WERE UNABLE TO PRODUCE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS FROM OUR MAGIC MACHINES HERE. IT TOOK US A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD. SO WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE END OF THE COURT DAY AND I'M GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T LET ANYBODY TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT, DON'T CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN FINALLY SUBMITTED TO YOU. ONE OTHER SCHEDULING NOTE. TOMORROW MORNING, I'M GOING TO BE IN SESSION WITH THE LAWYERS ONLY FOR SOME SCHEDULING MATTERS. I'M GOING TO BE IN SESSION ON ANOTHER CASE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO I WILL NOT SEE YOU TOMORROW. AND I'LL BE GIVING YOU NOTIFICATION AS TO OUR FIELD TRIP SHORTLY. SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE DETAILS TO MAKE YOUR CLOTHING PLANS FOR THAT DAY. I'LL GIVE YOU PLENTY OF NOTICE. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING AND I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS LATER. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE IN RECESS. I AM SORRY. COUNSEL, WOULD YOU REMAIN, PLEASE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUT A FEW THINGS ON THE RECORD. AND, MR. RISKE, YOU ARE EXCUSED. YOU ARE ORDERED TO RETURN ON TUESDAY, VALENTINE'S DAY, 9:00 O'CLOCK. THANK YOU, SIR, AND DON'T DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY ELSE EXCEPT THE ATTORNEYS.

3 THE WITNESS:

YES.

4 THE COURT:

DON'T WATCH T.V.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Lance A. Ito
WE HAD A MINOR TECHNICAL SNAFU, IF YOU KNOW WHAT A SNAFU IS. IT MEANS SITUATION NORMAL ALL FOULED UP. AT LEAST THAT'S THE COURTROOM VERSION OF THAT ACUMEN.
Ito's characteristic dry humor in explaining the delay to the jury — 'courtroom version' is a nod to the original profane acronym.
Lance A. Ito
I'LL SEE YOU WHEN I SEE YOU, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS LATER.
Cryptic reference to an upcoming scheduling change; Ito's informal, slightly enigmatic communication style with the jury.
Lance A. Ito
YOU ARE ORDERED TO RETURN ON TUESDAY, VALENTINE'S DAY, 9:00 O'CLOCK.
Sets the next appearance date for witness Riske; the Valentine's Day detail anchors the timeline.

Light Moments (2)

Lance A. Ito
Ito explains 'snafu' to the jury, clarifying it means 'Situation Normal All Fouled Up' — noting this is the 'courtroom version,' implicitly acknowledging the saltier original.
Lance A. Ito
Ito teases the jury about an upcoming 'field trip' and tells them to plan their clothing accordingly, promising plenty of notice.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 4826 • 4 utterances
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