GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. YOUR HONOR, I RECEIVED THIS MORNING THE OPPOSITION FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, MUCH LESS STUDY IT. INITIALLY I WOULD MOVE TO STRIKE IT AS BEING UNTIMELY FILED AND HAVE THE COURT DECIDE THE ISSUE ON MY MOVING PAPERS UNOPPOSED. IN THE ALTERNATIVE, I WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE PEOPLE'S REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE. I AM CONCERNED THAT IF I MAKE THE MOTION IT WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR ME, AS WELL AS OTHER ALLEGATIONS THAT I AM PROCRASTINATING OR STALLING.
YOUR HONOR, ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE, WE HAVE NO OBJECTION. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO A BRIEF CONTINUANCE TO ALLOW MR. JONES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW OUR RESPONSIVE PAPERS, SO LONG AS IT IS FAIRLY BRIEF, SINCE WE ARE ABOUT TO GIVE OPENING STATEMENTS NEXT WEEK.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, HE WAS ASKING IF IT WOULD BE YOUR MOTION, SINCE YOU FILED THIS TODAY.
YOUR HONOR, I WORKED AND BILLED UNTIL SEVEN O'CLOCK. NOTHING ARRIVED BY THAT TIME, 7:00 P.M.
WELL, THEN ON THE COURT'S MOTION, SINCE NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT, SINCE I ALSO JUST RECEIVED THIS REPLY THIS MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45, I WOULD LIKE TO READ IT AS WELL, AND MY -- ONE OF MY PEPPERDINE LAW CLERKS BROUGHT IN AN ARTICLE FOR ME TO READ THAT I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ EITHER WITH REGARDS TO THAT ISSUE. SO MR. JONES, WHAT DATE IS CONVENIENT TO YOUR CALENDAR?
YOUR HONOR, ACTUALLY IF MR. JONES' SCHEDULE PERMITS, IT COULD BE SOMETHING PERHAPS THAT COULD BE RESOLVED THIS AFTERNOON.
YOUR HONOR, WE FILED OUR MOTION TEN DAYS IN ADVANCE, ACCORDING TO THE COURT POLICY, SO THAT THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AMPLE TIME TO RESPOND. AT 9:15 THIS MORNING ON THE DATE OF THE MOTION I THINK IS -- IT IS INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK US TO RESPOND ANYTIME TODAY.
NEXT WEEK IS A PROBLEM. MAY WE APPROACH WITH THE REPORTER, BUT AT THE BENCH?
WELL, MR. JONES, YOU AND I ARE WELL-ACQUAINTED. I KNOW THE DYNAMICS OF YOUR PRACTICE. IF YOU TELL ME YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME. I ACCEPT THAT REPRESENTATION.
KEY QUOTEI DO HAVE A PROBLEM, YOUR HONOR, AND STARTING THE 24TH JUDGE HORAN HAS ORDERED ALL COUNSEL TO BE THERE FOR THE SO-CALLED BRYANT FAMILY DEATH PENALTY CASE. I AM RELUCTANT TO SET ANYTHING DURING THAT PERIOD. THAT IS WHY I AM RELUCTANT TO MAKE THE MOTION.
YOUR HONOR, I DO WANT TO MAKE THE COURT AWARE THAT IT IS OUR POSITION THAT THE DECLARATION CONTAINED WITHIN MR. JONES' MOTION IS --
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO LENGTH, YOUR HONOR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COURT AWARE THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE DECLARANT WITH REGARD TO THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THAT DECLARATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS MR. JONES.
ALL RIGHT. THEN THE 23RD AT NINE O'CLOCK. THE MOTION TO QUASH THE SUBPOENA ON MARGUERITE THOMAS, ON THE COURT'S OWN MOTION THAT WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR THAT TIME. THANK YOU, COUNSEL.
YOUR HONOR. MAY I APPEAR WITH COUNSEL DURING THE TIME THAT I AM BEING CROSS-EXAMINED?
YOUR HONOR, I ASSUME THAT THE BENCH WARRANT THAT THE COULD, FOR TECHNICAL REASONS, ISSUED AND HELD UNTIL TODAY WILL BE CONTINUED AND HELD UNTIL THAT DATE?
THAT'S CORRECT. SO ORDERED. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE'S MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING DETECTIVE MARK FUHRMAN.
WELL, MR. JONES, YOU AND I ARE WELL-ACQUAINTED. I KNOW THE DYNAMICS OF YOUR PRACTICE. IF YOU TELL ME YOU HAVE A PROBLEM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME. I ACCEPT THAT REPRESENTATION.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE COURT AWARE THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS-EXAMINE THE DECLARANT WITH REGARD TO THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THAT DECLARATION, AND I BELIEVE THAT IS MR. JONES.
I HAVE NO OBJECTION TO BEING CROSS-EXAMINED BY THE PEOPLE, YOUR HONOR.