Scheduling matters

📄 Scheduling matters — Friday, January 13, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 3 of 167

◀ Motion: Fuhrman impeachment In chambers ▶

Date: Friday, January 13, 1995 • Utterances: 29

Judge Ito wraps up the week by setting the schedule for the following week, including a Tuesday ruling on the domestic violence motion in limine, Wednesday hearings on witness list motions, and opening statements on Thursday. The session ends with light banter about Uelmen's new Stanford appointment and Ito's optimistic wish for 'no controversies.'

# 1 MS. CLARK:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 2 THE COURT:

I'M SURE YOUR MINIONS WILL BE HAPPY TO HAVE THIS TASK FOR THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT. THEN IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DO ON THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO COUNSEL ABOUT SOME OF THE JURY ISSUES IN CHAMBERS. AND, COUNSEL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON MY CALENDAR EXCEPT FOR ANTICIPATED OPENING STATEMENTS THURSDAY. AND I INDICATED TO YOU THAT I ANTICIPATE RULING TUESDAY ON THE MOTION IN LIMINE REGARDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND HOPEFULLY TUESDAY, BUT PERHAPS WEDNESDAY. THERE ARE SOME REMAINING SMALL DISCOVERY ISSUES. DO WE NEED TO RESOLVE THOSE ON THE RECORD? ANY OTHER CONTROVERSY? I'M JUST TRYING TO SET THE SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK.

# 3 MR. UELMEN:

WE FILED A MOTION TODAY, YOUR HONOR, FOLLOWING UP ON YOUR HONOR'S REQUEST THAT OBJECTION TO THE MENTION OF NEW WITNESSES IN OPENING STATEMENT --

# 4 THE COURT:

RIGHT.

# 5 MR. UELMEN:

-- SHOULD BE FILED. WE FILED A FORMAL LIST INDICATING THAT THERE WERE I BELIEVE OVER 200 NEW WITNESSES ON THE WITNESS LIST.

# 6 THE COURT:

THERE WAS ALSO A MOTION TO EXCLUDE WITNESSES.

# 7 MR. UELMEN:

YES.

# 8 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. I GUESS WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THAT UP THEN.

# 9 MR. SHAPIRO:

WE ALSO, YOUR HONOR, FILED ANOTHER MOTION TODAY REGARDING WHAT WITNESSES WILL BE ALLOWED TO BE IN COURT.

# 10 MS. CLARK:

HE ALREADY SAID THAT.

# 11 THE COURT:

WHY DON'T WE CALENDAR THOSE THEN FOR WEDNESDAY AT 9:00 O'CLOCK.

# 12 MR. SHAPIRO:

THANK YOU, JUDGE.

# 13 MS. LEWIS:

AND ALONG WITH THAT MOTION, MR. UELMEN INDICATED HE FILED A LIST, BUT I BELIEVE YOUR HONOR ALSO WOULD REQUIRE A SHOWING OF GOOD CAUSE AS PART OF THE ORDER, IS THE WAY I READ THE MINUTE ORDER.

# 14 THE COURT:

WELL, I HAVEN'T READ THE MOTION YET. SO I'M SURE THAT WILL BE IT. DEAN UELMEN, I THINK YOU'RE STARTING YOUR TENOR AT STANFORD NEXT WEEK?

# 15 MR. UELMEN:

YES, SIR.

# 16 THE COURT:

GOOD LUCK.

# 17 MR. UELMEN:

I'LL STILL BE HOVERING IN THE BACKGROUND.

KEY QUOTE

# 18 THE COURT:

I SUSPECTED SO. THEN, COUNSEL, WE WILL STAND -- AND THE COURT WILL BE HERE PRESENT, PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON TUESDAY IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO COME UP.

# 19 MS. CLARK:

I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T HEAR THE COURT.

# 20 THE COURT:

I'LL BE HERE TUESDAY IF ANYTHING COMES UP.

# 21 MR. COCHRAN:

WE'RE NOT DUE IN COURT ON TUESDAY? EXPECT THE OPENING STATEMENT ON THURSDAY?

# 22 MS. CLARK:

WHAT ABOUT THE WALK THROUGH?

# 23 THE COURT:

WE HAVE -- WE'LL HAVE THE SET UP PHYSICALLY TOMORROW, AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL DAY TUESDAY TO PLAY WITH THE GIZMOS. AND I ASSUME THAT YOU CAN INFORMALLY ADVISE EACH OTHER OF YOUR OPENING STATEMENT EXHIBITS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND IF THERE'S ANY CONTROVERSY, AS I INDICATED, I WILL BE HERE TUESDAY, OR NEED BE, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AND WE CAN LITIGATE ANY CONTROVERSY OVER OPENING STATEMENT EXHIBITS, WHICH THERE WILL BE NONE.

# 24 MR. COCHRAN:

SAY THAT AGAIN, YOUR HONOR?

# 25 THE COURT:

THERE WILL BE NO CONTROVERSY.

KEY QUOTE

# 26 MR. COCHRAN:

NO EXHIBITS?

# 27 THE COURT:

NO CONTROVERSIES.

# 28 MR. COCHRAN:

PREGNANT WITH THE NOTION --

# 29 THE COURT:

NO CONTROVERSIES. WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCED COUNSEL HERE AND WE KNOW WHAT FLIES AND WHAT DOESN'T. THAT WAS JUST MY OPTIMISTIC THINKING AS USUAL. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. HAVE A NICE WEEKEND.

Temperature

light

Key Quotes (4)

Lance A. Ito

YOU'LL HAVE ALL DAY TUESDAY TO PLAY WITH THE GIZMOS.

Casual reference to the courtroom technology setup ahead of opening statements — reflects the civil trial's heavy reliance on multimedia presentation.

Lance A. Ito

THERE WILL BE NO CONTROVERSY.

Ito's dry, commanding optimism — half joke, half order — sets his controlling courtroom tone.

Gerald Uelmen

I'LL STILL BE HOVERING IN THE BACKGROUND.

Uelmen signals he's stepping back from day-to-day trial duties but not leaving entirely as he transitions to Stanford.

Lance A. Ito

THAT WAS JUST MY OPTIMISTIC THINKING AS USUAL.

Self-aware humor from the judge; acknowledges the inevitable friction to come.

Notable Exchanges (2)

Lance A. Ito•Johnnie Cochran

Cochran mishears Ito's 'no controversies' as 'no exhibits,' leading to a brief comic back-and-forth clarification.

light

Lance A. Ito•Gerald Uelmen

Ito wishes Uelmen luck on his Stanford tenure; Uelmen jokes he'll still be hovering.

warm

Light Moments (3)

Lance A. Ito

Ito declares there will be 'no controversies' over opening statement exhibits, then immediately walks it back as 'optimistic thinking.'

Lance A. Ito

Ito refers to spending Tuesday playing with 'the gizmos' — the courtroom's new technology setup.

Marcia Clark

Marcia Clark corrects Shapiro mid-sentence: 'HE ALREADY SAID THAT.'

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4389 • 29 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103