COUNSEL, BE SEATED, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL, I THINK TOMORROW MORNING, WE HAVE FINAL CONSIDERATION OF THE JURY -- VIEW OF MR. SIMPSON'S -- DEFENDANT'S DOCUMENTS TO THE JURY, OPENING STATEMENT AND -- FINAL RESOLUTION OF OBJECTIONS REGARDING EXHIBITS, AND WE SHOULD PROCEED TO OPENING STATEMENT. I ANTICIPATE THE JURY WILL BE HERE BY 9:00 O'CLOCK. SO IF WE CONCLUDE THE FINAL RULINGS ON OBJECTIONS, THEN WE'LL PROCEED TO OPENING STATEMENT. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE?
CAN WE DO IT AT SIDEBAR, PLEASE? MAY I SAY ONE THING BEFORE? YOUR HONOR, WITH REGARD TO A NUMBER OF MOTIONS THAT WE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT, DEAN UELMEN IS HERE. WE WANT TO OBVIATE RENEWING THOSE OBJECTIONS. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF STIPULATION THAT OBJECTIONS MADE AT PRETRIAL WOULD BE LODGED AT TRIAL AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AND WE WANT TO WORK OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT SO THE RECORD IS PRESERVED. YOU MAY WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT OVERNIGHT.
YOU WANT TO ASK THAT THERE BE A STANDING OBJECTION TO THE COURT'S IN LIMINE RULINGS THAT YOU OBJECTED TO?
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE COULD POSSIBLY -- THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY OBJECTIONS TO SO MANY DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
COUNSEL, IF THEY DON'T REOBJECT ON THE RECORD, THEN THEY WAIVE IT FOR PURPOSES OF APPEAL. SO THEY HAVE TO REOBJECT. SO IT'S A MATTER OF TAKING THE TIME. YOU'RE ASKING IF THERE CAN BE STANDING OBJECTIONS TO ALL THE COURT'S IN LIMINE RULINGS THAT WERE ADVERSE. YOU'RE NOT OBJECTING TO THOSE THAT WEREN'T.
OUR INFORMATION IS, THE 17TH FLOOR RECEIVED A CALL AT 11:40 THIS AFTERNOON FROM SAMMY MOORE. I'VE GOT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. HE IS INQUIRING AS TO WHY YOU MENTIONED HIS NAME IN OPEN COURT AND HE IS INQUIRING AS TO WHO THE TWO BLACK MEN WERE THAT WENT TO A FEMALE FRIEND'S HOME LOOKING FOR HIM. SO HE LEFT A TELEPHONE NUMBER. I HAVE SHOWN IT TO MR. COCHRAN.
KEY QUOTEGIVE THAT TO MRS. ROBERTSON. I'LL HAVE HER CONTACT DEPUTY DOWNS. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL.
EXCUSE ME, YOUR HONOR. WAS THE BAILIFF HANDED A NOTE BY ONE OF THE JURORS ON THE WAY OUT?
I'LL LOOK AT IT AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW TOMORROW MORNING. DEPARTMENT JACKS INDICATED IT'S NO BIG DEAL. COUNSEL, TOMORROW MORNING.
WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED. IS IT AT ALL POSSIBLE -- BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE VIDEOTAPES THAT ARE IN SAN FRANCISCO AVAILABLE IN THE MORNING. IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE MIGHT REVISIT THE WISDOM OR THE SCOPE OF THE COURT'S EARLIER RULING AS TO THOSE CRIME SCENE BLIPS IF WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE VIDEOTAPES TO THE PROSECUTION?
VERY WELL. ALL RIGHT. COUNSEL, TOMORROW MORNING, 9:00 A.M. SHARP. THAT MEANS WE ARE ALL SEATED, READY TO GO AT 9:00 O'CLOCK.
FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE RECORD, THERE WAS A SET OF DNA DISCOVERY MATERIALS THAT WERE HERE LONG AGO, AND IT TURNED OUT THAT TWO OF THE AUTORADS THERE WERE NEVER TURNED OVER TO DEFENSE. THE PROSECUTION HAS COPIES AND THEY AGREED TO LET US HAVE THOSE. SO I WAS INFORMED I SHOULD PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. THE SECOND THING --
MR. SCHECK, LET ME HAND THEM TO YOU. JUST IDENTIFY THEM FOR THE RECORD SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THE COURT HAS GIVEN TO YOU.
FOR THE RECORD AND FOR MR. DARDEN'S ASSISTANCE, MR. CLARK AND I HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING LETTERS NOW FOR THE LAST 15 TO 20 DAYS ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF SLOT BLOTS, WHICH ARE TESTS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF HUMAN DNA IN A PARTICULAR SAMPLE, AND THESE WERE TURNED OVER. THE PROSECUTION HAS COPIES. WE DON'T -- THEY WERE WITH THE COURT. AND SLOT BLOTS IN QUESTION IS ONE THAT IS MARKED S 101394. THAT WOULD BE THE CELLMARK NUMBER. A SECOND ONE IS S 102094. THEN THERE IS S 092994, ANOTHER, S 101394, ANOTHER S 080194 AND ANOTHER THAT APPEARS TO BE AGAIN S 081694.
KEY QUOTETHE OTHER THING THAT I SHOULD BRING TO THE COURT'S ATTENTION SINCE I KNOW -- IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING -- IS THAT MR. HARMON AND I HAVE SERIOUS DISAGREEMENT ABOUT DNA DISCOVERY. THE QUESTION IS, WHEN CAN WE GET THE COURT'S ATTENTION? I HAZARD THAT -- I WILL PUT IT IN WRITING, SUBMIT THE ISSUES TO THE COURT TOMORROW MORNING. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT RESOLVED. IT HAS TO DO WITH WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE OBLIGATED TO TURN OVER TO US ACTUAL COPIES OF THE TEST RESULTS FROM DOJ. AND I WILL WRITE YOU A LETTER. BUT WHAT I'M BASICALLY ASKING IS CAN WE FIND A HALF HOUR AT SOME POINT --
YOUR HONOR, BE NICE TO MR. SCHECK. HE GOT SLAMMED IN THE L.A. TIMES BECAUSE OF THAT.
KEY QUOTEFOR THE RECORD AND FOR MR. DARDEN'S ASSISTANCE, MR. CLARK AND I HAVE BEEN EXCHANGING LETTERS NOW FOR THE LAST 15 TO 20 DAYS ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF SLOT BLOTS, WHICH ARE TESTS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF HUMAN DNA IN A PARTICULAR SAMPLE, AND THESE WERE TURNED OVER. THE PROSECUTION HAS COPIES. WE DON'T -- THEY WERE WITH THE COURT.
OUR INFORMATION IS, THE 17TH FLOOR RECEIVED A CALL AT 11:40 THIS AFTERNOON FROM SAMMY MOORE. HE IS INQUIRING AS TO WHY YOU MENTIONED HIS NAME IN OPEN COURT AND HE IS INQUIRING AS TO WHO THE TWO BLACK MEN WERE THAT WENT TO A FEMALE FRIEND'S HOME LOOKING FOR HIM.
YOUR HONOR, BE NICE TO MR. SCHECK. HE GOT SLAMMED IN THE L.A. TIMES BECAUSE OF THAT.
COUNSEL, WE'LL STAND IN RECESS. THANK YOU FOR AN ENTERTAINING DAY.