📄 Sidebar: redirect examination — Tuesday, January 31, 1995
📅 Jan 31 — Day 9
🛡️ Johnnie Cochran⚖️ Lance A. Ito
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▲ Day 9 of 167

Sidebar: redirect examination

Date: Tuesday, January 31, 1995 • Utterances: 10
Judge Ito called a sidebar to address Cochran's redirect examination opening the door to testimony about a party, which Darden welcomed as an opportunity to explore further. Ito also warned both sides about making speaking objections.
1 A:

YES.

2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE COUNSEL AT SIDE BAR.

3 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD AT THE BENCH:)
4 THE COURT:

WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE, GUYS, BECAUSE, JOHNNIE, YOU WENT INTO THIS BUSINESS ABOUT TRYING TO ELICIT THE STATEMENT THAT THEY HAD BEEN AT A PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SO IS THAT WHAT WE ARE GOING FOR?

KEY QUOTE
5 MR. DARDEN:

YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. LET'S FIND OUT WHY IT HAPPENED.

6 MR. COCHRAN:

THAT IS FINE -- NO, THAT IS FINE WITH ME. YOU JUST OPENED IT UP, WALK RIGHT IN THE DOOR.

KEY QUOTE
7 MR. DARDEN:

SURE, SURE.

8 MR. COCHRAN:

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ON RECROSS.

9 THE COURT:

ALSO, BOTH OF YOU PEOPLE HAVE DONE SPEAKING OBJECTIONS, SO YOU ARE BOTH WARNED AGAIN.

10 MR. COCHRAN:

ADMONISHED. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. YOU ARE ADMONISHED. REMEMBER THAT.

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

tense

Key Quotes (3)

Lance A. Ito
WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE, GUYS, BECAUSE, JOHNNIE, YOU WENT INTO THIS BUSINESS ABOUT TRYING TO ELICIT THE STATEMENT THAT THEY HAD BEEN AT A PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
Ito flags that Cochran's redirect may have opened the door to new lines of questioning
Johnnie Cochran
THAT IS FINE -- NO, THAT IS FINE WITH ME. YOU JUST OPENED IT UP, WALK RIGHT IN THE DOOR.
Cochran turns the judge's concern back on Darden, suggesting it was the prosecution who opened the door
Johnnie Cochran
ADMONISHED. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. YOU ARE ADMONISHED. REMEMBER THAT.
Cochran cheekily directs the admonishment back at Darden after both sides are warned about speaking objections

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. ItoJohnnie CochranChristopher Darden
Judge warns both sides about speaking objections; Cochran sarcastically redirects the admonishment at Darden
testy with a light edge

Light Moments (1)

Johnnie Cochran
Cochran repeats the judge's admonishment back at Darden — 'YOU ARE ADMONISHED. REMEMBER THAT.' — turning a rebuke into a dig

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 4576 • 10 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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