📄 Witness release — Wednesday, July 12, 1995
📅 Jul 12 — Day 113
⚖️ Lance A. Ito
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Witness release

Date: Wednesday, July 12, 1995 • Utterances: 12
Robert Heidstra was dismissed as a witness, subject to possible recall. The defense then requested to call Captain Wayne Stanfield out of order due to scheduling constraints, which was handled via a brief sidebar before the court granted the request.
1 MR. DARDEN:

Nothing further.

2 THE COURT:

All right. All right. Mr. Heidstra, thank you very much. I'm going to release you for the day. However, you are subject to being recalled.

3 MR. HEIDSTRA:

Okay. Thank you.

4 THE COURT:

Thank you very much, sir. All right. Next witness.

5 MR. BAILEY:

If it please the Court, Captain Wayne Stanfield is being called out of order.

6 MR. COCHRAN:

May I please have a moment? Because--if the Court allows us, because of the--

7 THE COURT:

Let me see counsel at the sidebar.

8 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.)
9 (The following proceedings were held in open court:)
10 THE COURT:

All right. As to the Defense, Mr. Cochran, you have a witness you want to call out of order for scheduling reasons?

11 MR. COCHRAN:

Yes, your Honor, because he cannot be here after today.

KEY QUOTE
12 THE COURT:

All right. Mr. Bailey.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
Mr. Heidstra, thank you very much. I'm going to release you for the day. However, you are subject to being recalled.
Formal dismissal of Heidstra while preserving the option to recall him — standard but notable given his importance as a timeline witness.
Johnnie Cochran
Yes, your Honor, because he cannot be here after today.
Explains the scheduling urgency driving the out-of-order witness request.

Notable Exchanges (1)

F. Lee BaileyJohnnie CochranLance A. Ito
Defense requests to call Captain Wayne Stanfield out of order; sidebar held off the record before Ito grants the accommodation.
routine

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 6785 • 12 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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