📄 Jury instructions — Friday, July 14, 1995
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Jury instructions

Date: Friday, July 14, 1995 • Utterances: 18
Brief pre-jury administrative session in which Judge Ito asked Dr. Huizenga to slow down his testimony and reminded him to spell medical terms for the record. The parties also sorted out logistics for waiting witnesses and worked out how to individually designate photographs within exhibit group 1249.
1 (The following proceedings were held in open court, out of the presence of the jury:)
2 THE COURT:

All right. Back on the record in the Simpson matter. All parties are again present. And, doctor, if you would, would you consciously try to slow down a little. And when we hit some more of these medical terms, we may need some spellings on these. All right. Let's have the jurors, please.

3 MR. SHAPIRO:

You're going to have to bring your dictionary.

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4 DR. HUIZENGA:

Yeah. My Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

5 MR. COCHRAN:

May I inquire? We have some other witnesses. I wanted to make sure we have witnesses out in the hallway.

6 THE COURT:

No way. Send them home.

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7 MR. SHAPIRO:

16 to one rule.

8 MR. COCHRAN:

You will be what; more than 15, 20 minutes?

9 MR. KELBERG:

Probably slightly more than that.

10 MR. COCHRAN:

I would like them to come back Monday morning.

11 THE COURT:

Send them home. But we are not going to get to them this morning.

12 MR. KELBERG:

On the photographs, are we marking them sequentially? We only started with the first photograph. We got a number I believe 1249.

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13 THE COURT:

1249 is as a group.

14 MR. KELBERG:

As a group?

15 THE COURT:

I mean, it's apparent to me what each one is.

16 MR. KELBERG:

That's true. Just in talking to the witness, it's easier for me for the record if it was an individual designation.

17 THE COURT:

We'll go through and do a through.

18 MR. KELBERG:

I think that might be helpful.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Lance A. Ito
No way. Send them home.
Curt judicial response to Cochran's request to keep witnesses waiting — signals Ito's no-nonsense courtroom management style.
Robert Shapiro
You're going to have to bring your dictionary.
Light quip about Dr. Huizenga's dense medical terminology, one of the few moments of levity in the session.
Brian Kelberg
On the photographs, are we marking them sequentially? We only started with the first photograph. We got a number I believe 1249.
Flags a practical record-keeping issue — individual vs. group designation of photographic exhibits.

Evidence (1)

1249
Group of photographs (nature unspecified in this excerpt, but associated with Dr. Huizenga's medical testimony)
Discussed — parties agreed to add sub-designations (a, b, c…) for individual photographs within the group

Notable Exchanges (2)

Johnnie CochranLance A. Ito
Cochran asked whether additional witnesses waiting in the hallway could be held over; Ito flatly refused and told them to be sent home.
brisk/administrative
Brian KelbergLance A. Ito
Kelberg raised the issue of individually designating photographs within exhibit group 1249; Ito agreed to use alphabetical sub-designations.
procedural

Light Moments (1)

Robert Shapiro
Shapiro joked that someone would need to bring a dictionary for Huizenga's testimony; Huizenga played along by naming his Stedman's Medical Dictionary.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 6848 • 18 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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