Jury management

📄 Jury management — Wednesday, July 19, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 118 of 167

◀ Sidebar Direct examination of John Meraz ▶

Date: Wednesday, July 19, 1995 • Utterances: 8

Brief housekeeping session before the jury was brought back into the courtroom. Clark flagged upcoming discovery motions, and Ito acknowledged them with dry sarcasm before inviting the jury in.

# 1 (The following proceedings were held in open court:)

# 2 THE COURT:

All right. The record should reflect all the parties are again present. The jury is not present. Counsel, anything else we need to take up before we invite the jurors to rejoin us?

# 3 MR. COCHRAN:

Not from the Defense, your Honor.

# 4 MS. CLARK:

I just want to make sure the Court is aware that we have forthcoming motions on other discovery. We gave that to the Court this morning. I just wanted to make sure the Court knew that was coming.

# 5 THE COURT:

Ask me if I am surprised. All right. Let's have the jurors.

KEY QUOTE

# 6 (Brief pause.)

# 7 (The following proceedings were held in open court, in the presence of the jury:)

# 8 THE COURT:

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. All right. Let the record reflect that we have been rejoined by all the members of our jury. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

THE JURY: Good morning.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

Ask me if I am surprised.

Dry, sardonic reaction to yet another round of discovery motions from the prosecution — a rare moment of judicial personality.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Clark flagged forthcoming discovery motions delivered that morning; Ito responded with undisguised weariness.

wry

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Ito's deadpan 'Ask me if I am surprised' in response to Clark announcing more motions.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6911 • 8 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103