Court back on record

📄 Court back on record — Monday, July 24, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 120 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Dr. Fredric Rieders (part 1) Sidebar (unreported) ▶

Date: Monday, July 24, 1995 • Utterances: 10

Court reconvened with all parties present. Judge Ito attempted to negotiate a later break time with Deputy Jex, who firmly held to 3:45. Cochran tried to use the moment to request a scheduling sidebar, but Ito dismissed it and called for the jury.

# 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. All right. Deputy Magnera, let's have the jurors, please. And, counsel, we are going to break today--Deputy Jex?

# 3 DEPUTY JEX:

3:45.

# 4 THE COURT:

Can't squeeze 4 o'clock? Are you sure, Deputy?

# 5 DEPUTY JEX:

Sure.

# 6 THE COURT:

Positive?

# 7 DEPUTY JEX:

Positive.

# 8 THE COURT:

Even if I call? Even if Deirdre calls?

KEY QUOTE

# 9 MR. COCHRAN:

Judge, in that case, can we approach on scheduling?

# 10 THE COURT:

Miss Clark. Let's have the jury, please.

Temperature

light

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

Even if I call? Even if Deirdre calls?

Ito's playful attempt to invoke personal authority — and a colleague's — to push the break time later, revealing his lighter side.

Deputy Jex

Positive.

The deputy's firm, one-word refusal to yield to the judge's gentle pressure is the punchline of the exchange.

Notable Exchanges (2)

Lance A. Ito•Deputy Jex

Ito tried multiple times to get Deputy Jex to extend the session to 4:00, escalating to name-dropping a colleague named Deirdre. Jex refused each time with single-word answers.

light

Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito

Cochran seized on the scheduling discussion to request a sidebar, but Ito brushed him off and called for the jury.

strategic

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Ito playfully escalated his attempts to extend the session — 'Even if I call? Even if Deirdre calls?' — only to be stonewalled by a deputy with a one-word vocabulary.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7000 • 10 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103