Lunch recess and adjournment

📄 Lunch recess and adjournment — Thursday, July 27, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 123 of 167

Date: Thursday, July 27, 1995 • Utterances: 10

Judge Ito called a brief break after a juror issue, then recessed for lunch with standard admonitions to the jury. The afternoon session never resumed — due to a juror medical emergency, the court adjourned until the following morning, Friday, July 28, 1995. Defense witness Professor Herbert MacDonell was ordered to return.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

All right. Mr. Neufeld, why don't we take our break at this point, since we lost one of our jurors here.

KEY QUOTE

# 3 MR. NEUFELD:

All right.

# 4 THE COURT:

Okay. We are back. Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to take our lunchtime recess. Please remember all my admonitions to you. Don't discuss the case amongst yourselves, don't form any opinions about the case, don't conduct any deliberations until the matter has been submitted to you, do not allow anybody to converse with you with regard to the case. And we will stand in recess until 1:15. Professor MacDonell, you are ordered to come back at 1:15. All right. We are in recess.

# 5 (At 11:59 A.M. the noon recess was taken until 1:15 P.M. of the same day.)

# 6 (Due to the medical emergency of a juror, an adjournment was taken until Friday, July 28, 1995, 9:00 A.M.)

# 7 APPEARANCES:

Janet M. Moxham, CSR #4588 Christine M. Olson, CSR #2378 official reporters

# 8 FOR THE PEOPLE:

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney by: Marcia R. Clark, William W. Hodgman, Christopher A. Darden, Cheri A. Lewis, Rockne P. Harmon, George W. Clarke, Scott M. Gordon Lydia C. Bodin, Hank M. Goldberg, Alan Yochelson and Darrell S. Mavis, Brian R. Kelberg, and Kenneth E. Lynch, Deputies 18-000 Criminal Courts Building 210 West Temple Street Los Angeles, California 90012

# 9 FOR THE DEFENDANT:

Robert L. Shapiro, Esquire Sara L. Caplan, Esquire 2121 Avenue of the Stars 19th floor Los Angeles, California 90067 Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Esquire by: Carl E. Douglas, Esquire Shawn Snider Chapman, Esquire 4929 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 1010 Los Angeles, California 90010 Gerald F. Uelmen, Esquire Robert Kardashian, Esquire Alan Dershowitz, Esquire F. Lee Bailey, Esquire Barry Scheck, Esquire Peter Neufeld, Esquire Robert D. Blasier, Esquire William C. Thompson, Esquire

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I N D E X

Index for volume 195 pages 39029 - 39174

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Day date session page vol.

Thursday July 27, 1995 A.M. 39029 195

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# 10 LEGEND:

Ms. Clark-mc Mr. Hodgman-h Mr. Darden d Mr. Kahn-k Mr. Goldberg-gb Mr. Gordon-g Mr. Shapiro-s Mr. Cochran-c Mr. Douglas-cd Mr. Bailey-b Mr. Uelmen-u Mr. Scheck-bs Mr. Neufeld-n

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CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX OF WITNESSES

DEFENSE witnesses direct cross redirect recross vol.

MacDonell, 195 Herbert 39101n

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF WITNESSES

WITNESSES direct cross redirect recross vol.

MacDonell, 195 Herbert 39101n

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EXHIBITS

DEFENSE for in exhibit identification evidence page vol. Page vol.

1276 - Photograph 39126 195 of a close-up view of a sock

1277 - Photograph 39129 195 of a micrograph of a sock with a blue circle

1278 - Photograph 39139 195 of a micrograph of a sock with a blue circle

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

Mr. Neufeld, why don't we take our break at this point, since we lost one of our jurors here.

Signals the juror issue that would ultimately cause the full-day adjournment.

Lance A. Ito

Professor MacDonell, you are ordered to come back at 1:15.

MacDonell's testimony was in progress and would need to resume — his examination was interrupted mid-stream.

Evidence (3)

Defense 1276

Photograph of a close-up view of a sock

identified in index (introduced earlier in session)

Defense 1277

Photograph of a micrograph of a sock with a blue circle

identified in index (introduced earlier in session)

Defense 1278

Photograph of a micrograph of a sock with a blue circle

identified in index (introduced earlier in session)

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Peter Neufeld

Brief two-line exchange agreeing to break due to juror absence — no friction.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7056 • 10 utterances

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