The court reconvened from a break with all parties present. Judge Ito set 4:00 PM as the end time for the session and expressed hope that testimony from witness MacDonell would conclude, with some brief back-and-forth with Marcia Clark about the timeline.
# 1 THE COURT: All right. Back on the record in the Simpson matter. All parties are again present. Deputy Magnera, let's have the jurors, please. And, counsel, we're going to go to 4:00 o'clock. Hopefully we'll conclude.
# 2 MS. CLARK: I'd love to, your Honor. I was really hoping to in fact.
KEY QUOTE # 3 THE COURT: He's got important things to do, Mr. MacDonell.
KEY QUOTE # 4 MS. CLARK: We'll finish with him by next week.
# 5 THE COURT: Or by Friday. No. I'm saying we'll finish.
# 6 (The following proceedings were held in open court, in the presence of the jury:)