Witness dismissal

📄 Witness dismissal — Monday, July 31, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 125 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Professor Herbert MacDonell (part 1) Sidebar: sock evidence testing ▶

Date: Monday, July 31, 1995 • Utterances: 5

Judge Ito halted Marcia Clark's examination of Professor MacDonell mid-proceeding, questioning the relevance of her line of questioning about phenolphthalein/phenolphthalin testing. MacDonell was dismissed from the courtroom so the matter could be addressed outside his presence.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

Let's have it quiet in the courtroom, please. All right. Mr. MacDonell, you can step down. All right. Thank you, counsel. The jury has withdrawn from the courtroom. Miss Clark, where are you going with this?

# 3 MS. CLARK:

I want to show him the photograph.

# 4 THE COURT:

No. Where are you going with this? What's the point of discussing phenolphthalein or phenolphthalin testing with this witness? All right. Mr. MacDonell, why don't you step out of the courtroom, please.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 (The witness exits the courtroom.)

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

Where are you going with this? What's the point of discussing phenolphthalein or phenolphthalin testing with this witness?

Judge Ito directly challenges the prosecution's strategy, cutting off the examination before Clark can proceed.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Photograph Marcia Clark intended to show MacDonell

blocked before introduction

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Marcia Clark

Ito interrupts Clark before she can show MacDonell a photograph, pressing her to justify the relevance of phenolphthalein testing with this particular witness.

controlling/skeptical

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7091 • 5 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103