Jury return

📄 Jury return — Thursday, June 15, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 96 of 167

◀ Motion: evidence admissibility Recross-examination of Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran ▶

Date: Thursday, June 15, 1995 • Utterances: 23

A brief administrative interlude between the noon recess and resumption of Dr. Lakshmanan's testimony. The court managed logistics around exhibit cleanup, a brief absence by Cochran to attend another department, and scheduling negotiations over the remaining redirect examination time before bringing the jury back in.

# 1 THE COURT:

We are prepared to proceed with the next witnesses after we have concluded with Dr. Lakshmanan?

# 2 MR. KELBERG:

Don't look at me, your Honor.

KEY QUOTE

# 3 THE COURT:

Mr. Darden, good afternoon.

# 4 MR. DARDEN:

Your Honor, we are going to require a 15-minute break prior to the next list of witnesses.

# 5 THE COURT:

We have a lot of exhibits to move around and get out of the way. All right. I agree. All right. Let's have the jurors, please.

# 6 (Brief pause.)

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

# 8 THE COURT:

Can you hold on with the jury for a second. Mr. Cochran, department 110 needs your presence.

# 9 MR. COCHRAN:

Your Honor, I think this will be real quick. Can they give me five--

# 10 THE COURT:

Counsel, you have the Court's leave to go.

# 11 MR. COCHRAN:

All right.

# 12 THE COURT:

Would you tell--

# 13 (Discussion held off the record between all Defense counsel.)

# 14 MR. COCHRAN:

We are going to take a recess in about five minutes.

# 15 MR. SHAPIRO:

I'm going to be very brief.

# 16 THE COURT:

I can't count on Mr. Kelberg.

KEY QUOTE

# 17 MR. KELBERG:

Your Honor, twelve minutes on redirect.

KEY QUOTE

# 18 THE COURT:

I'm trying to accommodate counsel. Let's proceed. On the representation it is less than five minutes?

# 19 MR. SHAPIRO:

Five minutes.

# 20 THE COURT:

All right. On the representation it is less than five minutes. All right. Let's have the jurors.

# 21 (Brief pause.)

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

# 23 THE COURT:

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Dr. Lakshmanan, would you resume the witness stand.

Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, the witness on the stand at the time of the noon recess, resumed the stand and testified further as follows:

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Brian Kelberg

Don't look at me, your Honor.

Kelberg deflects when asked about witness readiness, adding a rare light moment to an otherwise routine exchange.

Lance A. Ito

I can't count on Mr. Kelberg.

Ito's mild jab at Kelberg's unpredictability on timing — a small moment of courtroom humor.

Brian Kelberg

Your Honor, twelve minutes on redirect.

Establishes the short remaining scope of redirect examination of Dr. Lakshmanan.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Johnnie Cochran

Ito interrupts the jury's entry to send Cochran to Department 110 for an unspecified matter; Cochran negotiates a brief delay and is granted leave to go.

procedural

Light Moments (2)

Brian Kelberg

Kelberg says 'Don't look at me, your Honor' when asked about witness readiness.

Lance A. Ito

Ito quips 'I can't count on Mr. Kelberg' regarding time estimates.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6407 • 23 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103