Witness excused

📄 Witness excused — Monday, June 19, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 98 of 167

◀ Redirect examination of William Bodziak Sidebar (2) ▶

Date: Monday, June 19, 1995 • Utterances: 10

Agent Bodziak was excused after cross-examination by F. Lee Bailey, and the prosecution called their next witness, Mr. Poser. After a brief unreported bench conference, Judge Ito unexpectedly recessed court 15 minutes early, instructing the jury to return the following morning at 9:00.

# 1 THE COURT:

Mr. Bailey.

# 2 MR. BAILEY:

Nothing further, your Honor.

# 3 THE COURT:

All right. Mr. Bodziak, thank you very much, sir. You are excused. People may call their next witness.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. GOLDBERG:

People call Mr. Poser to the stand.

# 5 THE COURT:

All right. And, Mr. Goldberg, you want to collect the Reeboks here?

# 6 MR. GOLDBERG:

Yes.

# 7 MR. COCHRAN:

May we approach, your Honor?

# 8 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.)

# 9 (The following proceedings were held in open court:)

# 10 THE COURT:

All right. Ladies and gentlemen, something has come up that I need to take a recess at this time. So we're going to break 15 minutes early today. Please remember all my admonitions to you; don't discuss the case amongst yourselves, do not form any opinions about the case, don't conduct any deliberations until the matter has been submitted to you, don't allow anybody to communicate with you. And as far as the jury is concerned, we'll be in recess until tomorrow morning at 9:00 clock. All right. And let me see counsel with the reporter, please.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

Mr. Bodziak, thank you very much, sir. You are excused. People may call their next witness.

Formal dismissal of FBI footwear expert Bodziak, closing out his testimony.

Lance A. Ito

Something has come up that I need to take a recess at this time. So we're going to break 15 minutes early today.

Vague explanation for an early recess, suggesting an unresolved matter requiring counsel discussion off the record.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Reeboks — footwear discussed during Bodziak's testimony

Goldberg asked to collect them from the stand

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie Cochran•Lance A. Ito•Hank Goldberg

Cochran requested a bench conference immediately after Goldberg asked to collect the Reeboks; the conference was not reported, and the court recessed shortly after.

strategic

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6444 • 10 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103