A brief administrative moment before the jury was brought in. Marcia Clark requested a sidebar with Johnnie Cochran about timing, while Robert Shapiro asked for a few more moments to review his boards. The sidebar was held off the record.
# 1 (The following proceedings were held in open court, out of the presence of the jury:) # 2 THE COURT: All right. Let's proceed. All right. Back on the record. All parties are again present. Let's have the jurors, please.
# 3 MS. CLARK: Your Honor, may Johnnie and I approach the sidebar, please?
# 4 THE COURT: I'm sorry? We're ready to proceed.
# 5 MR. SHAPIRO: I just need a few more moments with the boards.
# 6 THE COURT: Let's get started. Have a seat.
# 7 MS. CLARK: This is regarding timing, your Honor. We don't need the reporter.
KEY QUOTE # 8 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.)