Jury greeting and introductions

📄 Jury greeting and introductions — Friday, June 2, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 87 of 167

◀ Court matters and timing Direct examination of Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran ▶

Date: Friday, June 2, 1995 • Utterances: 7

Judge Ito opens a new phase of the trial by welcoming the jury back and apologizing for the late start, explaining that evidentiary matters ran long. He warns jurors they are about to see disturbing photographs and diagrams, and gives them permission to request breaks. Prosecutor Brian Kelberg then introduces himself and his team to the jury.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. All right. Let the record reflect we've been rejoined by all the members of our jury panel. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

THE JURY: Good morning.

# 3 THE COURT:

My apologies to you for the late start this morning. There were a number of matters that I needed to take up regarding the evidence that is going to be presented to you starting this morning, and that discussion took longer than I thought it was going to take. Also, as I indicated to you, we are now going to shift into a new phase of the presentation of the evidence. And if you recollect, at the time that we were talking to you individually about serving as a trial juror in this case, we indicated to you that there would come a time when we may have to show you some photographs and some diagrams about matters that are not pleasant to look at. And we apologize to you for that, but you all indicated that you were willing to carefully consider all the evidence that is presented in this case. If at any time during the presentation of this evidence, you feel unusually uncomfortable or if you need to take a break, feel free to let me know. All right? All right. Mr. Kelberg, do you want to introduce yourself?

# 4 MR. KELBERG:

I would be delighted, your Honor. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Brian Kelberg. I'm a member of the District Attorney's office, and I will be calling several witnesses starting this morning. I'm assisted by my colleague, Mr. Kenneth lynch.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 MR. LYNCH:

Good morning.

# 6 MR. KELBERG:

And Mr. Fairtlough I believe is known to all of you already. He will also be assisting me. Thank you, your Honor.

# 7 THE COURT:

All right. People may call their next witness.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

we may have to show you some photographs and some diagrams about matters that are not pleasant to look at. And we apologize to you for that

Signals the trial is entering a graphic forensic phase; Ito is priming the jury for difficult medical or crime-scene evidence

Brian Kelberg

I would be delighted, your Honor.

Sets Kelberg's tone as confident and somewhat theatrical from the outset

Evidence (1)

Informal

Photographs and diagrams of unpleasant subject matter, referenced as upcoming evidence

anticipated/previewed by judge

Light Moments (1)

THE JURY

Ito says 'Good afternoon' to the jury; the jury responds in unison 'Good morning,' prompting Ito to say 'My apologies to you for the late start this morning'

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 6265 • 7 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103