Morning session opening

📄 Morning session opening — Wednesday, March 1, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 28 of 167

◀ Administrative matters Jury seating and instructions ▶

Date: Wednesday, March 1, 1995 • Utterances: 8

Judge Ito opens the morning session, places the court on the record, notes the presence of Simpson and all named counsel, and confirms with both sides that nothing needs to be addressed before the jury is brought in. The session is entirely administrative — less than a minute of substantive content before the jury is called.

# 1 (JANET M. MOXHAM, CSR NO. 4855, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 2 (CHRISTINE M. OLSON, CSR NO. 2378, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 3 (PAGES 16624 THROUGH 16660, VOLUME 97A, TRANSCRIBED AND SEALED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.)

# 4 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

# 5 THE COURT:

GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS PRESENT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. UELMEN, MR. BAILEY, THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MS. CLARK AND MR. DARDEN. THE JURY IS NOT PRESENT. COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE BRING THE JURY IN?

# 6 MR. COCHRAN:

NOT FOR THE DEFENSE, YOUR HONOR.

# 7 MR. DARDEN:

NOT FOR THE PEOPLE, YOUR HONOR.

# 8 THE COURT:

DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE. AND, MISS ROBERTSON, DO YOU HAVE YOUR LOTTERY?

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE BRING THE JURY IN?

Standard gatekeeping question that opens each session; both sides decline, signaling no pretrial motions or disputes that morning.

Lance A. Ito

DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE. AND, MISS ROBERTSON, DO YOU HAVE YOUR LOTTERY?

References the daily media/public seating lottery used to manage courtroom access — a logistical detail unique to the high-profile nature of the trial.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 4998 • 8 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103