📄 Videotape viewing — Tuesday, March 14, 1995
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Videotape viewing

Date: Tuesday, March 14, 1995 • Utterances: 14
The court previewed a videotape outside the jury's presence, with Judge Ito first ordering Detective Fuhrman to leave the courtroom before it was played. The clip was apparently cued to the wrong spot — F. Lee Bailey noted they had passed the relevant section — and the court recessed until 1:30 PM without completing a full review.
1 (BRIEF PAUSE.)
2 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)
3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE JURY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURTROOM. AND MR. HARRIS, DO YOU WANT TO SHOW US THE CLIP. LET ME ASK DETECTIVE FUHRMAN TO STEP OUT OF THE COURTROOM.

4 (DETECTIVE FUHRMAN EXITS THE COURTROOM.)
5 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. DETECTIVE FUHRMAN HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURTROOM. MR. HARRIS, MAY WE SEE THIS VIDEOTAPE, PLEASE.

6 MR. HARRIS:

YES, YOUR HONOR.

7 (AT 11:59 A.M. A VIDEOTAPE WAS PLAYED.)
8 MS. LEWIS:

CAN WE TURN UP THE SOUND?

9 (THE VIDEOTAPE CONTINUED PLAYING.)
10 THE COURT:

MR. HARRIS, IS THAT IT?

11 MR. HARRIS:

WELL, THERE IS MORE, BUT THAT IS --

12 MR. BAILEY:

WE PASSED THE SPOT.

13 MR. HARRIS:

YOUR HONOR --

14 THE COURT:

THAT IS IT. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BE IN RECESS UNTIL WILL 1:30.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
LET ME ASK DETECTIVE FUHRMAN TO STEP OUT OF THE COURTROOM.
Fuhrman's removal before viewing suggests the tape contains material directly implicating him — likely the McKinny tapes — and his presence during preview could be prejudicial or problematic.
F. Lee Bailey
WE PASSED THE SPOT.
Reveals the tape was not properly cued; the defense was looking for a specific segment, implying the relevant clip is brief and precisely located.

Evidence (1)

Informal
Videotape clip previewed for the court
played for judge and counsel, jury and Fuhrman excluded

Notable Exchanges (1)

F. Lee BaileyMr. Harris
Bailey interjected that they had passed the relevant spot on the tape before Harris could finish his response to the judge, indicating a disagreement about where the key segment was.
strategic

Witness Demeanor

(DETECTIVE FUHRMAN EXITS THE COURTROOM.)
(AT 11:59 A.M. A VIDEOTAPE WAS PLAYED.)
(THE VIDEOTAPE CONTINUED PLAYING.)

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 5279 • 14 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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