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.
# 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 LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE JURY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURTROOM.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 DETECTIVE FUHRMAN HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE COURTROOM.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.