Adjournment

📄 Adjournment — Wednesday, March 15, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 38 of 167

◀ Sidebar: attorney-client privilege Morning session opening ▶

Date: Wednesday, March 15, 1995 • Utterances: 5

Judge Ito briefly addressed the jury to explain that legal arguments consumed the entire court day, preventing any testimony. He adjourned early due to a scheduled afternoon activity, reminding jurors of their standard admonitions before dismissing them until the following morning.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BE SEATED. ALL RIGHT. THE RECORD SHOULD REFLECT THAT WE'VE BEEN REJOINED BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR JURY PANEL. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

# 3 THE JURY:

GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 4 THE COURT:

THAT SEARCH FOR AN ITEM LED TO ARGUMENT, LED TO HAVING TO HAVE ANOTHER ATTORNEY ON ANOTHER ISSUE COME IN AND DISCUSS IT, AND WE'VE MANAGED TO TAKE UP THE WHOLE COURT DAY. THIS IS ALSO -- ORDINARILY, GIVEN THE SITUATION, I WOULD LIKE TO FORGE AHEAD A LITTLE MORE, BUT WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY PLANNED THIS AFTERNOON. SO I'M GOING TO BREAK AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITIONS TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU REGARDING THE CASE, DON'T CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU. SEE YOU HERE TOMORROW MORNING, 9:00 O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL STAND IN RECESS. AND, MRS. ROBERTSON.

KEY QUOTE

# 5 (AT 3:00 P.M., AN ADJOURNMENT WAS TAKEN UNTIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1995, 9:00 A.M.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

THAT SEARCH FOR AN ITEM LED TO ARGUMENT, LED TO HAVING TO HAVE ANOTHER ATTORNEY ON ANOTHER ISSUE COME IN AND DISCUSS IT, AND WE'VE MANAGED TO TAKE UP THE WHOLE COURT DAY.

Ito's candid acknowledgment that behind-the-scenes legal wrangling — likely over evidence or an exhibit — consumed an entire court session without the jury present.

Evidence (1)

Informal

An unspecified item that was searched for, triggering off-the-record legal argument and the appearance of additional counsel

discussed (off the record, outside jury presence)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5290 • 5 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103