Noon recess

📄 Noon recess — Thursday, March 16, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 39 of 167

◀ Direct examination of Philip Vannatter (morning) Direct examination of Philip Vannatter (afternoon, part 1) ▶

Date: Thursday, March 16, 1995 • Utterances: 19

The court took its noon recess and reconvened at 1:30 PM. Before the jury returned, F. Lee Bailey requested and received permission to reprint and substitute the front page of Defense Exhibit 102, which had been blurred by a water spot during the previous day's proceedings. Detective Vannatter resumed the witness stand for continued examination by Darden.

# 1 THE COURT:

IT APPEARS SO.

# 2 THE COURT:

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS FOR THE MORNING SESSION. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITIONS TO YOU. DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONG YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DO NOT CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU, DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU REGARDING THE CASE. WE WILL STAND IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30. DETECTIVE VANNATTER, YOU ARE EXCUSED UNTIL 1:30, SIR.

# 3 THE WITNESS:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 4 (AT 12:00 P.M. THE NOON RECESS WAS TAKEN UNTIL 1:30 P.M. OF THE SAME DAY.)

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

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

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

# 8 THE COURT:

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. ALL PARTIES ARE AGAIN PRESENT. THERE'S MISS LEWIS. ARE WE READY TO PROCEED? ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE.

# 9 MR. BAILEY:

YOUR HONOR, WHILE THE JURORS ARE COMING IN --

# 10 THE COURT:

I AM SORRY. MR. BAILEY?

# 11 MR. BAILEY:

YES. AN EXHIBIT THAT WAS VIEWED YESTERDAY BY DETECTIVE FUHRMAN THROUGH THE ELMO HAS GOT A SPOT OF WATER ON IT, BLURRED IT. MISS CLARK HAS AGREED THAT I MAY REPRINT THE FRONT PAGE AND SUBSTITUTE IT. IT'S DEFENSE 102, AND I SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT WITHOUT THE COURT'S PERMISSION.

KEY QUOTE

# 12 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY. YOU HAVE THE COURT'S PERMISSION. THANK YOU, MR. BAILEY.

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

# 14 THE COURT:

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

# 15 THE JURY:

GOOD AFTERNOON.

# 16 THE COURT:

ANOTHER GREAT TIE AND SUSPENDER COMBINATION THERE. ALL RIGHT. DETECTIVE VANNATTER, WOULD YOU RESUME THE WITNESS STAND, PLEASE.

PHILIP VANNATTER, THE WITNESS ON THE STAND AT THE TIME OF THE LUNCH ADJOURNMENT, RESUMED THE STAND AND TESTIFIED FURTHER AS FOLLOWS:

KEY QUOTE

# 17 THE COURT:

GOOD AFTERNOON, DETECTIVE VANNATTER.

# 18 THE WITNESS:

GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.

# 19 THE COURT:

YOU ARE REMINDED YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH, SIR. MR. DARDEN, YOU MAY CONTINUE.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

F. Lee Bailey

AN EXHIBIT THAT WAS VIEWED YESTERDAY BY DETECTIVE FUHRMAN THROUGH THE ELMO HAS GOT A SPOT OF WATER ON IT, BLURRED IT. MISS CLARK HAS AGREED THAT I MAY REPRINT THE FRONT PAGE AND SUBSTITUTE IT.

Cooperative stipulation between prosecution and defense to replace a damaged exhibit; rare moment of agreement between adversarial counsel.

Lance A. Ito

ANOTHER GREAT TIE AND SUSPENDER COMBINATION THERE.

Ito-esque light banter with the jury upon reconvening, signaling an effort to maintain a collegial courtroom atmosphere.

Evidence (1)

Defense 102

Document with a front page that was blurred by a water spot; had been viewed through the ELMO projector by Detective Fuhrman the previous day

Substitution of damaged front page approved by court

Notable Exchanges (1)

F. Lee Bailey•Lance A. Ito

Bailey requested court permission to reprint and substitute the damaged front page of Defense 102, noting Clark had already agreed. Ito approved without objection.

cooperative

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Judge Ito complimented someone in the courtroom on their 'great tie and suspender combination' upon the jury's return.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5316 • 19 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103