Jury instructions and recess

📄 Jury instructions and recess — Friday, March 17, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 40 of 167

◀ Direct examination of Det. Philip Vannatter (part 2) Morning session opening ▶

Date: Friday, March 17, 1995 • Utterances: 4

Judge Ito dismissed the jury for a noon recess, delivering standard admonitions about not discussing the case or forming opinions. He briefly mixed up Detective Vannatter's name with Detective Lange, then made a self-deprecating quip about the error.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU. DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU ABOUT THE CASE OR CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS ABOUT THE MATTER UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU. DETECTIVE LANGE, YOU ARE ORDERED TO RETURN MONDAY MORNING, 9:00 A.M. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, THIS AFTERNOON THE COURT IS GOING TO BE ON SESSION ON OTHER MATTERS REGARDING THIS CASE, I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CASE ON MY CALENDAR, SO WE WILL BE HERE WORKING. SO YOU HAVE A NICE WEEKEND AND WE WILL SEE YOU MONDAY MORNING.

# 2 THE WITNESS:

DETECTIVE VANNATTER.

# 3 THE COURT:

DETECTIVE VANNATTER, I'M SORRY. I LIKED THE LANGE GUY. HE WAS HERE SO LONG. ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU MONDAY MORNING.

KEY QUOTE

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

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

DETECTIVE VANNATTER, I'M SORRY. I LIKED THE LANGE GUY. HE WAS HERE SO LONG.

Rare moment of levity from the bench — Ito acknowledged his own mistake with a candid, humanizing aside.

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Judge Ito accidentally called Detective Vannatter by Detective Lange's name, then explained himself by saying he liked Lange because he had been on the stand so long.

Witness Demeanor

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

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5327 • 4 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103