Morning session opening

📄 Morning session opening — Thursday, March 2, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 29 of 167

◀ Motion: Rosa Lopez sanctions Direct examination of Rosa Maria Lopez (part 1) ▶

Date: Thursday, March 2, 1995 • Utterances: 16

The court reconvenes to continue and conclude the conditional examination of Rosa Maria Lopez, with the jury absent. Judge Ito handles brief housekeeping: potential witnesses (McNally, Irma, Pavelic/McKenna) are excluded from the courtroom before Lopez resumes the stand and is reminded she remains under oath.

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

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

# 3 (PAGES 16770 THROUGH 16779, VOLUME 98A, TRANSCRIBED AND SEALED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.)

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

# 5 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE COURT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. DOUGLAS, MR. BAILEY. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MR. DARDEN, MISS CLARK, MISS LEWIS. THE MATTER IS HERE TO CONTINUE AND CONCLUDE THE CONDITIONAL EXAMINATION OF ROSA LOPEZ.

COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO PUT ON THE RECORD BEFORE WE INVITE MISS LOPEZ TO REJOIN US? ALL RIGHT. DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE MISS LOPEZ, PLEASE.

# 6 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 7 MR. DARDEN:

YOUR HONOR, WOULD YOU KINDLY EXCUSE FROM THE COURTROOM MR. MC NALLY, IRMA AND MR. PAVELIC, IF HE IS HERE?

KEY QUOTE

# 8 THE COURT:

YES. ANY OTHER PERSONS WHO MAY BE CALLED TO TESTIFY REGARDING THIS WITNESS WILL BE EXCUSED FROM THE COURTROOM.

# 9 MR. DARDEN:

I'M SORRY, MR. MC KENNA.

# 10 (POTENTIAL WITNESSES EXCLUDED)

# 11 THE COURT:

MISS LOPEZ, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESUME THE WITNESS STAND.

ROSA MARIA LOPEZ, HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY SWORN, RESUMED THE STAND AND TESTIFIED FURTHER AS FOLLOWS:

# 12 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, MISS LOPEZ.

# 13 THE WITNESS:

GOOD MORNING, SIR.

# 14 THE COURT:

YOU ARE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH.

# 15 THE WITNESS:

YES, SIR.

# 16 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE IT QUIET IN THE COURTROOM, PLEASE. AND MR. COCHRAN. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, MR. COCHRAN. YOU MAY CONCLUDE YOUR DIRECT EXAMINATION.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

THE MATTER IS HERE TO CONTINUE AND CONCLUDE THE CONDITIONAL EXAMINATION OF ROSA LOPEZ.

Signals this session will wrap up Lopez's out-of-jury-presence deposition-style testimony.

Christopher Darden

WOULD YOU KINDLY EXCUSE FROM THE COURTROOM MR. MC NALLY, IRMA AND MR. PAVELIC, IF HE IS HERE?

Prosecution moves to exclude potential witnesses who could be influenced by Lopez's testimony — standard witness sequestration.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Lance A. Ito

Darden requests exclusion of potential witnesses (McNally, Irma, Pavelic), then corrects himself — 'McKenna' not 'McNally.' Judge grants the request broadly.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5118 • 16 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103