Administrative matters: exhibits

📄 Administrative matters: exhibits — Monday, March 20, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 41 of 167

◀ Jury instruction: recess Cross-examination of Philip Vannatter (part 3) ▶

Date: Monday, March 20, 1995 • Utterances: 6

A brief pre-session administrative exchange in which Darden complained that Shapiro had not provided promised exhibits before court began. Shapiro clarified that the exhibits were not needed for the current session and expressed concern about prematurely directing jurors' attention to upcoming materials.

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

# 2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE.

# 3 MR. DARDEN:

YOUR HONOR, MR. SHAPIRO DID NOT GIVE ME THE EXHIBITS HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 MR. SHAPIRO:

I AM SORRY?

# 5 THE COURT:

DO YOU NEED EXHIBITS FOR THIS SESSION?

# 6 MR. SHAPIRO:

NO, YOUR HONOR. I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISDIRECT THEIR TRAIN OF THINKING. I CAN GIVE THEM SOME MATERIALS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING TO IN A WHILE IF THEY WANT TO --

KEY QUOTE

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Christopher Darden

MR. SHAPIRO DID NOT GIVE ME THE EXHIBITS HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME.

Signals friction between opposing counsel over exhibit-sharing obligations, a recurring logistical tension in the trial.

Robert Shapiro

I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISDIRECT THEIR TRAIN OF THINKING.

Shapiro frames the withholding as strategic jury management rather than a failure to comply.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher Darden•Robert Shapiro

Darden raised a complaint about Shapiro not delivering promised exhibits; Shapiro deflected by saying they weren't needed yet and cited concern about jury confusion.

mildly contentious

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5328 • 6 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103