Jury instruction: recess

📄 Jury instruction: recess — Monday, March 20, 1995

Address:

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TRIAL

▲ Day 41 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Philip Vannatter (part 2) Administrative matters: exhibits ▶

Date: Monday, March 20, 1995 • Utterances: 4

Judge Ito called a brief 15-minute morning recess to allow for a court reporter change. He issued standard admonitions to the jury before dismissing them and excused Detective Vannatter from the stand temporarily.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MR. SHAPIRO, WE NEED TO CHANGE COURT REPORTERS AT THIS POINT. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BRIEF MORNING RECESS. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITIONS TO YOU. DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONG YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO CONVERSE WITH YOU ABOUT THE CASE, DO NOT CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU. WE WILL BE IN RECESS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES. AND DETECTIVE VANNATTER, YOU MAY STEP DOWN AND COME BACK IN FIFTEEN MINUTES.

# 2 THE WITNESS:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL BE IN RECESS FOR FIFTEEN MINUTES.

# 4 (RECESS.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONG YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO CONVERSE WITH YOU ABOUT THE CASE, DO NOT CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU.

Standard jury admonition preserving the integrity of deliberations.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5341 • 4 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103