Darden requested an unreported bench conference during cross-examination. The discussion was held off the record at the bench and its contents are unknown.
# 1 MR. DARDEN: MAY WE APPROACH FOR ONE MOMENT?
KEY QUOTE # 2 THE COURT: WITH THE COURT REPORTER?
# 3 MR. DARDEN: WITHOUT THE REPORTER.
# 6 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.) + Insights
procedural
Temperature procedural Key Quotes (1) Christopher Darden
MAY WE APPROACH FOR ONE MOMENT? Initiates an off-record sidebar, suggesting a sensitive or tactical matter Darden did not want transcribed.
Notable Exchanges (1) Christopher Darden • Lance A. Ito
Darden specifically requested the conference without the court reporter present, which Ito confirmed before allowing it.
strategic