A brief sidebar in the civil trial where Darden lodges preemptive objections to two pieces of potential defense evidence: items seized by Judge Wong and a search warrant offered by Detective Vannatter. Shapiro defuses both objections by confirming neither will be used in the current session. The sidebar briefly devolves into a procedural squabble between Cochran and Ito over courtroom decorum.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD AT THE BENCH:) # 2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. WE ARE OVER AT THE SIDEBAR. MR. DARDEN.
# 3 MR. DARDEN: I WANTED TO LODGE AN OBJECTION IN ADVANCE TO ANY ATTEMPT BY THE DEFENSE TO PRESENT TO THE JURY THE ITEMS SEIZED BY JUDGE WONG.
KEY QUOTE # 4 MR. SHAPIRO: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT.
# 5 THE COURT: MR. SHAPIRO HAD INDICATED THAT HE WASN'T GOING TO USE ANY EXHIBITS FOR THIS SEGMENT. SO I ASSUME --
# 6 MR. SHAPIRO: THAT'S CORRECT.
# 7 MR. DARDEN: IN ADDITION, IN ADVANCE, I'D LIKE TO LODGE AN OBJECTION TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE SEARCH WARRANT THAT DETECTIVE VANNATTER OFFERED.
# 8 MR. SHAPIRO: THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS SESSION EITHER. LET'S GO.
KEY QUOTE # 9 MS. CLARK: I THINK WE OUGHT TO ADDRESS IT AT SOME POINT BEFORE MR. SHAPIRO --
# 10 THE COURT: ONE PERSON.
# 11 MR. DARDEN: AT SOME POINT, WE OUGHT TO ADDRESS IT BEFORE MR. SHAPIRO ATTEMPTS TO PRESENT IT TO THE JURY.
# 12 MR. COCHRAN: THEY SHOULD READ THE RULE --
# 13 THE COURT: ONE PERSON.
# 14 MR. COCHRAN: THIS IS ON ANOTHER MATTER. THEY'RE NOT STANDING UP WHEN THEY'RE OBJECTING.
KEY QUOTE # 15 THE COURT: NO. HE IS.
# 16 MR. COCHRAN: HE DIDN'T.
# 17 THE COURT: HE'S DONE IT SEVERAL TIMES.
# 18 MR. COCHRAN: WELL --
# 19 MR. SHAPIRO: CAN WE PROCEED, YOUR HONOR?
# 20 THE COURT: LET'S PROCEED.