📄 Witness stand preparation — Tuesday, March 21, 1995
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Witness stand preparation

Date: Tuesday, March 21, 1995 • Utterances: 18
A brief administrative transition in which the prosecution calls its next witness. After a short off-record discussion and an unreported bench conference, Christopher Darden recalls Detective Tom Lange to the stand. Judge Ito reminds Lange he remains under oath.
1 THE COURT:

NEXT WITNESS.

2 MR. DARDEN:

CAN I HAVE ONE MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?

3 THE COURT:

CERTAINLY.

4 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.)
5 MR. DARDEN:

MAY WE APPROACH FOR A MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?

6 THE COURT:

WITHOUT THE REPORTER, PLEASE.

7 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.)
8 THE COURT:

LET'S SEE THE PEOPLE'S NEXT WITNESS, PLEASE.

9 MR. DARDEN:

WE SEE HIM RIGHT THERE, YOUR HONOR. DETECTIVE LANGE BRIEFLY.

KEY QUOTE
10 THE COURT:

YOU'RE GOING TO RECALL DETECTIVE LANGE?

11 MR. DARDEN:

WITH THE COURT'S PERMISSION.

12 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. DETECTIVE, WOULD YOU RETAKE THE WITNESS STAND, PLEASE.

TOM LANGE, (RECALLED) RECALLED AS A WITNESS BY THE PEOPLE, RESUMED THE STAND AND TESTIFIED FURTHER AS FOLLOWS:

13 THE COURT:

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, DETECTIVE LANGE.

14 THE WITNESS:

AFTERNOON, YOUR HONOR.

15 THE COURT:

DETECTIVE, YOU ARE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH, HAVING NOT BEEN RELEASED AS A WITNESS YET IN THIS MATTER.

16 THE WITNESS:

YES.

17 THE COURT:

MR. DARDEN, BRIEFLY.

18 MR. DARDEN:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Christopher Darden
WE SEE HIM RIGHT THERE, YOUR HONOR. DETECTIVE LANGE BRIEFLY.
Signals the prosecution intends only a short additional examination of Lange.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher DardenLance A. Ito
Off-record discussion between counsel followed by an unreported bench conference before Lange is recalled.
procedural

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 5357 • 18 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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