Jury instruction: afternoon recess

📄 Jury instruction: afternoon recess — Tuesday, March 28, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 46 of 167

◀ Cross-examination of Sigelman Pre-trial administrative matters ▶

Date: Tuesday, March 28, 1995 • Utterances: 4

Judge Ito recesses court for the afternoon, delivering standard admonitions to the jury and ordering witness Mr. Park to return the following morning at 9:00 a.m. The proceeding is entirely administrative, lasting only a few exchanges before adjournment at 4:30 p.m.

# 1 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS FOR THE AFTERNOON. PLEASE REMEMBER ALL OF MY ADMONITIONS TO YOU; DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS UNTIL THE MATTER HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO YOU, DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. MR. PARK, YOU MAY STEP DOWN. YOU ARE ORDERED TO RETURN TOMORROW MORNING AT 9:00 O'CLOCK. YOU ARE ALSO ORDERED NOT TO DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR THE LAWYERS AND YOUR OWN ATTORNEY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE ORDER, SIR?

# 2 THE WITNESS:

YES, YOUR HONOR.

# 3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. 9:00 O'CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING. WE'LL STAND IN RECESS, 9:00 O'CLOCK.

# 4 (AT 4:30 P.M., AN ADJOURNMENT WAS TAKEN UNTIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1995, 9:00 A.M.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

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

Standard jury admonition preserving the integrity of deliberations.

Lance A. Ito

YOU ARE ALSO ORDERED NOT TO DISCUSS YOUR TESTIMONY WITH ANYBODY EXCEPT FOR THE LAWYERS AND YOUR OWN ATTORNEY.

Witness sequestration order directed at Mr. Park, preventing coaching or contamination of testimony overnight.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5461 • 4 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103