Judge Ito calls the court back on record and counsel for both sides state their appearances. The judge notes a hard stop time of 5:00 PM, warning that proceedings may need to continue on another date if not concluded.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 2 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. THE DEFENDANT IS AGAIN PRESENT WITH COUNSEL AND WE HAVE A NEW SET OF LAWYERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR MATTER. COUNSEL, DO YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR APPEARANCES FOR THE RECORD.
# 3 MR. BLASIER: ROBERT BLASIER FOR MR. SIMPSON.
# 4 MR. NEUFELD: PETER NEUFELD.
# 5 MR. SCHECK: BARRY SCHECK.
# 6 MR. THOMPSON: WILLIAM THOMPSON.
# 7 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. FOR THE PEOPLE.
# 8 MS. LEWIS: CHERI LEWIS BRIEFLY, I BELIEVE.
# 9 MR. GOLDBERG: HANK GOLDBERG.
# 10 MR. CLARKE: GEORGE CLARKE, YOUR HONOR.
# 11 MR. HARMON: ROCK HARMON.
# 12 MS. KAHN: LISA KAHN.
# 13 MR. HODGMAN: WILLIAM HODGMAN, YOUR HONOR.
# 14 THE COURT: GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. I HAVE AN ABSOLUTE STOP TIME TODAY OF FIVE O'CLOCK, SO IF WE DON'T CONCLUDE, WE WILL HAVE TO TRAIL OVER UNTIL ANOTHER DATE.