A brief pause at the start of a court session while Christopher Darden stepped out for a moment to confer with colleagues. Johnnie Cochran made a light remark about flowers being delivered to defense team members, including Robert Kardashian, before the judge directed proceedings to continue.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 MR. DARDEN: JUDGE, CAN I HAVE ONE MOMENT BEFORE WE START?
# 3 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND DEFENSE COUNSEL.) # 4 MR. DARDEN: CAN I STEP OUT FOR ONE MOMENT?
# 5 MR. COCHRAN: EVERYBODY IS GETTING FLOWERS, YOUR HONOR. MR. KARDASHIAN GOT SOME TODAY.
KEY QUOTE # 7 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. MISS CLARK, WOULD YOU CHECK THAT OUT THEN FOR US, PLEASE.
# 8 (DISCUSSION HELD OFF THE RECORD BETWEEN THE DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS.) # 9 THE COURT: THANK YOU. MR. COCHRAN, WOULD YOU CONTINUE, PLEASE.
# 10 MR. COCHRAN: THANK YOU VERY KINDLY, YOUR HONOR.