The court took a lunch recess at 11:50 A.M., with Judge Ito ordering everyone back at 1:30 P.M. The afternoon session resumed with Rosa Lopez still on the stand, with Marcia Clark absent but Christopher Darden confirming the prosecution was ready to proceed.
# 1 THE COURT: MR. COCHRAN.
# 2 MR. COCHRAN: MAY I JUST HAVE A MOMENT, YOUR HONOR?
# 3 THE COURT: CERTAINLY. HOLD ON. UN POQUITO. DO YOU WANT -- GIVEN THE HOUR -- THREE MINUTES.
KEY QUOTE # 4 MR. COCHRAN: MAYBE WE SHOULD -- WHAT TIME DOES THE COURT WANT US BACK?
# 5 THE COURT: WELL, LOOKS LIKE 1:30.
# 6 MR. COCHRAN: MAY WE APPROACH JUST A MOMENT?
# 8 (A CONFERENCE WAS HELD AT THE BENCH, NOT REPORTED.) # 9 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. MISS LOPEZ, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FOR THE LUNCH HOUR. WE WILL FINISH THIS AFTERNOON. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE ORDERED TO COME BACK AT 1:30. MISS HAMBURGER, MR. JONES, 1:30.
# 10 THE WITNESS: THANK YOU, SIR.
# 11 THE COURT: WE'LL BE IN RECESS UNTIL 1:30.
# 12 (AT 11:50 A.M., THE NOON RECESS WAS TAKEN UNTIL 1:30 P.M. OF THE SAME DAY.) # 13 (JANET M. MOXHAM, CSR NO. 4855, OFFICIAL REPORTER.) # 14 (CHRISTINE M. OLSON, CSR NO. 2378, OFFICIAL REPORTER.) # 15 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 16 THE COURT: BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT WITH HIS COUNSEL. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED. MR. DARDEN, I DON'T SEE MISS CLARK.
# 17 MR. DARDEN: SHE WILL BE LATE, YOUR HONOR, BUT WE ARE READY TO PROCEED.
ROSA MARIA LOPEZ, THE WITNESS ON THE STAND AT THE TIME OF THE NOON RECESS, RESUMED THE STAND AND TESTIFIED FURTHER AS FOLLOWS:
KEY QUOTE # 18 THE COURT: THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT ROSA LOPEZ IS STILL ON THE WITNESS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS LOPEZ.
# 19 THE WITNESS: GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
# 20 THE COURT: MRS. LOPEZ, YOU ARE REMINDED THAT YOU ARE STILL UNDER OATH. MR. COCHRAN.