Closing remarks

📄 Closing remarks — Thursday, March 30, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 48 of 167

◀ Motion: discovery violations In-chambers: Westec security and videotape ▶

Date: Thursday, March 30, 1995 • Utterances: 17

A brief end-of-day administrative session covering logistics for the next court day. Attorneys coordinated witness lists, scheduling for disputed demonstrative boards, and arranged for OJ Simpson to view a tape at the court's 8:30 AM informal session the following morning.

# 1 MR. NEUFELD:

JUDGE, ONE THING WE NEED, IF I MAY, VERY, VERY BRIEFLY. WE STILL NEED TO KNOW THE LIST OF WITNESSES FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS AS PER THE COURT'S INITIAL ORDER, ESPECIALLY NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS THAT ARE HANDLING DIFFERENT WITNESSES.

# 2 THE COURT:

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE EXCHANGED INFORMALLY BETWEEN THE ATTORNEYS.

KEY QUOTE

# 3 MR. GOLDBERG:

YOUR HONOR, DOES THE COURT'S RULING ON THE APIMS AND SETS MATERIAL STILL STAND?

# 4 THE COURT:

YES.

# 5 MR. GOLDBERG:

CAN WE JUST ASK THE COURT'S PLEASURE ABOUT SCHEDULING ISSUES?

# 6 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT.

# 7 MR. GOLDBERG:

IN TERMS OF TOMORROW, I THINK THERE WERE STILL ISSUES THAT THEY WANTED TO RAISE, THE DEFENSE SAID, ABOUT THE BOARDS THAT WE INTENDED TO USE. I WANTED TO KNOW WHEN THAT WAS GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP.

# 8 THE COURT:

BRING THEM HERE AT 8:30.

# 9 MR. GOLDBERG:

SO THE COURT WANTS TO DO THAT BEFORE THE WITNESS IS CALLED?

# 10 THE COURT:

RIGHT.

# 11 MR. GOLDBERG:

ALL RIGHT.

# 12 THE COURT:

THAT IS THE NORMAL PROCEDURE.

# 13 MR. GOLDBERG:

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

# 14 MR. NEUFELD:

JUDGE, MR. SIMPSON WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE TAPE. MAY HE STAY HERE AND USE YOUR EQUIPMENT TO VIEW IT?

# 15 THE COURT:

WE DON'T HAVE IT HOOKED UP TO THE MONITOR RIGHT NOW. I EXCUSED MISS FITZPATRICK. SHE WILL BE HERE TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:30. 8:30 SESSION IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, JUST AN INFORMAL SESSION. WE WILL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.

# 16 MR. NEUFELD:

THANK YOU.

# 17 (AT 4:25 P.M. AN ADJOURNMENT WAS TAKEN UNTIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1995, 8:30 A.M.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE EXCHANGED INFORMALLY BETWEEN THE ATTORNEYS.

Judge declining to micromanage routine attorney coordination on witness lists.

Lance A. Ito

8:30 SESSION IS NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, JUST AN INFORMAL SESSION. WE WILL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE.

Court accommodating Simpson's request to view a tape in a closed pre-trial session.

Evidence (3)

Informal

APIMS and SETS material — subject of a prior court ruling

ruling confirmed still standing

Informal

Demonstrative boards prosecution intends to use

defense challenges to be heard at 8:30 AM session

Informal

An unspecified tape Simpson requested to view

viewing arranged for informal 8:30 AM session

Notable Exchanges (1)

Peter Neufeld•Lance A. Ito

Neufeld requests that Simpson be allowed to stay and use court AV equipment to view a tape; judge says equipment is not currently hooked up but arranges access for the morning informal session.

cordial

Witness Demeanor

(AT 4:25 P.M. AN ADJOURNMENT WAS TAKEN UNTIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1995, 8:30 A.M.)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5515 • 17 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103