📄 Opening remarks on evidence collection — Friday, March 31, 1995
📅 Mar 31 — Day 49
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Opening remarks on evidence collection

Date: Friday, March 31, 1995 • Utterances: 2
Judge Ito advises the jury that the trial is shifting focus to the collection of physical evidence. He dismisses the jury for the morning session so he can privately review upcoming exhibits and make admissibility rulings before that phase begins, estimating the review will take a couple of hours. The jury is told to return Monday at 9:00 AM.
1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:)
2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO -- I'M ADVISED THAT WE ARE GOING TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF THE CASE NOW TO THE COLLECTION OF THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE CASE. BEFORE WE DO THAT, I NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXHIBITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND I MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME RULINGS AS TO WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU DURING THAT PHASE OF THE TRIAL SINCE WE'RE GOING TO BE SHIFTING GEARS HERE. I ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL TAKE ME A COUPLE HOURS TO DO. SO I AM GOING TO CUT YOU LOOSE FOR THE MORNING SESSION. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITIONS TO YOU; DO NOT DISCUSS THE CASE AMONGST YOURSELVES, FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS AND DO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU WITH REGARD TO THE CASE. AND I'LL SEE YOU BACK HERE MONDAY MORNING, 9:00 A.M. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL STAND IN RECESS AS FAR AS THE JURY IS CONCERNED. AS SOON AS THEY'RE CLEARED, WE'LL RECONVENE FOR THE EVIDENCE DETERMINATIONS. ALL RIGHT.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
WE ARE GOING TO SHIFT THE FOCUS OF THE CASE NOW TO THE COLLECTION OF THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE IN THE CASE.
Marks a formal transition point in the civil trial — from prior testimony to the physical evidence phase.
Lance A. Ito
I NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE EXHIBITS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND I MAY NEED TO MAKE SOME RULINGS AS TO WHAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU DURING THAT PHASE OF THE TRIAL.
Signals the judge is conducting pre-admission review, gatekeeping what physical evidence the jury will see — a procedurally significant step.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 5536 • 2 utterances
Criminal Trial
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