Recess

📄 Recess — Friday, March 31, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 49 of 167

◀ Direct examination of Detective Adalberto Luper Adjournment ▶

Date: Friday, March 31, 1995 • Utterances: 8

Judge Ito adjourns court until Monday morning and briefly inquires about the next witness. Cochran identifies Detective Harper as the final upcoming witness, and prosecutor Cheri Lewis challenges the relevance of calling him, but Ito overrules the concern and orders Harper to appear.

# 1 THE WITNESS:

YES, YOUR HONOR.

# 2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU MONDAY MORNING. ALL RIGHT. WHO IS THE OTHER WITNESS, MR. COCHRAN? MR. COCHRAN, WHO IS THE NEXT WITNESS?

# 3 MR. COCHRAN:

DETECTIVE HARPER, YOUR HONOR. HE WILL BE THE LAST ONE.

KEY QUOTE

# 4 THE COURT:

HARPER?

# 5 MS. LEWIS:

YOUR HONOR, MAY I INQUIRE THE RELEVANCE OF DETECTIVE HARPER? HE ALSO WAS THERE. OTHER DETECTIVES WERE THERE.

# 6 THE COURT:

HE'S ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WAS THERE APPARENTLY GIVING INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHAT TO DO, WAS THERE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE SEARCH WARRANT. I ASSUME THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

KEY QUOTE

# 7 MS. LEWIS:

I DON'T SHARE YOUR HONOR'S FAITH IN MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION.

KEY QUOTE

# 8 THE COURT:

WELL, JUST HAVE DETECTIVE HARPER HERE. ALL RIGHT. AS TO THIS CASE, WE ARE IN RECESS UNTIL 8:30 A.M. MONDAY. WE WILL RECONVENE COURT AT 1:30 ON THE SENTENCING MATTERS.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Cheri Lewis

I DON'T SHARE YOUR HONOR'S FAITH IN MAKING THAT ASSUMPTION.

A pointed pushback against the judge's presumption of relevance — unusually direct skepticism aimed at Ito himself.

Lance A. Ito

HE'S ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WAS THERE APPARENTLY GIVING INSTRUCTIONS AS TO WHAT TO DO, WAS THERE FOR THE SERVICE OF THE SEARCH WARRANT.

Ito articulates the apparent basis for Harper's relevance — presence and a supervisory role during the search warrant execution.

Johnnie Cochran

DETECTIVE HARPER, YOUR HONOR. HE WILL BE THE LAST ONE.

Signals the defense is nearly done with this witness sequence.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Search warrant execution — Detective Harper's role in giving instructions at the scene

discussed as basis for upcoming testimony

Notable Exchanges (1)

Cheri Lewis•Lance A. Ito

Lewis challenges the assumed relevance of Detective Harper; Ito brushes it aside and orders Harper to appear anyway.

mildly tense

Objections

1 objections (0 sustained, 1 overruled)

Proceeding 5543 • 8 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103