Witness transition and scheduling

📄 Witness transition and scheduling — Friday, March 31, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 49 of 167

◀ Direct examination of David Adkins Direct examination of Willie Ford ▶

Date: Friday, March 31, 1995 • Utterances: 10

A brief administrative exchange between Judge Ito, Cochran, and prosecutor Cheri Lewis to confirm the next witnesses in sequence. Cochran identifies Detective Luper as the witness following Ford, and the judge instructs that Luper be waiting outside.

# 1 MR. COCHRAN:

MR. FORD.

# 2 THE COURT:

MR. FORD. MADAM REPORTER, ANY OBLIGATIONS AT NOONTIME?

# 3 THE COURT REPORTER:

NO, YOUR HONOR.

# 4 THE COURT:

MRS. ROBERTSON?

# 5 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 6 THE COURT:

MR. COCHRAN, WHO ARE YOU GOING TO WANT AFTER THIS?

# 7 MR. COCHRAN:

AFTER FORD, YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO WANT LUPER, DETECTIVE LUPER.

KEY QUOTE

# 8 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HAVE DETECTIVE LUPER WAITING OUTSIDE.

# 9 MS. LEWIS:

THEY'RE ALL IN THE WAITING ROOM ON THIS FLOOR.

# 10 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. MR. FORD?

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Johnnie Cochran

AFTER FORD, YOUR HONOR, I'M GOING TO WANT LUPER, DETECTIVE LUPER.

Identifies the next witness in the defense lineup, Detective Luper.

Witness Demeanor

(BRIEF PAUSE.)

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5540 • 10 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103