Jury seating and instructions

📄 Jury seating and instructions — Monday, March 6, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 31 of 167

◀ Preliminary discussion Direct examination of Mark Storfer ▶

Date: Monday, March 6, 1995 • Utterances: 13

The jury is brought into the courtroom and Judge Ito briefly greets them after an apparent recess. He explains that the cross-examination of Detective Tom Lange will be temporarily interrupted to accommodate an out-of-state witness, Mark Storfer, who will be called out of order.

# 1 (BRIEF PAUSE.)

# 2 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

# 3 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BE SEATED.

# 4 THE COURT:

MISS CLARK.

# 5 MS. CLARK:

YES, YOUR HONOR. THE PEOPLE CALL MR. MARK STORFER.

# 6 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING -- FIRST OF ALL, GOOD MORNING.

# 7 THE JURY:

GOOD MORNING.

# 8 THE COURT:

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ALL IN A WHILE. I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. I'M SURE YOU ARE GLAD TO BE BACK. WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING A WITNESS OUT OF ORDER. THAT MEANS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DETECTIVE TOM LANGE AND WE ARE GOING TO INTERRUPT THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DETECTIVE LANGE TO PRESENT ANOTHER WITNESS TO YOU THIS MORNING, BECAUSE THIS PERSON, I BELIEVE, STILL RESIDES OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IS THAT CORRECT?

KEY QUOTE

# 9 MS. CLARK:

THAT'S CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.

# 10 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. AND WILL BE RETURNING?

# 11 MS. CLARK:

YES.

# 12 THE COURT:

YOU MAY PROCEED, MISS CLARK.

# 13 MS. CLARK:

GOOD MORNING.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU ALL IN A WHILE. I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. I'M SURE YOU ARE GLAD TO BE BACK.

Warm, informal greeting to the jury suggesting a notable gap since their last session.

Lance A. Ito

WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING A WITNESS OUT OF ORDER. THAT MEANS THAT, AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DETECTIVE TOM LANGE AND WE ARE GOING TO INTERRUPT THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF DETECTIVE LANGE TO PRESENT ANOTHER WITNESS TO YOU THIS MORNING, BECAUSE THIS PERSON, I BELIEVE, STILL RESIDES OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

Judge explains the procedural interruption so the jury understands why the testimony sequence is non-linear.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Marcia Clark

Judge confirms with Clark that witness Storfer resides out of state and will be returning, establishing the logistical basis for calling him out of order.

procedural

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Judge tells the jury he is glad to have them back and quips he is sure they are glad to be back as well, drawing a warm call-and-response greeting.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5161 • 13 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103