Preliminary discussion

📄 Preliminary discussion — Monday, March 6, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 31 of 167

◀ Adjournment Jury seating and instructions ▶

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

A brief pre-jury administrative exchange in which Marcia Clark formally notifies the court that she intends to call neighbor witness Mark Storfer out of order. Defense has no objection. Clark explains the delay was because Storfer had been in Guam.

# 1 (JANET M. MOXHAM, CSR NO. 4855, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

# 2 (CHRISTINE M. OLSON, CSR NO. 2378, OFFICIAL REPORTER.)

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

# 4 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. MR. SIMPSON IS AGAIN PRESENT BEFORE THE COURT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. BAILEY. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MISS CLARK AND MR. DARDEN. THE JURY IS NOT PRESENT. PRESENT IS DETECTIVE TOM LANGE WHO WAS THE WITNESS WHO WAS ON THE WITNESS STAND WHEN WE BROKE TO DO THE 1335. COUNSEL, ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE PROCEED? MISS CLARK.

# 5 MS. CLARK:

ONLY, YOUR HONOR, ON FRIDAY BEFORE WE LEFT I INFORMED COUNSEL THAT I WOULD BE ASKING TO CALL A WITNESS OUT OF ORDER, MR. MARK STORFER, AND COUNSEL INDICATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

# 6 MR. COCHRAN:

NO PROBLEM.

# 7 THE COURT:

OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT IS MR. STORFER GOING TO BE TESTIFYING TO?

# 8 MS. CLARK:

HE WAS ANOTHER NEIGHBOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

# 9 THE COURT:

OKAY.

# 10 MS. CLARK:

AND I WOULD HAVE CALLED HIM SOONER, BUT HE WAS IN GUAM.

KEY QUOTE

# 11 THE COURT:

OKAY. SOON TO RETURN?

# 12 MS. CLARK:

YES.

# 13 THE COURT:

I WILL GO WITH HIM. ALL RIGHT. MRS. ROBERTSON, LET'S HAVE THE JURY, PLEASE.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Marcia Clark

I WOULD BE ASKING TO CALL A WITNESS OUT OF ORDER, MR. MARK STORFER, AND COUNSEL INDICATED THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

Establishes the procedural request and that defense pre-consented.

Marcia Clark

I WOULD HAVE CALLED HIM SOONER, BUT HE WAS IN GUAM.

Explains the witness scheduling delay.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Marcia Clark

Judge asks out of curiosity what Storfer will testify about; Clark identifies him as a neighborhood witness who was unavailable due to travel.

procedural

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Judge asks 'SOON TO RETURN?' with a dry follow-up after learning Storfer was in Guam, suggesting mild amusement at the travel excuse.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5160 • 13 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103