📄 Afternoon recess — Tuesday, March 7, 1995
📅 Mar 7 — Day 32
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▲ Day 32 of 167

Afternoon recess

Date: Tuesday, March 7, 1995 • Utterances: 3
Judge Ito dismissed the jury for the afternoon recess so he could privately preview photographs and videotapes before they are shown to the jury. He instructed jurors to return at 9:00 AM the following morning and reminded them of his standard admonition. The court planned to immediately resume with 402 hearings regarding the videotapes once the jury was excused.
1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:)
2 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I NEED TO PREVIEW SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPES, BEFORE THEY ARE SHOWN TO YOU. I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM YET. SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR RECESS FOR THE AFTERNOON AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REMEMBER MY ADMONITION TO YOU. DON'T DISCUSS THE CASE AMONG YOURSELVES, DON'T FORM ANY OPINIONS ABOUT THE CASE, DON'T CONDUCT ANY DELIBERATIONS OR ALLOW ANYBODY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU WITH REGARD TO THE CASE. WE WILL SEE YOU BRIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AT NINE O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL STAND IN RECESS AS FAR AS THE JURY IS CONCERNED. AS SOON AS THE JURY IS EXCUSED, WE WILL RESUME WITH 402 HEARINGS REGARDING THE VIDEOTAPES. ALL RIGHT. DON'T GO AWAY.

3 (RECESS.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
I NEED TO PREVIEW SOME PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOTAPES, BEFORE THEY ARE SHOWN TO YOU. I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM YET.
Explains the reason for the early recess — judicial pre-screening of evidence before jury exposure.
Lance A. Ito
AS SOON AS THE JURY IS EXCUSED, WE WILL RESUME WITH 402 HEARINGS REGARDING THE VIDEOTAPES.
Signals an upcoming admissibility hearing (Evidence Code 402) to determine whether the videotapes can be shown to the jury.

Evidence (2)

Informal
Photographs — unspecified, pending judicial preview
pending review
Informal
Videotapes — subject of upcoming 402 admissibility hearing
pending review

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 5200 • 3 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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