Morning session opening

📄 Morning session opening — Wednesday, March 8, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 33 of 167

◀ DNA and fingernail evidence Motion: phone records subpoena ▶

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 1995 • Utterances: 9

Judge Ito calls court to order, notes all counsel present, and previews the day's agenda: motions to quash subpoenas and the court's ruling on a renewed Pitchess motion ordering disclosure of certain redacted records. Outside counsel appear for two individuals — Michelle Aboudram and Cathy Randa — whose subpoenas are the subject of the motions. The judge anticipates Detective Lange and Mrs. Goldman will occupy the morning session.

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

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

# 3 (PAGES 17861 THROUGH 17690, VOLUME 101A, TRANSCRIBED AND SEALED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.)

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

# 5 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. THE DEFENDANT IS AGAIN PRESENT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. DOUGLAS, MR. BAILEY. THE PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED BY MS. CLARK, MR. DARDEN, MISS LEWIS. THE MATTER IS HERE FOR MOTIONS TO QUASH CERTAIN SUBPOENAS, AND THE COURT HAS ALSO ISSUED ITS RULING REGARDING THE RENEWED PITCHESS MOTION, WHICH SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH SELF-EXPLANATORY. AND MR. DOUGLAS, MISS CLARK, AS SOON AS THE CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS COMES, BECAUSE I'M ORDERING THE DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN ITEMS, HOWEVER, REDACTED FOR CERTAIN CONTENT, WHICH WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

# 6 MR. DOUGLAS:

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

# 7 THE COURT:

ALL RIGHT. I ANTICIPATE, HOWEVER, THAT WE WILL BE WITH DETECTIVE LANGE AND MRS. GOLDMAN PERHAPS FOR THE MORNING SESSION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S PROCEED THEN TO THE MOTIONS TO QUASH SUBPOENAS. ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, COUNSEL. YOUR APPEARANCES FOR THE RECORD.

KEY QUOTE

# 8 MR. SOLOMON:

STEPHEN WARREN SOLOMON OF SOLOMON SALTZMAN AND JAMIESON, FOR MICHELLE ABOUDRAM.

# 9 MR. SACKS:

GOOD MORNING, YOUR HONOR. MELVYN DOUGLAS SACKS FOR CATHY RANDA.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito

THE COURT HAS ALSO ISSUED ITS RULING REGARDING THE RENEWED PITCHESS MOTION, WHICH SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH SELF-EXPLANATORY.

Signals the court is ordering disclosure of police personnel records, though redacted — a significant development in the ongoing police-conduct thread of the case.

Lance A. Ito

I ANTICIPATE, HOWEVER, THAT WE WILL BE WITH DETECTIVE LANGE AND MRS. GOLDMAN PERHAPS FOR THE MORNING SESSION.

Sets expectations for substantive testimony from a key detective and a Goldman family member.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Carl Douglas

Judge instructs Douglas and Clark to wait for the custodian of records before the Pitchess disclosure proceeds; Douglas simply thanks the court.

routine

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 5201 • 9 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103