Brief opening proceedings before resuming Detective Lange's testimony. Marcia Clark apologized for being late due to an urgent matter, and Judge Ito made light of it by joking about cold and flu season. The jury was then brought in.
# 1 (JANET M. MOXHAM, CSR NO. 4855, OFFICIAL REPORTER.) # 2 (CHRISTINE M. OLSON, CSR NO. 2378, OFFICIAL REPORTER.) # 3 (PAGES 17939 THROUGH 17951, VOLUME 102A, TRANSCRIBED AND SEALED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.) # 4 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, OUT OF THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 5 MS. CLARK: MAY I APOLOGIZE TO THE COURT? I HAD A VERY URGENT, SERIOUS MATTER COME UP THIS MORNING.
# 7 MS. CLARK: I'M SORRY?
# 8 THE COURT: I WAITED. THERE'S A COLD SEASON GOING AROUND.
# 9 MS. CLARK: I AM SORRY?
# 10 THE COURT: THERE'S A COLD AND FLU SEASON GOING AROUND.
# 11 MS. CLARK: OH, YES. ONLY MY HOUSE.
# 12 THE COURT: GOOD MORNING. BACK ON THE RECORD IN THE SIMPSON MATTER. THE DEFENDANT IS AGAIN PRESENT WITH HIS COUNSEL, MR. SHAPIRO, MR. COCHRAN, MR. DOUGLAS, MR. BAILEY, PEOPLE REPRESENTED BY MISS CLARK, MR. DARDEN, MISS LEWIS. THE JURY IS NOT PRESENT. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS BEFORE WE INVITE THE JURORS TO JOIN US FOR THE CONCLUSION OF DETECTIVE LANGE'S TESTIMONY? I THINK DETECTIVE LANGE ANTICIPATES RETIRING ONE OF THESE DAYS.
# 13 MS. CLARK: I THINK HE WANTS TO KEEP GOING. HE'S SO USED TO IT, HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO GO BACK TO RHD.
KEY QUOTE # 14 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. LET'S START. DEPUTY MAGNERA, LET'S HAVE THE JURORS, PLEASE.
# 15 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:) # 16 MR. COCHRAN: MAY WE APPROACH, YOUR HONOR, WITH THE REPORTER?
# 17 THE COURT: THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. BE SEATED.