The previous witness was excused and Patti Goldman was called and sworn in as the next witness for the prosecution. Before the oath was administered, Judge Ito directed Kim Goldman — a potential future witness — to leave the courtroom.
# 1 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNSEL. MISS CLARK, CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS.
# 2 MS. CLARK: THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. THE PEOPLE CALL MISS PATTI GOLDMAN.
# 4 THE COURT: ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE WILL HAVE TO ASK KIM GOLDMAN TO STEP OUT DURING THE TESTIMONY.
KEY QUOTE # 5 (POTENTIAL WITNESS EXITS THE COURTROOM.) # 6 THE CLERK: PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. YOU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU MAY GIVE IN THE CAUSE NOW PENDING BEFORE THIS COURT, SHALL BE THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD.
# 8 THE CLERK: PLEASE HAVE A SEAT ON THE WITNESS STAND AND STATE AND SPELL YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES FOR THE RECORD.
# 9 THE WITNESS: PATTI GOLDMAN, P-A-T-T-I G-O-L-D-M-A-N.
# 10 THE COURT: MISS CLARK.