📄 Exhibit logistics — Wednesday, May 17, 1995
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Exhibit logistics

Date: Wednesday, May 17, 1995 • Utterances: 28
A brief out-of-jury administrative session confirming exhibit readiness before resuming testimony. Harmon marks a new autorad photograph as People's 271-A(1) and coordinates logistics for bringing a large light box ('the monster') into court so the jury can view DNA autorad exhibits in three sequential sets.
1 (The following proceedings were held in open court, out of the presence of the jury:)
2 THE COURT:

Back on the record on the Simpson case, all parties are again present. Mr. Harmon, do you have your witness with his--do you have Mr. Fairtlough with all our exhibit boards that are next up?

3 MR. HARMON:

Yes. Do you want us to put them up now?

4 THE COURT:

I want to make sure you are ready to go.

5 MR. HARMON:

We are ready to go and we did mark or capture autorad A16 which is exhibit 271-A and we should mark that 271-A(1).

6 THE COURT:

So marked.

7 MR. HARMON:

Thank you.

8 (Peo's 271-A(1) for id = autorad/photograph)
9 THE COURT:

All right.

10 (Discussion held off the record between Deputy District Attorney and Defense counsel.)
11 MR. HARMON:

The Bundy board has already been referred to, the result board, and the photo board has already been testified about.

12 MR. SCHECK:

Nothing--

13 THE COURT:

Nothing new, all right.

14 MR. HARMON:

The--all right. Let's have the jury.

15 (Brief pause.)
16 THE COURT:

And Mr. Harmon, well take our break at 2:15.

17 MR. HARMON:

Okay. Your Honor, after we do the Bundy boards, we are going to bring in the light box.

18 THE COURT:

The monster?

19 MR. HARMON:

The monster.

20 THE COURT:

All right.

21 (Brief pause.)
22 THE COURT:

Are you going to suggest a jury parade by the box?

23 MR. HARMON:

Yes, your Honor. Because of the number of autorads, we will have to do them in three different sets.

24 THE COURT:

All right.

25 MR. HARMON:

I think we are organized to do that, so--

26 THE COURT:

All right. We will make sure there is no extraneous--we may have to move the cart there and a few other things.

27 MR. HARMON:

Our slogans can't be seen there?

KEY QUOTE
28 (Brief pause.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Lance A. Ito
The monster?
Ito's wry nickname for the large light box used to display autorad DNA evidence — reveals familiarity and a rare flash of informality from the bench.
Rockne Harmon
The monster.
Confirms the nickname, suggesting the light box is a known, unwieldy fixture of the DNA phase of trial.
Rockne Harmon
Our slogans can't be seen there?
Cryptic reference — likely concern about prosecution exhibit labels or display materials being visible to the jury before the proper moment.

Evidence (4)

People's 271-A(1)
Autorad/photograph, captured and marked during this session
marked for identification
Informal
Bundy board — DNA result display already testified about
referenced as previously admitted
Informal
Result board and photo board already in evidence
referenced as previously admitted
Informal
Light box ('the monster') for displaying autorad DNA evidence
logistics discussed, jury parade planned

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. ItoRockne Harmon
Brief back-and-forth about the light box nicknamed 'the monster' and planning a jury parade past it to view autorads in three sets.
collegial

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito
Judge Ito refers to the prosecution's large DNA light box as 'the monster'; Harmon confirms the nickname without hesitation.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 6080 • 28 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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