A brief administrative session with the jury absent, focused on pre-testimony exhibit preparation. Defense attorney Barry Scheck showed opposing counsel PowerPoint slides and photographs of typing strips (DNA autorad materials) he intended to use with expert witness Gary Sims, per the court's direction to ensure both sides were working from the same materials.
# 1 THE COURT: All right. Counsel, we are still in session. All right. Mr. Scheck, you have some items you want to show counsel?
# 2 MR. SCHECK: Yeah. I have some fairly simple power point slides, brief ones, and would the Court--give the Court a copy.
# 3 THE COURT: All right. Why don't we do this: Mr. Sims, you can step down. Mr. Scheck, Mr. Harmon, why don't you both confer over these. Anything else that you are going to use with Mr. Sims?
# 4 MR. SCHECK: Yeah. And then--
# 5 (Discussion held off the record between Defense counsel.) # 6 MR. SCHECK: There are photographs of typing strips that they have and we have.
KEY QUOTE # 7 THE COURT: Well, show them to Mr. Harmon so that he can make sure that we are talking about the same things here. Anything else?
# 8 (Discussion held off the record between Defense counsel.) # 9 MR. SCHECK: Your Honor, I thought that--I know Mr. Sims is looking at it, but that is not exactly how this is done.
# 10 THE COURT: All right. Why don't you have a seat, Mr. Sims.
# 13 (Discussion held off the record between the Deputy District Attorneys.) # 14 MR. COCHRAN: Judge, Judge, may we approach, Chris and I?
# 16 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.) # 17 (The following proceedings were held in open court:) # 18 THE COURT: Barry, rock.
# 19 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.) # 20 (The following proceedings were held in open court:) # 21 THE COURT: All right. Let's have the jurors out, please.