Sidebar (3)

📄 Sidebar (3) — Thursday, May 4, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 67 of 167

◀ Redirect examination of Gregory Matheson (part 2) Redirect examination of Gregory Matheson (part 3) ▶

Date: Thursday, May 4, 1995 • Utterances: 3

A brief sidebar in which Judge Ito admonished both sides — Goldberg for an inappropriate question and Blasier for an inappropriate objection. The judge placed blame on both parties for creating the problem.

# 1 (The following proceedings were held at the bench:)

# 2 THE COURT:

We are over at the sidebar. Mr. Goldberg, not an appropriate question. Mr. Blasier, not an appropriate objection. And you guys created that problem by doing that in the first place anyway. So knock it off.

# 3 (The following proceedings were held in open Court:)

Temperature

tense

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito

Mr. Goldberg, not an appropriate question. Mr. Blasier, not an appropriate objection. And you guys created that problem by doing that in the first place anyway. So knock it off.

Ito dresses down both sides simultaneously, signaling impatience with courtroom gamesmanship from prosecution and defense alike.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. Ito•Goldberg•Blasier

Judge Ito rebukes both Goldberg and Blasier at the bench, holding both responsible for the improper exchange that prompted the sidebar.

admonishing

Objections

1 objections (0 sustained, 0 overruled)

Proceeding 5918 • 3 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103