📄 Morning administrative matters — Tuesday, October 3, 1995
📅 Oct 3 — Day 166
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Morning administrative matters

Date: Tuesday, October 3, 1995 • Utterances: 7
A brief administrative session held on the morning of the verdict, where Judge Ito summarized an informal meeting with counsel that had taken place at 9:00 AM. The court reported that jurors had been given a privacy questionnaire and a confidentiality notice under CCP 237, and that they unanimously wished to keep their personal information confidential and declined to speak with attorneys or the news media following the verdict.
1 (Appearances as heretofore noted.)
2 (Janet M. Moxham, CSR no. 4855, official reporter.)
3 (Christine M. Olson, CSR no. 2378, official reporter.)
4 THE COURT:

All right. Back on the record in the Simpson matter. Mr. Simpson is again present before the court with his counsel, Mr. Shapiro, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Kardashian, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Blasier, People represented by Miss Clark, Mr. Darden and Mr. Hodgman. The jury is not present. Good morning, counsel.

5 (Counsel answered collectively, "Good morning, your Honor.")
6 THE COURT:

All right. The record should reflect that earlier this morning at 9:00 o'clock, the court met informally with counsel here in the courtroom because there are too many lawyers to go into chambers this morning for the purposes of discussing notifications to the jurors regarding their rights of privacy and the interest of the news media to interview them or speak to them following the delivery of the verdict in court here today. The court distributed to the parties copies of the questionnaire that has been distributed to the jurors and also the notice to them of confidentiality under 237 of the code of civil procedure, and those two questionnaires have been returned by the jurors. They have uniformly indicated their desire that their private information remain confidential. They have also indicated to the court unanimously a desire not to speak to the attorneys, including after the conclusion of the trial, and not to speak with the news media either. All right. Counsel, is there anything else we need to take up before we invite the jurors to join us?

7 MR. COCHRAN:

Nothing else, your Honor.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (1)

Lance A. Ito
They have uniformly indicated their desire that their private information remain confidential. They have also indicated to the court unanimously a desire not to speak to the attorneys, including after the conclusion of the trial, and not to speak with the news media either.
On verdict day, the jury's unanimous desire for total post-trial privacy signals the extraordinary public pressure surrounding this case and the jurors' awareness of it.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 7896 • 7 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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