Ronald Goldman jeans testing request

📄 Ronald Goldman jeans testing request — Tuesday, September 12, 1995

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C:\DEPT103\CRIMINAL\1995\SEP\12\RONALD-GOLDMAN-JEANS-TESTING-R.DOC

TRIAL

▲ Day 152 of 167

◀ Motion: Purdy personnel records Cross-examination offer and juror matter ▶

Date: Tuesday, September 12, 1995 • Utterances: 7

Barry Scheck raised a request regarding further test impressions of Ronald Goldman's jeans, submitting a written letter to save court time rather than arguing the matter orally. Judge Ito called a 15-minute recess and directed counsel to meet in chambers with a court reporter.

# 1 MR. SCHECK:

Your Honor, just one final matter. I realize your 8:30 calendar is overly burdened, so to save you a time I have written a letter, that I will have copies made of, concerning our request for relief concerning further test impressions of Ronald Goldman's jeans. We have had an opportunity--

# 2 THE COURT:

Mr. Goldberg is here. I thought we were going to try to discuss this today at 8:30.

# 3 MR. SCHECK:

I understand. To save you time I have written a letter and you can read it and you can ask him to address it. I just don't want anything to happen before we have an opportunity to deal with it.

# 4 MS. CLARK:

Can we have the letter, your Honor?

# 5 MR. SCHECK:

I am making a copy of it right now.

# 6 THE COURT:

We will take a recess for fifteen at this point and I will see counsel in chambers with a court reporter.

KEY QUOTE

# 7 (Recess.)

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Barry Scheck

I just don't want anything to happen before we have an opportunity to deal with it.

Signals urgency — Scheck wanted to preserve the defense's right to additional testing before any evidence could be altered or used.

Lance A. Ito

We will take a recess for fifteen at this point and I will see counsel in chambers with a court reporter.

Judge moved the dispute off the record into chambers, indicating sensitivity or complexity of the testing request.

Evidence (1)

Informal

Ronald Goldman's jeans — subject of a defense request for further test impressions

discussed

Notable Exchanges (1)

Barry Scheck•Lance A. Ito

Scheck attempted to streamline proceedings by submitting a written letter instead of oral argument; Ito redirected to an in-chambers conference.

procedural

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7627 • 7 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103