Jury readiness

📄 Jury readiness — Thursday, September 14, 1995

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TRIAL

▲ Day 154 of 167

◀ Witness notification Direct examination of Douglas Deedrick (part 1) ▶

Date: Thursday, September 14, 1995 • Utterances: 32

A brief administrative session held outside the jury's presence to resolve a scheduling dispute over witness order. The defense expected the prosecution to call Adkins first, allowing Scheck more time to prepare for Bodziak, but Clark announced she was dropping Adkins entirely and calling Deedrick instead. After a short delay for Scheck to finish his prep, the jury was brought in.

# 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 following proceedings were held in open court, out of the presence of the jury:)

# 5 THE COURT:

All right. Back on the record in the Simpson matter. All parties are again present. The jury is not present. All right. Are the People prepared to call their next witness? Mr. Darden? Miss Clark?

# 6 MS. CLARK:

Yes, your Honor.

# 7 THE COURT:

All right. Who is your next witness?

# 8 MS. CLARK:

Mr. Deedrick.

# 9 THE COURT:

All right.

# 10 MR. NEUFELD:

Your Honor?

# 11 THE COURT:

Yes.

# 12 MR. NEUFELD:

Mr. Scheck, who's back in the back room now, still working with Mr. Bodziak, was under the expectation they were going to call Mr. Adkins first, which I think was the court's expectation also and all of our expectation. So he was going to use this additional 15, 20 minutes to keep working with Bodziak. That's what they're doing. I mean, I understand it's up to them. But they did tell us that, and all I'm simply saying is, if they still intend to call Adkins, it should be done right now to give us that additional 15 minutes.

# 13 THE COURT:

If you promise me it's only going to take 15 minutes.

# 14 MR. NEUFELD:

Well, I have no idea how long it's going to take, your Honor. I'm must telling you that that's what Mr. Scheck is doing right now.

# 15 THE COURT:

All right. Miss Clark, are you willing to call Mr. Adkins at this time?

# 16 MS. CLARK:

No. We're not going to call him period.

KEY QUOTE

# 17 THE COURT:

All right.

# 18 MS. CLARK:

If I was going to call him now, of course I would call him now. We want to get this done. We mean it.

KEY QUOTE

# 19 THE COURT:

All right. So you're going to call--

# 20 MS. CLARK:

Mr. Deedrick.

# 21 THE COURT:

All right. Who is going to handle Mr. Deedrick?

# 22 MR. NEUFELD:

Barry Scheck is and he's also going to be handling Mr. Bodziak. That's why he's been seeing both of them.

# 23 THE COURT:

All right. No Adkins. We're going to start with Mr. Deedrick.

# 24 MR. SCHECK:

I just have a few more minutes with Mr. Bodziak. We might as well start with Mr. Deedrick, and then I can get that time later. How's that?

# 25 THE COURT:

Perfect. All right. Let's go.

# 26 MR. SCHECK:

Just give me a second.

KEY QUOTE

# 27 THE COURT:

Let's go. All right. Let's have it quiet, please. Counsel, why don't you be seated.

# 28 (An interruption was had in this matter.)

# 29 THE COURT:

All right. We now have Mr. Scheck present. All right. Deputy Magnera, let's have the jurors, please.

# 30 (The following proceedings were held in open court, in the presence of the jury:)

# 31 THE COURT:

All right. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. You may be seated. All right. Let the record reflect we've been rejoined by all the members of our jury panel. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

THE JURY: Good afternoon.

# 32 THE COURT:

Sorry for the delay, but we're ready to get up and running now. Miss Clark, you may call your next witness.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (3)

Marcia Clark

No. We're not going to call him period.

Clark drops Adkins as a witness entirely, catching the defense off guard mid-preparation.

Marcia Clark

If I was going to call him now, of course I would call him now. We want to get this done. We mean it.

Clark signals prosecutorial urgency and frustration with defense delay tactics.

Barry Scheck

Just give me a second.

Scheck was still actively preparing when court was ready to proceed — illustrating the last-minute nature of the scheduling change.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Peter Neufeld•Marcia Clark•Lance A. Ito

Neufeld alerts the court that Scheck is still prepping with Bodziak based on the expectation Adkins would be called first; Clark announces Adkins is dropped entirely, resolving the standoff by proceeding directly to Deedrick.

strategic

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito

Ito quips 'If you promise me it's only going to take 15 minutes' when Neufeld asks for more prep time.

Objections

None recorded

Proceeding 7672 • 32 utterances

Criminal Trial

Department 103