📄 Witness notification — Thursday, September 14, 1995
📅 Sep 14 — Day 154
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Witness notification

Date: Thursday, September 14, 1995 • Utterances: 8
The previous witness (Ramirez) is excused, and Judge Ito announces that the prosecution will recall FBI hair expert Douglas Deedrick. A one-hour recess is granted so attorneys can review exhibits received from outside California before Deedrick's testimony resumes. Ito also informs the jury that the prosecution's rebuttal case is nearly complete, likely ending by the next day or Monday.
1 MR. NEUFELD:

One second.

2 (Discussion held off the record between Defense counsel.)
3 MR. NEUFELD:

She's excused.

4 THE COURT:

All right. Thank you very much, Miss Ramirez. All right. Miss Clark, People's next witness is who?

5 MS. CLARK:

People's next witness should be Mr. Deedrick and the Defense wants to talk to him. So--

6 THE COURT:

All right. Ladies and gentlemen, the next witness is--the Prosecution is going to recall Mr. Deedrick. If you recollect, Mr. Deedrick testified earlier in the case. Yesterday, the court received a number of exhibits from various sources from outside of the state of California. The attorneys have asked for the opportunity to look at these items before we proceed with Mr. Deedrick's testimony. They've asked me for a one-hour recess between this witness and the next witness so that they can examine those photographs and exhibits that will probably be used in the examination of the witness. So we're going to take about a one-hour recess at this time. I'm going to keep you--I'm going to put you up in the larger lounge upstairs. But I'm hoping to complete the presentation of the Prosecution's rebuttal case by either tomorrow or Monday. All right. So these will be probably the last three or four witnesses that we'll be presenting for the prosecutions' case in rebuttal, just to let you know that we're making progress. And the reason I'm keeping you here is because I want to use as much time with you as possible. So as soon as the attorneys tell me they've had an opportunity to look at these items, we'll reconvene with you here in court. All right. With that, we'll take a recess. Counsel, I'd like you to let me know as soon as you are ready to proceed. If you need the court's assistance on any of these matters, let me now. And I'll review the Stockdale matters while we're in recess. All right. All right. We're in recess. Let me see Mr. Scheck and Miss Clark.

7 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.)
8 (Recess.)

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
Yesterday, the court received a number of exhibits from various sources from outside of the state of California. The attorneys have asked for the opportunity to look at these items before we proceed with Mr. Deedrick's testimony.
Signals that new out-of-state evidence related to Deedrick's hair/fiber testimony is about to be introduced, requiring review before examination.
Lance A. Ito
I'm hoping to complete the presentation of the Prosecution's rebuttal case by either tomorrow or Monday... these will be probably the last three or four witnesses.
Judge telegraphs to the jury that the trial is approaching its end, managing expectations and morale.

Evidence (1)

Informal
Photographs and exhibits received from sources outside California, to be used in Deedrick's examination
Pending review during recess before introduction

Notable Exchanges (1)

Lance A. ItoMarcia Clark
Clark confirms Deedrick is the next witness and notes the defense wants time to confer with him before testimony; Ito grants the one-hour recess accordingly.
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Objections

None recorded
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