📄 Sidebar — Friday, September 15, 1995
📅 Sep 15 — Day 155
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Date: Friday, September 15, 1995 • Utterances: 3
Judge Ito dismissed the jury for the weekend recess with standard admonitions and an unusually warm compliment on their attentiveness, noting he could tell they were tracking exhibit numbers closely. Immediately after, Christopher Darden requested a sidebar, which was granted — the substance of that bench conference was not reported.
1 THE COURT:

All right. Thank you, Mr. Harris. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to take our recess for the morning session. Please remember all my admonitions to you; don't discuss the case amongst yourselves, don't form any opinions about the case, don't conduct any deliberations until the matter has been submitted to you; don't allow anybody to communicate with you with regard to the case. I hope you have an enjoyable weekend this weekend.

Also, I wanted to compliment you on your continuing level of attention. I can tell by the expression on your faces every day that you're all tired, almost as tired as I am. But I know you're hanging in there because I've noticed that when certain items have come up, that obviously you're very attentive as to which item is--which item of evidence is which and I've seen you react to things that indicate to me that you're clearly as much on top of this as some of the lawyers and maybe more so than me as far as the numbering of exhibits and I know you're paying attention, I know it's tough. But hang in there. We're almost there. All right. Have a good weekend. See you on Monday. Mr. Bodziak, unfortunately, Monday, 9:00 o'clock. All right. We're in recess.

2 MR. DARDEN:

Can we approach, your Honor?

3 THE COURT:

Yes.

Temperature

procedural

Key Quotes (2)

Lance A. Ito
I've noticed that when certain items have come up, that obviously you're very attentive as to which item is--which item of evidence is which and I've seen you react to things that indicate to me that you're clearly as much on top of this as some of the lawyers and maybe more so than me as far as the numbering of exhibits
Ito's candid acknowledgment that jurors were tracking evidence more carefully than even he was — a rare moment of judicial self-deprecation and a signal about juror engagement late in the trial.
Lance A. Ito
I can tell by the expression on your faces every day that you're all tired, almost as tired as I am.
Reflects the exhaustion of a lengthy, emotionally taxing trial nearing its conclusion.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Christopher DardenLance A. Ito
Darden requested to approach the bench immediately after the jury was dismissed; Ito granted it. The content of the sidebar was not reported.
strategic

Light Moments (1)

Lance A. Ito
Ito joked that the jury was tracking exhibit numbers better than he was, and nearly as well as the lawyers.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 7700 • 3 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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