Judge Ito called counsel to an unreported bench conference, then dismissed the jury for a fifteen-minute mid-afternoon recess. No substantive legal proceedings were recorded.
# 1 THE COURT: All right. May I see counsel without the court reporter, please.
KEY QUOTE # 2 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.) # 3 (The following proceedings were held in open court:) # 4 THE COURT: All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to take our mid-afternoon recess at this time. Remember all my admonitions to you. We will stand in recess for about fifteen minutes. Okay.