Johnnie Cochran briefly asks Judge Ito about the calendar before a recess, specifically whether the jury will be brought in the following day and whether the Sims matter and two additional issues involving Barry Scheck, including the judicial-notice requests, will be resolved first. Ito confirms he wants to resolve the Sims issue next, precisely so the jury question can be settled.
# 1 MR. COCHRAN: May I say one thing before you take a break?
# 3 MR. COCHRAN: Just a matter of calendaring, how we proceed after that. Will the court consider taking Mr. Scheck's and the People's request for judicial notice when we come back?
# 4 THE COURT: I'd like to resolve the Sims issue next.
# 5 MR. COCHRAN: That will involve Mr. Scheck also. Sims and then those two issues that involve him also. What I want to know is the status of the jury. You know, the question is whether the jury will be brought in tomorrow.
# 6 THE COURT: I'm sorry?
# 7 MR. COCHRAN: The question is whether the jury will be brought in tomorrow.
KEY QUOTE # 8 THE COURT: That is correct.
# 9 MR. COCHRAN: We need to do that.
# 10 THE COURT: Which is why I'd like to resolve that next.
KEY QUOTE # 11 MR. COCHRAN: Resolve those two? Thank you, your Honor.
# 12 THE COURT: All right.