📄 Pre-trial administrative matters — Tuesday, September 5, 1995
📅 Sep 5 — Day 147
⚖️ Lance A. Ito🛡️ Johnnie Cochran
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Pre-trial administrative matters

Date: Tuesday, September 5, 1995 • Utterances: 22
Brief administrative matters before the jury was brought in. Defense attorney Peter Neufeld sought to present a stipulation about the June 13, 1994 sunrise time following a witness's testimony, but Judge Ito deferred it. Cochran then sought to formally introduce co-counsel Ken Spaulding to the jury, navigating a procedural wrinkle that Spaulding had not been admitted pro hac vice.
1 THE COURT:

All right. Back on the record. All right. All the parties are present. Deputy Magnera, let's have the jurors, please.

2 MR. NEUFELD:

Judge, so you know when the jury comes in, Miss Clark and I have entered into a stipulation simply as to what time the sun rose on June 13 of 1994.

3 THE COURT:

Why don't we take that up some other time.

4 MR. NEUFELD:

It takes thirty seconds and I wanted to do it while it was still fresh in their minds from Mr. Rokahr's testimony, your Honor.

KEY QUOTE
5 THE COURT:

I'm sorry. Let's have the jurors, please.

6 MR. COCHRAN:

The clerk indicated I want to introduce Mr. Ken Spaulding to the jury.

7 THE COURT:

I met Mr. Spaulding.

8 MR. COCHRAN:

No.

9 THE COURT:

The problem is he is not admitted pro hoc vice. He is not on the record, counsel.

10 MR. COCHRAN:

May I so move?

11 THE COURT:

He is not--you have to make an application.

12 MR. COCHRAN:

He has been here for two weeks.

13 THE COURT:

I have been thrilled to have him here. If you want him on the record, you need to file the application.

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14 MR. COCHRAN:

Your Honor, he is actually leaving tomorrow and he is here because of this particular witness.

15 THE COURT:

Oh, okay. Okay.

16 MR. COCHRAN:

He has been here, your Honor, for two weeks. It is no problem, your Honor.

17 THE COURT:

Okay.

18 MR. COCHRAN:

Thank you, your Honor.

19 THE COURT:

How many times do I need to say it?

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20 MS. CLARK:

What does he want him to do before the jury?

21 THE COURT:

Nothing. Just to say this is one of the attorneys representing Mr. Simpson.

22 MR. COCHRAN:

Thank you, your Honor. All right. And we have Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Regwan present as well.

Temperature

routine

Key Quotes (3)

Lance A. Ito
I have been thrilled to have him here. If you want him on the record, you need to file the application.
Ito's dry sarcasm — acknowledging Spaulding's two-week presence while enforcing the procedural requirement.
Lance A. Ito
How many times do I need to say it?
Mild exasperation at Cochran's repeated thanks after getting approval.
Peter Neufeld
It takes thirty seconds and I wanted to do it while it was still fresh in their minds from Mr. Rokahr's testimony, your Honor.
References the sunrise stipulation as tied to Rokahr's testimony — relevant to the timeline of events on June 13.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Johnnie CochranLance A. Ito
Cochran attempts to introduce Ken Spaulding to the jury; Ito points out Spaulding lacks pro hac vice admission and requires a formal application, then relents upon learning Spaulding is leaving the next day.
procedural with light friction

Light Moments (2)

Lance A. Ito
"I have been thrilled to have him here" — deadpan acknowledgment of Spaulding's two-week courtroom presence while denying him official status.
Lance A. Ito
"How many times do I need to say it?" — mild exasperation after Cochran's repeated thank-yous.

Objections

None recorded
Proceeding 7485 • 22 utterances
Criminal Trial
Department 103
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