Civilian-witness scheduling and afternoon recess

📄 Civilian-witness scheduling and afternoon recess — Thursday, June 30, 1994

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◀ Scheduling of defense motion to suppress and traverse the search warrant Preliminary hearing called and complaint reading waived ▶

Date: Thursday, June 30, 1994 • Lines: 9

The prosecution said its first two civilian witnesses were sequestered upstairs and requested time to bring the first witness to court. Judge Kennedy-Powell recessed from 2:45 until 3:00 p.m., directing that the witness be ready promptly so testimony could continue through 4:30 without another immediate interruption.

# 1 THE COURT:

All right. Do you have a witness available at this time?

# 2 MR. HODGMAN:

Your Honor, I will be presenting the first two civilian witnesses on behalf of the people. It is my understanding that those witnesses are sequestered, per the Court's suggestion --

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# 3 THE COURT:

Yes.

# 4 MR. HODGMAN:

-- In an office upstairs. If I may be granted leave to contact someone upstairs and see if I can have at least the first of those witnesses brought to this court.

# 5 THE COURT:

All right. Let me just ask a question, and I know that we got off to a late start because of things that were out of the control of any of us. If we were to take a 15-minute recess -- it's a little bit earlier than I anticipated at this point -- until 3:00 o'clock, which is actually a little more than 15 minutes, and then at 3:00 o'clock we began the testimony and went straight until 4:30, that would give you time to get your witness down here without any disruption at this point, because otherwise the witness is probably going to take, what, five minutes or so to come from the 18th floor to come down here.

# 6 MR. HODGMAN:

That's what I would expect, Your Honor.

# 7 THE COURT:

And then we would end up taking a break shortly after we began. So that's what we'll do. We'll take the afternoon recess until 3:00 o'clock. Please have your witness here promptly at 3:00 so we can begin promptly at that time.

# 8 MR. HODGMAN:

Thank you, Your Honor.

# 9 (A recess was taken at 2:45 p.m.)

Temperature

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Key Quotes (2)

William Hodgman

Your Honor, I will be presenting the first two civilian witnesses on behalf of the people.

Hodgman identified the prosecution's next witnesses and explained why time was needed to bring the first one to court.

Kathleen Kennedy-Powell

We'll take the afternoon recess until 3:00 o'clock. Please have your witness here promptly at 3:00 so we can begin promptly at that time.

The judge set the recess and directed the prosecution to have its witness ready so testimony could proceed without interruption.

Notable Exchanges (1)

Kathleen Kennedy-Powell•William Hodgman

Hodgman explained that the first two civilian witnesses were sequestered in an upstairs office. Judge Kennedy-Powell scheduled a recess until 3:00 p.m. so the first witness could be brought down before testimony began.

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Objections

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