I ran across this while researching my new crime history book for Facts on File, and just about cracked up.
From CourtTV's transcript of the O.J. Simpson civil trial--or Monty Python. Take your pick:
MR. PETROCELLI: Prior one is withdrawn also,
Your Honor.
THE COURT: Excuse me.
MR. PETROCELLI: The prior objection is also
withdrawn at line 14.
THE COURT: Okay.
136:24 through 137:24, withdrawn.
140:20 through 141:15, overruled.
[ . . . 10 pages of this stuff snipped . . . ]
214:14 through 215:09, sustained.
This next one I don't quite understand
the pagination of the objection. It would appear to
me if there was going to be an objection it ought to
run from 354 through 357:18.
MR. BAKER: We need to -- then we need to
object to more stuff.
THE COURT: Otherwise the objection makes no
sense.
MR. PETROCELLI: Through what line, Your Honor?
THE COURT: Well, the objection as posed runs
from 356:01 through 357:18 which looks like a non
sequitur on this is it starts as page 354, I don't
understand the objection.
MR. PETROCELLI: Actually, Your Honor, why
don't you just omit that line.
THE COURT: Excuse me?
MR. PETROCELLI: Just omit it.
We will withdraw the objection on line 6
of page 8, okay. The objection is to lines 1 through
19 on page 356, and I think that's an error there
because it's in relation to Mr. Medvene's
cross-examination.
MR. GELBLUM: No, it's not.
MR. PETROCELLI: According to mine it is.
THE COURT: On your -- are you withdrawing the
entire objection on line 6 of your page 8?
MR. PETROCELLI: One second, Your Honor.
(Mr. Petrocelli and Mr. Gelblum
converse sotto voce.)
MR. PETROCELLI: Okay.
Here's the explanation, Your Honor.
Because of the direct exam on the new work which I
believe Your Honor has excluded on lines 1 through 19
on page 356, that's the cross on that point, so that
would come out as well, that's why it's in there.
THE COURT: Well, what about -- what's the
material from 354 through --
MR. PETROCELLI: We don't have any objection to
page 354. I don't see it on here.
They didn't designate that part of the
transcript to be played, so therefore --
THE COURT: Oh, is that what it is?
All right.
MR. GELBLUM: The left column is their
designated.
MR. P. BAKER: We designated all the direct.
MR. PETROCELLI: 354 is in cross.
MR. P. BAKER: Okay.
THE COURT: So that's not included.
All right.
So what are you asking for a ruling on?
On your line 6 of page 8?
MR. PETROCELLI: That's the new work on the --
on the imprint.
MR. GELBLUM: It's on both. It starts out --
THE COURT: Well --
MR. PETROCELLI: Your Honor, we're going to
withdraw that objection right there.
THE COURT: All right.
Withdrawn then. That's 356:01 through
357:18.
MR. PETROCELLI: One second. We want to
make -- are you intending there to designate our --
you've designated 19 lines of our cross-examination or
so.
MR. P. BAKER: We're not going to play any of
your cross.
MR. PETROCELLI: Okay. So based on that
representation we're omitting the objection to their
designation that appears on line 6, page 8.
THE COURT: Withdrawn.
MR. PETROCELLI: Picking up again at page 358,
358:15 - 24 is where we pick up.
THE COURT: 358, line 19 through -- 358:19
through 358:24, sustained.
359:03 through 359:07, sustained.
359:10 through 359:15, sustained . . .
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