Word: ito
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have committed this crime." The speech stunned a furious Marcia Clark, who just minutes before had requested that Simpson not be allowed to make a statement if he would not testify. James Willwerth reports from the trial that Simpson's statement took everyone in the courtroom by surprise. "Ito did not intend to let him make a statement. He simply asked O.J. if he waived his right to speak in court. O.J., so to speak, had the ball, saw his opening and ran through it to present this obviously rehearsed speech." Clark is worried, Willwerth says, that the speech might...
Surrounded by his famous collection of time pieces, Judge Lance Ito is clearly impatient with the pace of the Simpson trial. In a serious setback for the defense, Ito ruled that he will not allow the testimony of disgruntled FBI agent Frederic Whitehurst. The decision also means that FBI toxicologist and former prosecution witness Roger Martz will not have to return to the stand. James Willwerth reports from the trial: "Ito ruled that it was not relevant for jurors to hear Whitehurst saying he believed that Martz had altered lab results in another case, testimony the defense hoped...
...question-and-answer period, D'Amato was asked about his imitation of the O.J. Simpson trial's Judge Lance Ito on a radio show, which many found racially offensive. "It was wrong. I apologize for it. I should have known better. It was racist. It was a poor attempt at humor," D'Amato said. "Part of life is also being big enough to admit when one makes an error and asking people to forgive them...
...dramatically dragooned back into the courtroom, where (with the jury absent) he invoked his privilege against self-incrimination when asked about his truthfulness and the possible planting of evidence in the case. At the behest of the prosecution, an appeals court reversed a ruling issued by Judge Lance Ito that would have allowed him to tell jurors about Fuhrman's "unavailability" to testify further. The decision left the defense team--which had been poised to end its case without putting Simpson on the stand--to ponder its next move...
...Simpson prosecution may conclude its rebuttal with FBI agent William Bodziak, who is back on the stand talking about shoes. The defense spent the weekend interviewing FBI agent Frederic Whitehurst. Judge Ito must decide if Whitehurst's allegations -- that another FBI agent who worked on the Simpson investigation gave false testimony to benefit the prosecution -- are relevant enough to be presented to the jury. Defense attorneys also hope to present potentially damaging evidence about Detective Phillip Vannatter. They claim Vannatter told a witness in another case that he believed Simpson to be a suspect even before police entered Simpson...