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All right.

Back on the record in the Simpson matter.

Mr. Simpson is again present before the court with his counsel.

Mr. Shapiro, Mr. Alman, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Douglas, Mr. Bailey, people represented by Ms. Clark, Mr. Darden, and Mr. Hodgman. The jury is not present. Deputy McNarrow, may we have the jury, please.

Mr. Mr. All right, counsel, in the audience, please be seated.

All right, good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

We are going to begin with the opening statements made by the lawyers in the case. Let me remind you from my instructions to you yesterday that any statements made to you by the attorneys during the course of their opening statements are not evidence and should not be considered as such by you.

These opening statements are normally given by the attorneys to sort of give you an overall view of the evidence that they intend to present.

It's to give you a roadmap, so to speak, as to how to evaluate the evidence.

This case, as you know, will be relatively long, and by necessity, some of this evidence will be presented to you out of chronological or logical order.

So they'll need to explain to you the case that they intend to present.

All right, are both sides prepared to go forward, Mr. Kakwin?

We are, Your Honor.

Mr. Clark?

Yes, we are, Your Honor.

All right, do the people wish to make an opening statement?

Yes, we do.

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