For First Time, O.J. Realizes Judge Ito Isn’t Presiding

LAS VEGAS - After O.J. Simpson’s counsel rested in Mr. Simpson’s robbery trial, Mr. Simpson realized for the first time that Judge Lance Ito, the jurist who presided over his celebrated 1995 murder trial, is not presiding. 

“Hey, where the hell’s Lance?”  a startled Mr. Simpson exclaimed as he glanced up and saw Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass on the bench.  “What’s going on here?” he asked his attorney Yale Galanter.  “Is this some kind of joke?”

Mr. Galanter explained that Judge Ito, a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge, has no jurisdiction over the present charges.  Mr. Simpson was heard angrily reprimanding Mr. Galanter. “We’re finished!  Do you hear me?  Didn’t I tell you to assemble the old gang?  That’s the only way we can win this thing.  I don’t know what the hell you were thinking.

“You get on the phone right now and get Lance and Johnnie [Cochran] and Kato [Kaelin] down here – tonight.  Tell Al [Cowlings] to fire up the Bronco and round up the troops.  We’ve got to follow the prototype if we’re going to win this thing. 

“Now, I’m assuming the jury’s the same as the one we had last time, right?”

Oct 2

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