Judge to Jurors: Don’t eat the O.J. special

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Editor’s Note: O.J. Simpson arrived Monday for the start of his trial on robbery and kidnapping charges nearly a year after police arrested him in Las Vegas, Nevada. Prosecutors say Simpson and five other men stormed into a Las Vegas hotel room last September 13 to recover sports memorabilia that Simpson said belonged to him. They say at least two men with Simpson had guns as they robbed two sports memorabilia dealers. The following dispatches come from our Paul Vercammen covering the trial:

Paul Vercammen
CNN Senior Producer

7:38am PT:
O.J. Simpson entered the Clark County Regional Justice Center at 7 30 a.m. Las Vegas time. Simpson dressed in a black blazer, gray pants, white shirt and tie. Offered a wave and smiles to onlookers as he walked through a gauntlet of cattle guards with his attorneys and sheriff's deputies.

11:25am PT:
Judge Jackie Glass has begun whittling away at the jury pool in the O.J. Simpson trial, dismissing 14 potential panelists so far.
Most were excused for medical reasons, including a doctor scheduled to perform surgery and several potential jurors scheduled to have surgery.
One man with a bad knee limped out of the courtroom.
Glass greeted the pool with a friendly ‘good morning’ at 9:40 Las Vegas Time.
Glass, much like a school teacher addressing her class, had the jurors repeat "good morning" in unison when she felt the original salutation lacked gusto.

1:49pm PT:
Judge Jackie Glass recessed for lunch but not before warning her prospective jurors to ignore anything that might pertain to the O.J. Simpson case.

The warning from Glass included an allusion to lunch specials.

Across the street at "The Courthouse and Bar Grill" they are offering an O.J. Special which includes Orange Chicken over rice with two cuffs (onion rings) and a shot of O.J.