Mrs. Tripp and Mrs. Currie passed each other today in the courthouse hallway, but they did not speak.

He sometimes fled from his clients in courthouse hallways, and failed to return many of their telephone calls.

Most of the talks occurred in a courthouse hallway, with Justice Padilla going back and forth from the bench to check on the progress.

One lawyer on the case said he heard another discussing the "handicapped kids" in the courthouse hallway.

Wilfredo, who was waiting with his father and two other relatives in the courthouse hallway on Thursday, appeared fully recovered.

"They had to patch this guy up or their case tanks," Mr. Roe said in a courthouse hallway during a brief break.

But this morning, as the family stood in the courthouse hallway awaiting word on Mr. Simpson's fate, some faltered.

The defendant announced his decision to change his plea to guilty after he conferred with family members in a courthouse hallway.

He declined to comment in the courthouse hallway when asked if he was a member of the Gambino crime family.

Now, the defense spin has shifted from the banks of waiting television cameras to the courthouse hallways and cafeteria.