FIRST OF ALL, I HOPE THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME THAT I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU FOR KEEPING YOU WAITING SO LONG, BUT I SUSPECT THAT WON'T BE TRUE IN THIS CASE. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I HAD PLANNED ON STARTING WITH YOU THIS MORNING AT 10:00 O'CLOCK. CERTAIN ISSUES WERE RAISED BEFORE ME THAT I HAD TO DEAL WITH, AND AS HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF THESE THINGS TOOK LONGER TO DEAL WITH THAN I HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED. HAD I KNOWN THAT WE WOULD BE THIS LATE GETTING STARTED WITH YOU TODAY, I WOULD NOT HAVE BROUGHT YOU IN TODAY. BUT WE'RE HERE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO USE AS MUCH OF THE COURT TIME AS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO AT LEAST GET STARTED WITH SOME OF THE PRELIMINARIES. NOW, WHAT WILL HAPPEN TODAY IS, I AM GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LAW THAT APPLIES TO THIS CASE. NOW, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO, AS SOON AS I FINISH DOING THAT IS, WE WILL RECESS FOR THE DAY, AND THEN TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00 O'CLOCK, WE WILL START WITH THE OPENING STATEMENTS BY THE LAWYERS AND THEN PROCEED TO THE PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE. NOW, WHAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU TODAY ARE PRELIMINARY INSTRUCTIONS. THIS IS SORT OF MY EFFORT TO GIVE YOU A GAUGE OR RULE BY WHICH YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AS IT IS PRESENTED TO YOU. I'M REQUIRED BY THE LAW TO STATE TO YOU THE LAW THAT APPLIES TO THIS CASE HERE IN OPEN COURT. HOWEVER, IT'S ALSO MY PERSONAL POLICY TO MAKE THESE INSTRUCTIONS AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THE JURY ROOM WHEN YOU DO YOUR DELIBERATIONS IN WRITTEN FORM. SO I ENCOURAGE YOU EACH TO LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY TO MY INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LAW. HOWEVER, YOU NEED NOT TAKE ANY DETAILED NOTES AS TO THEIR CONTENTS SINCE THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN THEIR EXACT WRITTEN FORM IN THE JURY ROOM.