A brief administrative proceeding in which witness Mr. Norris was formally excused from the stand, a post-it note was marked as People's Exhibit 502, and a short delay occurred due to two missing jurors before the defense called its next witness, Michael Gladden, who was sworn in.
# 1 MS. CLARK: Thank you, sir. Your Honor, can I mark the post-it?
# 3 MS. CLARK: People's next in order, what is it?
# 7 (Peo's 502 for id = post-it) # 8 THE COURT: Anything else, Mr. Shapiro?
# 9 MR. SHAPIRO: Your Honor, may Mr. Norris be excused?
# 10 THE COURT: Yes, he may. Mr. Norris, thank you very much, sir.
# 11 MR. NORRIS: All right.
# 12 THE COURT: All right. Next witness.
# 13 MR. COCHRAN: I would call Mr. Mike gladden, your Honor.
# 14 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Cochran, you need to hold on just a second. Hold on just a second. Mr. Gladden?
# 16 THE COURT: Hold on a second. We're missing two of the jurors.
# 17 MS. CLARK: I think we may have a 1054 issue. We probably need to resolve it.
KEY QUOTE # 18 (A conference was held at the bench, not reported.) # 19 (The following proceedings were held in open court:) # 20 THE COURT: We're waiting for a juror and waiting for Mrs. Robertson.
# 22 THE COURT: All right. The record should reflect we've been rejoined by all the members of our jury panel. Mr. Cochran, you may call your next witness.
# 23 MR. COCHRAN: Thank you very kindly, your Honor. Mr. Michael gladden.
Michael gladden, called as a witness by the Defendant, was sworn and testified as follows:
KEY QUOTE # 24 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Gladden, would you face the clerk, please.
# 25 THE CLERK: Raise your right hand. You do solemnly swear that the testimony you may give in the cause now pending before this court shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
# 27 THE CLERK: Please have a seat on the witness stand and spell your first and last names for the record.
# 28 MR. GLADDEN: Michael gladden, G-L-A-D-D-E-N.
# 29 THE CLERK: Thank you.
# 30 THE COURT: Mr. Cochran.