Judge Ito confirmed with prosecutor Christopher Darden that he had no further questions for Stephen Valerie, then formally excused him. The proceeding consisted of a brief off-record discussion among the prosecutors followed by a courteous dismissal.
# 1 THE COURT: Mr. Darden, anything further?
# 2 (Discussion held off the record between the Deputy District Attorneys.) # 3 MR. DARDEN: No questions, your Honor. Thank you, sir.
# 4 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Valerie, thank you very much, sir. You're excused.
KEY QUOTE # 5 MR. VALERIE: Thank you.