Extremely brief courtroom housekeeping segment: Judge Ito oversees minor logistics (locating misplaced transcripts and waiting for the clerk), then Rachel Ferrara is sworn in as the next People's witness, answers the oath, and states and spells her name before being directed to speak into the microphone.
# 1 (THE FOLLOWING PROCEEDINGS WERE HELD IN OPEN COURT:) # 2 THE COURT: MISS CLARK, ARE THESE YOUR TRANSCRIPTS UP HERE?
# 3 MS. CLARK: NO, I THINK THEY ARE MR. SHAPIRO'S.
# 4 THE COURT: LET'S RESCUE THOSE.
# 5 MS. CLARK: YES, THEY ARE.
# 6 THE COURT: DEPUTY RUSSELL, LET'S RECYCLE OUR MATTERS HERE.
# 8 THE COURT: THANK YOU, SIR. MISS CLARK, ARE YOU PREPARED TO CALL YOUR NEXT WITNESS?
# 9 MS. CLARK: YES, YOUR HONOR, I AM. THANK YOU. THE PEOPLE CALL MISS RACHEL FERRARA.
# 10 THE COURT: WAITING FOR MY CLERK.
# 11 MS. CLARK: MISSING A CLERK.
# 12 THE COURT: HERE SHE IS.
RACHEL FERRARA, CALLED AS A WITNESS BY THE PEOPLE, WAS SWORN AND TESTIFIED AS FOLLOWS:
# 13 THE CLERK: PLEASE 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.
# 15 THE CLERK: PLEASE HAVE A SEAT ON THE WITNESS STAND AND STATE AND SPELL YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES FOR THE RECORD.
# 16 THE COURT: JUST SIT BACK, PULL THE MICROPHONE CLOSE TO YOU, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MISS CLARK. I'M SORRY.
# 17 THE CLERK: STATE AND SPELL YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAMES, PLEASE.
# 18 THE WITNESS: RACHEL, R-A-C-H-E-L, FERRARA, F-E-R-R-A-R-A.
# 19 THE COURT: MISS CLARK.
# 20 MS. CLARK: LET ME HELP YOU. TALK INTO IT LIKE A TELEPHONE. OKAY.
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