All right. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. All right. Let the record reflect that we've been rejoined by all the members of our jury panel. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
THE JURY: Good afternoon.
Well, at least two of you are smiling. Three. All right. Ladies and gentlemen, good news, bad news. The good news is that the Defense has told me that they do not anticipate presenting any further witnesses. And if you recollect, when we concluded the Prosecution's case, I had to take about a day to go through the evidence, all of the exhibits that have been presented to me. And as you know, there have been several hundred exhibits that have been offered by the Defense so far, and I have to go over each one of those pieces of evidence to determine whether or not they should be submitted to you for your deliberations when the time is appropriate. So the good news is that we will be concluding I anticipate the Defense case by tomorrow, is that correct, with no further witnesses, Mr. Cochran?
All right. I've also instructed the Prosecution to be prepared to present their first rebuttal witness Monday morning. And, Miss Clark, you anticipate being able to present your rebuttal starting on Monday morning, correct?
All right. My understanding is that the rebuttal case is presently estimated to be five days by the Prosecution and then perhaps two days of surrebuttal by the Defense. Is that an accurate assessment, Mr. Cochran?
All right. So the good news is that the end is in sight. The bad news is that I've got a lot of work I have to do out of your presence. And I apologize for keeping you on hold today. Some significant--and I have to tell you, issues came up that I had never had to deal with before. I had to do a lot of research on the issue, and one of the issues is not yet resolved. So I still have to work on it. I want you to know that we will be in session for the remainder of today going over the items of evidence with the lawyers. Tomorrow morning, I anticipate we'll have to spend concluding that, and tomorrow afternoon I have another hearing set at 2 o'clock as to a completely different issue that involves this case. So we're working hard. But I want you to know that the bailiffs do tell me that you're not happy campers again, and I appreciate that. And my biggest concerns, when I discuss these matters with the lawyers, are your feelings and the inconvenience to you. But that's the bad news, is that I don't have anything further to present to you today or tomorrow morning in all likelihood. We have activities planned for you tomorrow afternoon. There are also some doctors and dentist appointments that we need to take care with you all. So we're not available to do anything tomorrow afternoon. So at this point, unless I hear from you further, I'm going to wish you a good weekend. But you should know we will be here working a full day tomorrow, Friday. Please remember all my admonitions to you; don't discuss the case amongst yourselves, form any opinions about the case, allow anybody to communicate with you with regard to the case and have a nice weekend. All right. Thanks for the couple of smiles there. All right. As far as the jury is concerned, we'll stand in recess until--I'll put them on call for tomorrow morning, but we'll stand in recess in all likelihood until Monday morning, 9 o'clock. All right. We'll take a recess to clear the jury, and then I'll see counsel with regards to the evidence. Both sides have their lists?
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