Alan Dershowitz, an appellate defense attorney, appeared for the defense at two June 1995 motion hearings, including one concerning an evidentiary hearing on juror conduct and another concerning the release of sealed transcripts. At the juror-conduct hearing, he argued that no further jurors should be removed without a showing of “manifest necessity” and requested a future evidentiary hearing to examine the defense's suspicion that prosecutors had selectively targeted jurors for removal. He grounded the requests in double-jeopardy doctrine and California precedent, raised concerns about the Sheriff's Department's supervision of the jury, and sought to create a record for possible appellate review; Marcia Clark characterized the motion as offensive, groundless, and baseless.