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l And that's in ~•ltimore;

2 Yasser Ali of 111111111 Court; Salvitore Bianca,

3 Trace Analysis Unit, the Crime Lab, Baltimore City Police

4 Department; Peter 1111111 Road in Baltimore;

s Inez Butler-Hendricks, Woodlawn High School;

6 Detective Gordan Carew or Carew, C-A-R-E-W, the

7 Homicide Unit, Baltimore City Police Department; Saad

8 Chaudry, and I'll spell it. S·A·A-D, and the last name,

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12 THE COURT: --in 13 Belair, Maryland; Jane Efron, Woodlawn High School;

14 Sergeant Kevin Fost~r, Homicide Unit, Baltimore City

15 Police Department; Ja'uan - that's 111111111 Avenue

16 in Baltimore;

17 Master Sergeant Grant Graham, Armed Forces

lS Institute Pathology, Rockville, Maryland; Detective Kirk

19 Hastings, Homicide Unit, Baltimore City; Dr. Margaret

20 Corral, Medical Sxaminer's Office, Baltimore;

21 Tracy Kramer, Woodlawn High School; Young Lee,

22 111111 Baltimore; Theresa Long, forensic

23 chemist, Baltimore -- I'm sorry, Maryland State Police

24 Lab; Detective Greg McGilvary, -- and I'll spell that, M-

25 C-G-I-L-V-A·R·Y -- Homicide Unit, Baltimore City Police

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2 Stephanie Kathy

3 Mitchell, or Michel, M-I-C-H-E-L, , OWings

4 Mills; Crista ~ Road in Baltimore

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6 Ann or 111111 -- I'll spell it, II I 111111111 Way; Eman Obot, Mobile Crime

8 Unit, Baltimore City Police Department; Detective Joseph

9 O'Shea, Baltimore County Police Department,

10 Mahlon Oswell, M~A-H-L-0-N, Mobile Crime Lab,

11 Baltimore City Police Department1 Donna Paoletti, P-A-0-

12 L-E-T-T-I, Woodlawn High School; Nina

111 1111111 Drive, Baltimore County;

14 Aisha .....

15 County; Jennifer Pusateri,

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16 Baltimore; Mark Pusateri, same addreaa; Detective Bill

17 Ritz or Reitz, Homicide Unit, Baltimore City; Dr. William

18 Rodriguez, Armed Porces Institute Pathology, Rockville;

19 Gerald Russell, Woodlawn High School; Franklin

20 Sanders, Mobile Unit Crime Lab; Hope Schab or Schab, s-c-

21 H-A-B, Woodlawn High School; Dave Sehriener, Woodlawn

22 High School; Street.

23 Melissa Strangroom or Stangroom, Biology Unit,

24 Maryland State Police; Sharon Talmadge, Latent Prints

25 Unit, Baltimore City Police; Nisha or Nisha 1111111 1111111

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2 Romano Tqomas, Mobile crime Unit; Daniel Van

3 Gelder, Trace Unit; Christy ;

4 Abe Waranowitz, AT and T Wireless Telephone

S Communication; Deborah 1111111111

6 Sharon Watts, Woodlawn High School; Jay Wilds,

7 ~ Avenue, Baltimore County; Lynn or Lynette Woody or

8 Woodley, Woodlawn High School; Aaron - Baltimore

9 City; Abbas Contractor, Baltimore City;

10 Abdul Abo-11 Y-E is the last name spelling; Adila

12 spelled , Sparks, Maryland;

• . 13 Adnan-i· MS. GOTIBRRBZ: -

15 THE COURT: Say?

16 MS. GO'TIBRRBZ: -

17 THB COURT: -med Abdul -

1111 111111 of Baltimore. I'm going to spell this one. A-I-

19 0-A-T, last name,

20 Is that a initial Pd, is that a name, Me.

21 Gutierrez?

22 MS. GO'TIBRRBZ: No, Your Honor.

23 THE COURT: Okay. Ellieot City, Maryland;

24 Aisha - catonsville, Maryland; Inez 1111111111 25 Baltimore; Ammar Al- B I'm

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2 Ammar, last name A ; Admot

3 1111111 Andrew Davis, all of Balti~ore; Inessa 11111111 of

4 Baltimore; Anisha Contractor of Baltimore; Annette

5 Mustafa, Ellicot City; Anthony llllllllll of Baltimore;

6 Anwarul Chaudry, Baltimore; Arian -

7 Stevenson, Maryland; Badr 1111111 or -- or 1111111 -

I llllllllof Baltimore; Biellie 111111 of Baltimore; Cilia 1111111 9 1111111 of Baltimore; Clevon 1111111111 of Baltimore;

10 Coach Sye, S-Y-E, Woodlawn High School;

11 Deborah llllllll of Baltimore. I did McGaffivery.

12 Detective Ritz I did. O'Shea. Detective O'Shea of

13 Towson; Detective Kevin Forrester of Baltimore. I did

14 the Cliendienst.

15 Dorrell Walker of Baltimore; Ernest 11111111 of

16 Baltimore; Esther Ann, and I'll spell the last name, B-E-

17 N-A·R-0-Y-A, of Rockville; Farhana 1111111 spelled 1111111

• - last name, of Baltimore;

19 Farooq 1111111111 of Baltimore; Gerald Russell of

20 Baltimore1 Gloria 11111 of Randleetown; Hope Schab of

21 Baltimore; Inez Butler of Baltimore1 Jane Efron of

22 Baltimore;

23 These are repeats. - Joel 11111 of

24 Baltimore; Kashif 1111111 -- I'll spell it.

25 last name The next name I will do first and

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2 Keith 111111111 of Baltimo~e; Chalda 11111111111 of

3 Baltimore; Khan 111111111 of Baltimore; Christa 11111 of

4 Baltimore; Laila - Baltimore; Leslie -

5 spelled Q~, of Baltimore.

6 Lisa 11111 I did. Loay - ~£

7 Ellicot City; Malikallllllll of Stevenson, Maryland;

8 Maqbool 11111 of Baltimore; Mark 11111 of Baltimore;

9 Masood Ali - or - - of Baltimore;

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of Baltimore; Michael 111111111 of Baltimore;

12 Michael Sye of Woodlawn; Muhammed- and the last

13 name is spelle of Owings Mills.

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15 THE COURT: Mohammed Aslam - of Baltimore;

16 Mohammed 11111 - Mohammed I -- - 11111 or -

• ; Mohammed Mustafa - Q·A-L-A-W-

18 E-E; Mohammed N. - one moment.

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22 Nargis 11111 Oh no.

Mohammed To -- Tufail -

1 Ali 11111 Mustafa Ali 11111 Nargis 11111 and the last name is

23 - of Owing Mills; Nasreen - -- and I'm not

24 sure I'm pronouncing that -- R-A-B-M-A-N, of Timonium;

25 Norman or Newman - or

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3 Officer Scott Adcoqk we did.

4 Ossame - Patrick - of Baltimore;

5 Philip Budameir of Baltimore; Presley 1111111 III.,

6 Presley 1111111 Jr. of Randlestown1 Qudsia Wahab 1111111 II I - of Baltim0re1

8 Rabia -- Rabia -.Rabia - Raf -·

9 Raf ia Chaudry; Rebecca - Saad Chaudry. Fi rat name

10 ie spelled S·A-D-I-A, last name, Samenna

11 - Samer -- and I'll spell the last name , -

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13 Sara - Sardar Has•• - Sartaj - • -

14 Syed 11111111 first name

15 spelled S-H·A·H-N-Z-A, last name - Shahrukh 11111111 16 Shamain Rahmam or Rahman; Stephanie

17 Summer , spelled A-L

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19 Amid - Syed .Habeeb~ of Baltimore; Syed Mas

20 ·- Massudur Rahman of Baltimore; Syed Zahid ~ of

21 · Baltimore;

22 Syed, and I'll spell the middle name, Z-A-H-I-

23 D, 11111111 of Baltimore; Tahseen A. ~ of Baltimore;

24 Tanveer Syed of Baltimore; Tarik

25 of Ellicot City. !racy Kramer I did,

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l Umar 111111111 of Ellicot City; Use -- Usman, and

2 I'll spell it, u-s-M-A-N, last name 1111111111 William

3 - Yasser.

4 Ladies and Gentleman, if you know any of the

s individuals whose name I just called, you are related to

6 them, they are personal friends or acquaintances, you

7 work for them or they work for you, I need you to stand

8 at this time?

9 Starting on my left?

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THE COURT: Number 511. Sir, who do you know?

A JUROR: Young Lee, I believe.

THE COURT: And how do you know Young Lee?

A JUROR: If it's the same Young Lee, Professor

15 at Johns Hopkins university.

16 THE COURT: The fact that you would know Young

17 Lee as a professor at Johns Hospital, and they may be a

18 witness in this case; that is, they may testify or give

19 testimony, would that in any way -- would that in any way

20 interfere with your ability to be fair and impartial and

21 therefore be able to render a verdict based on the

22 testimony in the courtroom and the law as I instruct you?

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A JUROR: No.

THE COURT: Have a seat . Thank you very much .

The gentleman, tall, in the back row, almost

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~ 2 A JUROR: 484.

3 THE COURT: 484?

4 A JUROR: Right .

5 THE COURT: Wh(> do you know?

6 A JUROR: Detective O'Shea I believe . I've

7 dealt with him through work.

8 THE COORT: Detective O'Shea you have dealt

9 with through your work. As a result of dealing with

10 Detective O'Shea through your work or employment, would

ll that interfere with your ability to be fair and impartial

12 if the detective were to testify? Could you weigh the

13 testimony of his -- whatever he s•id with all other

14 witnesses in the case and render a fair and impartial

15 verdict based on what you hear in the courtroom and the

16 law ae I instruct you?

17 A JUROR: Yes, I could.

18 THE COURT : Thank you very mueh. You may be

19 seated .

20 MS. GUTIIRRBZ: Could we find out where the

21 gentleman works?

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THE COURT: We will in just one moment .

Sir, that's Number 484?

A JUROR: Yes.

THE COURT: 19here do you work?

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2 would be representing you; that is, you would be a

3 witness for the State ' s Attorney's Office in the case

4 that you are have in front of you.

s THE JUROR: Okay.

6 THE COURT: The fact that, in a sense, his

7 off ice is going to be representing you on the first of

8 February,

9 THE JUROR: Okay.

10 THE COURT : eould that cause you to be able

11 to be fair and impartial in this case, render a --

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A JUROR: Not if I had this -- this is going to

THE COURT: . Listen to -- listen to --

A JUROR: No . It would not.

THE COURT : It would not interfere with your -­

A JUROR: No. It would not.

THE COURT: ability to be fair and

19 impartial?

20 THE JUROR: No, it would not .

21 THE COURT: The fact that his office is going

22 to represent you in a couple of weeks would not cause you

23 to be unfair to the defense?

24 A JUROR: Nope . It would not .

25 THE COURT : You would listen to the facts o.nd

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2 A JUROR: Yes.

3 THE COURT: And render a fair and impartial

4 verdict?

5 A JUROR: Yes.

6 THE COURT: Thank you very much. Wait a

7 minute.

8 Mr. Urick, any follow up?

9 MR. URICK: No further questions.

10 THE COURT: Any follow up, Ms . Gutierrez?

11 MS. GUTIERREZ: No, Your Honor.

12 THE COURT: You may step back . Thank you very

13 much.

14 A JUROR: Sure.

15 (The juror left the bench.)

lG MR. URICK: My concern is his being under

17 subpoena. That could disrupt our court case because he ' s

18 required to be at District Court as a witness that day.

19 That would make him unavailable as a juror at that time .

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THE COURT: on February let?

MR. URICK: Yes. And --

MS . GUTIERREZ: What was it? A preliminary

23 hearing or what kind

24 MR. URICK: It's a -- it's a misdemeanor case

25 which -- so it could end up being a jury trial .

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•• 2 THE COURT: Ms. Gutierrez, you don't have a

3 problem if we strike him, do you?

4 MS. GUTIERREZ: No.

s THE COURT: so why don't we strike him. 278

6 will be stricken for cause, and in an abundance of

7 caution. 376, is the next one.

8 3-7-6? Juror 3-7-6?

9 {A juror approached the bench.)

lO THE COURT: How are you?

11 A JURORz Fine. How are you?

12 THE COURT: I'm fine. Victim of a crime --

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1 • • 14 THE COURT: Your son?

lS A JUROR: Uh-huh.

16 THE COURT: Was a victim? Was he a victim or

17 incarcerated or --

18 A JUROR: He's not incarcerated, he was a

19 victim. They're looking for him now.

20 THE COURT: Okay. They' re looking for the

21 person who --

22 A JUROR: My son.

23 THE COURT: Okay. I misunderstood. They're

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2 MS. GtJTIBM.EZ: What was it?

3 A JUROR: car theft .

4 THE COURT: Okay. And ao he' e going to be

5 prosecuted by the S~ate'a Attorney'• Office?

6 A JUROR: Pa>bably so.

7 THE COOR.T: The fact that the State's Attorneys

a Office is presenting a case, this case, would that

9 interfere with the fact and -- and they're also seeking

10 your son, would that ~nterfere with your ability to be

11 fair and impartial,. ·render a verdict solely on the

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13 THE JUROR t 'No, it would.n' t.

14 THE COOJt'l': and the law as I instruct you?

15 A JUROR: No. I don't it won't.

16 THE COURT: it won't have anything to do with

17 your --

18 A JUROR: No. No.

19 THE COORTi :AnY follow up question, Mr . Urick?

20 MR. URICK: No. Thank you, Your Honor .

21 THE COOR.Ti Any follow up, Ms. Gutierrez?

22 MS . GUTIIUBZ : No, Your Honor.

23 THE COURT: Thank you very much, ma' am . You

24 may step back .

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2 (A juror approached the bench.)

3 THE COURT: l·S-3?

4 A JUROR: I'm sorry to --

5 THE COURT: Hi.

6 A JUROR: Hi •

7 THE COURT: You indicated that you had was a

a victim of a 'crime, someone in your family

9 A JUROR: ~eone in my family . '

10 THE COURT: ' And can you tell me about that?

11 A JUROR: · Yeah. My brother was convicted of a

12 crime.

13 THE COURT: Brother was convicted of what?

14 A JUROR: It was -- I think it was armed

15 robbery.

16 THE COURT: Okay. And is he in jail?

17 A JUROR: No. He's out now.

18 THE COURT: Okay. And do you believe he was

19 treated fairly by the system?

20 A JUROR: Yes.

21 THE COURT: And do you believe you could be

22 fair and impartial in this case?

23 A JUROR: . Yes, I do .

24 THE COURT: And render a verdict solely on the

25 evidence and the law as I instruct you?

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1 A JUROR: Yes.

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3 MS. GUTIERREZ: No, Your Honor.

" 4 THE COURT.: Follow up, Mr . Urick?

5 MR. URICK: No, Your Honor.

6 THE COURT: Thank you very much, ma'am. You

7 may step back.

8 A JUROR: Okay. Thank you.

9 (The juror left the bench.)

lO THE COURT: Juror 59? Juror Number 59?

11 (A juror approached the bench.)

12 THE COURT: You indicated that you were the .: 13 victim of a crime, or someone in your family was, you

14 have a pending case, or someone w•s incarcerated?

15 A JUROR: Friend of mine who I see4 talk to

16 maybe every three or four weeks,

17 THE COURT : Uh-huh .

18 A JUROR: -- who works in the same agency but

19 not in the same building as I do, her father was, her 79-

20 year old father, was killed last year in that spree of

21 elderly murders in Guilford .

22 THE COURT: Okay. Do you know if they caught

23 anyone?

• 24 A JUROR: He's been convicted.

25 THE COURT: And the person's convicted . Do you .. '

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2 A JUROR: Yea.

3 THE COURT: Okay. As a result of that case, do

4 you believe you can be fair and impartial in this case

s and render a verdict solely on the evidence and the law

6 as I instruct you?

7 A JUROR: Yes. I could be.

8 THE COURT: Any follow up, Ms. Gutierrez?

9 MS. GUTIERREZ: No, Your Honor.

10 THE COURT: Any follow up, Mr. Urick?

11 MR. URICK·: No, Your Honor.

12 THE COURT·:· Thank you very much, sir. You may

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THE COURT: Juror Number - -

(A juror approached the bench. )

THE COURT: How are you?

A JUROR: Okay.

THS COURT! You indicated you'd been a victim

20 of a crime or someone in your family had been

21 incarcerated or had a pending case?

22 A JUROR: The best friend of my niece in the

23 past year was a victim of a rape. And there was actually

24 two events.

25 THE COORT: Okay.

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2 THE coURTs As to the rape. Do you believe

3 that -- did they catch the person'who did this, the rape?

4 A JUROR: Actually, l believe so, I don't know.

s It was kind of private. I only accidently found out from

6 her mother, and I didn't really ask any questions about

7 it because it was private.

8 THE COURT: Okay. And as a result of that

9 information being given to you, does that interfere with

10 your ability to be fair and impartial in this case?

11 A JUROR: I believe not.

12 THE COORT: Okay. And the second incident?

13 A JUROR: Second incident, and this was just

14 this Friday at like 10:40 in the morning, a person l knew

15 worked with, was sot in the baek in my workplace.

16 THE COORT: Shot in the ha.ck in your work-

17 place. And as a result of that incident on Friday, would

18 that interfere with your ability to be: fair and impartial

19 in this case?

20 A JUROR: Not necessarily.

21 THE COURT: When you say, "Not necessarily,"

22 you're hesitating. You just closed your eyes and shook

23 your head.

24 A JUROR: I'm alright -- okay .

25 THE COURT: And the record's not going to

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2 main panel?

3 MR. ORICK: No.

4 THE COURT: Ladies and Gentleman of the panel

s that are seated out here, you may now leave with my

6 thanks. You have now completed your one day or one

7 trial. You will not be called this year.

8 Thank you very much for your patience.

9 Rand thoae out to the jurors.

10 Ladies and Gentleman of the jury, my law clerk

11 is going to hand you a form that will tell you where

12 you're supposed to be and I'll speak to you about that in

13 just one moment .

14 (Counsel and the defendant approached the

15 bench, and the following ensue.~:)

16 THE COURT: Yes?

17 MR. URICK: Earlier today the Court i ndicated

18 that they might want to do opening and maybe one witness

19 tomorrow. Because of that break in time between then,

20 however, the State would ask if for an alternate, have a

21 brief period tomorrow and we begin on Thursday with

22 opening and that.

23 THE COURT : With the jury?

24 MR. URICK: Yes .

25 MS. GUTIBRRBZ: Yes •

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MS. GUTI~Z: Yes. I will tell you, the

3 motions are not going to take all morning .

4 THE COURT: But I still have to clean up my

s docket .

6 MS. GUTIERREZ: Yes.

7 THE COURT: Make sure that that's done.

8 MS . GUTIERREZ: I'd ask the Court just to

9 MS. MURPHY: That also gives them two days --

10 THE COURT: Make other arrangements.

11 MS. GUTIERREZ: Make arrangements, whatever .

12 THE COURT: I will do that.

13 MR. URICK : Thank you.

14 MS. GUTIERREZ: Thank you.

15 (Counsel and the defendant returned to the

16 trial tables, and the following ensued:)

17 THE COURT: All right. Ladies and Gentleman, I

18 need your attention for a moment. First, I want to thank

19 you for your patience. I know this has been a tedious

20 procedure that we've been following, but believe me, we

21 have reasons.

22 And as you saw near the end, we got really

23 close to not having enough jurors. I must tell you that

24 you are in Judge Noel's courtroom. And in the envelope

25 is, in fact, information about me.

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2 i• on the third floor. But my courtroom is very small

3 and would not have held the numl:>er 'of people that were

4 here. So Judge Noel .allowed me to use his courtroom for

5 jury selection.

6 The trial will take place, however, in my

7 courtroom on the third floor. And in that envelope. it

8 provides you with; one, the location of my courtroom;

9 two, the location of my jury room and also phone numbers

10 in the event there is a problem or a question.

11 We've been hearing a lot. on the news about

12 anow. If, in fact, this courtroom is closed during the

13 course of this trial, WBAL TV, Channel 11, will make an

14 announcement. And if in doubt, yau can do two things.

15 You can call the number that I've provided for you where

16 I will leave a message indicating the court is closed .

17 Or you may call the jury commissioner's office.

18 or you ca.n call the city operator. The city

19 Baltimore City oper•tor. And if you were to call just o,

20 information, and ask for the Baltttn0re City operator,

21 that operator would tell you whether the courthouse was

22 closed.

23 so there's a number of vaya you can be assured

24 as to whether or not this Court i• open and operating .

25 I'm going to give you some time, Ladies and

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4 As you know, it should take about two weeks --

s two and a half weeks or more. And I say "or more," it

6 should be about two and a half weeks for us to conclude

7 this trial .

8 The reason it will take so long is that before

9 I can start this case each day, I must first do my own

10 docket. Sometimes there's only one case. Sometimes

11 there's three. Sometimes they give me as m.any as five or

12 six cases, and then I can go back to this trial.

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weeks in order to aom -- complete this case to a

conclusion in the best, fast and most efficient way as I

can .

And I will advise you each day to the extent

18 possible what my expectation is for the next

19 me begin by telling you that you will not be

day. So let

sitting 20 tomorrow. Th

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2 And if it continues, you will be barred from

3 the courtroom. Now~ I know that may be harsh but my

4 goal is to see that Mr. Sy - -

s THE DEPENDANT: Syed.

6 THE COURT:: Syed, has a fair trial and the

7 State as well. And'. to that end, that's my

8 responsibility. Yoiir responsibility is to be here if

9 you would like to observe. And you are welcome to be

10 here every single dily.

11 But I have competing int~rests, and those

12 must be a priority of me to run this Court as I have

13 taken an oath to do. And so I'm telling you this to

14 advise you and to let you know you are welcome to get

15 up, go to the Ladies room or the Mens room, get

16 yourself together, and come back.

17 You are welcome to talk to the attorneys and

18 ask them if there's evidence they're going to be

19 presenting that may be upsetting. I'm sure that they

20 will let you know. But during the course of the trial,

21 if I find that I can observe anything, then I may ask

22 you to leave.

23 I would note for the record the jury is not

24 facing the audience, they are facing to my left. And I

25 would ask that Counsel be advised that if they observe

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1 anything that they believe is inappropriate, that they

2 bring it to my attention, and I'd be happy to handle

3 and deal with it.

4 I know that this is a murder trial. The

s victim's family is very upset. But I would also note

6 that the defense family has had individuals here, and I

7 noticed some grinning and laughing and smiling during

8 Mr. Urick's opening.

9 Not -· neither of that is appropriate. And I

10 say so because the defense is entitled to serious

11 consideration as is the State.

12 And so to that end I want to make sure that

13 both the State and the defense receive a fair trial. I

14 would note that I d.Qn't believe any of the jurors made

15 these observations because they w•ren't looking.

16 I looked to see, and they were not looking

17 where I was looking. .And so I'm asking that Counsel be

18 mindful of that.

19 And the rules state that the family of the

20 victim is entitled to be present in this courtroom.

21 And to the extent those rights are victim's rights I

22 will make sure you are here and present. But I must

23 also tell you that I have that competing interest to

24 make sure that the jury is not influenced by anything

25 other than the testimony of the witnesses and the

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I, Charles F. Madden, an Official Court

Reporter of the Circuit court for ~altimore City, do

hereby certify that I stenographieally recorded the

proceedings in the matter of State of Maryland versus

Adnan Syed, Indict~nt Numbers 199103042·46, in the

Circuit Court for ~ltimore City, on January 27, 2001,

before the Honorable Nanda Keys Heard, Associate Judge

(and a jury. ) .

I further certify that the page numbers 1

through 225 constitute the official transcript of the

proceedings as transcribed by me from my stenographic

notes to the within typewritten matter in a complete

and accurate manner.

In Witness Whereof, I have affixed my

signature this 23rd day of March, 2001.

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°'~~oo IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND /~3!)

STATS OF MARYLAND,

vs . Indictment Nos. 199103042 - 46

ADNAN SYED,

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REPORTER'S OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS (Trial on the Merits)

Baltimore, Maryland

Friday, January 28, 2000

BEFORE:

THE HONORABLB NANDA KEYES HEARD, Associate Judge

APPEARANCES:

For the State 1 RETURN TO:

KEVIN URICK, BSO. Offlc .. ot the Attorney General KATHLBBN C. MURPHY, BSQ • 200 St. Paul Piilce I

Baltimore, MO 21202 1 Por the defendant: AttentJon: Tina Stavrou

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1 A. Yes.

2 Q. And there were rules for her imposed once she

3 got that car?

4 A. Yea.

5 Q. Ia that correct?

6 A. Yes.

7 Q. And, like most teenagers, your sister had

8 little disagreements with your mother on a regular basis

9 about what she waa allowed to do?

10 A. Yes .

11 Q. And where she was allowed to be?

12 A. Yes.

13 Q. And to wh~ she was allowed to have

14 relationships with?

15 A. Well, not that, really.

16 Q. Not really?

17 A. No.

18 Q. Were you a participant in your sister's

19 disagreements with her mother?

20 A. No, I was not.

21 Q. No. Okay. Now, on the day that - -

22 THE COURT: One moment.

23 (Pause.)

24 BY MS. GUTIBRRBZ:

25 Q. on the clay, sir, that you understood that your

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2 A. Uh-huh •

3 Q. -- you were the one that was designated to call

4 and talk to the police because of you.r fluency in

5 Bnglish?

6 A. Yes.

7 Q. Ia that doqect?

8 A. Yes.

9 Q. And you, air, told the police everything that

10 you knew that you thought could be important?

11 A. Yes.

12 Q. Because you were worried about your sister;

13 correct?

14 A. Yes.

15 Q. And you went to her diary to see if there would

16 be anything in her diary that might lead you to know

17 where she waa?

18 A.

19 Q.

Well, I , .. ~ just looking for the phone number.

Okay. AlflCi the only phone number in her diary

20 was the page that had the phone number on the top that

21 you've identified?

22 A. Yee.

23 Q. Isn't that correct?

24 A. Yes.

25 Q. And because the page had the words n Don II

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2 A. The phone rang in my cl•asroom •

3 MS. GUTIBJUUIZ: Objection.

4 THE COURT: Based on the responses that this

s witness has already given, and also based on the previous

6 objection before t~ luncheon recess, the court's going

7 sustain this objectio~ and also the line of questioning

8 on where you're going.

9 BY MR. URICK:

10 Q. Do you recall any further discussion with the

11 defendant that day .of those aspects of their

12 relationship?

13 MS. GUTilllRBZ: Objection, for all the previous

14 articulated reasons and because that date has not been

15 established.

16 THE COURTa In the Fall of 1998, the State is

17 asking you on that .particular day you're recounted to the

18 jury, any additio~l conversation• that you may have had

19 with the defendant, and the objection's overruled.

20 THE WI'n1BSS: Just the eame -- the aame con

21 the continuing conversation from that morning.

22 BY MR. URICK:

23 Q. Now, moving forward, do you remember the day

24 that Hae Min Lee disappeared?

25 A. Yes.

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2 day?

3 A. I don't recall.

4 Q. Did you have occasion to speak with her within

s about a week of that time?

6 A. Absolutely.

7 Q. What, if anything, was ahe telling you at that

8 time concerning her relationship or relationships?

MS. GUTIBRRBZ: Objection.

10 THB COUR'ri overruled.

11 THE WITNESS: She had begun dating someone

12 else.

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the status of h,er relationship with the defendant?

MS. GUTIBltRE2: Objection.

THB COURT: overruled.

THE WITNB~: · It was over, the relationship.

BY MR. URICk:

on the day she disappeared, when was the last

21 time you saw her?

22 A. I don't recall seeing her that day. I don't

23 know that I saw her that day. I may have but I don't

24 remember .

25 Q. When did you become aware that she had

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And the disallowance of premarital sex between

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4 A. No.

5 Q. And what faith was Me . Lee, your friend?

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But you're not sure of her faith?

No, I'm not.

10 Q. Thank you.

11 MS. GUTIBRREZ: I have nothing else.

12 THB COURT: Any cross -- I mean, any re-direct

13 in light of the cross?

14 MR. URICK: Ho, no further questions.

15 THB COURTz Very well. May thia witness be

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THE COURT: May this witness be excused?

MS. GUTIBRRBZ: Yes, I didn't sunmons her.

THE COURT: Can I release?

MS. GUTIBRRBZ: Yes, I didn' t summons her.

THB WITNESS : Okay. Thank you.

THE COURTr On second thought?

MR. URICK: I was just -· didn' t you tell me

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3 THE COURT: Mr. Urick, ·x asked the question of

4 counsel. I asked the question of you. counsel has

5 indicated. There's no need to ha.ve any further

6 discussion becaus~ at this point on the record, counsel

7 has indicated that not only does ahe not need her, but

8 she's released from any requirements of this court to be

9 here. So, she is released.

10 MR. URICK: Thank you, Your Honor.

11 THE COURT: In fact, if you would like to

12 remain in the courtroom, you're welcome to do so because

13 you're no longer a witness that ia sequestered. But I

14 must advise you that you may not discuss your testimony

15 with anyone who's currently in the courtroom that is a

16 witness, or anyone that's to be a witness in the futu.re.

17 Do you understand?

18 THE WI'l'NB$S; I understand.

19 THE COURT!: ~ery well.

20 (The witness was excused. )

21 (Pause.)

22 THB COURT: I need you to remain standing, sir.

23 Raise your right hand, listen to Mr. White as he

24 administers the oath.

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STATE OP MARYLANI>,

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ADNAN MASUD SYED,

Defen~t.

Indictment No. 199103042-46

REPORTER'S OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS (Trial on the Merits)

Baltimore, Maryland

Friday, February 4, 2000

BEFORE:

HONORABI.E WANDA KEYES HEARD, ASSOCIATE JUDGE (and a jury)

APPEARANCES:

For the State:

KEVIN URICK, ESQ. and

KATHLEEN C. MORPHY, ESQ.

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4 Jay Wilds 115 164

5 STATE'S EXHIBITS: FOR IDENTIFICATION IN BVIDKNCE

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(Jury not present upon reconvening.)

THE ~: All rise. The Circuit Court for

Baltimore City, Part 9, is now in session, the Honorable

Wanda Keyes Heard presiding.

THB COQRT: Please be seated. Good morning,

7 everyone.

8 MR. ORICK: Good morning, Your Honor.

9 MS. MURPHY: Good morning.

10 MS. GUTIERREZ: Good morning, Judge.

11 THE COURT: Are there any preliminaries,

12 anything we need to discuss? I can tell you that my

13 secretary is preparing a schedule for next week. It

14 appears that I have one case almost every day of next

15 week. In other words, one case on Tuesday, Wednesday,

16 Thursday and Friday, which means that we should be able

17 to get started around 10:00, 10:30, about this time each

18 day next week. She is also including the end time for

19 each day. It appears that there is Wednesday when I have

20 a moot court competition that is taking place in this

21 courtroom at 5:00. So we would have to end at 4:30, a

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So we will have that for you and we will have it for the

jury as well.

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Your Honor .

THE COURT: Yes .

MR. tJRlCK: To follow up when we left off last

s night on Ms. Watts, I indicated I might want to come in

6 and revisit.

7 THE COURT: Yes.

a MR . URICK: I'm not going to, but I want to

9 make the record clear that we object to the court's

10 ruling, so we preserve our right to appeal. I would just

11 like the record to reflect that we oroke at 5:30 last

12 night. I attempted to research the law, however, when I

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still opposed and object to the court's ruling .

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18 THE COURT: Yes.

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19 MR. UltlCK: I would point out that the statute

20 indicates that there is a waiver if the client introduces

21 the client's mental condition as an element of the

22 defense. We reserve the right to revisit this in

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That I remember you saying, yes.

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3 Q And that they couldn't share those things with

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8 know that they told me things that happened or supposedly

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4 MS. MURPHY: No, Your Honor.

5 THE COURT: Okay. There was a gentleman who

6 was here for sometime.

7 MS. MURPHY: He is just an interested party,

8 Your Honor.

9 THE COURT: Okay. Ver:y well. Now, with regard

10 to my concern, I have no problem with spectators. This

ll is my courtroom. There is plenty of room for the

12 victim's family, ·the defendant's family and other

13 spectators to observe this case. But I need to advise

14 the spectators t~t if you have been here for more than

15 an hour and you a~e asked to step out in the hall, it is

16 because there is a family member that wishes to come in

17 and observe the t~ial. So I will ask, if you are a

18 spectator, that yci>u do that. Then at sometime that I am

19 advised that there is a bigger courtroom available, then

20 we will move to a bigger courtroom. But until that

21 occurs, we will continue here.

22 I also ask that if you have a coat or a jacket

23 on, that you hang that up because it's very warm in here,

24 and it also would make room for others to sit down. If

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break so it can ocol us off a little bit and maybe crack

3 the windows. Then I'll bring the jury back. And I want

4 everyone to know, we will try to make this as comfortable

5 for everyone as possible.

6 I also advise you, those of you who are

7 spectators, please do not make it necessary for me to

B tell a spectator, a non-family member, to leave for an

9 hour because I will do that if there is a family member

10 in the hallway that would like to observe this trial.

ll Again, if you letye, it doesn't mean you are leaving

12 forever. It just means that for an hour or so, you will

13 sit in the hall. Then after an hour, you will be able to

14 come back in.

15 All right. I'm not going to go into any more

16 detail as to what I mean, I think everyone in this

17 courtroom understands exactly what I mean. We are all

18 adults. We are all mature adults. I would ask that you

19 honor my request. If I'm able to locate a larger

20 courtroom, I will do so.

21 Now, at this moment, this court stands in

22 recess for the next ten minutes.

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THE COURT: Yes •

THE CLBRK: All rise. This court stands in

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THE COURT: All right?

JUROR MQ'MBBR SIX! All right.

THE COUl.T1 Does that answer your question?

JUROR KQMBBR SIX: Yea, it does.

THE CO~T: Very well. You may go.

JUROR ZR1MIBR SIX: Thank you.

THE COtTaT: We will see you on Tuesday.

JUROR NtJMBBR SIX : All right. Thank you.

(Where~pon, the juror waa excused from the

courtroom.)

THE COURT : Okay. And now counsel has a

16 question.

17 MS. BBllAROYA: Yes, Your Honor.

18 THE COtiJRT: I need you to come up to the bench .

19 Is it regarding y~ur witness or client?

20 MS. BBNAROYA: Your Honor, I represent him on a

21 pro bono basis.

22 THE COURT: I understand. One moment.

23 Counsel, I will see you at the bench.

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THE COURT: No, no, no, you need to wait a

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to be present beqauae I am not going to talk to you

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4 MS. BMAROYA: Okay.

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6 and the followin9 . e~ued:)

7 THE COOITt Okay. Now, please identify

8 yourself for the :record.

9 MS. BBJ!lAROYA: Okay. Por the record, Anne

10 Benaroya.

11 THB COtJRTi Keep your voice down.

12 MS. BIRAROYA: Anne Benaroya. That's B-E-N-A-

13 R·O-Y-A. I am pr9 bono counsel for Jay Wilds . My

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question to the eourt is purely straight forward. As I

have mentioned, Mr. Wilds is my client on a pro bono

16 basis. I have put a great deal of time and resources

17 into the case. I provide him with transportation to and

18 from court. There has been an unserved subpoena that Ms.

19 Gutierrez -- this was before the other ease, the first

20 case was tried. I received a call from a process server.

21 I live in Rockville. The process server contacted me and

22 said he had a subpoena to serve me. I said, well, that's

23 fine. Well, I never got it. So I am unserved.

24 What I need to know i•, do I need to respond to

25 this subpoena? Shall I file a motion to quash in

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time period of the call whatever months, fall included,

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Okay. And the test occurs as a scientific

What do you mean scientific?

Well is there a protocol for it?

Yes

Is there a manual written as to how to

perform the test?

A Yes, there are.

Q The results of what happens when you do the

17 test is you make a phone call or you cause one to be

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There can be more to it.

Well , it includes that, does it not?

Yes.

In fact, to originate one must make a call or

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Yes.

And when one is doing this origination test

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And you dialed it from a certain location,

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Q And that location was determined by Ms .

1'1 Murphy, was it not?

A Yes.

Q And when you did this origination test you

already knew all these things about the differences

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And an actual number, correct?

Yes.

Q And you were aware that that actual number

belonged to a person who subscribed to your network?

A Yes.

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And you were aware that the addresses you were

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Yes.

And they didn't appear -- the addresses you

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And you were aware that what you would be

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Q No? That's what you were asked. to do, isn't

that correct?

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Okay.

The process is different.

And you, sir, you didn't decide what it was,

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No, I did not make it up.

You, sir, consulted with the manual that

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the phone you reviewed the billing records of this

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And that's how a list of the oell sites

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Because the cell sites appear on the record,

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provided, yes.

Q Okay. And you looked at them before doing

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There ' s no magic change that altered the

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trees .

Q Other than the trees . That may have lost

their leaves, correct?

A Yes

Q And you, of course, can't tell us whether all

the trees surrounding the burial site 1ost their leaves

if they had leaves to loose because you never actually

visited the burial site, did you?

A I visited the location I was taken to .

I don ' t know the status of the leaves .

Q You weren't taken outside of the Jersey

Walls, were you?

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No.

And you weren't told that the body was buried

inside those Jersey walls, were you? And you didn't

ask for any further informati,on about the burial site,

did you?

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Was the date of the phone calls?

Yes.

That's what you were told?

Yes.

And by Ms . Murphy?

Either Ms . Murphy or Mr. Urick.

You accepted that information, did you not?

A Yes .

Q The phone numbers indicate phone calls that

occur on the 13th, correct?

A I'd have to look at t.he billing records to see

17 what the date is on it.

18 Q Well, the billing records that you were asked

19 to look at were the billing records on a certain Nokia

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Yes.

Not a

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your phone?

Q And not any other kind of phone other than the

Nokia, correct?

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Q And you accepted all of the information that

you received, correct?

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Yes.

You didn't receive any other i:ndependent

information that established on the biiling records the

burial of a body occurred on that date, did you?

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From an independent, I mean from another

From any source, sir?

No.

And, sir, did you inquire as to what the

weather was?

A No, I did not?

Q And did you make any attempt to duplicate the

weather conditions

A No.

Q That were alleged to have occurred on the date

1~ you were told the body was buried?

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No.

And were you aware that Ms. Murphy or Mr.

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A I didn' t know what their sourc,e was .

Q And did you hear that name?

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And you, of course would have heard that

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You don't have any other sourc·e of

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phone call to be made?

A Yes.

Q Because you were informed that it is alleged that

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19 Park, were you not?

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That's my understanding, yes.

And it was based on that information that you

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And only from that information?

Yes.

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And you didn't do so, did you?

No.

Now, in regard to what you can tell us is

from your Erickson phone, whatever model that may be,

when you attempted to originate a call, whatever day

you did so in the fall of 1998 it triggered that cell

site up by the intersection of Windsor Mill Road and

north Forest Park, did it not?

A I'm sorry, could you use short.er questions?

Q Sir, in the middle of that Jersey wall

section where you were directed by Mr. Murphy, you

were asked to conduct the test that you keep calling

origination test, correct?

A Yes .

Q And that origination test means that you

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Not a Nokia phone , correct?

Yes.

Of any model, correct?

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that may have been it triggered the ceil site that's

located on the apartment building, of indeterminate

height that is located where the intersection of

Windsor Mill Road and north Forest Park Avenue,

correct?

A Yes.

Q Your origination test can't tell us where the

cell phone, whatever model or make it may have been

was, physically, when it made a call on January 13th ,

'99, can it?

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No it can not.

And it can only tell us that if it was where

You were standing, on whatever day it was you were

standing inside those Jersey wall embankments, that you

would expect it to trigger that same cell site on top

of the apartment building, correct?

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Yes .

But you can't tell us if it did, can you?

It did.

Well, sir, let us backtrack here . All you can

tell us is what your cell phone did, correct?

A Correct .

Q On whatever day you did something with your

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You can't tell us what another cell phone did

on any date, can you?

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I can tell some information.

You can tell us what you expect a cell

phone to do if it was in a certain place, correct?

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Yes.

But you can't tell us if it did that, correct?

No.

Whether some other cell phone that was a

Motorola was involved, correct?

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I'm sorry, say that question a9ain.

Whether or not the cell phone involved was a

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Your model nwnber for your Erickson phone is

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And, sir, all you can tell us in regard to

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But it may not, correct?

Yes .

Because it could be a bad quality Erickson of

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made a call that you are trying to duplicate the input,

if it made a call in a specific location within a

designated A, B or C sector, if it were in C it would

trigger the same site whether it was at the northern

most portion of C, correct?

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Yes.

Correct? Or the middle?

Yes.

Or the western most edge?

Yes.

Whatever one of the numerous neighborhoods,

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So, all that you can tell us about is what

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Did you hesitate (inaudible)?

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But your answer is no, isn't it?

My answer in no, I can not tell where a cell a

site -- a cell phone is when it originates a call based

on the billing records.

Q And your test can't tell us where the cell

phone was physically when the call from the line was

made?

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No, it can not .

And it can only tell us that where ever it

was, when it made this call that it tri.ggered the

signal that you've located as cell site L651C, correct?

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And your test can't help us with picking a

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certain location, with a certain phone, that you would

originate on a certain cell sit.

Q And the certain location that you did this

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You didn't select any location to make a

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Q And that would hold true for every single one

of these entries, would it not?

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And you , sir, were aware t hat in that first

21 interview that was not taped which they took notes on

22 and now your second i nterview on tape that you were not

23 telling them the truth, were you not?

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You were not . .And what you were telling them

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THE COURT: sustained.

BY MS. GUTIERREZ:

Mr. Wilds, tbey didn't know that you weren't

telling the truth, did they?

A I don' t know.

Q Wel.l, the only thing that they knew that they

told you was that what you first told them off the tape

:recorder was inconsistent with their other information,

did they not?

A Right.

MR . URICK: Objection.

TEE COURl': Sustained as to what they knew.

BY MS. GUTIERREZ:

Q They told you that your information

contained a lot of inconsistencies , did they not?

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And when t hey told you that you answered,

25 yes, did you not?

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Q And shortly thereafter you asked them, can we

turn the recorder off?

A Yes, ma.·•am.

Q And you then spoke to them without the

recorder on, did you not?

A Yes, ma'am. Yes , ma'am.

Q About the same thinqs / riqht?

A No, ma ' am.

Q About t he inconsistencies, right?

A Some of them, yes .

Q And during the ti.me you had the recorder off

there was not record being made of that conversation,

was there?

A I don' t know.

Q Wel.l , when you asked to turn it off they turned

it off, didn ' t they?

A The recordeI, yes .

Q And did they beqi.n again to take notes?

A I believe so.

Q And did what you say to them off of the

record, outside of the tape recording it match the s.ame

thing you told them in your first interview before the

tape recorder got turned on?

A It vasn' t pertaininq to that?

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Q So, in the middle, now, sir, in the first

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1 were the events of January 13th, were they not?

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I 1 m sorry, could you speak up please?

The only thinq about which you were

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Ho , ma ' am.

Or other dates , did they?

Ho, ma ' am.

Or other victims other than Hae Min Lee?

No, ma ' am.

Now, y our interview off the record at your

request, concerned different things entirely?

A Pardon me .

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answer the question that I asked you yes or no because

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And the di£ference in those matters were not

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Meaninq no they were not connected?

Correct.

And they didn ' t concern the murder of Bae Min

Ho, ma ' am.

And it didn't concern anythinq regarding what

or may not have told or done vith your very

good friend, J en. Pusateri?

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Ho, ma ' am.

And sir, there was no other reason that you

, knew of while you were hauled down t o police

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A No, ma' am .

Q You weren ' t under investigation for the

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A No,. ma' am.

Q Nobody e l se had given your n ame as someone who

may know something 1 had they?'

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Obj1ection.

overruled. That you know of.

I do not know.

BY MS . GUTIERREZ:

Q So , to your knowledge the only person that

mentioned your name was Jen Pusateri, correct?

A Yes, ma ' am.

Q And you were a ware from h e r p hone call when

she reached you at your home after she spoke to the

police?

A I was a ware of her phone call? I ' m not

under standing your question.

Q I ' l l repeat it . Mr. Wilds, you've already told

us that you got a p hone call from your very good

friend , Jen Pusateri on Saturday evening, the 27th of

February prior to your qoi.ng to work, do you recall

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Not much, no.

Okay. So , sir, when you were being

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Pusateri had told them some things , right?

A Yes, ma ' am.

Q And that the things about which she had

spoken , the police involved the same events they were

.questioniuq you about, isu • t that correct?

A Yes, ma ' am.

Q And when you asked the police to turn off the

recorder , s ir, what was the subject of the

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Q Pardon?

A Acquiring a 1awyer.

Q Acquiring a lawyer. So, you asked them to

prov ide you a lawyer in the middle of y our tape recorded

statement?

A No, ma' am.

Q You asked them how d o you go about getting a

lawyer?

A Yes, ma' am.

Q And they answered you, did they not?

A No, ma' am, they di.d not.

Q They didn't give you any info:anation about

how yo u went about acquiring a lawyer?

A No , ma' am.

Q They assured you, sir, that you had not been

charged witb any crime , did they not?

A No, ma' am.

Q Did they just sit there and say nothing when

you asked them, guys by the way, how do I qet a l awyer?

A No , ma' am.

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Q That you didn't want to get her invo1ved in the

case , correct?

A Yes , ma' am.

Q And you expressed concern over Christa Vincent's

father's profession, did you not?

A Yes , ma'am.

Q Yes. And Christa Vincent' s father was not your good

friend, was he?

A I'm sorry, you' re speakinq away from me .

Q Christa Vincent's father was not your qood friend · ·

A No, ma ' am.

Q Was he? You had never met him, had you?

A No, ma'am.

Q He didn't live with her, did he?

A No, ma ' am.

Q But you became concerned because of her father's

profession so you lied by omission about her interaction with

you on the 13th, did you not?

A Yes , ma' am.

Q And in fact , on the 15th of March, two weeks and a

day after you had your first two statements, one recorded, one

not you to1d them about goinq to Christa Vincent's house one

time, did you not?

A Yes, ma' am.

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l Q And after the 15th of March there came another

9 ,:: 2 occasion in which you spoke to them, did there not?

,. 3 A I believe so.

4 Q And that was on the 13th. of April , was it not?

s A I belie ve so.

' Q And that occasion, once aqain were you taken down to

7 police headquarters?

8 A I believe so.

9 Q And in- between the 15th of March and the 13th of

10 Apr il Sir, you were .at liberty, were you not?

1l A Yes , ma r am.

12 Q You were not in jail, were you?

13 A No, ma'am.

~ lA Q You were never charged, were you?

IS A No, ma ' am.

16 Q And between the 15th of March and the 13th of April

17 you didn 't get a lawyer, did you?

18 A No, ma'am.

19 Q And you didn't ask them again about how it that you go

20 about to get a lawyer, isnrt that correct?

n A Yes, ma'am.

22 Q On the 13th of April you told them something else

23 about Christa Vince11t, did you not?

24 A I believe so.

9 · 25 Q You told them that you had been there twice that day

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On the first ti.me you mentioned Christa Vincent

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7 Q Her boyfriend's name was Jeff Johnson, isn ' t that

a cor rect?

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Even the first time without a recorder, right?

No , ma'am.

Nor the second time with a recor-der, riqbt?

No , ma'am.

Nor your tllird statement on March 15th witb a

recorder , right?

A No, ma'am.

Q So you lied by omission about the presence of

someone else to these critical events three times be.fore

you mentioned his name, correct?

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8 Q He was just Ms. Vincent ' s boyfriend, was he not?

9 A Yes, ma'am.

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16 Q Now Mr . Wilds / in regard to when you were talking

l. 7 about your clothes?

16 A Yes, ma'am.

19 C Now at some point you described to the poJ.ice 1 well l.et

~o me go back . Aft.er the 13th of April did you talk to them aqain,

21 the police?

.22 A Yes, I believe it was --

23 Q When was that?

24 A I believe it was some time in September.

e 25 Q In September. September 7th to be exact?

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s Q And so in-between April 13th and September 7th you

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9 Q You would have recalled, 'llfould you have not?

9 A There possibly could have been a phone conversation that

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ll Q That you don't remember?

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13 Q So your testimony is maybe there was a conversation with

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18 Q Prior to testifying to today sir, you prepared for

l9 this, had you not?

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ll Q Well, you ' ve spoken to Mr. Orick and .MS • Murphy, did you

23 not?

~· A Yes, ma'am.

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And about what you are going to testify a.bout?

No , ma ' am.

No. You haven't spoken to them at all about what

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Ob, the non details.

MR. URICK: Objections .

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So what you've spoken to them about is something

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That's in the eye of the beholder.

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6 Q Sir, did you omit any info:anation from Mr. Urick?

7 MR. URICK: Objection .

8 THE COURT: Did you omit any information from Mr.

9 Urick?

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u Q In your discussions with Mr. Urick, did you omit as

12 we talked about omission by lying omission, info.rma.tion

13 from Mr. Urick when you spoke to him?

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15 THE COURT: Sustained as to the form of that

16 question. If you want to narrow it down and get us to a

17 specific subject matter .

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19 Q How many times did you speak to Mr. Urick?

20 MR. WILDS:

21 A Before coming to court?

22 O Before testifying as you started on Monday, six days

23 ago?

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4 Q Not about anything else, riqht?

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8 A Yes, mar am.

' Q And that was lonq after you had already lied by

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11 the various statements on at least several issues, correct?

12 A Yes, ma' am.

ll Q And did the subject of your lying directly or by

14 omission come up between you and Mr. Urick?

15 A Yes, ma'am.

Q Or you and Ms . Murphy?

17 A Yes, ma'am.

18 Q Yes. In fact, it came up on a11 three occasions ,

did it not?

20 A Yes , ma'am.

21 Q Nov, getting back to the clothes .. You had on

22 certain clothes on the 13th of January, correct?

23 A Yes, ma'am.

Q And at some point you changed out of those clothes,

25 did you not?

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