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is going on.
I am going to do one of those things right
now. One of the things that I have to do is confirm that
both sides are ready to proceed to trial. So I am going
to do that now. Counsel for the State, are you ready to
proceed?
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MR. TYSON:
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That’s correct, Judge.
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THE COURT:
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Counsel for the defense, are
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you ready to proceed?
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING: We are ready, your
Honor.
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THE COURT:
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Thank you very much. Now, as
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you all know from viewing the material down in the
central jury room, the purpose of the jury selection is
for us to try to select six jurors who can fairly and
impartially try the issues in this case. Understand that
we need to ask you questions in order to that. No one is
going to ask you questions to try to embarrass you, or
pry into your personal lives, or put you on the spot in
any way. But we have to ask you questions so that an
opinion can be developed as to your ability to be fair
and impartial relative to the people seated around you.
Please understand, and you know this, life
is a collection of experiences, how we view the world,
how we make decisions, who we are is largely a product of
