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that is a burden on me right now.
 
THE COURT:
Thank you, sir. Sheriff, we
have a padded chair for Ms. X. We can pull
that up next to Ms. X, and I know she would be
more comfortable in it. So why don’t we do that.
 
MS. X: Thank you.
 
THE COURT:
Third row please. Those of
you who have problems with being here for three days.
Anybody in the third row please? No hands in the third
row. Yes?
 
MS. X: I would just like to get
approval of my employer, I think it would be okay.
 
THE COURT:
So, you think it would okay,
but you just need to clear it?
 
MS. X: I think it would be okay,
I just want to make sure.
 
THE COURT:
So you need to make a phone
call. All right, did I get everybody? Thank you. You
heard it will be three days. Sometimes we go into the
evening, it’s difficult to anticipate how late we would
go. A trial like this I would try to break it around the
6:00 hour, but we like to break logically. As evidence
is being presented sometime we might run beyond that.
But I would try not to let it be egregiously beyond that.
Is there anyone who would have difficulty with that who

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