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THE COURT: Okay. I am glad to know these
things. I appreciate you telling me. Anybody else?
Yes, ma’am? Well, you have kind of told us, right?
Unless you want to add to that, but you don’t necessarily
have to. You have explained to me that you have some
health concerns. Is that right?
 
MS. X: And I tried to express
them prior to coming here.
 
THE COURT:
You raised these before in
hopes that you wouldn’t have to come, and then it didn’t
work out, is that right?
 
MS. X: Yes.
 
THE COURT:
I appreciate it, ladies and
gentlemen. I just ask counsel to approach the bench
briefly. I don’t need the court reporter at this time.
 
(Whereupon, a bench conference was held out of
the hearing of the jury panel that was not reported at
this time.)
 
THE COURT:
What I want to do is read a
list of potential witnesses. I don’t know if some or all
of these people are going to testify, but this is a list
of people who could. I read this because if you know any
of these people we need to know that. So, please listen
carefully.
 
I am going to butcher these names too, so

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