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MR. DENIS DE VLAMING: Yeah, right.

THE COURT: She’s gone. Who else?

MR. TYSON: Number seven, Mr. X.
What his statement was, that he has some concerns, the
best he could come up with, “I possibly can. I will try.
Maybe I can be fair and impartial.” The best he did was
“possibly”. I would ask that we strike him for cause
also.

MR. DENIS DE VLAMING: Judge, I think that
he did indicate, however, that he felt that system is
that you are innocent until proven guilty. That is a
precept that we all want to accept. He wasn’t treated
that way. However, when I asked him whether he could
apply the law to this case as the Court gives him, I
believe he indicated his assent.

MR. TYSON: He indicated that he was

falsely accused. The strongest he said was “possibly”
that he could be fair and impartial.

THE COURT: I wrote down “not sure and be
f air”. I also very early in the ball game made notes
about his ability to follow the law, which I have doubts
about based on things he has said. I find there to be a
two-fold basis to strike him for cause. I think the case
law says that I have the totality of what he says, and if
I can in good faith determine that there may be a cause