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MR. X:
Obviously.
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING:
Okay, because he
wanted to take the foul and stop the shot, right?
 
MR. X:
Right.
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING:
If an element in
this case is that the person did not want to be touched,
and the defense establishes that he did, do you
understand that that is a defense in this case? Think of
the NBA thing.
 
MR. X:
Okay.
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING:
I am getting some
wrinkled foreheads. Ms. Robinson, you are one of my
wrinkled foreheads. I go up and I touch somebody, all
right? It would have to be against this man’s will in
order for it to be a crime, correct?
 
MS. X:
Yes.
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING:
If he didn’t mind
being touched, or he invited to be touched, then what?
 
MS. X:
No crime.
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING:
Okay, okay. Does
everybody understand that, and agree with that?
 
(Jury panel answered yes.)
 
MR. DENIS DE VLAMING:
It has to be
against your will. Uncle come around you, puts his
hands over your shoulder, no problem. A stranger,

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