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Summary
This document is a page from a court transcript filed on February 24, 2022. It captures the direct examination of a witness, Ms. Brune, regarding the jury selection process. The questioning focuses on why Brune and her team of nearly two dozen people failed to conduct additional research on a potential juror, Catherine M. Conrad, whose name matched that of an individual in a New York court opinion.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Brune | Witness |
A person being questioned on direct examination, addressed as Ms. Brune.
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| Ms. Trzaskoma |
Mentioned as having accessed an opinion or decision on a computer.
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| Catherine M. Conrad | Potential Juror |
Her name appeared on a potential juror list and was identical to a name in a court opinion.
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| Judge Pauley | Judge |
Mentioned as the judge who would have questioned the potential juror during voir dire.
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Organizations (1)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | company |
Listed at the bottom of the page, likely the court reporting agency that transcribed the proceeding.
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Timeline (2 events)
A past voir dire process is discussed, where the plan was for Judge Pauley to question potential juror Catherine M. Conrad to determine if she was the same person from a court opinion.
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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The location of the court that issued the opinion mentioned in the transcript.
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Relationships (2)
The questioner asks Ms. Brune what she instructed 'your team' to do, indicating she was in a leadership or supervisory role over a team of people.
The document is a transcript of a direct examination where the questioner is challenging Ms. Brune's actions and pressing for specific answers.
Key Quotes (2)
"Did you or did you not ask any of your team prior to voir dire to do additional research?"Source
— Unnamed Questioner
(The questioner is pressing Ms. Brune for a yes or no answer about her actions before jury selection.)
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"Oh, I did not. That's absolutely so."Source
— Brune
(Ms. Brune's admission that she did not ask her team to perform additional research on the potential juror.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 616-2 Filed 02/24/22 Page 35 of 130
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Brune - direct
263
1 Ms. Trzaskoma certainly accessed it on the computer, and I now
2 know that that opinion or decision includes the middle initial.
3 Q. And it was the identical name, Catherine M. Conrad, that
4 appeared on the potential juror list that the clerk's office
5 provided, correct?
6 A. I now know that to be so.
7 Q. Well, and that opinion was not just any suspension opinion,
8 it was a New York court opinion, correct?
9 A. That's right.
10 Q. And you could have asked your team prior to the start of
11 voir dire to do additional research on this issue, correct?
12 A. I certainly could have.
13 Q. And you chose not to?
14 A. I don't think I put it that way. The plan was to hear from
15 her on voir dire and find out based on her answers to Judge
16 Pauley whether she was the same person.
17 Q. Well, you didn't do it, correct, Ms. Brune?
18 A. If the question is --
19 Q. It's a simple question.
20 A. I know and I'm trying really hard to answer it.
21 Q. It's really a yes or no. Did you or did you not ask any of
22 your team prior to voir dire to do additional research?
23 A. Oh, I did not. That's absolutely so.
24 Q. You had everybody, you had a team of literally almost two
25 dozen people available to you, correct?
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
Brune - direct
263
1 Ms. Trzaskoma certainly accessed it on the computer, and I now
2 know that that opinion or decision includes the middle initial.
3 Q. And it was the identical name, Catherine M. Conrad, that
4 appeared on the potential juror list that the clerk's office
5 provided, correct?
6 A. I now know that to be so.
7 Q. Well, and that opinion was not just any suspension opinion,
8 it was a New York court opinion, correct?
9 A. That's right.
10 Q. And you could have asked your team prior to the start of
11 voir dire to do additional research on this issue, correct?
12 A. I certainly could have.
13 Q. And you chose not to?
14 A. I don't think I put it that way. The plan was to hear from
15 her on voir dire and find out based on her answers to Judge
16 Pauley whether she was the same person.
17 Q. Well, you didn't do it, correct, Ms. Brune?
18 A. If the question is --
19 Q. It's a simple question.
20 A. I know and I'm trying really hard to answer it.
21 Q. It's really a yes or no. Did you or did you not ask any of
22 your team prior to voir dire to do additional research?
23 A. Oh, I did not. That's absolutely so.
24 Q. You had everybody, you had a team of literally almost two
25 dozen people available to you, correct?
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
DOJ-OGR-00009324
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