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This legal document, filed on December 19, 2021, argues that the public interest in viewing the parties' presentation slides during closing arguments is minimal, as the content is already largely public. It highlights significant logistical concerns and potential delays that would arise from making the slides public in real-time, such as managing binders and toggling monitors. The parties have instead agreed to make the demonstratives available for public review after the arguments are complete.
People (6)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| attorneys | Attorney |
Mentioned as the advocates whose closing arguments are the core of the proceeding.
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| juror | Juror |
Mentioned as being present in the courtroom and having to use time-consuming binders.
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| member of the public | Public |
Mentioned as being present in the courtroom and having a marginal interest in viewing presentations.
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| observers | Observer |
Mentioned as being able to follow along with key exhibits during the argument.
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| counsel for both parties | Counsel |
Mentioned as agreeing that the logistics of making slides public raise significant concerns.
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| Court staff | Court Staff |
Mentioned as having to manually turn public monitors on and off in the courtroom and overflow room.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| the Government | government agency |
Mentioned as one of the parties in the case, whose presentation slides consist of existing exhibits and transcripts.
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| the Court | government agency |
Mentioned as having observed the time-consuming nature of using binders during the trial.
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Locations (2)
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The location where the trial, closing arguments, and presentations occur.
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An additional room where Court staff would need to manually operate public monitors.
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Relationships (1)
counsel for the Government
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professional
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counsel for the defense
The document states that "counsel for both parties agree that complicated logistics...raise significant concerns," indicating a professional agreement on a procedural matter in the trial.
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 558 Filed 12/19/21 Page 2 of 5
At the outset, it bears noting that the public interest in viewing the parties’ presentations is marginal. The core of closing argument is the advocacy of the attorneys, which will be available to all persons in the courtroom, juror and member of the public alike.² And a significant amount of the material—including all of the Government’s and the vast majority of the defense’s slides— will consist of exhibits, excerpts from the transcript, and text from the jury charge. Accordingly, little additional material would be made public through these slides: to the extent that information should be publicly available, it already is. The parties are also likely to identify many exhibits by number during argument, permitting any observers with copies of the key exhibits to follow along.
By contrast, counsel for both parties agree that complicated logistics—including either binders or toggling public monitors on and off—raise significant concerns. First, they would risk significant delay. The Court, the jury, and the parties have made efforts to complete presentation of argument and jury instructions tomorrow. As the Court has no doubt observed during trial, the use of binders has been time-consuming, as jurors must lift sometimes-heavy binders and flip through them to find the correct page. In order to turn the public monitors on and off, Court staff must manually do so in the courtroom and each overflow room. This process takes several minutes, and the parties anticipate that it will have to occur repeatedly during the course of the parties’ presentations.
² Similarly, even in televised trials, the public may not see demonstratives used during closing argument. As a courtesy to the public, the parties have agreed to make the demonstratives available for public review after closing arguments are delivered.
² The demonstratives are attorney work product, which counsel may elect not to publish during the flow of closing argument. If the demonstratives are made public in advance of closing argument and thereafter counsel decide not to publish certain portions, the public will have obtained information that otherwise would not be available.
² The demonstratives are attorney work product, which counsel may elect not to publish during the flow of closing argument. If the demonstratives are made public in advance of closing argument and thereafter counsel decide not to publish certain portions, the public will have obtained information that otherwise would not be available.
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