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This page is a transcript from the United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell trial (Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN). Prosecutor Ms. Moe argues against the defense's use of screens to highlight documents because the government cannot see the witness's screen without it being mirrored to the public gallery, which poses security/privacy risks. The Court rules that highlighting text on a screen for a witness is permissible provided the action is fully described for the record, similar to reading from paper.
People (4)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Ms. Moe | Government Attorney/Prosecutor |
Addressing the court regarding exhibit display procedures
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| The Court | Judge |
Presiding over the hearing and making a ruling on the display of exhibits
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| Defense Counsel | Defense Attorneys |
Referenced by Ms. Moe regarding a letter they filed
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| Witness | Witness |
Generic reference to a person testifying who needs to view exhibits
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| The Government |
Prosecution team
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Court reporting agency
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| Department of Justice (DOJ) |
Implied by DOJ-OGR stamp
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Likely Southern District of New York (SDNY) based on reporter
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Specific mentions of 'counsel table' and 'gallery'
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Relationships (1)
Ms. Moe refers to arguments made by defense counsel in a letter.
Key Quotes (3)
"We cannot mirror the screens because they are open to the gallery."Source
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"That is very difficult for us to follow without a mirrored screen."Source
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"If they want to highlight or make larger that first sentence to ease the reading of it for the witness... I think that's okay."Source
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 741 Filed 08/10/22 Page 9 of 106
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1 MS. MOE: Thank you, your Honor.
2 The second issue is with respect to the issue of
3 having a screen that the witness sees, but which the government
4 can't see, I think the Court noted there is an issue with the
5 government not being able to follow what the witness is being
6 shown.
7 Our concern in particular is that in a letter defense
8 counsel filed, I think they previewed that they plan to sort of
9 highlight some portions of the documents or flag certain
10 portions on the screen. That is very difficult for us to
11 follow without a mirrored screen. And so because we cannot
12 mirror the screens because they are open to the gallery, that
13 is why we proposed using paper for exhibits like that, and so
14 we ask to proceed that way.
15 THE COURT: Here's my thinking: Let's say they show
16 the paper and then they say, Okay, paragraph 2, read the first
17 sentence. If they want to highlight or make larger that first
18 sentence to ease the reading of it for the witness, if they've
19 described fully what they're doing on the screen, and I'm
20 watching it, I think that's okay and it is not that different
21 than doing it orally and with paper. And I would, of course,
22 allow the same for the government, to the extent that there are
23 documents that you may have a witness look at that can't -- if
24 they can't be projected on the counsel table because it might
25 be identifying, I would permit that as well.
2 The second issue is with respect to the issue of
3 having a screen that the witness sees, but which the government
4 can't see, I think the Court noted there is an issue with the
5 government not being able to follow what the witness is being
6 shown.
7 Our concern in particular is that in a letter defense
8 counsel filed, I think they previewed that they plan to sort of
9 highlight some portions of the documents or flag certain
10 portions on the screen. That is very difficult for us to
11 follow without a mirrored screen. And so because we cannot
12 mirror the screens because they are open to the gallery, that
13 is why we proposed using paper for exhibits like that, and so
14 we ask to proceed that way.
15 THE COURT: Here's my thinking: Let's say they show
16 the paper and then they say, Okay, paragraph 2, read the first
17 sentence. If they want to highlight or make larger that first
18 sentence to ease the reading of it for the witness, if they've
19 described fully what they're doing on the screen, and I'm
20 watching it, I think that's okay and it is not that different
21 than doing it orally and with paper. And I would, of course,
22 allow the same for the government, to the extent that there are
23 documents that you may have a witness look at that can't -- if
24 they can't be projected on the counsel table because it might
25 be identifying, I would permit that as well.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
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