4.Commonwealth Rests Rebuttal; Renewed Motion for Required Finding Denied

THE COURT: All right, Attorney Sprague.

THE COURT: All right. So members of the jury, the Commonwealth has now rested their rebuttal case. So you have the evidence. All right. And so at this point, what I'm going to do is excuse you till tomorrow morning. All right? And tomorrow morning you should be ready. We're gonna have closing arguments and the legal instructions in the morning. And then, the jury will begin deliberating. All right, so that's tomorrow. So I would suggest go home, rest up, and be ready for tomorrow. And so you now have heard all the evidence. For the first time I can say that you've heard all the evidence, but you haven't heard the arguments from the attorneys. You haven't even heard, like I said before, the law that you're to apply. So you still have to keep an open mind. All right? So those instructions that I gave you for the last four or five weeks, you're doubled down today. All right? Don't read anything, don't talk about this, don't watch anything, don't discuss this with anyone, and keep an open mind. All right? You've come this far with that open mind, bring it with you tomorrow. All right? And so get a good night's sleep. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. And we will get as soon as we can... Sometimes there's a little delay when we get to this next section, so we'll try and get you out of here as soon as we can tomorrow morning. But if there's a little bit of a delay, as you probably already know, it's probably on me, right? So, but we'll try and get you out of here as soon as we can and get you right, right back into this. So again, thank you so much for all your work, all your commitment, all your dedication, and I look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Okay.

THE COURT: All right. What I thought we'd do is maybe, I'll hear from the defendant in regards to any motions at this point, then we take a break probably till about 2:30, come back, do the charge conference. Before you leave, I have that draft so you can, so you can, to impose on your lunch hour, you can be looking at my instructions. So, with that, Mr. Reddington?

THE COURT: All right. All right, the motion at this point is denied.

THE COURT: All right. And so we will be in recess till 2:30. And if counsel can just wait and I'll get those copies. They should have brought them out with me. They're in my lobby. And then we'll be in recess.

THE COURT: All right. Thank you, everyone.