Court indicates it has read and considered all papers filed on the issue and hears argument. Counsel argue and matter is submitted.
Court takes the matters under submission.
This conduct was manifested in various ways such as playing to the camera, gestures, outbursts by counsel and witnesses, in the courtroom and thereafter outside of the courthouse, presenting a circus atmosphere to the trial. This detracted from the integrity of the trial process and the dignity of the courtroom. The trial process requires that the evidence be presented to the jury undistorted by these extraneous influences. The intensity of media activity in this civil trial thus far strongly supports this Court's belief that history will repeat itself unless the Court acts to prevent it. It has been the experience of this Court that presence of a photographer pointing a camera and taking photographs was very distracting and an intrusion to the trial process, affecting witnesses, jurors, and everyone else in the courtroom.