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Q AND AT THAT TIME WERE THE JUDGE AND DR. KANE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATION?
A YES.
Q DID YOU CONTINUE TO ENTER THE ROOM?
A YES.
Q WHAT THEN OCCURRED?
A SAT DOWN NEXT TO DR. KANE, AND BEGAN TO ORGANIZE FILES, AND THEY CONTINUED TO HAVE THEIR CONVERSATION.
Q OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE CONVERSATION?
A DR. KANE ASKED JUDGE PICKETT HOW REESE WAS DOING AND IF HE STILL HAD A TR6, AND JUDGE PICKETT CORRECTED HIM AND SAID IT WAS A SPITFIRE AND THAT IT WAS NOT RUNNING BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A MOTOR, AND DR. KANE THEN WENT ON TO SAY REESE SHOULD GRAB THE CONDO, THAT IT WAS FOR SALE, AND WHERE SOMEBODY HAD A DELI BECAUSE IT WAS GOING FOR FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND IT WAS A STEEL, AND THEY FURTHER DISCUSSED THAT SOMEONE HAD TRIED TO GET A PIZZA PLACE IN THERE, BUT THAT BROUGHT IN LESS THAN DESIRABLE CLIENTELE. THEN THEY WENT ON TO DISCUSS OWNING AND RENTING MITSUBISHIS, AS THEY HAD DURING THE TRIAL, AND THAT THEY WERE A LOUSY CAR, AND THEN THEY BRIEFLY MENTIONED A GOLFING EVENT BEFORE PEOPLE CAME - EVERYONE CAME BACK TO THE ROOM.
Q DO YOU RECALL WHEN YOU WERE ABLE TO TELL ME ABOUT THAT CONVERSATION?
A NO, I DON'T. IT WAS EITHER LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER WE WERE DONE FOR THE DAY OR LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
MS. WEBSTER-O'KEEFE: NOTHING ELSE, YOUR HONOR, WITH THIS WITNESS.
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CROSS-EXAMINATION BY MR. MOOTS:
Q WHO WAS IN THE ROOM?
A JUDGE PICKETT AND DR. KANE.
Q ANYBODY ELSE?
A NO.
Q AND YOU SAID THAT YOU MADE THIS KNOWN LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY AFTERNOON, BUT YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHEN?
A THAT IS CORRECT.
Q AND WE TOOK A BREAK THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DIDN'T WE?
A YES, WE DID.
Q MID-AFTERNOON?
A YES.
Q YOU DIDN'T TELL HER THEN?
A NO, I DID NOT.
Q DID YOU TELL HER AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE HEARING?
A I REALLY CANNOT REMEMBER WHICH DAY I TOLD HER.
Q THERE WASN'T SOMETHING THAT REALLY BOTHERED YOU ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION THAT YOU HEARD?
A IT NIGGLED AT ME.
Q AND BUT NOT ENOUGH TO BRING IT TO THE ATTENTION OF YOUR EMPLOYER EITHER THAT DAY OR UNTIL LATE THE FOLLOWING DAY?
A THAT IS CORRECT.
Q AND THIS WAS A CONVERSATION TAKING PLACE IN A NORMAL VOICE, OR WERE THEY WHISPERING? CT Page 6246
A A NORMAL, CHUMMY TONE.
Q OKAY. WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE HEARING ROOM THAT DAY, WAS THE DOOR OPEN?
A NO, IT WAS NOT.
MR. MOOTS: I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
MS. WEBSTER-O'KEEFE: NOTHING, YOUR HONOR.
THE COURT: YOU ARE SURE THE DOOR WASN'T OPEN?
THE WITNESS: I LIGHTLY TAPPED ON THE DOOR AND CAME IN.
THE COURT: AND YOUR TESTIMONY IS THAT THAT DOOR WAS SHUT WITH DR. KANE AND ME IN THERE ALONE?
THE WITNESS: YES, IT IS, SIR.
THE COURT: WELL, I AM SURE WE WILL