| For Security Fraud Trial of
MiMedx SDNY Judge Rakoff Asks About Trial
Consultants
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 23 –William Taylor and
Parker H. Petit were charged
with conspiracy to commit
securities fraud with respect
to MiMedx.
On October 5 U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jed S. Rakoff held a
pre-trial proceeding. Inner
City Press covered
it.
Judge Rakoff
answered more than 30
questions, ranging from
whether paper exhibits will be
accepted (they are not favored
but will be accepted on
cross-examination) to if the
defense lawyers could bring
food in.
Judge
Rakoff noted that the SDNY
cafeteria is open, and he
doesn't expect lawyers to
bring food into his courtroom.
He said to expect an audio
feed - as it should be,
despite a recent audio-less
sentencing in EDNY, here - but
not a defense lawyer's "war
room" like T-Mobile had in
their antitrust bench trial
last year.
At the end of the
proceeding it emerged that
there may be a request to put
off the whole thing.
Judge
Rakoff said he wouldn't
prejudge it. But Inner City
Press wrote that would not bet
on this motion being granted.
And it was not.
On October 23
Judge Rakoff held another
final pre-trial proceeding. He
mulled sanctions against the
defense lawyers but demurred.
He asked why they wanted a
special table and was told
about a trial consultant.
Judge
Rakoff asked, A lawyer on your
team?
That wasn't
answered, except by reference
to who will be in the "hot
seat." Judge Rakoff said that
the name of any trial or jury
consultant would have to be
disclosed. This wasn't
answered either. Judge Rakoff
predicted picking a jury in an
hour and a half, and said he
or his deputy have pooled 300
juries and have learned that
overly long opening statements
are unhelpful. So the cap is
30 minutes.
The case is US v.
Petit et al., 19-cr-850
(Rakoff)
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