First, here’s a few things from yesterday including where Judge Merchan took a witness, Robert Costello, from the defense to the woodshed
Coming back after Memorial Day weekend on Tuesday
Judge instructs jury on timing, saying best thing to do is adjourn for today and hear summations next Tuesday
Judge Juan Merchan is now instructing the jury on timing.
He says he expects the summations will take at least a day and he prefers not to break them up if possible.
There’s no way to do this in a cohesive manner this week, Merchan says.
He says the best thing to do is adjourn now and hear summations on Tuesday.
“I’ve considered all the permutation … at the end of the day, I think the best thing that we can do is to adjourn now until next Tuesday. At that time you will hear summations from the attorneys. Probably Wendesday I’ll ask you to come in … hear jury charge and then I would expect that you will begin your deliberations hopefully at some point on Wednesday,” Merchan says.
“It might be tempting to think now that both sides have rested you can kind of let up a bit, but in fact these instructions take on even greater significance,” Merchan tells the jury of his instructions not to talk about or research the case.
He also asks them to think about if they can work late next Tuesday, since he’s “not 100% sure we’re going to get both summations done by 4:30 (p.m. ET).”