What a start. Someone’s cell phone going off and Williamson stopping everything until it shuts up.
Dudley Witt is cross-examining Brad Bannon. Not sure what he’s going to do to counteract this morning. Bannon says all hearings on discovery were done jointly, meaning all three defendants together.
Witt reads from a document saying evidence would be provided at a reasonable time before trial. So, I guess that since they never got to trial Nifong’s defense is that he would at some time have given this to the defense.
Witt: You had a motion hearing June 22, 2006 requesting certain items, before Judge Ron Stephens, correct. Bannon: Yes.
Witt: At that time Judge Stephens didn’t require Nifong to provide underlying data, correct?
Uh, oh. Cell phone again. Williamson asks that it be confiscated. Asks for security guard. Now they continue.
Witt: There had not been a trial date set, right? Bannon: Correct.
Yes, they’re trying to show that Nifong would have given this stuff up if they had just given him enough time. Sure.
Witt: There was another hearing on July 17, right? Bannon: Yes, but little came out of it.
