DOJ-OGR-00006987.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Header:** * **Case Number:** 1:20-cr-00330-PAE * **Document Number:** 459 * **Filed Date:** 11/15/21 * **Page Number:** 15 of 43 **Transcribed Text:** 1. MS. MAYERS-BEST: Correct. 2. MS. STERNHEIM: Thank you, Judge. 3. The other questions I can wait until the Court 4. addresses other protocol. 5. THE COURT: OK. 6. And let me just pause. 7. The next thing I wanted to talk to you about goes to 8. the exercise of peremptories and the number of qualified jurors 9. that I will, number of jurors I'll seek to qualify. 10. Once we get a sufficient number of qualified jurors 11. through the practice I've just described, the parties will 12. exercise their peremptories, of course, and what I'd like 13. counsels' input on at this time is a timing question. I've 14. thought a lot about this. I think we've got two potential 15. options as to timing of the exercise of peremptories, depending 16. on how quickly we move through the voir dire process and get a 17. sufficient number of qualified jurors. 18. If we use every day, including the 19th, then I think 19. we only have one option, but if we're done before that, which I 20. think there's a good chance of, then I think we have two 21. options: either November 19 or November 29. 22. So let me just back up. 23. As a preliminary matter, by my count, I need to 24. qualify 40 jurors. Consistent with Rule 24 of the Federal 25. Rules of Criminal Procedure, 12 primary jurors, with respect to **Footer:** * **Southern District Reporters, P.C.** * **(212) 805-0300** * **DOJ-OGR-00006987** **Note:** The original formatting and layout of the document have been preserved as much as possible in the transcribed text. Any handwritten notes or unclear text have been included in brackets for clarity.