In the afternoon, defense attorneys began the presentation of their cases with opening statements, some of which had been deferred until after the government had called witnesses and presented its case.

The first witness, Moses Winston Mardis, 5835 Michigan Av., a real estate agent and former bail bondsman, took the stand after opening statements had been made.

On March 12, 2012, Los Angeles Superior Court took opening statements on the case in which former-JPL employee David Coppedge brought suit against the Lab due to workplace discrimination and wrongful termination.

Bryan then recounted the history of the silver movement ; the audience, which had loudly demonstrated its approval of his opening statements, quieted.

In the trial's opening statements on September 25, Gotti's defense attorney Bruce Cutler denied the existence of the Gambino Crime Family and framed the government's entire effort as a personal vendetta.

The trial commenced with the prosecution's opening statements on February 12 ; prosecutors Andrew Maloney and John Gleeson began their case by playing tapes showing Gotti discussing Gambino family business, including murders he approved, and confirming the animosity between Gotti and Castellano to establish the former's motive to kill his boss.

When the Tigers began the 1968 season in first place, winning nine consecutive games after losing the season opening game, McLain made controversial statements in early May by criticizing Detroit fans for being, " the biggest front-running fans in the world.

Turner, during the trial, picked apart the testimony of eyewitness Henry Cook, and in his opening and closing statements suggested the idea that Cook likely had been a lookout for a group of young men who broke in to steal beer, then grabbed the coins while they were at it.

Hence, once signed, all statements of fact ( usually found in the opening recital which sets out the reason ( s ) for making the deed ) are conclusive evidence against the parties who are estopped from asserting otherwise.

Typically there are no opening statements, just closing statements.

Its formal title is Likkutei Amarim ( ליקוטי אמרים, Hebrew, " collection of statements "), but is more commonly known by its opening word, Tanya, which means " it was taught in a beraita ".

When adhering to K & R, each function has its opening brace at the next line on the same indentation level as its header, the statements within the braces are indented, and the closing brace at the end is on the same indentation level as the header of the function at a line of its own.

The blocks inside a function, however, have their opening braces at the same line as their respective control statements ; closing braces remain in a line of their own, unless followed by an else or while keyword.

This type of literature lends itself to the literary genre of drama focused more on dialogue ( the opening and closing statements, the witnesses ' testimonies, etc.

" During his deposition, he made statements that we know are untrue ," Waxman, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said in his opening statement at hearings on drugs in baseball.

Based on Moerdijk's reference to the watery floor of the Hall of Heroes, as well as his statements about ancient Egypt, the floor opening may be identified with the watery abyss, as in the creation theology of ancient African civilization.

After the opening statements, examination of the witnesses begins.

These consist of the opening statements for the plaintiff and defense, each of the witnesses ’ testimony, direct and cross-examination by attorneys, and the closing statements for both sides.

Starting in 1978, scattered among the regular broadcasts were occasional specials and two-hour formal debates, with opening statements, cross-examination, and closing statements.

Bruce Moore of Orange County presented to the court a receipt in his opening statements which he called the “ Receipt for Murder ”.

For 2004, each debate lasted ninety minutes, included a live audience, had no opening statements, could have included follow-up questions from the moderator and ended with closing statements of two minutes.

Many point to one song, in fact, as the essence of their festival experience, for MWMF has an anthem of sorts — the late Maxine Feldman ’ s composition “ Amazon ,” later adapted into an upbeat version by longtime performer and opening ceremonies director Judith Casselberry.

`` The cannery '', said Mrs. Lewellyn Lundeen, an active booster of the cannery since its opening during the war and rationing years of 1941, to handle the `` victory garden '' produce, `` is a service to the taxpayer.

`` Naw, we'll use mine '', Moore said, opening the door of a sleek white Jaguar roadster.

In his opening statement to a jury of eight women and four men, Bernard H. Sokol, attorney for the detectives, said that evidence would show that his clients were `` entirely innocent ''.

After paying tribute to the conductor and his white-clad youthful students, President Kennedy said, `` As an American I have the greatest possible pride in the work that is being done in dozens of schools stretching across the United States -- schools where devoted teachers are studying with interested young men and women and opening up the whole wide horizon of serious music ''.

In the opening crawl of the film, they are first said to be the next generation in robotics.

On the base of the statue were inscribed the opening words of the Scotland Act: " There Shall Be A Scottish Parliament ", a phrase to which Dewar himself famously said, " I like that!

As the historian Socrates Scholasticus said, at the opening of his history that was designed as a continuation of Eusebius, " Also in writing the life of Constantine, this same author has but slightly treated of matters regarding Arius, being more intent on the rhetorical finish of his composition and the praises of the emperor, than on an accurate statement of facts.

: Bopp's researches, carried with wonderful penetration into the most minute and almost microscopical details of linguistic phenomena, have led to the opening up of a wide and distant view into the original seats, the closer or more distant affinity, and the tenets, practices and domestic usages of the ancient Indo-European nations, and the science of comparative grammar may truly be said to date from his earliest publication.

Polgár prefers aggressive openings, playing 1. e4 as White and the Sicilian or King's Indian Defence with black, but she has also said her opening choices will also depend upon her trainer.

" Speaking at the opening of the Michael Reagan Center in Spring, Texas, October 7, 2005, Michael said, " At 8 years old, I thought I was going to hell.

" And cabaret, which gave birth to so many of the arts of modernism, may be said to have begun in France in 1881 with the opening of the Black Cat in Montmartre, the beginning of the ironic monologue, and the founding of the Society of Incoherent Arts.

In the opening crawl of the film, replicants are said to be the result of " advanced robot evolution.

On the university's opening day, Founding President David Starr Jordan said to Stanford's Pioneer Class: " is hallowed by no traditions ; it is hampered by none.

On television before the game, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath said, " If Miami gets the kickoff and scores on the opening drive, the game is over .".

The word " Clanger " is said to derive from the sound made by opening the metal cover of one of the creatures ' crater-like burrows, each of which was covered with a door made from an old metal dustbin lid, to protect against meteorite impacts.

Usually opening the innings, he was particularly admired for his mastery of all strokes, and his level of expertise was said by contemporary reviewers to be unique.

The Director General, Sir John Reith ( later Lord Reith ) said in the opening programme: " Don't expect too much in the early days ; for some time we shall transmit comparatively simple programmes, to give the best chance of intelligible reception and provide evidence as to the type of material most suitable for the service in each zone.

Crossman, opening the debate on 19 November, said the government would reform the Lords in five ways: removing the voting rights of hereditary peers ; making sure no party had a permanent majority ; ensuring the government of the day usually passed its laws ; weakening the Lords ' powers to delay laws ; and abolishing the power to refuse subordinate legislation if it had been voted for by the Commons.

An ex-stock car driver, Bo is the one who, in the earlier episodes at least, drives The General Lee most of the time ( very early episodes suggest that it belongs solely to him ; Luke is said to have a car that Cooter had wrecked shortly prior to the start of the opening episode, " One Armed Bandits ").

In the October 2002, at the theatrical opening of the film Derrida, he said that, in many ways, he felt more and more close to Guy Debord's work, and that this closeness appears in Derrida's texts.

Tremulis denied there was ever a factory convertible project, official or otherwise, but did state he had been working on body # 57 when the plant shut down and said specifically, " we were changing the rear window to a full wrap around and had already started cutting the opening for the ( 1949 model year ) re-style job ".

The show coincided with the opening of Vine's major show at Modern Art Oxford and was prompted by Thomson's anger that the material promoting her show omitted any mention of her time with the Stuckists, which he said had been influential on her work.

Pickering said " and there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class.

It is said that a lightning bolt struck an agave plant, cooking and opening it, releasing its juice.