8.Expert-Testimony Instruction and End-of-Day Admonitions

THE COURT: Just two things for the jury.

You recall that the prior witness was designated as an expert witness. I just want to advise you that ordinarily, a witness is limited to testifying about facts and is not permitted to give an opinion. Where, however, specialized knowledge may help the jury understand evidence, a witness with expertise in a specialized field may render opinions about such matters. The expert's testimony is not offered as proof that the crimes charged occurred.

You should evaluate the expert's testimony just as you would the testimony of any other witness. You may accept or reject such testimony, in whole or in part, just as you may with respect to the testimony of any other witness.

I'm going to remind you that it's very important that you follow my instruction not to discuss the case with anyone; not your family, friends, business associates, and not your fellow jurors.

In addition, you must not read, listen to, watch, or access any accounts of this case in any form of media, such as newspapers, television, radio, podcasts, or the internet, or reach or seek outside information about any aspect of the case.

Please do not communicate with anyone about the case on your phone, whether through e-mail, text messaging, or any other means; through any blog or website; or by way of any social media, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, or other similar sites.

You must not consider anything you may have read or heard about the case outside of the courtroom, whether you read it before or during jury selection or during the trial.

And do not visit any of the locations identified during the course of jury selection or the trial.

Tomorrow morning, we'll begin at 9:30, and I'll advise you tomorrow about the schedule for next week.

Thank you very much. Thank you for your attention.

All rise for the jury.

THE COURT: You may be seated.

I'm going to meet with the Marshal Service about the schedule for next week. The difficulty is in transporting the Defendant to the courthouse, I would imagine, but we will see what we can do about that. And we'll implement the 45-minute lunch break beginning on Monday.

Now, is there anything else for us for tomorrow?

THE COURT: All right. Well, it would seem that we're going to get pretty much to the end of the day tomorrow with this witness, so I'm not going to worry about that short period of time that we may have, we'll just deal with it.

All right. We'll see you tomorrow morning, 9:30. Thank you very much.