6.Media Instruction on Juror and Alternate Identification

THE COURT: All right. All right, I am not sure the media knows this, before we bring the jury up I want the media to know this. I want this to not be an issue. All the issued called in, there will be 18, there are 18 jurors. I am not going to distinguish during the trial between jurors and alternate jurors. I want all of them paying equal attention all the way throughout. So I do not want the media to try to figure out a repoire or suggest who is an alternate and who is a regular Juror because they have been present here in the courtroom. I do not want that disclosed publicly so the jurors can potential come into that information. I don't want that. I know Mr. Monck is listening, he is looking right at me. I don't want that tweeted, who is what. I don't want that out there at all, I think that creates a hardship on my jurors and I am doing it to protect them, for no other reasons. So 18 jurors, 18 jurors will be called in alphabetical order so they won't be aware to that and they will remain 18 jurors throughout the trial until deliberations will end and then they will be determined which ones are doing deliberations. Any questions from any of the media on that before we bring the jury in.

THE COURT: Everybody does but you make good eye contact with me. If you go on TV, Mr. Monck, you are going to need some makeup.

THE COURT: Okay. You are a good sport. You take my good nature ribbing appropriately.