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As of 10/24/11-----------

1. Is it to be assumed that a Miranda Rights's waver was signed by Shannon Brown as well? 
Answer:  Yes

2. How much marijuana is depicted in Exhibit 4? 
Answer:  If it is not specified in the case, the amount is intentionally omitted draw reasonable inference and then reasonable conclusion based on that inference.  This is assuming it makes a difference.

3. Is Exhibit 3 intended to be an picture of Mr. Brown's actual gun. 
Answer:  It is not Mr./Mrs. Brown’s actual gun. 

4.  Can an expert witness be approached with the law (which is only contained in the jury charges, I believe) if they misquote it or misunderstand it?    
Answer:  Yes, but a judge would probably sustain an objection to this line of questioning.

5.  Also, in Blake Strong's statement, on page 19, on three different occasions (two in the first paragraph, and one in the second paragraph), Strong talks about a "semi-automatic firearm" when he means to say "semi-automatic assault weapon." Could that be changed?   
Answer:  Lawyer can cross-examine on this point.

6.  The law that the case is based on, Title 18, United States Code, Section 921(a)(30) was repealed in 2004. Am I correct in assuming that teams will not be able to bring up that little fact? 
Answer:  Team cannot bring up that fact.  We are in an imaginary court with imaginary laws.  And the imaginary legislature says it is still good law.

7.  The dates in Exhibit 2 (DMV title) are 2003 and 2004 - again, is this something that teams will not be allowed to make a big deal about? In both cases, we just want to know what to prepare for. 
Answer:  This should be corrected—2010 and 2011 are teh correct dates.

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