Presumed Innocent
“Sabich!" calls Ernestine, Judge Lyttle's docket clerk, into the crowded courtroom. She is a stern-looking black woman, six feet tall. "For trial!" she cries.
Not much is like the first day of a murder trial. Sunup on the morning of battle; Christians against lions back in Rome. Blood is on the air. Spectators have crammed themselves into every linear inch available along the public benches. There are four full rows of press, five sketch artists at the head. The judge's staff — his secretary and... law clerks, who are not ordinarily present — are in folding chairs against the rear wall of the courtroom, next to his chambers door. Bailiffs, armed for this solemn occasion, are positioned at the forward corners of the bench beside the marble pillars. The atmosphere is busy and intense, full of a racing murmur. No one here is bored.
Judge Lyttle enters and the room comes to its feet. Ernestine makes her announcements. "Oyez, oyez. The Superior Court for the County of Kindle is now in session, the Honorable Larren L.MoreLess
Not much is like the first day of a murder trial. Sunup on the morning of battle; Christians against lions back in Rome. Blood is on the air. Spectators have crammed themselves into every linear inch available along the public benches. There are four full rows of press, five sketch artists at the head. The judge's staff — his secretary and... law clerks, who are not ordinarily present — are in folding chairs against the rear wall of the courtroom, next to his chambers door. Bailiffs, armed for this solemn occasion, are positioned at the forward corners of the bench beside the marble pillars. The atmosphere is busy and intense, full of a racing murmur. No one here is bored.
Judge Lyttle enters and the room comes to its feet. Ernestine makes her announcements. "Oyez, oyez. The Superior Court for the County of Kindle is now in session, the Honorable Larren L.MoreLess
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