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...Bailey," said Carter, "nobody made her take the witness stand. She did not have to take the stand...
...voice rising, Bailey said that if Patty were to respond to the prosecution, "she would name people still on the street capable of homicide who would retaliate against her [and her family]." Alluding to threats that had recently been made against Patty and her parents, Bailey hotly told Carter: "I do not think that you can in good conscience, as a human being-that you can require her to sit up here and invite someone to carry out those threats." Bailey then said he would ask the judge to suspend the trial while the defense appealed his ruling...
...Bailey," said Carter, "I deny your motion. You can go to the 9th Circuit if you desire. Have at it." (Bailey is holding his appeal pending the outcome of the trial...
Demurely chic in a rust-colored brushed-corduroy pantsuit and green blouse, Patty settled herself calmly on the witness stand after the jury came back into court. Bailey took up a protective stance beside her. Prosecutor Browning then started to ask Patty about 20 documents taken from her and the Harrises' apartments after she was seized. The documents, Browning had said, showed that the defendant had spent the missing year "casing banks." The cache included a floor plan of a bank, a list of banks and a yellow spiral notebook containing what the prosecution said were notes by Patty...
...Bailey was clearly worried about the impact that Patty's repeated citing of the Fifth and Judge Carter's warning would have on the jury. "The Government got what it wanted," he said later in bitterness. "They embarrassed her. The damage is done...