Lazy Weekend Rings In Early For One Juror During Sam Bankman-Fried's Trial

Amidst all the press and public trying their best luck to grab a seat at Sam Bankman-Fried's trial in New York, one juror was reportedly caught getting comfortable and dozing away.

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The incident occured when the prosecution’s second witness, Bankman-Fried’s former friend and employee Adam Yedidia got into intricate details about FTX’s inner workings, according to Blockworks. Yedidia, who was questioned for more than an hour by lead prosecutor Danielle Sassoon, was asked to explain about futures trading and wire transfers. 

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Neither the defense nor the prosecution addressed the matter of the juror sleeping in open court or in sidebar conversations with Judge Lewis Kaplan that were published in trial transcripts, Blockworks noted. 

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Crypto criminal defense attorney Carlo D’Angelo told Blockworks that generally such a situation would have been handled in a different way. In his experience, “if it’s brought to the court’s attention, a judge would generally recess the trial and bring that juror before the judge and inquire and instruct the juror how important it is to stay awake,” he said. Next, the judge would consult with the counsel on whether to dismiss the juror, D'Angelo explained. 

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Kaplan has already expressed annoyance with the jury after several of the selected 12 jurors and six alternates reached out to the judge to express concerns and conflicts about serving. 

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