THE ESTRADA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL NOTES FROM THE TRIAL (12).

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DAVIDE: Okay, let us put it this way.

DAZA: Yes.

DAVIDE: Assuming that you can agree on this, how much time would be needed by the prosecution to put in writing the second proposal?

MORENO: We can do that, Mr. Chief Justice-

DAVIDE: Taking into account the length of the testimony of the witness.

MORENO: The summary can be done actually, Mr. Chief Justice, in less than five hours.

DAVIDE: Less than five hours.

MORENO: However, in fact, now I can verbalize already the summary, Mr. Chief Justice, if you will allow me.

DAVIDE: You can verbalize it in five hours, it will be up to midnight?

MORENO: No, no. Just a one-page summary, Mr. Chief Justice, of the deposits, the cash as well as the check deposits, the interest earnings, the withdrawals made by Mrs. Ricaforte.

DAVIDE: Yes. If it will be in writing, how much time would you need to respond?

DAZA: We need equal time from the time we receive whatever they file.

DAVIDE: In short, we will be wasting 10 hours. Would you start 10 hours from 7:16 this evening? Or it might start only tomorrow. We better start with your cross-examination tomorrow. How long would be …