← All EvidenceOpeningDefense Opening Statement Dean A. Strang
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Defense-prepared transcript scrolled during the first recording; Strang said the transcript was not evidence
During his Day 1 opening argument, Strang scrolled a defense-prepared transcript while introducing an excerpt of a dispatch recording. He cautioned that the recording was difficult to hear and that his transcript might be wrong.
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Strang expressly distinguished the prepared transcript from the recording, saying the transcript was not evidence and that the tape should govern if they differed.