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2010 mock trial case clarifications . . .

  1. Question: THE DEFENDANT'S NAME IS IZZY A. FREEMAN, BUT ON THE INDICTMENT AND THE STIPULATIONS, IT IS LISTED AS IZZY A. WILLIAMS.
    Answer: THE NAME IS INCORRECT ON THE INDICTMENT AND THE STIPULATIONS. IT WAS CORRECTED ON 10/01/09 AT 6:30 PM; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, PLEASE PRINT NEW PAGES 3 AND 4 FROM THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.
  1. Question: ON PAGE 9, AT LINE 43, MOORE SAYS HE TOLD IZZY ABOUT THE EMBEZZLEMENT ON OCTOBER 9, 2007. SHOULDN'T THAT BE OCTOBER 19, 2009?
    Answer: YES. IT WAS CORRECTED ON 10/24/09 AT 2:40 PM; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, PLEASE PRINT A NEW PAGE 9 FROM  THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.
  1. Question: J.L. BYRD'S NAME IS SPELLED BOTH "BIRD" AND "BYRD." WHICH IS CORRECT?
    Answer: YES. IT WAS CORRECTED ON 10/06/09 AT 11:30 AM; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, YOU MAY PRINT CORRECTED PAGES, BUT IT ISN'T NECESSARY.

  2. Question: STIPULATION 9 REFERS TO EXHIBIT 10, A DOCUMENT WITH DEE FROST'S SIGNATURE ON IT, BUT EXHIBIT 10 IS THE LIBERTY LOCK & KEY RECEIPT. DOES STIPULATION 9 REALLY MEAN TO REFER TO EXHIBIT 11?
    Answer: YES.  IT WAS CORRECTED ON 10/05/09 AT 11:30 AM; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, PLEASE PRINT NEW STIPULATIONS  FROM THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.

  3. Question: ON PAGE 27, AT LINE 18, THERE IS A REFERENCE TO "HETMAN." SHOULD THIS REALLY SAY "HIT MAN?"
    Answer: YES. IT WAS CORRECTED ON 10/24/09 AT 2:50 PM; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, PLEASE PRINT A NEW PAGE 27 FROM  THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.

  4. Question: ON PAGE 22, AT LINE 180, IZZY REFERS TO DEE'S NOTE AS BEING EXHIBIT 10. SHOULD THIS REALLY SAY EXHIBIT 11?
    Answer: YES. YES. IT WAS CORRECTED ON 10/24/09 AT 2:55 PM; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, PLEASE PRINT A NEW PAGE 22 FROM  THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.

  5. Question: ON EXHIBITS 6 AND 9, THE NAME AT THE TOP OF THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS IS JO/JOE RIGGS, BUT THE SIGNATURE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE REPORTS IS JERI/JERRY RIGGS. IS THIS JUST A TYPO?
    Answer: YES, THIS IS A TYPO. THE NAMES AT THE TOPS OF BOTH REPORTS HAVE BEEN REVISED TO SAY "J. RIGGS." YOU MAY PRINT CORRECTED PAGES 36 AND 40 FROM  THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.

  6. Question: On the buy sell agreement, Exhibit 5, the address is 4356 US Hwy 41, Rye, New Mexico,  while the address on the check at the top of Exhibit 4  is the same except the city and state  which are Dyer, IN.  Which is correct? 
    Answer: Exhibit 5 is correct; in the adaptation of the case, we neglected to change Dyer, IN to Rye, NM. It was corrected on 01/18/2010 AT 11:01 am; IF YOU PRINTED YOUR CASE BEFORE THEN, PLEASE PRINT A NEW PAGE 34 FROM  THE MAIN CASE DOCUMENT.

  7. Q: Les Moore asserts that Exhibit 5 (Buy-Sell) (page 10, lines 21-23) contains language that "in the event of death of either partner, that the other partner shall be the beneficiary of a $500,000 life insurance policy." However, Paragraph Three of the Buy-Sell agreement only references the
    policy in a general way - the dollar amount is not specifically noted. Perhaps the dollar amount should be added to Exhibit 5.

    Answer: THE CASE MATERIALS STAND AS WRITTEN.

  8. Question: Leslie Moore, on page 10, lines 22 and 24 refers to the Buy-Sell Agreement as being worth $500,000.00 but Exhibit 5, which is the actual agreement, says it is worth $100,000.00.  It doesn't seem reasonable that Moore would be so far off.
    Answer:
    THE CASE MATERIALS STAND AS WRITTEN.