31.   If Kavanewsky rules that Skakel must be tried, the defense may ask to question witnesses to rebut their testimony.

32.   In a double appeal, the defense asked for a new trial, while prosecutors sought a longer jail term.

33.   In its motion Tuesday, the defense asked for an investigation into whether dismissed juror Jeanette Harris was properly removed last week.

34.   Last week, the defense asked the court to suspend sessions in March and April, complaining that the current pace is too intense.

35.   Prosecutors are seeking five years in prison for Schindler, who has refused to testify, while the defense is asking for his acquittal.

36.   That was what the defense had asked.

37.   The defense also asked that the murder charge be reduced to manslaughter.

38.   The defense asked for a delay to allow it to receive all the material in the case, said Eitan Maor, a lawyer working on the Sheinbein file.

39.   The defense asked for a half-day delay for the prosecution to submit all its evidence, and to prepare a response to it.

40.   The defense asked for a recess in the trial, now in its third month, to interrogate a potential witness.