61.   Hallinan is itching to try a case himself.

62.   He has tried cases before Ito in the past.

63.   He can remain free at least until his case is tried at the appeals court in Paris, probably next year.

64.   He cannot try a case or counsel a client.

65.   He had never studied criminal law, never tried a felony case and never tried a case before a jury.

66.   He ordered the attorneys not to try the case in the press.

67.   He said he is prepared to try the case before a jury.

68.   He kept smiling as the prosecutor who tried the case against him, Joseph Alexis, moved to reverse the conviction.

69.   Hynes said he would try the case himself against Michael Shane Hale, the man charged with killing his companion.

70.   Howard, a former federal prosecutor, said that without leniency offers, defendants would have no incentive to cooperate and prosecutors would be forced to try every case.