71.   Concerns about a mistrial grew last week when another juror was dismissed, the eighth to be removed to date.

72.   Ito said that the juror had been dismissed with the consent of both parties.

73.   Judge Lance Ito dismissed juror Francine Florio-Bunten after receiving an anonymous note saying that she was working on a book, an allegation she has denied.

74.   On Wednesday, a sixth juror was dismissed from the panel.