1.   On Friday morning, the judge instructed the jury.

2.   The judge instructed the jury about legal points.

3.   After Drago instructs the jury early Monday, prosecutors and defense attorneys will make their closing arguments.

4.   After weeks of testimony and the impassioned closing statements, Justice Charles H. Solomon of state Supreme Court instructed the jury on matters of law.

5.   He said any potential prejudice from pre-trial publicity will be dealt with by questioning and instructing the jury, which will report for the first time Monday.

6.   If the jury had been properly instructed, appellate court Chief Justice Juan Torruella wrote last year, the case might have been dismissed.

7.   In its ruling Tuesday, the federal appeals court said that U.S. District Judge Willis Hunt correctly instructed the jury on the law governing libel cases.

8.   Judge Sand then instructed the jury on how to progress through its death penalty deliberations.

9.   Juries are always instructed explicitly in those rules, as was this jury by Howard before it began its deliberations on Thursday morning.

10.   Kreindler indicated that he would permit the testimony but would instruct the jury on how to assess it properly.