11.   He grew up without a father, the defense said.

12.   In contrast to what the defense has said is the slipshoddiness of the police work, Fung had an almost military bearing.

13.   In the struggle, the gun discharged and, the defense said, the youths moved in to aid their friend.

14.   The authorities said he had confessed to setting the fire, but the defense said his confession had been coerced.

15.   The car, the defense says, proves that any sex that night was consensual.

16.   The defense has said it will call Ms. Bell, along with Ms. McKinny, when court reconvenes Tuesday.

17.   The defense said that she had made the accusations out of jealousy when she saw Shakur with another woman.

18.   The defense said there was no proposition but rather a rebuke when the petty officer rubbed against him seductively at a luncheon.

19.   The defense says he has long suffered from mental illness so severe that he could not possibly have been the leader of a major organized crime group.

20.   The defense says the current trial is based on trumped up charges.