21.   The jury of three women and two men who are acting as advisers to U.S. District Judge Walter Smith will hear closing arguments in the case this morning.

22.   The nine men and three women on the jury deliberated approximately eight hours, after hearing closing arguments from Reilly and defense attorney George on Tuesday.

23.   The second trial has been running for the better part of four months and in another week or so, after closing arguments, will go to the jury.

24.   The trial judge, Thomas Penfield Jackson, indicated earlier to both sides that he might delay closing arguments if the government and Microsoft appeared near a settlement.

25.   The verdict was issued within two and a half hours after closing arguments, raising concerns that a guilty verdict had been preordained by political authorities.

26.   They are intended to serve as a road map for the federal judge who will hear closing arguments next week.

27.   They are the central figures in a patent dispute that went before a nine-person federal jury, who heard closing arguments today.

28.   Under the plan being worked out now, the prosecution and defense will begin closing arguments Saturday and wrap them up on Monday.

29.   Wennet delayed closing arguments in the case until Monday, with the agreement of jurors, saying he did not want them to begin deliberations late Friday.

30.   Prosecution and defense closing arguments were expected to take five days.