41.   With additional defense witnesses, closing statements and wrangling over jury instructions still to come, jurors are not expected to begin deliberating until the end of the month.

42.   Wiles also raised objections to the jury instructions in connection with his wire-fraud conviction.

43.   A dozen years ago, the court overturned his conviction and death sentence, issuing a similar opinion that cited inadequate jury instructions about his mental capacity.

44.   After Fitzgerald finished, U.S. District Judge Leonard Sand began jury instructions.

45.   At their request, Superior Court Judge Lance Ito dismissed the case in which Keating was convicted but won a reversal on appeal due to improper jury instructions.

46.   Barring the dismissal of charges, closing arguments were set for Monday and jury instructions for Tuesday.

47.   Both sides delivered closing arguments, and the judge gave the jury instructions early Friday evening.

48.   If a defense attorney exploits that jury instruction, he said, it sometimes could make a difference in the verdict.

49.   If the court reverses itself with that case and declares that the retarded must be spared, the issue of proper death penalty jury instructions would be irrelevant.

50.   Less clear were jury instructions.