1.   A bench conference took place two days later, and Ms. Coleman-Imus was dismissed from the case.

2.   Darden made his accusation during a private bench conference Wednesday, a transcript of which was made available Thursday.

3.   Each commission stipulated exactly those kinds of restrictions, including forbidding cameras to show the jury, bench conferences or undercover police witnesses.

4.   During a brief bench conference, Brim walked to the courtroom rail to speak with a relative who had urged him to fight the charges.

5.   He objected and, after a private bench conference, Cochran continued his remarks -- but the envelope was put away.

6.   Soon, prosecutors told Judge Lance Ito during a bench conference Wednesday, a third witness will elaborate.

7.   That only led to more bench conferences, however, slowing down matters still more.

8.   Told on Tuesday at a bench conference that two jurors were nodding off, Ito encouraged the panel to stand and stretch.

9.   After the bench conference, Clark posed her question about the phone conversation again, in two different phrasings, but raised no objections from the defense.

10.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Sam Buell later complained in a whispered bench conference that Hardin was asking improper questions, forcing prosecutors to repeatedly stand up and object.