1.   Elsewhere in the same courthouse, Banek is defending his law firm against charges of financial chicanery.

2.   He seemed undisturbed as the two unconnected stories converged on him in the very same courthouse.

3.   In the same courthouse five years ago, rival crime boss John Gotti was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.

4.   On the same courthouse steps, relatives of the defendants were bleary-eyed from crying.

5.   A few doors away in the same courthouse, Judge Terry Lewis weighed a similar request to throw out ballots in Martin County.

6.   A second defendant, former police chief Gen. Timbul Silaen, began his trial later Thursday morning in the same courthouse.

7.   A trial on similar accusations for Seminole County began a few hours later in the same courthouse, with some of the same lawyers handling both.

8.   A similar case for Martin County was set to start later in the morning in the same Tallahassee courthouse.

9.   A similar case for Seminole County is set to start later in the morning in the same Tallahassee courthouse.

10.   A similar case for Seminole County was set to start later in the morning in the same Tallahassee courthouse.