1.  But as Fung prepared to leave the courtroom, his chief defense interrogator, Barry Scheck, twice thanked him.

2.  But chief defense attorney Hal Ridley decried the death sentence.

3.  Francis P. Bensel, the chief defense lawyer, said the ruling had undermined his case.

4.  Haden Cribbs, the chief defense lawyer, made no opening statement on Tuesday but reserved the right to make one later.

5.  He said the only critics he worried about -- Simpson and the chief defense lawyer, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. -- felt differently.

6.  His chief defense against the cold was a thin corduroy coat.

7.  Last week in court, the chief defense counsel, Robert L. Shapiro, asserted that race would not be an issue in the case.

8.  Nenad Petrusic, the chief defense counsel, said as he left the court that he and his client had not talked much about the sentence.

9.  Symington was released on his own recognizance, with the only requirement that he check in with the chief defense lawyer, John Dowd once a week.

10.  The chief defense lawyers, Ronald P. Fischetti and Alan S. Futerfas, did not call any witnesses.