THE COURT: Have you got a witness?

MS. LAMP: Rick Mead, Your Honor.

THE COURT: Raise your right hand. Do you solemnly swear or affirm the testimony you will give in this matter will be the truth, so help you God?
MR. MEAD: Yes, I do.

THE COURT: Come on around. Watch your step coming up. Have a seat there. The chair is on rollers. I’ll be right back with you in a minute. The microphone isn’t going to make you any louder, so make sure you speak up loudly and distinctly for us. State your full name.

THE WITNESS: Ricky Mead.

THE COURT: How do you spell your first name?

THE WITNESS: R-i-c-k-y.

THE COURT: Spell your last.

THE WITNESS: Last name is M-e-a-d.

THE COURT: Thank you. Miss Lamp?

RICKY MEAD

Called at 7:34 p.m. by the People, sworn by the court, testified:

BY MS. LAMP:

Q. Mr. Mead, where do you live at?

MR. DUNGAN: Your Honor, before we get into his testimony, I just want to indicate and put an objection on the record that this individual has been sitting through substantial portions of this trial since we started, including after the prosecutor rested. There’s a number of people sitting here that have seen him in the courtroom.

THE COURT: I’ve never seen him before.

MS. LAMP: Your Honor--

THE COURT: Go ahead.

MS. LAMP: Mr., and I should have brought that to the court’s attention and I apologize for not having done that. Mr. Mead was in the courtroom, but at the time that he was in the courtroom I had not contemplated him as a witness and knew nothing about him and it was after the time that I spoke with him I asked him to exit the courtroom and at that time he was not in the courtroom, but at the time that he was here he was not a potential witness.

THE COURT: Okay. Step down, you’re excused