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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 497 Filed 11/23/21 Page2of11 20cr330, United States v. Maxwell DRAFT — November 23, 2021 Preliminary Instructions to the Sworn Jury Order of Trial Now that you have been sworn, let me give you some instructions about your duties as jurors. At the end of the trial I will give you more detailed instructions, and those instructions will control your deliberations in this case. But for now, let me explain how the trial will proceed. The first step in the trial will be opening statements. The government will make an opening statement. After that, I expect the lawyers for the defendant to make an opening statement as well. Those statements are not evidence. They serve no purpose other than to give you an idea in advance of the evidence that the lawyers expect you to hear from the witnesses. Those statements permit the lawyers to tell you a little bit of what the case is all about, but the only evidence comes from the witnesses and the exhibits. After opening statements, the government will present its evidence. The government’s evidence will consist of the testimony of witnesses as well as documents and exhibits. The government will examine the witnesses, and then the defendant’s lawyers may cross-examine them. Following the government’s case, the defendant may present a case if she wishes. Again, because of the presumption of innocence, the defendant is not required to offer any proof. If the defendant DOJ-OGR-00007454