- Lara Vega: ADA Maroun, yesterday, we heard from a witness who came into this courtroom and accused my client of robbing her at gunpoint.
- ADA Samantha Maroun: Yes, I recall.
- Lara Vega: And you had previously spoken with this woman.
- ADA Samantha Maroun: Um, briefly.
- Lara Vega: And she never mentioned a word about a gun.
- ADA Samantha Maroun: Well, she tried. English is not her first language.
- Lara Vega: Can you please answer my question? Did she or did she not mention anything about a gun?
- ADA Samantha Maroun: It is not a yes or no question.
- Lara Vega: May the witness be instructed to answer the question?
- Judge Sydney Bolden: Ms. Maroun, can you answer the council's question?
- Lara Vega: She did not mention anything about a gun. Isn't that true?
- ADA Samantha Maroun: No, that is not true.
- Lara Vega: Isn't it a fact that your witness came into this court and committed perjury?.
- ADA Samantha Maroun: No
- Lara Vega: You suborned perjury in order to bolster evidence in this trial.Isn't that true?
- EADA Nolan Price: Your Honor, this is inflammatory, argumentative, badgering... Sustained.
- Judge Sydney Bolden: Sustained.
- ADA Samantha Maroun: I am telling the truth about what happened.
- Lara Vega: I see. So what is this jury supposed to infer? That you are incompetent? Unprofessional? Derelict in your duties?
- EADA Nolan Price: Objection.
- Judge Sydney Bolden: Sustained.
- Judge Sydney Bolden: Anything else? .
- Lara Vega: No. I have nothing further.