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Hi and welcome to the 16th Undisclosed Addendum, the State Rests.

My name is Robbie Houdrey.

I'm an attorney and national security fellow and I blog at splitthemoon.com.

And I'm joined by my colleagues Susan Simpson and Colin Miller.

Susan is an associate at the Vogue Hall blog group in Washington, DC and she blogs the

view from LL2.

And Colin is an associate dean and professor at the University of South Carolina School

of Law and he's also the blog editor of the evidence prof blog.

Now last where we left off was during the second trial as the state present is case.

But for the uninitiated, those who are not really familiar with the US criminal system,

I thought it might be a good idea to give you a bit of an overview of its structure.

The way it works is that the trial opens up with both sides, both the prosecutor and the

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