Pete Kott trial: Opening and closing statements

Posted by Anchorage Daily News

Posted: October 1, 2007 - 11:25 pm

Listen to excerpts from courtroom testimony and FBI surveillance recordings used in the political corruption trial of former Rep. Pete Kott.

Audio: FBI phone taps | Bill Allen testimony | Rick Smith testimony | Opening statements | Closing statements

Video: FBI hidden surveillance (contains graphic language)

- updates from the courtroom: Alaska Politics blog
- former Rep. Pete Kott trial coverage

Note: Many of these audio files are long and may take your computer several minutes to download. As long as a pop-up window is launched when clicked, the audio will eventually

Many of these recordings contain graphic language.

CLOSING STATEMENTS (09/24/07)

Prosecutor, James Goeke:
- Part:  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 

Defense attorney, Jim Wendt:
- Part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 

Prosecutor rebuttal, Nicholas Marsh:
- Part: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 

OPENING STATEMENTS (09/10/2007)

Prosecutor Nicholas Marsh

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
Part five

Defense lawyer Jim Wendt

Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four

DISCUSSION OVER WHETHER JUROR SHOULD BE DISMISSED OVER EXXXON CLAIM (09/13/2007)

Audio: Lisa Polito, Part one
Judge John Sedwick and attorneys discuss juror Lisa Polito's note that she'd forgotten to mention her husband was a commercial fisherman who would benefit from a settlement in the Exxon Valdez case.

Audio: Lisa Polito, Part two
Judge Sedwick questions Polito about her knowledge and interest in her husband's Exxon claim

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