hand up, presumably to be sworn in as the defendant and ultimately to enter his plea. andrew wiseman is with us. what should we understand about this process and wasn't right for us to get nervous? >> i just wanted to give you some insight into what the document was and why there could be some delay. it is standard procedure for a group of people that deal with pretrial services. every defendant, there is a pretrial services report issued. even though this defendant, like many defendants, are released, pretrial services writes a report about the defendant and makes suggestions to the judge about what the conditions of release should be. the later the defendant shows up in court the more there is a reason for delay. they have to interview the person, write the report and give it to the judge. my guess is if he is looking at a piece of paper that they have

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