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         2                      IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

         3                FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

         4                          CIVIL TRIAL DIVISION

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         6        CHRISTINA PRICE            : SEPTEMBER TERM, 1999
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         7               VS.                 :
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         8        MARC SAGEMAN, M.D., PH.D., :
                  ET AL                      : NO.  3431
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                                       JUNE 10, 2002
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                             TESTIMONY OF STEPHEN SIEBERT, M.D.
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                                  COURTROOM 653, CITY HALL
        15                       PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

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        17        BEFORE:  HONORABLE N. I. QUINONES ALEJANDRO, J.

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        23                     GEORGE D'ANGELIS, R.P.R.
                               COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
        24                     OFFICIAL COURT REPORTER
 
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                               ROBERT GIBSON, ESQUIRE
         5                     COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFF

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                               MARSHALL, DENNEHEY, WARNER, COLEMAN &
         8                     GOGGIN
                               BY:  WILLIAM BANTON, JR., ESQUIRE
         9                     COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENDANT

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        10         WITNESSES:
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        12                                 DIRECT      CROSS

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        14         STEPHEN SIEBERT, M.D.     4           11

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         2                         MORNING_SESSION
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         5                     (THE FOLLOWING TOOK PLACE IN OPEN

         6               COURT, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE JURY:)

         7                           COURT CRIER:  STATE YOUR FULL

         8               NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

         9                           THE WITNESS:  STEPHEN SIEBERT,

        10               M.D.

        11                           COURT CRIER:  DO YOU SWEAR THAT

        12               YOU WILL ANSWER TRUTHFULLY ALL QUESTIONS

        13               PUT TO YOU TOUCHING THE MATTER NOW BEFORE

        14               THIS COURT SO HELP YOU GOD.

        15                           THE WITNESS:   I DO.

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        19                         DIRECT EXAMINATION

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        21        BY MR. GIBSON:

        22        Q.     GOOD MORNING, DR. SIEBERT.

        23        A.     GOOD MORNING.

        24        Q.     DR. SIEBERT, COULD YOU TELL THE JURY WHAT
 
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         1        TYPE OF DOCTOR YOU ARE?

         2        A.     I AM A LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND A SPECIALIST

         3        IN THE AREA OF PSYCHIATRY.  I ALSO HAVE

         4        SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF MY PRACTICE IN THE AREA OF

         5        LEGAL PSYCHIATRY.

         6        Q.     JUST VERY BRIEFLY, DR. SIEBERT, CAN YOU

         7        EXPLAIN TO THE JURY WHAT A PSYCHIATRIST DOES, WHAT

         8        IS A PSYCHIATRIST'S JOB?

         9        A.     PSYCHIATRY IS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY.  YOU

        10        HAVE TO BE A MEDICAL DOCTOR FIRST, GO TO MEDICAL

        11        SC