The trial jury failed to reach a verdict on other charges that Bond lied when he denied taking steroids, or that he had received injections from someone other than his doctor.

The grand jury is investigating whether Bonds lied under oath when he testified in December 2003 that he had not knowingly taken steroids, which it is alleged were given to him by Anderson.

The indictment alleges that Bonds lied while under oath about his alleged use of steroids.

He hooked the armchair up to the foot of the bed on which Bond was lying.

He turned and walked across to where Bond was lying toe to head with Tinga-ling Bell.

Bond was lying face downwards at the bottom of the bank twenty feet away from the car.

A Balco defense lawyer, Troy Ellerman, believed Bonds was lying when he said that he never knowingly took steroids.

The grand jury investigating the possibility that Bonds lied to another grand jury two and a half years ago did not act yesterday.

Lidle explained later that he did not know why Bonds should get a free pass from players when, to Lidle, it was obvious that Bonds had lied about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.

"Well, I have even more respect for you now, Sir Max," Bond lied.