The prosecution had portrayed Mr. Sullivan as the puppeteer of a carefully orchestrated scheme using absentee ballots.

But the prosecution portrayed him as a shrewd and greedy marketer who orchestrated something akin to a pyramid scheme that eventually collapsed.

The prosecution portrayed Mr. Samudra as a detail man involved in the bombing from beginning to end.

The prosecution had portrayed his unflinching behavior as the cool calculation of a killer.

Mr. Gabrinowitz, a husky six footer with a crewcut whom the prosecution had portrayed as a leader of the alleged attack, said, "I feel great."

The prosecution portrayed him as emotionless, a greedy individual, who cared more about cars and money than his wife and children.

The prosecution portrayed the main defendant, Ralph Tutino, as an associate of the Lucchese crime family.

It was the second successive day that a witness described the shooting and identified a participant as someone the prosecution portrayed as a Gotti associate.

The prosecution portrayed Pamela Smart as the cold-blooded mastermind who controlled her young lover.

At the first two trials, the prosecution portrayed Mr. Miller as an incompetent misfit who had turned to spying out of vengeance.