new york lawyers executive turkey majority state-owned halkbank accuse help iran evade u.s. sanction wednesday ask u.s. federal judge declare mistrial jurors expect begin deliberate motion file manhattan federal court lawyers mehmet hakan atilla say prosecutors prejudice jury ask client cross-examination tuesday whether remember report turkish expert conclude violate sanction atilla lawyers immediately object atilla could answer u.s. district judge richard berman order question stricken record however atilla lawyers say wednesday damage do say jurors allow hear turkish report author court deprive atilla right confront accuser also say question grossly mischaracterized report conclusion ask question open court effect introduce otherwise inadmissible hearsay expert opinion ultimate issue jury say berman order prosecutors respond motion p.m. 2200 gmt wednesday jurors expect begin deliberate wednesday morning three-week trial strain diplomatic relations unite state turkey center trial explosive testimony turkish-iranian gold trader reza zarrab plead guilty charge violate sanction testify u.s. prosecutors zarrab testify atilla help design fraudulent transactions gold food allow iran spend oil gas revenues abroad include u.s. financial institutions defy u.s. sanction zarrab also implicate turkish officials scheme include president tayyip erdogan attempt reach erdogan spokesman comment allegations trial unsuccessful erdogan publicly dismiss case politically motivate attack government atilla testify defense trial deny charge halkbank deny take part illegal transactions atilla lawyers already ask mistrial last week jurors hear testimony huseyin korkmaz former turkish police officer say lead investigation include atilla force flee turkey escape retaliation berman deny motion u.s. prosecutors charge nine people criminal case though zarrab 34 atilla 47 arrest u.s. authorities turkish banker make second bid mistrial u.s. sanction case