Photos: APS trial: Dec. 2, 2014

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Photos: APS trial: Dec. 2, 2014

Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination by defense attorney Sanford Wallack Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial as Judge Jerry Baxter presides in Fulton County Superior Court, Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Waller, originally one of the defendants in the case, plead guilty to lesser charges in February. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Defense attorney George Lawson, left, and his client former APS SRT Director Michael Pitts listen as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS SRT Director Sharon Davis Williams listens as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS Dunbar Elementary teacher Shani Robinson talks with her defense attorney Annette Greene as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS Dunbar Elementary teacher Pamela Cleveland listens as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter listens as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination by defense attorney Teresa Mann Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination by defense attorney Teresa Mann Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS Dobbs Elementary principal Dana Evans and her defense attorney Robert Rubin listen as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

DECEMBER 2, 2014 ATLANTA Defense attorney Hurl Taylor (right) and his client, former APS Usher Collier Heights Elem testing coordinator Donald Bullock listen as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial as Judge Jerry Baxter presides in Fulton County Superior Court, Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Waller, originally one of the defendants in the case, plead guilty to lesser charges in February. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson, Pool)

Former APS Benteen Elem testing coordinator Theresia Copeland listens as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS Dobbs Elementary principal Dana Evans and her defense attorney Robert Rubin confer as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Fulton County Senior ADA Clint Rucker questions former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under re-direct Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under re-direct by Fulton County Senior ADA Clint Rucker Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller testifies under cross examination by defense attorney George Lawson Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS Dobbs Elementary teacher Angela Williamson listens as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller testifies under cross examination by defense attorney George Lawson Tuesday. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Former APS SRT Director Michael Pitts listens as former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller testifies under cross examination by defense attorney George Lawson Tuesday afternoon. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

APS Chief Financial Officer Charles Burbridge testifies Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Defense attorneys Keith Adams, left, and George Lawson confer as APS Chief Financial Officer Charles Burbridge testifies Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

APS Chief Financial Officer Charles Burbridge, center, testifies under questioning by Asst District Attorney John Floyd Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter listens as APS Chief Financial Officer Charles Burbridge testifies Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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Former Parks Middle School Principal Christopher Waller resumes his testimony under cross examination by defense attorney Sanford Wallack Tuesday afternoon in the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial as Judge Jerry Baxter presides in Fulton County Superior Court, Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Waller, originally one of the defendants in the case, plead guilty to lesser charges in February. KENT D. JOHNSON / KDJOHNSON@AJC.COM

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