*From John's deposition in the Miles case: *<P> Q. Some couples, you know, share every friend in common and others will have, you know, separate friends<BR> interested in different things. I wouldn't expect you to be a member of a sewing circle, for example. I don't<BR> know if your wife was either. <BR> What I'm asking is if -- I realize you don't know who she would consider -- well, I'm asking you, do you know<BR> whom she would consider to be in her close circle of friends? <P> A. I think it would be the people we socialized with as couples, Pinky Barber, Barbara Fernie, Priscilla<BR> White, Roxy Walker. <P> Q. Judith Phillips, would you consider her to be a close friend? <P> A. No. <P> Q. I'm not asking currently, but previously. <P> A. No. <P> Q. If I'm not mistaken, she's made representations in interviews that she was a close friend of the family's, is<BR> that incorrect, or do you disagree with that? <P> A. Well, I think that's -- <P> MR. CRAVER: Let me ask -- I object to the form of the question. I think you're asking two questions in a row.<BR> Can you just <BR> state one or the other? <P> MR. HILL: Sure. <P> Q. If she's made statements to the press that she was a close friend of the family's, do you differ with that? <P> A. I never considered her a close personal friend. <P> Q. Do you know if your wife considered her to be a close personal friend? <P> A. I don't know for sure, but I would suspect not. <P> Q. What type of friend was she? How would you characterize her friendship? <P> MR. CRAVER: At what time? <P> Q. During the two years preceding the tragedy. <P> A. She was Mel's wife. I had -- Mel and Patsy worked together in Atlanta. That's how we got to know them.<BR> Mel was the friend. He was the reason for the contact