STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

THE PEOPLE OF THE ) 2014 CF 922

STATE OF ILLINOIS, )
) STATUS
Plaintiff, )
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vs )
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RICHARD WANKE, )
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Defendant. )

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ll REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS at the hearing of the

12 above-entitled cause before the Honorable Rosemary

13 Collins, Judge of said Court, heard on November 9, 2016.

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l6 MARILYN HITE ROSS,

Deputy State's Attorney
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PAMELA S. WELLS,
l8 Assistant State's Attorney
Appeared on behalf of the Plaintiff.
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ROBERT SIMMONS,
20 Assistant Public Defender
Appeared on behalf of the Defendant.
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Carrie A. Pavlick, CSR RPR CRR CRC

Official Court Reporter
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 THE COURT: People versus Richard Wanke.

Mr. Wanke, can you hear me?

THE DEFENDANT: Yes.

THE COURT: All right. We're here to find out about

the witnesses' availability.

MS. HITE ROSS: Marilyn Hite Ross for the State and

Pamela Wells.

Right now we believe that all of our witnesses

are available. We reached out to them. We are pretty

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ll THE COURT: For either date or both dates in

12 February? I know that we had it tentatively set on

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l4 MS. WELLS: That's the main date they checked about.

l5 I haven't heard about any problems with either date. I

l6 know the 2lst is when they were mostly talking about.

17 The only issue is we have a motion for an

18 evidence deposition for a witness that has cancer and she

19 was coming up for this. We had scheduled it around her

20 treatment. She has moved out of state. So she's still

21 scheduled to come in on Monday. We would like to take

22 her deposition while she's here. She has to travel with

23 a companion because of her diagnosis.

24 THE COURT: What name is the witness?

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 MS. WELLS: It's in the motion, your Honor. It

is Wanda —~

THE COURT: I see it.

MS. WELLS: Barbara Welch. I keep calling her

Wanda. I don't know why I keep calling her Wanda.

Barbara Welch.

THE COURT: All right. Counsel, any objection to

that?

MR. SIMMONS: Robert Simmons on behalf of Mr. Wanke.

10 No. We acknowledge receipt of the motion. We

ll have no objection to taking an evidence deposition from

12 Miss Welch.

13 THE COURT: We'll do that evidence deposition. We

14 can do that Monday.

15 MS. WELLS: She's coming in on Monday, so we can do

l6 it Tuesday morning?

17 THE COURT: That will be fine. We can do it Tuesday

18 morning. And we'll find some space available. The

19 defendant will have to be present. And we'll notify you

20 Tuesday morning as to the location of that deposition.

21 Okay. So, counsel, what about your witnesses? All

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23 MR. SIMMONS: Yes, your Honor.

24 THE COURT: -— on that date in February?

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 MR. SIMMONS: Yes.

MS. WELLS: Judge, the only other issue on witnesses

would be the out—of—state witness. I handed up an

affidavit for the out—of-state witness. You have signed

that before.

THE COURT: All right. Let's set a status on this

and we'll go through —— I still owe you a decision on a

couple motions.

MS. WELLS: Yes.

10 THE COURT: We'll set a status on scheduling, what

ll we will be doing and how we are going to use the time

12 between now and then. I don't feel that we will be as

l3 intensive as we were before. I feel that everybody is

14 ready for trial. I know that next week we have open,

15 too. I can set it next Wednesday or Thursday afternoon,

16 if you would like. Either one.

17 MS. HITE ROSS: I'm still open, Judge, because I

18 didn't put anything in.

19 MS. WELLS: I should available.

2O THE COURT: Which works best for you and co—counsel?

21 MR. SIMMONS: It appears for Mr. Zimmerman Wednesday

22 morning would work best.

23 THE COURT: Is that available?

24 MS. HITE ROSS: That's fine.

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 MS. WELLS: Wednesday morning.

THE COURT: The Wednesday morning the 16th. Okay.

All right. That's all then for today.

Thank you.

MR. SIMMONS: Thank you, Judge.

(Which were all the proceedings of record

heard in this cause on this date.)

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 STATE OF ILLINOIS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

C E R T I F I C A T E

I, Carrie Pavlick, CSR, RPR, CRR, CRC, Official

Court Reporter, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, State of

Illinois, do hereby certify that I reported in stenograph

the testimony given at the hearing of the said cause, and

that the foregoing transcript is a true and correct

transcription of my stenographic notes so taken as

10 aforesaid, and contains all the testimony given at the

ll hearing of the said cause to the best of my ability.

12 I further certify that I am not connected by blood

13 or marriage to any of the parties in this action, nor am

14 I a relative or employee or attorney or counsel of any of

15 the parties, nor am I a relative or employee of such

l6 attorney or counsel, or financially interested in said

17 action, or interested directly or indirectly in the

18 matter in controversy.

19 IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand on

20 July 5, 2017.

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Carrie A. Pavlick, CSR RPR CRR CRC

Official Court Reporter
CSR License #084-002534