STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

THE PEOPLE OF THE )

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STATE OF ILLINOIS, )
) CASE NO. 14 CF 922
Plaintiff, )
) DECISION
vs. )
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RICHARD E. WANKE, )
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Defendant. )
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12 REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS at the hearing of the

13 above—entitled cause before the Honorable ROSEMARY COLLINS,

14 Judge of said Court, on the 8th day of December, 2016.

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16 APPEARANCES: MS, MARILYN HITE ROSS,

Chief of Criminal Bureau;
17 MR. F. JAMES BRUN,
Deputy State's Attorney, and
18 MS. PAMELA WELLS,
Assistant State's Attorney,
19 on behalf of the People;

2O MR. NICK ZIMMERMAN and

MR. ROBERT SIMMONS,
21 Assistant Public Defenders,
on behalf of the Defendant.
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23 Sandra Brassfield, CSR

17th Judicial Circuit
24 Rockford, Illinois
License No. 084-003291
 THE CLERK: No. 4, People versus Richard

Wanke, 14 CF 922.

THE COURT: Good afternoon, Mr. Wanke.

Good afternoon, counsels.

MS. HITE ROSS: Good afternoon.

MR. BRUN: Good afternoon, Your Honor.

MS. WELLS: Good afternoon.

MR. SIMMONS: Good afternoon, Your Honor.

MR. ZIMMERMAN: Good afternoon, Judge, Nick

10 Zimmerman and Rob Simmons on behalf of Mr. Wanke.

11 MR. BRUN: James Brun on behalf of the

12 People.

13 MS. HITE ROSS: Marilyn Hite Ross for the

14 People.

15 MS. WELLS: Pam Wells for the People, Judge.

16 THE COURT: I think -— although it's been a

17 while since we have been in and I have been used to seeing

18 everybody on a much more regular basis, but I think we're

19 here for my ruling on ——

20 (whereupon, a phone rang in open court.)

21 THE BAILIFF: That's DHS. They're trying to

22 contact their ride, Judge.

23 THE COURT: Okay.

24 (Continuing) —— on the State's Motion in

 Limine No. 34.

I think -— although I thought I had given you

a ruling earlier, I think maybe I hadn't given you a ruling

on People‘s Amended 20th Motion in Limine. I

MS. WELLS: Correct.

THE COURT: And then I think that is it for

the motions in limine.

The Court has reviewed all these motions. On

the People's 34th Motion in Limine, basically the State is

10 asking to admit statements made by the defendant in

11 documents filed by the defendant in pro se pleadings.

12 So the State did give me a lot of the

13 exhibits. But they weren‘t delineated —— at least not in

14 my copy they weren‘t identified as Exhibit No. 1, Exhibit

15 No. 2; even though in the motion they are referred to that.

16 So hopefully I have these right.

17 And what I will ask the State to do on a

18 later occasion is just pull out just those pages ——

19 although you gave me a comprehensive filing of all the

20 documents —— so that everybody is real clear of exactly

21 what you are referring to. I'll ask you to pull those

22 exhibits, just those pages.

23 I do believe that the quote that you have,

24 that the State has put in their motion, reflect the part of
 those exhibits that you wish admitted. And that's what I

am proceeding on.

So with respect to Paragraph No. 9, the State

is asking for pleadings -— let me get my motion here. This

one was a petition filed with the Illinois Supreme Court.

The State is asking for the defendant's

statements made in that, uh, which is in Paragraph No. 9 to

be admitted, and Paragraph No. 10; the defendant filed an

Affidavit with his pleadings.

10 The State in Paragraph No. 10 is asking for

ll the statements contained in Exhibit 2, Pages e— Page 3,

12 Paragraph 11.

13 In Paragraph No. 11 of the State's motion,

14 which is again referring to the defendant's Affidavit, the

15 State is asking for statements in Exhibit 2, Paragraph 4 ——

16 or Page 4, excuse me, Paragraph No. 12.

17 In Paragraph No. 12 of the State's motion,

18 they're asking for the Court to allow statements made in

19 the defendant‘s pro se Affidavit, Exhibit 2, Paragraph ——

20 or Pages 4 and 5, Paragraph 16.

21 And Paragraph 13 of the State's motion also

22 asks for the statements used in the defendant's pro se

23 petition filed with the Illinois Supreme Court, the

24 Affidavit that's attached to that, Exhibit 2, Page 6,

 Paragraph 21.

The next three requests refer to the

defendant's pro se petition filed with the Supreme Court of

the United States of America. Paragraph 15 asks for

statements filed in that document that are listed on Page 4

of Exhibit 3.

Paragraph 16 asks for statements that are

filed in Exhibit 3, Page 12 and Page 13.

And in Paragraph No. 17 of the State's

10 motion, the State is asking for statements in that document

ll that are reflected on Exhibit 3 on Page 14.

12 On -— I'm asking to skip Paragraph 18 for

13 nOw.

14 Paragraph 19 goes to the defendant's pro se

15 Petition for Rehearing that he filed with the Second

16 District Appellate Court of the State of Illinois.

17 In Paragraph 19, the State is asking for

18 statements that are reflected in Exhibit 4, Pages 6, 7 and

19 8.

20 And in Paragraph 20, the State is asking for

21 statements the defendant made in his pro se filing,

22 Petition for Rehearing before the Illinois Appellate Court,

23 Second District that are also reflected in Exhibit 4, Pages

24 9 and 10 and 11.

 In Paragraph 21 of the State's motion, the

State is asking for Defendant's pro se filing of the Motion

to Reconsider the Illinois Supreme Court Order which the

defendant filed, and that is Exhibit 5, Page 1.

I believe they're particularly referring to

the comment made by the irreconcilable conflicts that are

reflected there.

And in Paragraph 22, the State is asking for

the defendant's statements made in his pro se filing in his

10 application for an extension of time to file Petition for

ll Writ of Certiorari to the United States Supreme Court,

12 Exhibit 6, Pages 2 and 3.

13 Assuming that I, in fact, am referring to the

14 same statements that the State is referring to in their

15 petitions, the Court is going to allow these documents to

16 be admitted, upon proper foundation of course, as they

17 appear to be the defendant's statements himself.

18 These were all pro se filings. No attorney

19 was involved in these filings; so they are clearly the

2O defendant's statements. They clearly go to the relationship

21 between him and his attorney and the conflict that he

22 alleges was there between him and his attorney.

23 So as a result, I think they are relevant. I

24 don't think they are barred by hearsay or any other rule.

 They are his own filings —— his own statements, and the

Court will allow them.

Now, back to Paragraph 18. Paragraph 18

refers to the defendant's pro se Petition for Rehearing

with the Second Appellate District in Illinois.

On Paragraph 18, I was a little confused just

because of the —— the quotation marks, there is, uh ——

there is a closed quote and then there is another, another

Closed quote.

10 So there is two closed quote —— quotation

ll marks. One is in Paragraph —— or in Line 4, and then

l2 there is another one in Line 7.

13 So I wasn't exactly sure —— I wasn't exactly

14 sure what the statements were and where they were and if

15 they were exact quotations or not.

16 So Paragraph 18 of the State's motion, I just

17 need to verify that by looking at the -— at that exhibit to

18 make sure I'm clear. That wasn't the situation in any of

19 the other ones.

20 It seemed to be clear with respect to the

21 quotation marks, as to what the State was asking for. But

22 18 I was a little confused on. So 18 I'm just going to

23 have you clarify that when you give me the other exhibits

24 so I can make a ruling on Paragraph 18.

 With respect to People's Amended 20th Motion

in Limine to admit identification, the Court is going to

allow the testimony of the enumerated witnesses with

respect to their identification of the defendant after

seeing a media photograph.

I will also allow testimony of their prior

failure to identify the defendant from a photo lineup and

their subsequent ID from the new photos after they saw the

media.

10 So all of that testimony will be allowed.

11 And the testimony impeaching that will of course be allowed

12 too with respect to their prior failure to identify the

l3 defendant. So that motion will be allowed also.

14 THE DEFENDANT: Can I object to that, Your

15 Honor?

16 THE COURT: I think your counsel has already

17 objected to these, and that objection is reflected on the

18 record.

19 THE DEFENDANT: I just wanted to add

20 something to the record then. Um, because you're judging,

21 from what I understand, on the totality of the circumstance,

22 there is one factor that I don't believe anybody brought

23 up.

24 In the article that these witnesses saw, it

 says that the police confirmed that they, uh, had found the

blue minivan, uh, by the —— and by me reviewing some of the

discovery, it seems prior to even it being published in the

newspaper, several police may have confirmed to these

witnesses that, hey, we found the minivan.

And then in the article preceding their

acknowledgement that the police found the blue minivan, it

then says —- you know, it goes into identifying me, uh,

identifying my beard, wearing glasses and that I appeared

10 in handcuffs and, uh, wrist shackled, and it goes into

ll describing me personally.

l2 From what I have read, the seizure of the

13 vehicle and that impermissive suggestiveness then goes to

14 the likelihood of misidentification.

15 The police ignored a vehicle that was several

16 houses away that fit the suspect vehicle. Um, they also

17 put out a dispatch for a completely different vehicle, uh,

18 you know, minutes after, uh, the crime.

19 Uh, and when they met and solidified what

2O witnesses said, they took these witnesses across town,

21 seven, eight miles away from the, uh, uh, crime scene and

22 showed them, you know, a completely different vehicle,

23 confirming that 'Okay, we thank you for...‘ —— uh, you

24 know, and that was just one vehicle —— thank you for your
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identifying, confirming that they found that suspect

vehicle.

In the article, by linking me to that

vehicle, it confirms that the police have the right person;

I mean, at least if you read the article properly.

And I just wanted to make sure that that got

on the record that I didn't hear anybody say that here. I

just wanted to make sure that you took that into account.

I‘m sure you possibly did, because you read it. Um, but I

10 just wanted to underline that point. Thank you.

ll THE COURT: All right. Thank you. I did

12 read the article and view the picture that was in the

13 article. The Court did consider that. I believe that all

14 goes to the weight to be given to the evidence, not to the

15 admissibility of the evidence.

16 THE DEFENDANT: Sure.

17 THE COURT: And it can be argued by your

18 counsels of course throughout the course of the proceedings

19 as to why the jury should either believe or not believe

20 certain aspects of a witness' statement.

21 THE DEFENDANT: Thank you.

22 THE COURT: All right. So —— I know we‘re

23 pretty far out yet from the trial date, but I would just

24 like to schedule in a couple dates like we did before just

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in case, State, so that if we have something come up, we

have time to do it. Because our calendars will book up.

MS. HITE ROSS: Judge, can I address the

Court on what the Court had requested on our Motion in

Limine 34?

THE COURT: Sure.

MS. HITE ROSS: So the Court wants me to ——

and I apologize that the Court's exhibits are not numbered.

Does the Court need me to number the exhibits that the

10 Court has or does the Court want me to represent those

ll exhibits?

12 THE COURT: No, you don't need to represent

13 them. I can give you this if you want and just tab what

l4 you want in there.

l5 MS. HITE ROSS: Yes, Judge, because I have

l6 mine.

17 THE COURT: I did tab what I thought was the

18 first one. And then I thought I'm going to make you do

19 this; so I'm not going to do it twice. I did go through

2O these documents so I believe I know what you're referring

21 to, but just so it's clear.

22 MS. HITE ROSS: I would be happy to do that,

23 and I apologize if they weren't tabbed for the Court,

24 because I do have mine my tabbed.

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THE COURT: All right.

MS. HITE ROSS: So that will be an easy thing

to do. I can do that right now.

THE COURT: Okay.

MS. HITE ROSS: In addition, you had asked

regarding Paragraph 18.

THE COURT: Yes.

MS. HITE ROSS: Okay. So Paragraph 18, these

are referring to what's in Exhibit 4, and it starts on Page

10 3 and goes through, um ——

11 THE COURT: (Interrupting) My pages aren't

12 numbered in sequential numbers. My pages are not numbered.

13 MS. WELLS: Judge, can I grab that?

14 THE COURT: Uh—huh (affirmative response).

15 MS. WELLS: We'll mark it, and then I think

16 it will make more sense. We'll mark that Exhibit 4.

17 MS. HITE ROSS: Exhibit 4; the other is

18 Exhibit 6. We can mark that for the Court, Judge.

19 THE COURT: Okay.

2O MS. HITE ROSS: Thank you.

21 MS. WELLS: Thank you. I‘ll be right back.

22 Judge, this will just take us a few moments to do that.

23 THE COURT: Sure. So do you have any time

24 available the week of January 30th, like maybe __ or

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February 1st?

MR. BRUN: The State should be available,

Your Honor, yes.

MR. ZIMMERMAN: I'm available, Judge.

THE COURT: Mr. Simmons, are you available?

MR. SIMMONS: Yes, Your Honor.

THE COURT: Okay.

MS. HITE ROSS: What date was that, Your

Honor?

10 THE COURT: How about February let? I mean,

ll I have time available -— strangely enough, I do have things

l2 already set then, but I do have some time available“ I‘m

l3 sure you all have things set then too.

14 MS. HITE ROSS: That's available, Judge.

15 THE COURT: Okay. Does anybody have any

16 preference, morning or afternoon?

17 MS. HITE ROSS: Whatever works for the Court,

18 Your Honor.

19 MR. ZIMMERMAN: Clear all day.

2O THE COURT: Okay. Well, why don't we set it

21 in the afternoon; that way we'll have a little more free

22 time in case we have other things. So let's set it for

23 1:30. And that will just be for status.

24 We'll see if there is anything else that we

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need to take care of. I am going to read the Bill of

Indictment to the defendant in its entirety, so we can do

that then too. I don't want to do it too far ahead of

trial. But I always before trial like to read the Bill of

Indictment to the defendant; so I will be doing that.

As you all know, it's a very long Bill of

Indictment, so it will take a while.

And then how about February 15th or 16th or

17th?

10 MR. BRUN: Just additional status.

11 THE COURT: Just additional status. Because

12 I know your calendars are going to book up. And so if we

13 don't have anything to do, we'll walk in and say we don't

14 have anything to do and you can turn around and I‘ll let

15 you walk out.

16 MR. ZIMMERMAN: Judge, of those dates, the

17 only time that doesn't work for me is the afternoon of the

18 16th.

19 THE COURT: Okay. I can do it any time that

2O week.

21 MS. HITE ROSS: The afternoon of the 16th I

22 have another case up for motions in limine on a murder

23 case.

24 THE COURT: Uh—huh (affirmative response).

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MS. HITE ROSS: So the afternoon doesn't

work, Your Honor, but the morning would.

THE COURT: On the 15th?

MS. HITE ROSS: On the 16th.

THE COURT: Well, how about the afternoon of

the 15th?

MR. ZIMMERMAN: That's fine.

MS. HITE ROSS: That's fine, Judge.

THE COURT: All right. _We'll set it for the

10 afternoon of the 15th.

11 And then actually we're set for trial the

12 week after that —— yeah, we‘re set for trial the week after

13 that. Wow, it goes pretty quickly. So do you think that's

14 enough settings or should I set any more?

15 Because that might be the last setting,

16 unless I set something for February 17th too. Why don't we

17 book in some time that Friday afternoon just in case

18 something happens.

19 MR. ZIMMERMAN: Judge, we could —— if we're

20 here on the 1st of February, we could see where we're at.

21 And if we need any more dates then, unless the Court

22 wants ——

23 THE COURT: (Interrupting) I'm just worried

24 your calendars will get booked up before I get my chance to

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grab dates from you.

MR. ZIMMERMAN: So the afternoon of the 17th?

THE COURT: How about that?

MR. BRUN: That's fine, Your Honor.

MS. HITE ROSS: That's fine, Judge.

THE COURT: All right. Let's set that at

2 30, as I already have a 1:30 case set. And that will be

the last —— that will be the last day before trial, because

we start trial on the 21st. Okay.

10 MR. ZIMMERMAN: Judge, with regard to the

ll People‘s 34th Motion in Limine, Mr. Wanke is requesting

l2 copies of the documents that —— his pro se filings, um.

13 And so I wanted to get the Court's approval that I can give

14 those to him, in anticipation of trial I guess.

15 THE COURT: State, do you have any comment?

16 (No response.)

17 THE COURT: They're asking for permission to

18 give the —~ hold on, I‘ve got them all listed on here ——

19 the pro se petition filed with the Illinois Supreme Court,

20 the accompanying Affidavit filed with the Illinois Supreme

21 Court, Defendant's Pro Se Petition filed with the Supreme

22 Court of the United States of America, Defendant's Pro Se

23 Petition for Rehearing with the Second District Appellate

24 Court in the State of Illinois, Defendant's Pro Se Filing a

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Motion to Reconsider ~e or a Motion for Reconsideration of

the Illinois Supreme Court Order, and then the Defendant's

Pro Se Filing in his Application for Extension of Time to

File Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States

Supreme Court.

MS. HITE ROSS: Are they asking to tender

those documents in court to the defendant?

MR. ZIMMERMAN: No, I don't have them with

me. I would take them to the jail or have our investigator

10 take them to the jail.

ll MS. HITE ROSS: Well, Judge, I think that if

12 they need to review those with him, they should review

13 those with him. I believe he probably has copies in his

14 legal work that he has indicated is voluminous at the jail,

15 so we would object.

l6 THE COURT: All right. Here is what I‘m

17 going to have you do: I would like you to prepare a packet

18 of information that you're asking to give to Mr. Wanke,

19 bring it to court so we can review it. Because they're all

20 court filings; it's not like there is any protected legal

21 materials in that.

22 And then depending upon what's included in

23 that, I may allow it to be turned over to Mr. Wanke.

24 MR. ZIMMERMAN: (Nods head affirmatively.)

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THE COURT: Now, if you want to do that —— I

don't know that we can get that done before the February —

well, we can do that before February lst if you want, or

not. It's up to you.

MR. ZIMMERMAN: That would be great, Judge.

THE COURT: Okay.

MS. WELLS: Judge, may I approach with your

motions?

THE COURT: Sure; uh—huh.

10 MS. WELLS: I put six tabs, Exhibits 1

11 through 6, and let me return your sticky notes.

12 And I believe Ms. Hite Ross will be able to

13 direct you to the exhibit and page now that she was

14 referring to. Thank you very much.

15 THE COURT: Uh—huh (affirmative response).

16 Okay. So in Paragraph 18, that's Exhibit 4,

17 Page 3.

18 MS. HITE ROSS: Yes. And then we indicate

19 also, um, 4 and 5 —- and the reason —- and I understand and

20 I apologize it was somewhat confusing. Because if the

21 Court looks at Page 3 of Exhibit 4, there is references

22 from the original —— from a transcript; so there is like

23 quotes within quotes.

24 THE COURT: Okay. The page numbers of the

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exhibit are not numbered. So you mean Page 3 of what is

numbered Page 3, not of what the exhibit is? Because if

you count it from the start of the documents ——

MS. HITE ROSS: (Interrupting) Yes.

THE COURT: (Continuing) —— that's actually

not Page 3.

MS. HITE ROSS: Yes, Your Honor. I am

looking at what is numbered as Page 3 --

THE COURT: (Interrupting) Okay.

10 MS. HITE ROSS: (Continuing) «— of Exhibit 4;

ll that's correct, Judge.

12 THE COURT: All right.

13 MS. HITE ROSS: And we're looking at

14 approximately —— the first full paragraph, Your Honor,

15 where it starts "Attorney Clark..." and then it goes on

16 down. As you can see then, there is quotations from an

17 original transcript.

18 And so the statements that we are asking are ——

19 that begin in that paragraph where it starts "Attorney

20 Clark...“ and the defendant is basically commenting on.

21 THE COURT: So in 18 you're asking for

22 Exhibit 4, Page 3?

23 MS. HITE ROSS: Pages —— Page 3, um, and

24 then, um, the defendant's comments with respect to the

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transcript, the partial transcript that he references on

Page 3. He has additional comments on Page 4 and 5

regarding that colloquy that transpired.

THE COURT: Okay. Here is what I'm going to

do so that it's clear to me exactly what you're talking

about is I'm going to have you put that in a separate

document ——

MS. HITE ROSS: (Interrupting) Sure, Judge.

THE COURT: (Continuing) ,i exactly what

10 you're referring to in 18 so that it's real clear.

11 Because there is other things on those pages

l2 that you're not asking to be put in, and so I need to know

13 exactly what you're asking to be put in.

14 MS. HITE ROSS: Very good, Your Honor. I

15 will do that for the Court and try to get that to the Court

16 if not tomorrow, next week, and a copy to counsel.

17 THE COURT: So I could set this January 3rd

18 at 9:00 o'clock. This is for the defense to get copies of

19 those pages to be brought to court to see if the Court is

2O going to allow them to turn that over to the defendant.

21 That's why it's important for us to know

22 exactly what pages so that it's clear. Because I don't

23 intend to let you file —— I got a very comprehensive packet

24 which includes a lot of stuff that the State is not seeking

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to introduce.

So how about January 3rd or later that week,

January 6th? I could do it January 6th in the afternoon.

MR. ZIMMERMAN: That would be fine.

MR. BRUN: The 6th in the afternoon, please,

Your Honor.

THE COURT: Okay. Say about 3:00 o'clock.

MR. BRUN: 3:00.

THE COURT: Okay.

10 MR. ZIMMERMAN: Just so I'm clear, Judge, in

11 the event that the Court is going to allow us to give

12 Mr. Wanke the information, you just want the portions that

13 are going to be admitted?

14 THE COURT: Right. You can still go over the

15 entire portions with him, but...

16 MR. ZIMMERMAN: Sure.

17 THE COURT: All right. Is there anything

18 else then that we need to put on the record today?

19 MS. WELLS: I don't believe so, Your Honor.

2O MR. BRUN: I don't believe so, Your Honor.

21 THE COURT: Okay. For the February 1st date

22 I would like you to both -— maybe you did this before; I

23 just don't know where I put it. I would like a list of all

24 the witnesses to be put in there.

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And there was i, let me think if I can

remember this.

MS. WELLS: We had actually completed a

comprehensive list where I included the defense witnesses

with the State's witnesses. And I know we had given that

to your bailiff and I think there was a copy on your bench.

But if you don‘t have it, Judge, it's easy enough for us to

print out again.

THE COURT: Okay; yeah, do that.

10 MS. WELLS: I will.

11 THE COURT: As I recall, particularly in

12 these motions, there is discussion regarding Judge Prochaska

l3 and his role in this —— or his involvement in this, in

14 these hearings. So even though he may not be a witness ——

15 and I don't remember seeing the list. So I don't think

16 anybody has listed him as a witness; is that correct?

17 MS. WELLS: We did at one point because we

l8 didn't have all the rulings on motions in limine.

19 THE COURT: Right.

2O MS. WELLS: And so I don‘t know if we took

.21 him off the list once we got the rulings, because we didn't

22 believe he was necessary anymore. But it might be

23 appropriate to voir dire on him and Judge Truitt just, um ——

24 THE COURT: Well, that's what I was going to

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say; their names should be included. Because if we have a

cousin of theirs -—

MS. WELLS: (Interrupting) Sure.

THE COURT: (Continuing) ~— or, you know, a

their best friend or something, we should know about that.

And so I would like their names put on the list, even if

they're not actually going to be witnesses.

MS. WELLS: Correct.

THE COURT: And Jamie has just handed me the

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11 MS. WELLS: And I know we had included a

12 couple of other people that we weren‘t necessarily

13 intending to call but we felt it was important to voir dire

14 on, and we've discussed that at prior court dates.

15 THE COURT: All right. And so that's true

16 for the defense; of course if there is any names that you

17 want to make sure we know if there is any connection with

18 those names, put them on even if you're not going to call

19 that person as a witness so we can voir dire the jurors

2O about.

21 All right. Thank you.

22 MS. HITE ROSS: Thank you, Judge.

23 MR. BRUN: Your Honor, this is also time

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THE COURT: Yes.

MR. BRUN: Thank you.

THE DEFENDANT: I object to the time tolled,

Judge.

THE COURT: I'm sorry?

THE DEFENDANT: I object to the time tolled.

THE COURT : Okay.

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CERTIFICATE OF SHORTHAND REPORTER

I, Sandra Brassfield, a Certified Shorthand

Reporter in and for the State of Illinois, do hereby
certify that I reported in stenographic shorthand the
testimony given in the aforesaid cause and that the
foregoing transcript is a true and correct transcription of
my stenographic notes so taken as aforesaid and contains
all the testimony given at said cause to the best of my
ability.

I further certify that I am neither attorney or

counsel for, nor related to or employed by any of the
parties in this action, and further that I am not a
relative or employee of any attorney or counsel employed by
the parties hereto or financially interested in the action.
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