STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

THE PEOPLE OF THE

STATE OF ILLINOIS,
P1a1nt1ff,

vs 2014-CF-922

RICHARD E. WANKE,

Defendant. C C) PY

REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS at the hearing of the

above-entitTed cause before the HonorabTe ROSEMARY
COLLINS, Judge of said Court, heard on the 25th

day of September, A.D., 2014.

PRESENT:
MR. F. JAMES BRUN and MS. PAMELA WELLS,
Assistant State’s Attorneys,
Appeared on behalf of the PeopTe;
MR. DERRICK SCHMIDT and MS. ERIN HANNIGAN,
Assistant PubTic Defenders,
Appeared on behan of the Defendant.

Joyce M. 0750n
OfficiaI Court Reporter
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P R O C E E D I N G S

THE COURT: PeopTe versus Richard Wanke.

MR. BRUN: Good afternoon, your Honor.

THE COURT: Good afternoon.

MS. WELLS: Pam WeIIS for the PeopIe.

Oh, I guess Mr. Wanke is not here. Never

mind.
THE COURT: We‘ve head phones for him,

too.

11 (Whereupon the Mr. Wanke entered the

12 courtroom.)

13 MR. BRUN: For the record, James Brun for

14 and behan of the PeopTe.

15 MR. SCHMIDT: Derrick Schmidt on behan

16 of Mr. Wanke.
17 THE COURT: Can you hear us? Mr. Wanke,

18 can you hear us?

19 THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Yes.
20 THE COURT: Okay.
21 MS. HANNIGAN: Erin Hannigan on behan of

22 Mr. Wanke.

23 THE COURT: Okay. We're set for status

24 today.
 MR. SCHMIDT: Yes, your Honor.
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I beTieve we were set for status to see
who from the pubTic defender's office wou1d be
representing Mr. Wanke in the first chair capacity

since Mr. Perri withdrew.

I did receive the case yesterday

afternoon. I wi11 be representing Mr. Wanke.

A11 I'm asking for today, your Honor, is

I stiTT need to meet Mr. Wanke as weTT as to kind
of get my footing to be honest with you.

11 THE COURT: Okay. So you and Ms.

12 Hannigan are going to be handTing this case?

13 MR. SCHMIDT: That's correct, your Honor.

14 THE COURT: ATT right. We'TT give you
15 time to meet with Mr. Wanke then and ta1k to him,
16 and we can set it over for another status.
17 Wou1d you Tike October 10?
18 MR. SCHMIDT: That wiTT be just fine.

19 THE COURT: I can set it either in the

2O morning or afternoon.

21 MR. BRUN: Your Honor, I wiTT be out of

22 office, but Ms. WeTIS is avaiIabIe.

23 MR. SCHMIDT: Your morning times, do you

24 start at 9:00 o'cTock or --

 THE COURT: I do, but I can set it any
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time there.
MR. SCHMIDT: Set it at 9:00 o‘ciock,
your Honor. That's fine.

THE COURT: Okay.

THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Your Honor, I do

have a pro se motion that I maiTed to the circuit

c1erk's office. I don‘t know if the prosecution

got it.
Now he's indicating that he didn't.
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MR. BRUN: We have not received any

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additional motions, your Honor.

THE DEFENDANT WANKE: And I sent one to

your Honor, I send one to the prosecutor, I sent
one to the pub1ic defender.
THE COURT: Do you see anything in the

fiTe?
THE DEFENDANT WANKE: I have copies.
THE CLERK: I have a jaiT order from the

18th.
THE COURT: No, we don‘t have it either.
MR. SCHMIDT: Your Honor, I do have a
copy of that.

Mr. Wanke is represented by counse]. We

 may adopt that motion, we may not. I wiTI speak
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with Mr. Wanke regarding it. l
THE DEFENDANT WANKE: WeTT, --
MR. SCHMIDT: I don't p1an on ignoring

it.
THE DEFENDANT WANKE: It's gonna be
difficuIt for him to argue his own
disquaTification I guess is what I'm saying.
THE COURT: They do that aTT the time.
THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Okay.

11 THE COURT: Attorneys are very good at

12 arguing any position they need to take.

13 THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Are you good at

14 that?
15 THE COURT: So we'11 set this for October
16 10 at 9:00 o‘cTock.
17 MR. SCHMIDT: Thank you, your Honor.

18 MS. WELLS: Courtroom 478?

19 THE COURT: In 478 on defense motion,

20 time toITed.
21 THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Can I object to
22 that, aTso, your Honor?

23 THE COURT: On what basis?

24 THE DEFENDANT WANKE: ToTTing.
 THE COURT: Why?
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THE DEFENDANT WANKE: WeII, it seems the

process of getting aTT these attorneys assigned to

my case has been credited to us. It's a Sixth

Amendment right. I don‘t know if charging us with

continuances just to provide me with an attorney

is proper.

THE COURT: W911, you can see why that

wou1d be an abuse if we didn't because then

attorneys coqu bude in time probIems -—
THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Sure.
THE COURT: -- just by shifting cases

back and forth.

THE DEFENDANT WANKE: Sure.
THE COURT: So it is attributabTe to the
defense, and it wi11 be today, too.
October 10 at 9:00 o'cTock.
MS. WELLS: Here's the order, your Honor.

THE COURT: Thank you.

(Defendant remanded.)
(Which were a1] the proceedings of record

heard in this cause on this date.)

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COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO
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C E R T I F I C A T E
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I, Joyce M. OIson, CSR, RPR, OfficiaT Court

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Reporter, Seventeenth JudiciaI Circuit, State of

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ITTinois, do hereby certify that I reported in

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stenograph the testimony given at the hearing of

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the said cause, and that the foregoing transcript

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is a true and correct transcription of my

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stenographic notes so taken as aforesaid, and

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contains a1] the testimony given at the hearing of

the said cause to the best of my abiTity.

I further certify that I am not connected by

bTood or marriage to any of the parties in this

action, nor am I a reTative or empToyee or

attorney or counse] of any of the parties, nor am

I a reTative or empToyee of such attorney or

counseT, or financiaTTy interested in said action,
or interested directTy or indirectTy in the matter
in controversy.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand
this 9th day of June, A.D., 2017.

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