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Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Ind. Decisions - Warrick County court reporter finishes transcript [Updated]

The transcript is in. (This is an update to the ILB entry from earlier this AM.)

Ryan Kircher of WHAS11News out of Louisville reported at 9:43 AM in the Camm-Boney Murder Trials Blog:

Mary Kennedy, the court reporter for the Warrick County Superior Court #2 in Boonville, Indiana, submitted the transcript of the second David Camm murder trial late yesterday afternoon.

By filing the transcript before the end of the business day yesterday, Kennedy effectively avoids potential legal charges. The Indiana Supreme Court granted her three extensions to file the transcript of the two-month trial, which was expected to weigh in at roughly 10,000 pages.

In the Indiana Supreme Court's last order, issued Friday, the court said that if Kennedy failed to meet yesterday's deadline, she would "be ordered to appear before this court in person to show cause why she should not be held in contempt."

The transcript was completed at the last minute. As of 4:00 yesterday afternoon, it had yet to be filed. Kennedy was able to meet the deadline because the filing office was open late yesterday due to traffic court.

Now that the transcript has been filed, the clock begins ticking again -- this time for the defense team. Starting today, Camm's attorneys have 30 days to file the official brief outlining their arguments for appeal.

Katharine Liell, Camm's lead defense attorney, has previously indicated that she herself will ask for a 90-day extension to file this brief.

[Updated] Here is an update now filed by the LCJ reporting the filing.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 5, 2007 10:06 AM
Posted to Ind. Sup.Ct. Decisions