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Thursday, August 16, 2007

Ind. Courts - More problems with the Camm trial transcript?

Remember al the stories from this spring about the transcript of last years' David Camm murder retrial, where the Supreme Court finally issued an order the beginning of June that ended:

This is a final extension. If the remaining portion of the transcript is not completed and filed on or before June 4, 2007, the court reporter will be ordered to appear before this Court in person to show cause why she should not be held in contempt.
See these ILB entries for background.

Today Ben Zion Hershberg of the Louisville Courier Journal reports:

Lawyers for former Indiana State Trooper David Camm asked the state Supreme Court today to accept as part of the official record their recollection of 21 objections raised during Camm’s murder retrial last year.

A 57-volume transcript of the eight-week retrial in Warrick County Superior Court said the objections were inaudible, according to Katharine Kiell, a lawyer for Camm. The transcript was prepared for Camm’s appeal of the guilty verdict.

“We hope the delay is limited” for the court’s consideration of the reconstructed objections, Liell said. But she said the objections and Judge Robert Aylsworth’s rulings on them are key to Camm’s appeal.

Floyd County Prosecutor Keith Henderson could not be reached late today for comment on the reconstructed objections.

The ILB wonders, how often does this sort of thing -- i.e. illegible parts of a transcript -- happen, and what is done?

A check of the docket in the case (87 S 00 - 0612 - CR - 00499) does not reveal this filing re the objections, but does reveal another issue. On July 26th the same court reporter who submitted the late, 54-volume transcript was ordered by Justice Sullivan "to comply with Rule 28(c) and submit a copy of the ttranscript in electronic format to the trial court clerk no later than August 3, 2007." The docket also includes an August 7th "verified motion to compel trial court clerk to provide transcript in electronic format."

Posted by Marcia Oddi on August 16, 2007 07:18 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts