The upcoming trial for the Final Three

[Demosthenes]

DonnaVanMeter wrote on nhfree.com:

WTF? are they gonna try to move the Trial AGAIN? grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! and what is this ordeal with them coming up with these conferences/secret meetings(as well as hearings), schedualling them cancelling them, holding them out of State for?
excuse my french but... What a bunch of pricks!

Your ignorance of the court system and rules is not the fault of the court's and is no indication of hanky panky by the court. If you want to know what's going on in Reno's court case/dates, just ask.

[Demosthenes]

Here are the docket entries since the most recent superseding indictment.

01/16/2008 162 THIRD SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT as to Daniel Riley (1) count(s) 1sss, 2sss, 3sss, 6sss, Jason Gerhard (2) count(s) 1ss, 2ss, 3ss, 4ss, Cirino Gonzalez (3) count(s) 1ss, 2ss, 3ss, 5ss, Robert Wolffe (4) count(s) 1ss, 2ss, 3ss. Original document available in clerks office.(jar) (Entered: 01/16/2008)
01/16/2008 167 Praecipe for Warrant by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez. (jar) (Entered: 01/17/2008)
01/17/2008 Arrest Warrant Issued as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez, Robert Wolffe. Original warrant and copies to US Marshal and US Probation. (jar) (Entered: 01/17/2008)
01/17/2008 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge James R. Muirhead : ARRAIGNMENT as to Cirino Gonzalez (3) Count 1ss,2ss,3ss,5ss held on 1/17/2008. Defendant waived reading of indictment and pled not guilty. (Tape #11:13) (Govt Atty: Arnold Huftalen) (Defts Atty: David Bownes)(Total Hearing Time: 1 min)(CJA Time: 14 min) (amm) (Entered: 01/17/2008)
01/18/2008 173 OBJECTION by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez re 159 MOTION in Limine #1. (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 01/18/2008)
01/18/2008 174 RESPONSE to Motion by USA as to Daniel Riley, Cirino Gonzalez re 144 MOTION to Dismiss Superceding Indictment, 145 MOTION to Continue Trial for 30 Days (Waiver of Speedy Trial to be filed conventionally). (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 01/18/2008)
01/18/2008 175 MOTION to Dismiss Third Superceding Indictment by Cirino Gonzalez. Follow up on Objection on 2/7/2008. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/18/2008)
01/18/2008 176 MOTION for Bill of Particulars by Cirino Gonzalez. Follow up on Objection on 2/7/2008. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/18/2008)
01/18/2008 177 OBJECTION by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez re 143 MOTION to Compel Disclosure and Motion to File Ex Parte Explanation of its Objection. (Kinsella, Robert) (Entered: 01/18/2008)
01/21/2008 180 WITNESS LIST by Cirino Gonzalez. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/21/2008)
01/21/2008 181 Pretrial Statement by Cirino Gonzalez (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/21/2008)
01/21/2008 182 Assented to MOTION for Leave to File Objection to Government's Motion In Limine by Cirino Gonzalez. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/21/2008)
01/21/2008 183 OBJECTION by Cirino Gonzalez re 157 MOTION in Limine. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/21/2008)
01/21/2008 184 OBJECTION by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez re 158 Proposed Voir Dire. (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 01/21/2008)
01/21/2008 186 WITNESS LIST by USA as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez, Robert Wolffe. (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 01/21/2008)
01/22/2008 ENDORSED ORDER denying 159 MOTION in Limine #1 as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Denied So Ordered by Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 01/22/2008)
01/22/2008 ENDORSED ORDER denying 175 Motion to Dismiss Third Superseding Indictment as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Denied So Ordered by Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 01/22/2008)
01/22/2008 187 MOTION Additional Subpoenas and Authorization for Witnesses to Travel from Jurisdictions other than The State of New Hampshire by Cirino Gonzalez. Follow up on Objection on 2/8/2008. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/22/2008)
01/22/2008 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge George Z. Singal in Portland, Maine : FINAL PRETRIAL CONFERENCE as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez held on 1/22/2008. Order to Issue. (Court Reporter: Lori Dunbar) (Govt Atty: Arnold Huftalen, Robert Kinsella) (Defts Atty: Sven Wiberg, Daniel Riley, pro se; David Bownes, Stanley Norkunas)(Total Hearing Time: 52 mins) (jar) (Entered: 01/23/2008)
01/22/2008 214 EXHIBIT LIST by Cirino Gonzalez. (jar) (Entered: 01/25/2008)
01/24/2008 199 MOTION for Bail Pending Trial by Cirino Gonzalez. Follow up on Objection on 2/11/2008. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/24/2008)
01/24/2008 212 OBJECTION by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez re 199 MOTION for Bail Pending Trial. (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 01/24/2008)
01/24/2008 213 ORDER as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez granting to the extent treated by the Court as a motion to continue trial re 144 MOTION to Dismiss Superceding Indictment, granting 145 MOTION to Continue Trial for 30 Days (Waivers of Speedy Trial to be filed conventionally). Motions in Limine due by 3/13/2008. Final Pretrial Conference set for 3/14/2008 11:30 AM before Chief Judge George Z. Singal. Jury Selection set for 3/20/2008 09:30 AM before Chief Judge George Z. Singal. Jury trial scheduled for March 24, 2008 through April 4, 2008. Motion Hearing set for 2/4/2008 11:00 AM before Chief Judge George Z. Singal. Status Conference set for 3/3/2008 03:30 PM before Chief Judge George Z. Singal in Portland, Maine. So Ordered by Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 01/25/2008)
01/29/2008 215 OBJECTION by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez re 176 MOTION for Bill of Particulars. (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 01/29/2008)
01/29/2008 220 ORDER denying 176 Motion for Bill of Particulars as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). So Ordered by Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 01/29/2008)
01/29/2008 ENDORSED ORDER denying 199 Motion for Bail as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Denied. Nothing satisfying the requirements of 18 U.S.C. 3142(f)(2) has been alleged. So Ordered by Judge James R. Muirhead. (jar) (Entered: 01/30/2008)
01/30/2008 221 Assented to MOTION for Leave to File Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant's Motion to Compel Disclosure by Cirino Gonzalez. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/30/2008)
01/30/2008 222 MEMORANDUM re 143 MOTION to Compel Disclosure (Bownes, David) (Entered: 01/30/2008)
01/30/2008 223 INTERIM CJA 20, Interim Voucher # 1 as to Cirino Gonzalez: Authorization to Pay David H. Bownes, Esq. Total amount authorized/certified: $7,167.10. Amount paid this voucher: $5,789.06. Amount withheld this voucher: $1,378.04. So Ordered by Judge James R. Muirhead. (Original document available in clerks office.) (jeb) Modified on 1/30/2008 to add: document number(Boucher, Janice). (Entered: 01/30/2008)
01/30/2008 224 ENDORSED ORDER granting 221 Assented to MOTION for Leave to File Memorandum of Law in Support of Defendant's Motion to Compel Disclosure as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Granted So Ordered by Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 01/31/2008)
01/31/2008 254 Arrest Warrant Returned Executed on 1/17/2008 as to Cirino Gonzalez. (jar) (Entered: 02/12/2008)
01/31/2008 255 Arrest Warrant Returned Executed on 1/17/2008 as to Cirino Gonzalez. (jar) (Entered: 02/12/2008)
02/01/2008 232 ORDER denying without prejudice to refile 187 MOTION Additional Subpoenas and Authorization for Witnesses to Travel from Jurisdictions other than The State of New Hampshire as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). So Ordered by Judge James R. Muirhead. (amm) (Entered: 02/01/2008)
02/04/2008 234 MEMORANDUM in Support by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez re 143 MOTION to Compel Disclosure. (Kinsella, Robert) (Entered: 02/04/2008)
02/04/2008 235 Assented to MOTION to Extend Time to Object/Respond to 143 MOTION to Compel Disclosure to February 4, 2008 by USA as to Cirino Gonzalez (Kinsella, Robert) (Entered: 02/04/2008)
02/05/2008 ENDORSED ORDER granting 182 Assented to MOTION for Leave to File Objection to Government's Motion In Limine as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Granted So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/05/2008)
02/05/2008 ENDORSED ORDER granting 235 Motion to Extend Time to Object/Respond to Motion to Compel Disclosure as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Granted So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/05/2008)
02/06/2008 240 Assented to MOTION for Reconsideration re 232 Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief, Additional Subpoenas and Authorization for Witnesses to Travel from Jurisdictions other Than New Hampshire by Cirino Gonzalez. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 02/06/2008)
02/06/2008 241 ORDER as to Cirino Gonzalez RE 143 MOTION to Compel Disclosure. So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/06/2008)
02/07/2008 ENDORSED ORDER granting 240 Motion for Reconsideration Re: 232 Order on Motion for Additional Subpoenas and Authorization for Witnesses to Travel from Jurisdictions Other than New Hampshire, as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Granted on condition that defense counsel complies with the requirements of the rules re seeking ex parte approval. So Ordered by Magistrate Judge James R. Muirhead. (jar) (Entered: 02/07/2008)
02/08/2008 247 NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE Aixa Maldonado-Quinones appearing for USA. (Maldonado-Quinones, Aixa) (Entered: 02/08/2008)
02/13/2008 260 Assented to MOTION to Extend Time Enlarge Time to File In-Camera Statement by USA as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez, Robert Wolffe (Huftalen, Arnold) (Entered: 02/13/2008)
02/14/2008 262 ORDER granting 157 MOTION in Limine as to Daniel Riley (1), Jason Gerhard (2), Cirino Gonzalez (3), Robert Wolffe (4). So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/14/2008)
02/14/2008 ENDORSED ORDER granting 260 Motion to Extend Time as to Daniel Riley (1), Jason Gerhard (2), Cirino Gonzalez (3), Robert Wolffe (4). Text of Order: Granted So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/14/2008)
02/14/2008 263 In Camera Filing by USA pursuant to 241 Order (jar) (Entered: 02/14/2008)
02/19/2008 ENDORSED ORDER denying without prejudice 143 MOTION to Compel Disclosure as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Denied without prejudice. Defendant Gonzalez is free to reassert his request at trial and, upon a proper showing, the Court will reconsider such request. So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/20/2008)
02/25/2008 272 ORDER/MEMORANDUM ON PRETRIAL PUBLICITY as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez, Robert Wolffe. So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/25/2008)
02/26/2008 278 ORDER RE 3/3/2008 Conference as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez, Robert Wolffe. So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/26/2008)
02/28/2008 280 ORDER RE 3/3/2008 Conference as to Daniel Riley, Jason Gerhard, Cirino Gonzalez, Robert Wolffe. So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/28/2008)
02/29/2008 281 Partially Assented to MOTION to Excuse Counsel by Cirino Gonzalez. Follow up on Objection on 3/17/2008. (Bownes, David) (Entered: 02/29/2008)
02/29/2008 ENDORSED ORDER granting 281 Partially Assented to MOTION to Excuse Counsel as to Cirino Gonzalez (3). Text of Order: Granted So Ordered by Chief Judge George Z. Singal. (jar) (Entered: 02/29/2008)

[Demosthenes]

Venue hasn't been moved. The New Hampshire District Court is very small only has a couple of judges who can reside over the case. They've recused themselves (having Ed put out hits on your life tends to make one a little less objective) and so a judge from Maine is being imported for the trial.

The pre-trial hearings are taking place in Maine (the Judge's home courtroom) but the trial itself will take place in New Hampshire (the Judge will commute.)

[LPC]

Venue hasn't been moved.

I believe that venue cannot be moved without the defendant's consent, because the 6th Amendment guarantees "a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."

It's possible for a crime to have contacts with more than one district, so that there is more than one permissible venue, but I suspect that in this case the crimes were all committed in New Hampshire, so in New Hampshire they will be tried.

[tracer]

Venue hasn't been moved. The New Hampshire District Court is very small only has a couple of judges who can reside over the case. They've recused themselves (having Ed put out hits on your life tends to make one a little less objective) and so a judge from Maine is being imported for the trial.

Hmmm ... did Ed actually put out hits on one or more of the judges, or did he merely make death threats to them?

[Demosthenes]

Hmmm ... did Ed actually put out hits on one or more of the judges, or did he merely make death threats to them?

Ed told his followers to kill the people on his enemy list. You decide.

[webhick]

Venue hasn't been moved. The New Hampshire District Court is very small only has a couple of judges who can reside over the case. They've recused themselves (having Ed put out hits on your life tends to make one a little less objective) and so a judge from Maine is being imported for the trial.

Hmmm ... did Ed actually put out hits on one or more of the judges, or did he merely make death threats to them?

IIRC it was thinly veiled. Something like if anything happened to him, there were lists and people knew what to do. I'm happy that it wasn't followed through with.

See, this is what happens when you entrust your anarchist plans for revenge to Mr. Whipple (who was later eaten by the Charmin Bears in 1985). So it's a good thing to keep in mind that if you're a TP, don't use TP to plot your musings.

Edit: Yoinks. I no read ur rite gud.

[Scoop]

Wait. I'm confused. Has the trial been postponed or not?

[ErsatzAnatchist]

The New Hampshire District Court is very small only has a couple of judges who can reside over the case.

The New Hampshire District Court Building is a behemoth. I call it the Granite Temple to the Drug Dealer (since most of the few criminal trials that take place in it are drug cases). Considering that their are only two regular judges, a magistrate, and two senior judges, the place is massive. I think they have more courtrooms than judges.

Plus, it is named after Warren Rudmen, a fiscal conservative. What a joke. A giant pork barrel courthouse named after him.

BTW, is the trial actually going to be delayed again?

[Mr. Mephistopheles]

I stand and sit corrected.

How about hopping around on one foot corrected?