Courtroom Minutes Change of Plea Hearing — United States v. Hallford (Dkt. 135, D. Colo.)

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Courtroom Minutes of a Change of Plea Hearing in United States of America v. Carie L. Hallford, Criminal Action 24-cr-00113-NYW-2, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, before Judge Nina Y. Wang on August 4, 2025. The minutes record that the plea agreement and the defendant's statement in advance of a guilty plea were tendered and admitted as court exhibits. The defendant, present in custody, entered a plea of guilty to Count 11 of the Indictment and admitted the forfeiture allegation, and the court accepted the plea. The court deferred approval of the plea agreement pending the presentence investigation report and remanded the defendant to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.

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Case No. 1:24-cr-00113-NYW           Document 135         filed 08/04/25     USDC Colorado         pg 1
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                            IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                                FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
                                     JUDGE NINA Y. WANG


 Criminal Action: 24-cr-00113-NYW-2                            Date: August 4, 2025
 Courtroom Deputy: Emily Buchanan                              Court Reporter: Sadie Herbert

                  Parties                                      Counsel

  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                                    Tim Neff
                                                               Craig Fansler
          Plaintiff,

  v.

  2. CARIE L. HALLFORD,                                        Robert Charles Melihercik

          Defendant.


                                     COURTROOM MINUTES


 CHANGE OF PLEA HEARING

 10:04 a.m.      Court in session.

 Appearances of counsel. Defendant present in custody.

 The Plea Agreement (Court Exhibit 1) and Statement by Defendant in Advance of Plea of Guilty
 (Court Exhibit 2) are tendered to the Court.

 Defendant sworn.

 Defendant advised of trial rights, forfeiture, appellate rights, penalties, sentencing guidelines, and
 other constitutional rights.

 Defendant enters plea of guilty to Count 11 of the Indictment and admits the forfeiture allegation.

 Court states its findings of fact and conclusions of law.

 ORDERED: Court Exhibits 1 and 2 are admitted.

Case No. 1:24-cr-00113-NYW         Document 135    filed 08/04/25   USDC Colorado      pg 2
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 ORDERED: Defendant’s plea of guilty to Count 11 of the Indictment is accepted.

 ORDERED: The Court defers approval of the Plea Agreement pending review of the
          Presentence Investigation Report.

 ORDERED: The Probation Department shall conduct a presentence investigation and file a
          presentence report.

 ORDERED: Defendant, with the assistance of counsel, if necessary, shall contact the
          probation department regarding the presentence investigation.

 ORDERED: Sentencing is set for December 3, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. in Courtroom A902 before
          Judge Nina Y. Wang. All dates other than the Sentencing date are vacated.
          To the extent that the probation department needs less time to prepare an
          addendum to the presentence investigation report that is already completed,
          the Parties shall call Judge Wang’s chambers to request an earlier sentencing
          date.

 ORDERED: Counsel shall file any sentencing positions or any other motions that pertain to
          sentencing at least 14 days before the Sentencing date. Any responses or
          objections to such filings must be filed no later than 7 days before the
          Sentencing date.

 ORDERED: Defendant is remanded to the custody of the U.S. Marshal.

 10:30 a.m.     Court in recess.

 Hearing concluded.
 Total time in court:   0:26

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