Transcript of Excerpt of Proceedings — United States v. Michael R. Capps (D. Kan., Dkt. 79, January 13, 2023)
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Doc. 79 in Case 6:21-cr-10073-EFM (D. Kan.), filed January 13, 2023, is a Transcript of Excerpt of Proceedings in United States v. Michael R. Capps, No. 21-10073, for December 15, 2022, before the Honorable Eric F. Melgren in Wichita. The appearances list Alan Metzger and Molly M. Gordon for the plaintiff and Kurt Kerns for the defendant, with FBI Special Agent Ian Ensley also present. The excerpt is marked as taken outside the hearing of the jury. It covers the Court's discussion with counsel of the schedule for getting the case to the jury, and the proceedings are adjourned at 5:19 P.M., followed by a certificate of court reporter Johanna L. Wilkinson dated the 13th day of January, 2023.
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Case 6:21-cr-10073-EFM Document 79 Filed 01/13/23 Page 1 of 5
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF KANSAS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, )
)
Plaintiff, ) District Court
v. ) Case No.
) 21-10073
MICHAEL R. CAPPS, )
)
Defendant. )
TRANSCRIPT OF EXCERPT OF PROCEEDINGS
On the 15th day of December, 2022, came on to be heard
proceedings in the above-entitled and numbered cause before the
HONORABLE ERIC F. MELGREN, Judge of the United States District
Court for the District of Kansas, sitting in Wichita,
commencing at 8:30 A.M. Proceedings recorded by machine
shorthand. Transcript produced by computer-aided
transcription.
APPEARANCES:
The plaintiff appeared by and through:
Mr. Alan Metzger
Ms. Molly M. Gordon
United States Attorney's Office
1200 Epic Center
301 North Main
Wichita, Kansas 67202
The defendant appeared by and through:
Mr. Kurt Kerns
Kerns Law Group
328 North Main Street
Wichita, Kansas 67202
Also present:
FBI Special Agent Ian Ensley
JOHANNA L. WILKINSON, CSR, CRR, RMR
U.S. District Court, 401 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 315-4334
Case 6:21-cr-10073-EFM Document 79 Filed 01/13/23 Page 2 of 5
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17:17:51 1 (The following is an excerpt of the proceedings
17:17:51 2 held on December 15, 2022, outside the hearing of the
17:17:51 3 jury:)
17:17:52 4 T H E C O U R T: So do you think we're going to go to
17:18:04 5 t h e j u r y b e f o r e l u n c h?
17:18:07 6 M R . M E T Z G E R: I think it's going to be close --
17:18:08 7 M R . K E R N S: ( N o d s h e a d. )
17:18:09 8 M R . M E T Z G E R: -- if the Court does not intend to
17:18:11 9 r e r e a d t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s.
17:18:12 10 T H E C O U R T: O h , b e l i e v e m e , n o t a c h a n c e.
17:18:16 11 M R . K E R N S: Although I called Alan about that
17:18:18 12 e x a c t q u e s t i o n, a n d w e b o t h t h o u g h t y o u w e r e g o i n g t o
17:18:22 13 r e r e a d t h e m .
17:18:23 14 T H E C O U R T: I mean, I have three logistical
17:18:25 15 i n s t r u c t i o n s. I t ' l l t a k e f i v e m i n u t e s.
17:18:28 16 See, the problem -- and y'all may have forgotten
17:18:31 17 t h i s b e c a u s e w e ' v e a l r e a d y t a l k e d a b o u t t h i s i s a
17:18:33 18 f o u r - d a y t r i a l a n d M o n d a y w i l l b e o u r f o u r t h d a y - - b u t
17:18:37 19 I ' m i n O k l a h o m a T u e s d a y.
17:18:39 20 M R . M E T Z G E R: Yes.
17:18:40 21 T H E C O U R T: So if we don't get a jury verdict and
17:18:44 22 a f o r f e i t u r e v e r d i c t, i f n e c e s s a r y, o n M o n d a y, t h e n w e
17:18:48 23 a g a i n t a k e a d a y o f f . So I'm going to start issuing
17:18:53 24 i n j u n c t i o n s a g a i n s t A U S A s r e t i r i n g.
17:18:58 25 Well, I think what we'll plan to shoot for is,
JOHANNA L. WILKINSON, CSR, CRR, RMR
U.S. District Court, 401 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 315-4334
Case 6:21-cr-10073-EFM Document 79 Filed 01/13/23 Page 3 of 5
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17:19:01 1 e v e n i f w e h a v e a s l i g h t l y l a t e l u n c h, t r y i n g t o g e t i t
17:19:04 2 t o t h e j u r y b e f o r e l u n c h M o n d a y, i f t h a t ' s p o s s i b l e.
17:19:07 3 M R . M E T Z G E R: I think we'll be able to do that,
17:19:09 4 Y o u r H o n o r.
17:19:09 5 M R . K E R N S: ( N o d s h e a d. )
17:19:10 6 T H E C O U R T: A l l r i g h t. V e r y g o o d. A n y t h i n g e l s e?
17:19:13 7 A n d t h e n , f r a n k l y, d e p e n d i n g h o w t h i n g s g o , y o u k n o w , m y
17:19:20 8 son-in-law's a prosecutor in Missouri and they keep the
17:19:23 9 j u r y t h e r e t i l l e v e r y t h i n g' s d o n e , m i d n i g h t, 1 : 0 0 o ' c l o c k
17:19:26 10 n o t u n u s u a l. W e m a y j u s t s t a y l a t e - - y e a h , m y s t a f f' s
17:19:30 11 l o o k i n g a t m e .
17:19:31 12 C L E R K S C H M I D T: Someone asked me if we do that.
17:19:33 13 T H E C O U R T: Y e a h , w e l l, w e h a v e n' t .
17:19:34 14 C L E R K S C H M I D T: I told them we make them sleep
17:19:37 15 o v e r n i g h t.
17:19:37 16 T H E C O U R T: N o , w e d o n ' t w a n t t h e m t o s l e e p; w e
17:19:39 17 w a n t t h e m t o k e e p w o r k i n g. We may just stay here late
17:19:42 18 M o n d a y t o t r y t o f i n i s h t h i n g s u p , s o I m i g h t p a c k
17:19:45 19 d i n n e r.
17:19:46 20 A l l r i g h t. Anything else we need to talk about
17:19:49 21 t h e n t h i s e v e n i n g?
17:19:50 22 M R . M E T Z G E R: N o , Y o u r H o n o r.
17:19:51 23 M R . K E R N S: N o , Y o u r H o n o r.
17:19:51 24 T H E C O U R T: Okay. We'll be in recess until Monday
17:19:53 25 m o r n i n g a t 8 : 3 0 . Thank you.
JOHANNA L. WILKINSON, CSR, CRR, RMR
U.S. District Court, 401 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 315-4334
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17:19:55 1 C L E R K S C H M I D T: All rise.
17:19:57 2 ( W h e r e u p o n, t h e p r o c e e d i n g s w e r e a d j o u r n e d a t
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JOHANNA L. WILKINSON, CSR, CRR, RMR
U.S. District Court, 401 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 315-4334
Case 6:21-cr-10073-EFM Document 79 Filed 01/13/23 Page 5 of 5
C E R T I F I C A T E
I, Johanna L. Wilkinson, United States Court
Reporter in and for the District of Kansas, do hereby
certify:
That the above and foregoing proceedings were
taken by me at said time and place in stenotype;
That thereafter said proceedings were
transcribed under my direction and supervision by means
of computer-aided transcription, and that the above and
foregoing constitutes a full, true and correct
transcript of said proceedings;
That I am a disinterested person to the said
action.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereto set my hand on
this the 13th day of January, 2023.
s/ Johanna L. Wilkinson
Johanna L. Wilkinson, CSR, CRR, RMR
United States Court Reporter
JOHANNA L. WILKINSON, CSR, CRR, RMR
U.S. District Court, 401 N. Market, Wichita, KS 67202
(316) 315-4334
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