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7 SENTENCING
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BEFORE HONORABLE SHARION AYCOCK
9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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Aberdeen, Mississippi
11 May 19, 2014
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APPEARANCES:
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For the Government: WILLIAM CHADWICK LAMAR, Esquire
14 JAMES CLAYTON JOYNER, Esquire
CLYDE McGEE, IV, Esquire
15 U.S. Attorney's Office
Northern District of Mississippi
16 900 Jefferson Avenue
Oxford, MS 38655
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D. ANDREW SIGLER, Esquire
18 U.S. Department of Justice
National Security Division
19 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
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For the Defendant: KENNETH H. COGHLAN, Esquire
21 STUART DAVIS, Esquire
Rayburn Coghlan Law Firm
22 P.O. Box 1360
Oxford, MS 38655
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Court Reporter: PHYLLIS K. McLARTY, RMR, FCRR, CCR
24 301 West Commerce Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730
25 662-369-1017
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1 (10:35 A.M.)
2 THE COURT: You may call the case.
3 COURTROOM DEPUTY: Court calls Case Number 1:13CR81,
4 United States of America versus James Everett Dutschke for
5 sentencing.
6 THE COURT: Thank you. This morning, we have this
7 matter reset for sentencing. Representing the government in
8 this proceeding is Clay Joyner, Chad Lamar, and Clyde McGee,
9 Assistant United States Attorneys, and also Andrew Sigler with
10 the Department of Justice.
11 Ken Coghlan represents the defendant. Seated at
12 counsel table with Mr. Coghlan is his associate, Stuart Davis,
13 and as well as the defendant, Mr. Dutschke.
14 And I have some agency personnel in the courtroom
15 representing the FBI. I have Brandon Grant and Stephen
16 Tomlinson. And representing Secret Service I have Brad
17 Dickerson.
18 Counselors, if you will bring forward Mr. Dutschke and
19 whomever -- Mr. Lamar.
20 (PARTIES COMPLY.)
21 THE COURT: Let the record also reflect that Kimberlee
22 Hatter is our probation officer, and she is in the courtroom,
23 as I'm attempting to find in my stack of documents the
24 objections that we dealt with last week.
25 Counselors, let me recap just a moment for the record
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1 what brings us back here today and some time lines that are
2 involved that may be important for purposes of spreading on the
3 record and then to -- I do need to address some documents that
4 I have received from Mr. Dutschke.
5 As all of you are aware, this matter was set for
6 sentencing on the 13th day of May, and at that sentencing
7 hearing, the Court entertained the -- a number of objections,
8 perhaps some 30 or so objections, that had been raised by
9 Mr. Dutschke, and the Court had an opportunity to go through
10 those objections and rule on the objections.
11 Just for the record, are there any other objections
12 that need to be addressed for purposes of sentencing,
13 Mr. Coghlan?
14 MR. COGHLAN: No, Your Honor.
15 THE COURT: Mr. Lamar?
16 MR. LAMAR: No, ma'am. No thank you.
17 THE COURT: Okay. As that hearing proceeded,
18 Mr. Dutschke was given an opportunity for allocution, something
19 that I think I perhaps referred to as his opportunity to speak
20 or his speech.
21 And Mr. Dutschke was given an opportunity to speak for
22 about 30 minutes to address concerns that he had about his
23 case. And he had written his comments, and the Court allowed
24 him to file a copy of the comments, and that was made a part of
25 the record at the sentencing hearing.
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1 it, so I did not know what was contained in it, but I received
2 that the following day, on the 14th. And I think, Counselors,
3 the first thing we need to do is address what the Court
4 received.
5 Mr. Dutschke, I received a three-page statement. I
6 won't call it a letter, because it's not addressed to me, and
7 it's not signed by Mr. Dutschke, but it is a typed
8 handwritten -- excuse me -- a typed statement, and this is an
9 argument regarding the science of ricin. That's your statement
10 to the Court?
11 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. I should have signed it
12 too. I'm sorry.
13 THE COURT: And along with the package received
14 was copies of removal of cases under Title 28, U.S.C.,
15 Section 1446, and there were some highlighted portions, and you
16 sent this to the Court as well. Is that correct, Mr. Dutschke?
17 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, ma'am. That was before I read
18 1442. Sorry.
19 THE COURT: Thank you. The Court received also three
20 documents that are styled "Motion for Removal of Cases from
21 State Court." I received one that -- on the last page of one
22 of the motions reference requests as part of the relief sought,
23 that Mr. Dutschke desires and requests the United States
24 District Court to remove from state court the Lee County
25 Circuit Court Cause Number 37 -- excuse me -- CR-13-327.
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1 request earlier.
2 THE COURT: Thank you. I believe that addresses the
3 correspondence received on Wednesday by the Court.
4 And now let's talk about the fact that this is a
5 sentencing hearing, and the Court has not had an opportunity to
6 have counselors and Mr. Dutschke before the Court since last
7 Tuesday, so I'm interested in the desired change here.
8 Why is it and how is it that we are back for
9 sentencing, Mr. Coghlan?
10 MR. COGHLAN: Your Honor, I've -- since the sentencing
11 or the hearing we had last Tuesday, I have met with
12 Mr. Dutschke. Mr. Dutschke has indicated to me that he does
13 not want to withdraw his pleas of guilty, that he reaffirms the
14 plea agreement that he entered into, that he wishes to go
15 forward and be sentenced pursuant to that plea agreement.
16 Your Honor, to give this a little background or
17 context, Mr. Dutschke has already, I believe in January, but he
18 has -- prior to today's date, he has also entered three guilty
19 pleas in Lee County, Mississippi, to fondling charges, and the
20 plea agreement in this case discusses concurrent sentences and
21 where he would serve his term of imprisonment.
22 And, Your Honor, I'm not in any way saying this is an
23 Alford plea. We're not trying to change this to an Alford
24 plea, but I am saying that Mr. Dutschke, not only because of
25 his previously entered plea of guilty in this case, also
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1 believes that the joint resolution of the state case and the
2 federal case are, in fact, in his best interest as well.
3 And he informs me that he wishes to proceed with his
4 plea agreement, ratifies his plea agreement, reaffirms his plea
5 agreement, and with the exception he has asked me to again make
6 a notation for the record that he objects to any sentence other
7 than incarceration in this case, feeling that the terms of the
8 plea agreement do not cover anything other than incarceration.
9 With that one reiteration of the objection the Court's
10 already ruled on, it's my understanding he is now ready for the
11 Court to pronounce sentence.
12 Is that right, Mr. Dutschke?
13 THE DEFENDANT: That's -- that's correct.
14 THE COURT: Mr. Dutschke, pursuant to that
15 announcement, do you affirm to me that you do not wish to
16 withdraw your pleas of guilty on Counts 1, 2, 3, and 4?
17 THE DEFENDANT: That's right, Your Honor.
18 THE COURT: And is it your desire to be bound by the
19 plea agreement and the plea supplement?
20 THE DEFENDANT: Yes. Yes, Your Honor. The plea --
21 THE COURT: And --
22 THE DEFENDANT: Yes, sir -- yes, ma'am.
23 THE COURT: And do you reaffirm the agreement that you
24 agreed to in the plea agreement and plea supplement? Do you
25 reaffirm and ratify that agreement?
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