Court reporter to hand over transcript in murder trial

BOONVILLE – A court reporter must finish typing the transcript of a former state trooper’s eight-week murder trial by June 1, or risk possible contempt of court charges, the Indiana Supreme Court has ordered.\nThe court’s stern warning comes after Warrick County court reporter Mary C. Kennedy sought an Aug. 1 deadline to finish the transcript. It was Kennedy’s second request for an extension.\nPreviously, the high court had given her until May 1 to complete the transcript of the trial held early last year.\nIn March 2006, a Warrick County jury convicted David Camm, 42, of murdering his wife, Kimberly, 35, their daughter, Jill, 5, and son, Bradley, 7, in the southern Indiana town of Georgetown in September 2000.\nAnother jury convicted Camm in 2002 of the murders, but the Indiana Court of Appeals overturned the verdict in 2004, saying testimony about his extramarital affairs had unfairly biased jurors.\nAfter his second trial, Camm was sentenced to life in prison. He has maintained his innocence.\nKatharine Liell, one of Camm’s lawyers, said she “is frustrated with the delay” in producing the transcript. She asked the court to order a partial transcript to be provided so work can proceed on Camm’s appeal.\nThe court ordered Kennedy on Wednesday to send Camm’s lawyers what has been typed so far.\nCamm’s lawyers filed a notice of intent to appeal in November, following Camm’s unsuccessful request for a Warrick County judge to reconsider the verdict. Typing of the transcript began soon after that filing.\nA court clerk said four people are working on the transcript.\nLiell estimated that once the transcript is completed, the defense team will need 60 to 90 days to complete its appeal brief and the Indiana attorney general’s office, which will write the response to the appeal, might require a similar amount of time.