24 April 2002: See also:

"Homeland Defense and the Prosecution of Jim Bell:"
http://cartome.org/homeland.htm
Jim Bell and Carl Johnson files: http://jya.com/jdbfiles.htm

Carl Johnson files: http://jya.com/cejfiles.htm

28 November 2001

This is a list of the trial transcripts and indexes in USA v. James Dalton Bell, Western District of Washington, April 3 to April 10, 2001.

Digital files were purchased by Cryptome from Court Reporter Julaine V. Ryen, Western District of Washington, Tacoma, WA. Telephone: (253) 593-6591.

The files are owned by Cryptome and may be used and reproduced for any non-commercial purpose.

A Zipped file of the transcripts and this file: http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb.zip (446KB)

See also the court docket for the trial with links to filings: http://cryptome.org/jdb082501.htm

The transcripts do not include opening and closing arguments which shall be offered shortly.


Day    Date             URL                                    File Size
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Opening Argument:

1      April  3, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-op.htm    68 KB

Testimony:

1      April  3, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-01.htm   146 KB

2      April  4, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-02.htm   314 KB

3      April  5, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-03.htm   307 KB

4      April  6, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-04.htm   316 KB

5      April  9, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-05.htm   278 KB

6      April 10, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-06.htm    52 KB

Closing Arguments:

6      April 10, 2001   http://cryptome.org/usa-v-jdb-cl.htm   124 KB


INDEX DAY 1, APRIL 3, 2001 1 I N D E X Page 2 VOLUME 1 1 - 88 3 MOTIONS: 4 Motion to Quash Subpoena for Declan McCullagh .. 5 5 Defendant's Motion to Withdraw as Counsel ...... 7 6 Denied ............................... 8 7 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Counts 4 & 5 ..... 10 Denied ............................... 11 8 Defendant's Motion for Exception to Sequestration 9 of Witnesses to Allow Defendant's Parents to be Present ................................. 11 10 Denied ............................... 12 11 Defendant's Motion for Limited Attorney Voir Dire of Jury ............................. 12 12 Denied ............................... 13 13 Discussion Regarding Serving of Supoenas ...... 13 14 Defendant's Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel ... 15 Denied ............................... 15 15 Plaintiff's Motion to Show Cause ............... 15 16 Defendant's Pro Se Motions .................... 17 17 Denied ............................... 18 18 Motion to Exclude Witnesses .................. 18 Granted .............................. 19 19 Defendant's Motion to have a Witness at Counsel 20 Table for Assistance ........................... 19 Denied ............................... 19 21 Defendant's Motion for Judge to Recuse Himself .. 20 22 Denied ............................... 21 23 Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Mr. Avenia and Mr. Gombiner ................................... 22 24 Granted .............................. 22 25 Defendant's Motion to Allow Jurors to Take Notes 24 2 WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF: 3 STEVEN WALSH Direct ....................... 26 4 Cross ........................ 34 5 DECLAN MCCULLAGH Direct ....................... 43 6 Cross ........................ 50 Redirect ..................... 54 7 Recross ...................... 55 8 CINDY BROWN Direct ....................... 55 9
INDEX DAY 2, APRIL 4, 2001 1 I N D E X Page 2 VOLUME 2 89 - 283 3 MOTIONS: 4 Defendant's Motion In Limine Regarding Guns ...... 93 5 Denied ................................. 102 6 Defendant's Motion to Exclude Testimony Regarding Guns by Mr. East ................................ 103 7 Denied ................................. 103 8 Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Ms. Maida and Ms. Levins ....................................... 104 9 Granted ................................ 107 10 Defendant's Motion for Mistrial................... 111 Denied ................................. 111 11 Defendant's Motion for Mistrial ................. 140 12 Denied ................................. 142 13 Plaintiff's Motion to File Exhibits Under Seal ... 281 14 WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF: 15 ROBERT WILLIAM EAST Direct ....................... 112 16 Cross ........................ 118 Redirect ..................... 123 17 Further Direct ............... 124 Further Cross ................. 125 18 CHRISTOPHER JOHN GROENER 19 Direct ....................... 126 Cross ........................ 134 20 Redirect ..................... 139 21 HILDA WONG MURAMOTO Direct ....................... 143 22 Cross ........................ 149 23 JOHN YOUNG Direct ....................... 150 24 Cross ........................ 157 Redirect ..................... 167 2 J. BRIAN GOOLD Direct ....................... 169 3 Voir Dire .................... 184 Direct (Continuing) ........... 184 4 Cross ........................ 188 Redirect ..................... 192 5 JOHN MICHAEL COPP 6 Direct ....................... 193 Cross ........................ 199 7 Redirect ..................... 203 Recross ....................... 204 8 SCOTT DEFOREST MUELLER 9 Direct ....................... 206 Cross ........................ 216 10 PHILLIP SCOTT 11 Direct ....................... 219 Cross ........................ 222 12 BRIAN TIMOTHY KENNEY 13 Direct ....................... 241 Cross ........................ 244 14 Redirect ..................... 246 Recross ....................... 246 15 Redirect ..................... 247 Recross ....................... 249 16 Redirect ..................... 249 17 JOHN RABATIN Direct ....................... 250 18
INDEX DAY 3, APRIL 5, 2001 1 I N D E X 2 Page 3 VOLUME 3 284 - 470 4 MOTIONS: 5 Plaintiff's Motion In Limine ................... 345 6 7 WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF: 8 JOHN RABATIN Direct ....................... 288 9 Cross ........................ 312 Redirect ..................... 316 10 BARBARA J. GORDON 11 Direct ....................... 317 Cross ........................ 327 12 ROBERT DUTRA 13 Direct ....................... 329 14 SUSAN C. WHITE Direct ....................... 331 15 KRISTIE HANLEY 16 Direct ....................... 347 17 BRIAN D. MEYER Direct ....................... 354 18 Cross ........................ 376 Redirect ..................... 378 19 Recross ...................... 379 20 KEVIN LAYNG Direct ....................... 381 21 Cross ........................ 389 22 RANDY R. OXFORD Direct ....................... 390 23 Voir Dire .................... 396 Direct (Continuing) ........... 397 3 JOHN BRANTON Direct ....................... 398 4 Cross ........................ 402 Redirect ..................... 405 5 Recross ...................... 405 Redirect ..................... 408 6 MICHAEL MCNALL 7 Direct ....................... 413 Cross ........................ 429 8 Redirect ..................... 434 9 JEFFREY GORDON Direct ....................... 435
INDEX DAY 4, APRIL 6, 2001 1 I N D E X 2 Page 3 VOLUME 4 471 - 649 4 WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF PLAINTIFF: 5 JEFFREY GORDON 6 Direct (Continuing) .......... 474 Cross ........................ 504 7 Redirect ..................... 517 8 JEFFREY GORDON (Recalled) Direct ....................... 520 9 Plaintiff Rests ............................... 522 10 WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT: 11 JAMES D. BELL 12 Direct ....................... 541 13 MOTIONS: 14 Defendant's Motion for a Verdict of Acquittal 15 Pursuant to Rule 29 ............................ 523 As to Count 1 .............................. 524 16 Denied ............................... 525/534 As to Count 2 ............................. 525 17 Denied ............................... 525/534 As to Count 3 .............................. 525 18 Denied ............................... 526/534 As to Count 4 ............................. 527 19 Denied ............................... 534 As to Count 5 .............................. 528 20 Denied ............................... 534 21 Defendant's Motion For a Mistrial Renewed ...... 529
INDEX DAY 5, APRIL 9, 2001 1 I N D E X Page 2 VOLUME 5 651 - 804 3 WITNESSES ON BEHALF OF DEFENDANT: 4 JAMES D. BELL 5 Direct (Continuing) .......... 659 Cross ........................ 698 6 Defendant Rests ................................. 768 7 Plaintiff Rests ................................. 768 8 9 MOTIONS: 10 Defendant's Motion to have Defendant Examined Mentally ............................ 652 11 Denied ................................. 653 12 Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial .............. 700 Denied ................................. 700 13 Defendant's Renewal of Motion to have Defendant 14 Examined Mentally ............................ 700 Denied ................................. 700 15 Plaintiff's Motion to Strike Defendant's 16 Testimony if all Government's Questions are not Answered .................................. 700 17 Motion to Withdraw as Attorney for Defendant .... 701 18 Denied ................................. 701 19 Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial .............. 767 Denied ................................. 767 20 Defendant's Motion for Judgment of Acquittal .... 800 21 Denied ................................. 802 22 Defendant's Renewal of Motions for a Mistrial .. 802 Denied ................................. 802 23 EXCEPTIONS TO INSTRUCTIONS: 24 Plaintiff ................................... 773 Defendant .................................. 775/798 25
INDEX DAY 6, APRIL 10, 2001 1 I N D E X 2 Page 3 VOLUME 6 805 - 834 4 Court's Instructions to the Jury ................. 807 5 Alternate Jurors excused ......................... 819 6 Note From the Jury ................................ 821 7 Second Note From the Jury/Verdict ................. 824 8 Defendant's Motion for a Mistrial ................ 826 Denied ....................................... 826 9 Jury Polled ...................................... 829 10 Jury Excused ..................................... 830 11 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Counts 1, 4, and 5 .. 830 12 Granted Without Prejudice .................... 830 13 Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Counts 2 and 3 ..... 830 Denied ....................................... 830


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