For the Record

Christian County Court Cases 9/20/16

These are the results of the following court cases heard on September 20th at the Christian County Courthouse.

 

15CF007 - Coghlan, James R - Plea - No plea at this time. Defense trying to figure out details of time served.

 

15CF083 - Coghlan, James R - Plea - No plea at this time. Defense trying to figure out details of time served.

 

15CF095 - Coghlan, James R - Plea - No plea at this time. Defense trying to figure out details of time served.

 

15CF208 - Coghlan, James R - Plea - No plea at this time. Defense trying to figure out details of time served.

 

16CF192 - Cooper, Nathan L - Prelim Hearing - Defense waives preliminary hearing rights. November 7th date for jury. October date set for further pretrial.

 

16CF156 - Denton, Casey D - PreTrial - October 14th date set for further pretrial.

 

16CF183 - Fisher, Carl J - Appearance with Counsel - Defense waives preliminary hearing. State and defense working on an agreement. Matter set for further pretrial on October 4th.

 

16CF172 - Kline, Michael D - Prelim Hearing - Defendant waives preliminary hearing rights. Requests jury trial. Jury trial set for December 5th. Pretrial set for November 4th.

 

16CF160 - Newberry, Zachary R - PreTrial - Defense has letter from counseling detailing further appointments scheduled for defendant. Further pretrial set for November 3rd.

 

14CF207 - Pellman, Justin P - PTR/PreTrial - State not in a position to make an offer to defense. Set for further pretrial on October 4th.

 

16CF119 - Purcell, Kevin M - PreTrial - State and defense has been in negotiations. State seeking higher bond. Due to a ticket being elevated. Defense asked for further hearing on bond matter and mentioned how they felt no additional bond was necessary due to defendant being present at all previous court dates. State filing a petition to modify bond. Set for petition to modify bond set for September 27th.

 

16CF120 - Purcell, Kevin M - PreTrial - State and defense has been in negotiations. State seeking higher bond. Due to a ticket being elevated. Defense asked for further hearing on bond matter and mentioned how they felt no additional bond was necessary due to defendant being present at all previous court dates. State filing a petition to modify bond. Set for petition to modify bond set for September 27th.

 

16CF165 - Reiss, Chad M - PreTrial - Defense moves to continue pretrial and jury trial to a November setting. State requested a December date. Defense objected to a December date. Motion continued to November 7th for Jury Trial, further pretrial set for October 14th.

 

16CF166 - Reiss, Stephen L - PreTrial - Pretrial continued to September 29th.

 

16CF040 - Shuster, John M - Motion Hearing - State alleges new charges. Defendant waives preliminary hearing rights.

 

16CF044 - Sklenka, Brett M - Appearance with Counsel - Defense waives prelim hearing. Defense requested a January jury trial. Set for jury trial on January 9th. Further pretrial set for December 8th.

 

16CF089 - Steele, Donnie S - PreTrial - Mother of defendant’s infant child filed motion to allow visitation for defendant. Defendant wishes to continue formal trial date. State has no objection. Continued for jury trial on December 5th. Next pretrial setting set for November 22nd. State objects to motion to modify bond conditions. Mother of child who filed motion said that she wished for her daughter to see her dad in jail. Defense said how he’s anxious to see his child. Child and mother present when matter occurred but are not victims in case. Stated how the reason the parties are protected are due to the child being thrown onto a couch during the incident. Court modifies pretrial release to allow the mother and child to see defendant in jail, but places court order to not allow parties to discuss case during visits. December 5th date for Jury trial and November 22nd date for further pretrial.


16CF108 - Wiseman, Christina M - PreTrial - State has been gathering information to make an offer, and is close to making an offer. Asked for further pretrial date. Set for November 3rd.

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