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U.S. District Court

District of Columbia (Washington)

CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 02-CR-14-ALL

 

USA v. PICKETT

 

Filed: 01/11/01

Dkt# in other court: None

Case Assigned to: Judge Thomas P. Jackson

 

JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                          (1)  Harold Douglass Martin, II

     defendant           FTS 452-8080

                                  Suite 1100

                                  1140 Connecticut Avenue, NW

                                  Washington, DC 20036

                                  AREA CODE (202)

                                  Eli Gottesdiener

                                  FTS 243-1000

                                  202-537-1989 FAX

                                  GOTTESDIENER LAW OFFICE

                                  3901 Yuma Street, NW

                                  Washington, DC 20016

                                  AREA CODE (202)

Pending Counts:                          Disposition

18:1001(a); STATEMENTS OR

ENTRIES GENERALLY; False

Statement.

(1)

40:212a-2(d) FEDERAL STATUTES OTHER;

Obstructing and Interfering with United States Capitol Police.

(1s)

Offense Level (opening): 4      

Terminated Counts:                       Disposition

40:212a-2(d); REGULATION OF       Dismissed by order of the Court.

TRAFFIC BY CAPITAL POLICE       

BOARD;  Obstructing and           (2)

Interfering with Capitol Police.            (2)

Offense Level (disposition): 1      

Complaints:

   NONE

U. S. Attorneys:

  Robert C. Bowman

   [term  09/09/02]

  FTS 305-1845

  U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

  Special Proceedings Section

  555 Fourth Street, NW

  Washington, DC 20001

  AREA CODE (202)

  Angela Gudrun Schmidt

  FTS 514-7315

  U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

  Narcotics Division

  555 Fourth Street, NW

  Washington, DC 20001

  AREA CODE (202)

 

DOCKET     PROCEEDINGS

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DATE     #    DOCKET     ENTRY

 

1/11/02  1       INDICTMENT filed against  JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s)

                 1, 2 (hsj) [Entry date 01/14/02] [Edit date 01/14/02]

 

1/11/02  --      CASE ASSIGNED  to Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT . (hsj) [Entry date 01/14/02]

 

1/11/02  --      Attorney representation for USA  by Robert C. Bowman. (hsj)

                 [Entry date 01/14/02]

 

1/11/02  --      PDID AND DATE OF BIRTH for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT :  PDID #:

                 N/A DOB: 10/24/66 (hsj) [Entry date 01/14/02]

 

1/11/02  --      BENCH WARRANT ISSUED  by Mag. Judge Deborah A. Robinson

                 (MJ) for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT. (hsj) [Entry date 01/14/02]

 

1/11/02  2       WARRANT returned as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  quashed by the

                 Court on 1/11/02.  Return of bench warrant issued 1/11/02.

                 (erd) [Entry date 01/25/02]

 

1/11/02  --      ARRAIGNMENT held  before Mag. Judge Deborah A. Robinson

                 (MJ) as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1, 2 :  Bench

                 warrant quashed by Court.  Defendant surrendered.  No dates

                 set, counsel to contact Court Clerk for date.  Motions

                 filed within 15 days, responses due pursuant to local

                 rules.  Attorney appearance for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  by

                 Harold Douglass Martin II.  Plea not guilty entered by

                 JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1, 2. Defendant

                 Released/Release Issued. Defendant Released/Release

                 Issued.   Reporter: Pro-Typist, Inc., CTRM. 25 (erd)

                 [Entry date 01/25/02]

 

1/11/02  3       BOND filed and approved  by Mag. Judge Deborah A. Robinson

                 (MJ) as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT : for personal

                 recognizance.      Dftaddr: 401 Windbridge Drive,

                 Stafford, VA. (erd) [Entry date 01/25/02]

 

1/11/02  4       ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT by Harold D.

                 Martin. (erd) [Entry date 01/25/02]

 

1/29/02  --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  :

                 Arraignment set for 9:30 2/8/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                 .   before Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew)

                 [Entry date 01/29/02]

 

2/8/02   --      STATUS HEARING  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT :  Defendant waives speedy trial.  Court

                 finds time between 3/22/02 and 4/20/02 be excluded pursuant

                 to speedy trial (Xt-1).  Status hearing set for 9:30

                 2/19/02; trial set for 10:00 4/30/02 for JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT. Defendant continued on PR bond. Reporter:

                 Gordon Slodysko (erd) [Entry date 02/19/02]

 

2/8/02   5       ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT by Eli

                 Gottesdiener (erd) [Entry date 02/19/02]

 

2/15/02  --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Status

                 hearing set for 9:30 2/19/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .

                 before Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 02/15/02]

 

2/19/02  --      STATUS HEARING before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT :  All dates to remain. Govenment to file

                 response to motion due by 3/7/02; defendant to reply to

                 response to motion due by 3/15/02; defendants motion to

                 dismiss due 3/15/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT. Defendant

                 continued on PR bond. Reporter: Miller Reporting Co., Jon

                 Hundley (erd) [Entry date 02/28/02]

 

3/7/02   6       RESPONSE by USA in opposition to motion to compel

                 disclosure of Brady Materials; Attachments 2. (erd)

                 [Entry date 03/21/02]

 

3/15/02  7       REPLY by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to the government's

                 opposition to his motion to compel disclosure of Brady

                 Materials and Information [6-1] by USA; Attachments 5. (erd)

                 [Entry date 03/21/02]

 

3/15/02  8       MOTION filed by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to dismiss the

                 indictment as to, JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1, 2

                 (erd) [Entry date 03/21/02]

 

3/22/02  9       RESPONSE by USA as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  to motion to

                 dismiss the indictment as to, JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1)

                 count(s) 1, 2 [8-1] by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (hsj)

                 [Entry date 03/26/02]

 

3/25/02  10      REPLY  by USA as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  to reply [7-1] by

                 JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (hsj) [Entry date 03/27/02]

 

4/1/02   11      REPLY by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to government's opposition to

                 his motion ot dismiss indictment. (hsj)

                 [Entry date 04/03/02]

 

4/23/02  12      MEMORANDUM by USA in Support of Motion in Limine to Exclude

                 Hearsay Statements Defense Alleges Were Made by Prosecution

                 Related to the Media. (hsj) [Entry date 05/01/02]

 

4/23/02  13      MEMORANDUM by USA in Support of Motion in Limine to Admit

                 Certain Evidence. (hsj) [Entry date 05/01/02]

 

4/23/02  14      PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS by USA as to JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT (hsj) [Entry date 05/01/02]

 

4/26/02  15      REPLY  by USA as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT'S reply regarding

                 motion to dismiss indictment [11-1] by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                 (hsj) [Entry date 05/01/02]

 

5/2/02   16       POST HEARING BRIEF by USA as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT . (aet)

                 [Entry date 05/06/02]

 

5/6/02   17      RESPONSE by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to Government's Post

                 Hearing Brief [16-1] by USA (hsj) [Entry date 05/09/02]

                 [Edit date 05/09/02]

 

5/7/02   18      MEMORANDUM AND ORDER  by Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to

                 JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT : granting in part, denying in part

                 motion to dismiss the indictment as to, JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT (1) count(s) 1, 2 [8-1] as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                 (1)  Count(s) 2 dismissed without prejudice as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1). Status hearing set for 9:30 5/21/02

                 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT.  (N) (erd) [Entry date 05/17/02]

 

5/21/02  --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial re

                 set for 10:00 10/22/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 05/21/02]

 

5/21/02  20      ORDER   by Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT : Trial set for 10:00 10/22/02; defendants

                 response to motion due by 7/1/02; governments reply to

                 response to motion due by 7/11/02 for JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT.  (N) (erd) [Entry date 06/10/02]

 

5/21/02  --      STATUS HEARING  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT : Defendants motions due by 7/1/02;

                 governments responses due by 7/11/02; trial set for

                 10/22/02 10:00 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT.  Defendant waives

                 speedy trial act.  Court finds time between 4/30/02 and

                 10/22/02 be excluded pursuant to speedy trial act.  Oral

                 motion by defendant to amend conditions of release on

                 personal recognizance; granted. Defendant continued on PR

                 bond. Reporter: Edward Hawkins (erd) [Entry date 06/18/02]

 

5/21/02  21      BOND filed and approved  by Judge Thomas P. Jackson as to

                 JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT : for personal recognizance.

                 Dftaddr: 404 Wind Ridge Drive, Stafford, VA  22554 (erd)

                 [Entry date 06/18/02]

 

5/23/02  19      SUPERSEDING INFORMATION filed against JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                 (1) count(s) 1s. (bjsp) [Entry date 05/30/02]

 

5/28/02  --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  :

                 Arraignment  on superseding indictment set for 9:30 6/6/02

                 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT . before Judge Thomas P. Jackson

                 . (rew) [Entry date 05/28/02]

 

6/6/02   --      ARRAIGNMENT held  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to,

                 JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1s : JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                 (1) count(s) 1s, Plea not guilty entered by, JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT (1) count(s) 1s.  All dates to remain.  Defendant

                 continued on PR bond. Reporter: Scott Wallace (erd)

                 [Entry date 06/25/02]

 

6/6/02   22      ORDER by Judge Thomas P. Jackson as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT

                 : Upon consideration of the United States' motion for

                 joinder.  That the felony indictment charging a single

                 violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001, and the misdemeanor

                 informaiton charging a single violation of 49 U.S.C.

                 212a-2(d), now pending against the defendant shall be

                 joined for trial. The trial of this matter is scheduled to

                 begin on 10/22/02.  (N) (erd) [Entry date 06/25/02]

 

7/1/02   23      MOTION filed by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to dismiss the

                 information as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1s (hsj)

                 [Entry date 07/02/02]

 

7/1/02   24      RESPONSE by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT in opposition to

                 governments motion in limine to exclude certain alleged

                 hearsay statements and points and authorities in support of

                 Officer Pickett's Cross-Motion to disqualify Assistant

                 United States Attorney Bowman from representing the United

                 States at trial. (hsj) [Entry date 07/02/02]

 

7/1/02   25      RESPONSE by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT in opposition to

                 government's motion in limine to admit certain

                 anthrax-related evidence. (hsj) [Entry date 07/02/02]

 

7/1/02   26      PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (hsj)

                 [Entry date 07/02/02]

 

7/10/02  27      RESPONSE by USA in opposition to defendant's motion to

                 disqualify Assistant United States Attorney and Response to

                 Defendant's Opposition to United States' Motion in limine

                 to exclude hearsay statements. (hsj) [Entry date 07/11/02]

 

7/10/02  28      RESPONSE by USA to defendant's opposition to government's

                 motion in limine to admit certain evidence. (erd)

                 [Entry date 07/15/02]

 

7/12/02  29      RESPONSE  by USA  in opposition to motion to dismiss the

                 information as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1s

                 [23-1] by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT . (hsj) [Entry date 07/16/02]

 

7/19/02  30      MOTION filed by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT for leave to file

                 replies and surreply in further support of and in

                 opposition to certain with pending motions.; EXHIBIT

                 (Officer Pickett's Reply to the Government's Opposition to

                 his Motion to Disqualify Assistant United States Attorney

                 Bowman from Representing the United States at Trial and

                 Surreply in Further Response to the Government in Limine to

                 Exclude Certain Alleged Hearsay Statements) (hsj)

                 [Entry date 07/22/02]

 

7/19/02  31      REPLY by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to opposition in response to

                 his moton to dismiss the information. [29-1] by USA (hsj)

                 [Entry date 07/22/02]

 

7/19/02  33      REPLY by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to govt.'s response in

                 opposition to deft.'s motion to disqualify A.U.S.A. Bowman

                 from representing the U.S. at trial, and surreply in

                 further resopnse to the govt.'s in limine motion to exclude

                 certain alleged hearsay statements. (mlp)

                 [Entry date 08/02/02]

 

7/30/02  32      ORDER by Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT : granting motion for leave to file, nunc pro tunc,

                 replies and surreply in further support of and in

                 opposition to certain with pending motions [30-1]. (N) (mlp)

                 [Entry date 08/02/02]

 

8/28/02  34      MOTION filed by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT for pre-trial hearing

                 on pending motions (mlp) [Entry date 09/05/02]

 

9/6/02   35      MOTION filed by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to change trial date.

 (hsj) [Entry date 09/10/02]

 

9/9/02   36      ATTORNEY APPEARANCE  for USA by Angela Gudrun Schmidt (hsj)

                 [Entry date 09/11/02]

 

9/10/02  37      RESPONSE by USA as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  to motion for

                 pre-trial hearing on pending motions [34-1] by JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT (hsj) [Entry date 09/12/02]

 

9/24/02  --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial set

                 for 10:00 11/12/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 09/24/02]

 

9/24/02  --      STATUS HEARING  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT: Trial reset for 10:00 11/12/02 for JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT. Defendant continued on PR bond.

                 Reporter: Patty Gels (hsj) [Entry date 09/30/02]

 

11/6/02  39      PROPOSED PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND VOIR DIRE QUESTIONS by

                 USA as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT. (hsj) [Entry date 11/08/02]

 

11/7/02  38      MOTION filed by Washington Post reporter Spencer Hsu as to

                 JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT to quash subpoena for documents and

                 trial testimony; exhibits (3). (mlp) [Entry date 11/08/02]

 

11/7/02  40      PROPOSED PRELIMINARY STATEMENT AND PROPOSED VOIR DIRE

                 QUESTIONS by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT. (hsj)

                 [Entry date 11/08/02]

 

11/12/02 --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial set

                 for 10:00 11/13/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 11/12/02]

 

11/12/02 --      MOTION HEARING  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT: denied motion to dismiss the information as

                 to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count 1s [23-1]; jury

                 selection set for 10:00 11/13/02.  Defendant continued on

                 personal recognizance bond. Reporter: Catherine Crump,

                 Miller Reporting Co. (mlp) [Entry date 11/13/02]

 

11/12/02 41      RESPONSE by JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT in opposition to motion to

                 quash subpoena for documents and trial testimony [38-1].

                 (hsj) [Entry date 11/13/02]

 

11/13/02 --      VOIR DIRE begun as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count(s) 1s

                 . (mlp) [Entry date 11/18/02]

 

11/13/02 --      JURY TRIAL  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count 1s: jury of 12 and 2 anonymous

                 alternates selected and sworn. Trial begun and continued to

                 10:00 11/14/02. Defendant continued on personal

                 recognizance bond. Reporter: William McAllister (mlp)

                 [Entry date 11/18/02]

 

11/14/02 --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial set

                 for 10:00 11/15/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 11/14/02]

 

11/14/02 --      JURY TRIAL before Judge Thomas P. Jackson as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count 1s: same jury & 2 alternates.

                 Trial resumed and continued to 10:00 11/15/02. Defendant

                 continued on personal recognizance bond. Reporter: Jon

                 Hundley, Miller Reporting Co. (mlp) [Entry date 11/18/02]

 

11/15/02 --      JURY TRIAL before Judge Thomas P. Jackson as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count 1s: same jury & 2 alternates.

                 Trial resumed and continued to 10:00 11/19/02. Defendant

                 continued on personal recognizance bond. Reporter: William

                 McAllister (mlp) [Entry date 11/18/02]

 

11/18/02 42      ADDITIONAL PROPOSED JURY INSTRUCTIONS by USA as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (hsj) [Entry date 11/19/02]

 

11/19/02 --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial set

                 for 10:00 11/20/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 11/19/02]

 

11/19/02 --      JURY TRIAL before Judge Thomas P. Jackson as to JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT (1) counts 1 and 1s: same jury & 2 alternates. Trial

                 resumed and continued to 10:00 11/20/02 for JAMES JOSEPH

                 PICKETT. Defendant continued on personal recognizance

                 bond. Reporter: Susan Harris, Miller Reporting Co., A.M.

                 and Jon Hundley, Miller Reporting Co., P.M. (mlp)

                 [Entry date 11/20/02] [Edit date 11/22/02]

 

11/20/02 --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial set

                 for 10:00 11/21/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 11/20/02]

 

11/20/02 --      JURY TRIAL  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson  as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1) counts 1, 1s: same jury & 2 anonymous

                 alternates. Trial resumed and concluded. Alternate jurors

                 discharged. Jury deliberations begun and continued to 9:30

                 11/21/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT. Defendant continued on

                 personal recognizance bond. Reporter: Jon Hundley, Miller

                 Reporting Co. (mlp) [Entry date 11/22/02]

 

11/20/02 44      JURY NOTES (2) filed as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT. (mlp)

                 [Entry date 11/22/02]

 

11/21/02 --      SCHEDULING NOTICE as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT  : Trial set

                 for 10:00 11/22/02 for JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT .   before

                 Judge Thomas P. Jackson . (rew) [Entry date 11/21/02]

 

11/21/02 --      JURY TRIAL  before Judge Thomas P. Jackson as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1) counts 1, 1s: same jury. Jury

                 deliberations resumed and concluded.  Verdict of guilty

                 rendered as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count 1. Sentence

                 set for 9:30 2/11/03; presentence hearing set for 9:30

                 2/4/03.  Verdict of not guilty rendered as to JAMES

                 JOSEPH PICKETT (1) count 1s. Jury polled. Jury discharged.

                 Deft. referred for pre-sentence investigation report.

                 Defendant continued on personal recognizance bond.

                 Reporter: Kay Moomey, Miller Reporting Co., A.M. and Jackie

                 Wood, Miller Reporting Co., P.M. (mlp) [Entry date 11/22/02]

 

11/21/02 45      VERDICT FORM as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (mlp)

                 [Entry date 11/22/02]

 

11/21/02 46      JURY NOTES (2) filed as to JAMES JOSEPH PICKETT (mlp)

                 [Entry date 11/22/02]

 

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