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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF McHENRY ) IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS SHARON ANN MERONI (aka CHALICE JACKSON) PATRIOT'S HEART MEDIA NETWORK, Inc. , et. al , Plaintiffs, vs.
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MC HENRY COUNTY GRAND JURY, ) et. al . ) Defendants.
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Report of Proceedings had in the above entitled cause before The Honorable Sharon L. Prather, Judge of said Court, on the 7th day of December, 2009, in the McHenry County Government Center, Woodstock, Illinois. APPEARANCES: Ms. Sharon Ann Meroni appeared pro se on behalf of the Plaintiffs, MR. LOUIS A. BIANCHI, STATE'S ATTORNEY By: Mr. Jeffrey Bora, Assistant State's Attorney on behalf of The People of the State of Illinois.
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THE COURT:
Patriot's Heart Media.
State your
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name for the record. MS. MERONI: My name is Sharon Ann Meroni. You're here because you have filed
THE COURT:
a petition? MS. MERONI:
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Yes, Your Honor.
I filed a
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petition to appear before the sitting grand jury.
THE COURT:
MS. MERONI:
For what reason, ma'am? To present evidence of massive
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voter fraud in McHenry County.
THE COURT:
MS. MERONI:
Occurring when and how? Occurring on -- the first place
was in the general -- was in the primary election in February of 2008 and the second event was November 4th, 2008, but I believe that the issue involved also encompasses all elections in the State of Illinois that involve individuals asserting that they're to be in office.
THE COURT:
Is the State seeking to file any
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response to this petition? MR. BORA: The People. Your Honor, Jeff Bora on behalf of
We would be asking the Court for time
if the Court would like to hear from the State on this matter to respond to the petition. Although
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we are not a named party at this time we do believe that we probably have standing in this issue to give the Court a response as the State's Attorney's office is charged with preventing the county in its expenditure of funds and this may fall into that category. However, just based upon our initial review of the motion we could not find a basis in law for the motion nor could we find any specifically stated facts that would allow this Court to redress any issues that the Petitioners may seek. So if the Court would like to hear from
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the State we would be seeking time to respond.
THE COURT:
How much time would you need? Thirty days, Your Honor. The Court will grant thirty days to
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MR. BORA:
THE COURT:
the State to file a response to your motion. continue the matter for further hearing. MS. MERONI: please?
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May I ask -- may I respond to him,
I understand under The Jury Protection Act
that actually we have five days up to seven days to respond. That refers specifically to Defendants
but at least it does provide the fact that we do have the right to ask to go before a jury or to
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speak to a jury.
So is there any reason to prevent
me -- this is a sitting grand jury and it's in motion right now -THE COURT: There is a grand jury si tti ng in
this county each and every week all year long. MS. MERONI: I know. Isn't that wonderful?
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And I would like to just have since this is an emergency and I think thirty days is a long time. THE COURT: Ma' am, somethi ng that happened in The Court
February of '08 is not an emergency.
will grant the State thirty days to file a response to your motion. I'll continue the matter for
further hearing to January 13th at 9 o'clock. MS. MERONI: Is there -- I would like to ask
that my name, my personal name, be taken from the record and I be granted secrecy as we go through this process because this is a highly you know public-THE COURT: January 13th. MS. MERONI: THE COURT: MR. BORA: January 13th? Correct. Your Honor, one more issue that the At this point it is Your request is denied, ma'am.
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State would like to bring up.
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Sharon Ann Meroni and Patriot's Heart Media. State would require as to whether or not Miss Meroni was an attorney because based upon my
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knowledge she would not be allowed to represent a corporation if in fact she was not a licensed attorney in the State of Illinois.
THE COURT:
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Will you address that, ma'am. I put that on the petition just as
MS. MERONI:
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a spokesperson and not as a legal authority and I'm just basically representing my company that I own.
THE COURT:
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Patriot's Heart Media is your
company? MS. MERONI:
THE COURT:
I own it solely. We'll see you on January 13th. Thank you, Your Honor. (Which were all of the proceedings had in the aforecaptioned cause)
MS. MERONI:
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STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF MCHENRY ) IN THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS
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I, Eri ka Katheri ne Ryl, an Offi ci al Court Reporter for the Circuit Court of McHenry County, State of Illinois, do hereby certify that I reported in shorthand the proceedings had in the above entitled cause and that the foregoing is a true and correct transcri pt of all the proceedi ngs heard.
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Official Court Reporter License No. 084-000928
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