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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL DIVISION Clerk of Courts IN RE: The Matter of an Interstate MD-838-2029 '25 PM1: 49 JUN 27 Subpoena from the State of! Idaho District Court of Ada County. Idaho PETITION FOR SUMMONS DIRECTING WITNESS, ALISON ACKERMAN, ΤΟ ATTEND AND TESTIFY IN OUT-OF-STATE CRIMINAL PROCEEDING Pursuant to 42 Pa.CSA. § 5963, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Court schedule a hearing and, subsequently, issue a Summons compelling Alison Ackerman to testify in an out-ofstate criminal proceeding, and in support of this request avers as follows: 1. Petitioner, the undersigned, has been contacted by the Latah County Prosecutor's Office, representing the State of Idaho in State of Idaho v. Bryan C. Kohberger, in a criminal proceeding pending in the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, County of Ada. bearing docket number CR01-24-31665. The Office of the District Attorney of Monroe County is assisting the Latah County Prosecutor's Office in the above-titled matter. 2. Trial is scheduled to take place August 11, 2025, until November 7, 2025. Latah County has estimated that Alison Ackerman will only be needed for one (1) day of the trial. Latah County estimates it will need Alison Ackerman to testily in September 2025. Latah Page 1 of 3 County will inform Alison Ackerman which day she will be needed and will arrange travel for this witness. 3. The Clerk of the District Court, of the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District for the State of Idaho, has issued a subpoena (attached as Exhibit 1) commanding the appearance and testimony at trial of Alison Ackerman, who lives, works, or does business in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. 4. Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 5963, Judge Hippler has issued a certificate (see Exhibit 2) under seal affirming that: a. a criminal proceeding is pending in the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho. b. Alison Ackerman is a material witness in that proceeding. c. the presence of Alison Ackerman is required as a witness in this proceeding for a specified number of days; and d. Alison Ackerman will be protected from arrest and service of civil or criminal process while traveling to, attending, and returning from the proceeding. 5. Judge Hippler's certificate constitutes " prima facie evidence of all the facts stated therein. " 42 Pa.C.S. § 5963 (b). 6. Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 5963, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Court issue an Order directing Alison Ackerman to appear for a hearing to determine whether she should be compelled to attend and testify in the out-of-state proceeding discussed herein. Page 2 of 3 WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests this Court set a date and time for a hearing on this Petition, and following the hearing, issue a Summons directing Alison Ackerman to attend and testify at the criminal trial in Idaho. Respectfully submitted, Michael Mancuso Monroe County District Attorney Monroe County Prosecutor's Office 701 Main Street, Suite 200 Stroudsburg, PA 18360 mmancuso@monroecountypa.gov Page 3 of 3 LATAH COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WILLIAM W. THOMPSON, JR. PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Latah County Courthouse 522 S. Adams Street, Room 211 Moscow, ID 83843 Phone: (208) 883-2246 ISB No. 2613 paservice@latahcountyid.gov IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA STATE OF IDAHO, Case No. CR01-24-31665 Plaintiff, SUBPOENA V. BRYAN CHRISTOPHER KOHBERGER Defendant. The State of Idaho to: Alison Ackerman 1622 Roberts Road Effort, PA 18330 You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Steven Hippler of the above-titled Court at the Ada County Courthouse, Boise, Idaho, beginning August 11, 2025, at 8:30 o'clock a.m. through November 7, 2025, as a witness at the jury trial in the above-titled action. You are further notified that if you fail to appear at the place and time specified above, you may be held in contempt of court and the aggrieved party may recover from you the sum of $ 100.00 and all damages which may be sustained by your failure to attend as a witness. 7 day of November, 2024. DATED this By order of the Court. 1111 JUDICIAL いい し TRENT TRIPPLE OF THE STATE DISTRI Clerk M.Smith of the District Court TRICT OF- By: ISTO IDAHO Deputy Court Clerk IN AND FOR ADA SUBPOENA 1 LATAH COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WILLIAM W. THOMPSON, JR., ISB No. 2613 PROSECUTING ATTORNEY ASHLEY S. JENNINGS, ISB No. 8491 SENIOR DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY JOSHUA D. HURWIT, ISB. No. 9527 SPECIAL DEPUTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Latah County Courthouse 522 S. Adams Street, Ste. 211 Moscow, ID 83843 Phone: (208) 883-2246 paservice@latahcountyid.gov IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ADA STATE OF IDAHO, Case No. CR01-24-31665 Plaintiff, EX PARTE CERTIFICATE OF ENDORSEMENT V. PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE § 19-3005 BRYAN C. KOHBERGER Defendant. CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE § 19-3005 (42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5963) Pursuant to Idaho Code § 19-3005 (42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5963), and after considering the Motion for Issuance of Certificate of Endorsement and the Affidavit of William W. Thompson, Jr., the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, in and for the County of Ada, being otherwise advised, hereby CERTIFIES as follows: (1) The Fourth Judicial District Court in Ada County is constitutionally and statutorily a court of record in the State of Idaho. EX PARTE CERTIFICATE OF ENDORSEMENT PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE § 19-3005 1 (2) There is a criminal proceeding pending before this Court as Case Number CR01-24- 31665. (See 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5963) (3) Defendant, Bryan C. Kohberger, is charged with the following offenses arising out of Latah County, State of Idaho: Burglary, a felony pursuant to Idaho Code § 18- 1401; and four counts of Murder in the First Degree, felonies pursuant to Idaho Code §18-4001. (4) I am the Judge assigned to preside over the trial scheduled to begin on August 11, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. through November 7, 2025. (5) Alison Ackerman, who currently resides in the State of Pennsylvania, is a necessary and material witness for the State of Idaho in this matter. For the reasons stated in the Motion for Issuance of Certificate of Endorsement and (6) Affidavit of William W. Thompson, Jr., the presence of Alison Ackerman is required at the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho. Alison Ackerman's presence is required for one (1) day of the hearing. (7) Under the laws of the State of Idaho (Idaho Code § 19-3005 (3)), if Alison Ackerman (8) comes into the State of Idaho in obedience of a Summons requiring her presence at trial, she will not be subject to arrest or service of any process relating to matters that arose before she entered the State under the Summons. EX PARTE CERTIFICATE OF ENDORSEMENT PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE § 19-3005 2 (9) This Certificate is made for the express purpose of being presented to a Judge of a Court of record in the State of Pennsylvania in support of an order to compel the attendance of Alison Ackerman at a time and place and for the reasons stated above. 2 2025. DATED this day of June STEVEN HIPPLER ADA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JUDGE GIVEN UNDER MY HAND THIS 17th_day of June 2025. TRENT TRIPPLE CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT THE DISTRICT OF CO FOURTH JUDICIAL BY en Wat DISTRIC Deputy Clerk ADA IDAHO 6/17/2025 4:57:14 PM COUNTY , EX PARTE CERTIFICATE OF ENDORSEMENT PURSUANT TO IDAHO CODE § 19-3005 3 CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE I certify that this filing complies with the provisions of the Case Records Public Access Policy of the Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania that require filing confidential information and documents differently than non-confidential information and documents. Dated 6/25/25 Michael Mancuso Atty ID No. 65509 District Attorney District Attorney of Monroe County IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL DIVISION IN RE: The Matter of an Interstate MD 838-2025 Subpoena from the State of Idaho District Court of Ada County, Idaho ORDER SCHEDULING HEARING AND NOW, this day of 2025, a hearing is scheduled on the underlying Petition, on the day of 2025 at in Courtroom Number of the Monroe County Courthouse, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. BY THE COURT: ARTHUR L. ZULICK, P.J. cc: District Attorney MM / dj IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CRIMINAL DIVISION IN RE: The Matter of an Interstate Subpoena from the State of: MD-838-2025 Idaho District Court of Ada County, Idaho ORDER ISSUING SUMMONS FOR ALISON ACKERMAN TO TESTIFY IN OUT-OF-STATE CRIMINAL PROCEEDING AND NOW this day of 2025, following a hearing held pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. § 5963 in the above-captioned matter, the Court finds as follows: 1 Alison Ackerman is a material and necessary witness in a criminal proceeding pending before the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho. 2. Compelling the attendance and testimony of Alison Ackerman will not cause undue hardship to her. 3. The laws of the State of Idaho, where the prosecution is pending, and of any other state through which Alison Ackerman may be required to pass by ordinary course of travel, provide protection to her from arrest and from the service of civil or criminal process while traveling to, attending, and returning from the proceeding. For these reasons, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: A Summons shall issue, with a copy of the certificate issued by the Ilonorable Steven Hippler, of the District Court for the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Idaho, pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. § 5963 attached, directing Alison Ackerman to attend and testify for one (1) day as directed in the criminal proceeding pending in the State of Idaho on the dates of trial, which begins August 11, 2025, and ends November 7, 2025, with a specific date that will be communicated to Alison Ackerman by the Court. BY THE COURT: