Report from Thursdays Court Appearance

This mornings court appearance was a scheduling conference to set dates for how the case will progress through the court and it's calender. The killer was in the courtroom this time as she was released on $20,000 cash bail over this past weekend.

The court set the following dates for the case moving forward a final pretrial date of Friday January 9th at 8:30am, this is the latest date any motions to limit or throw out any evidence or testimony can be made. A trial by Jury has been set for Monday February 2nd at 10:00am.

Like the last court appearance the judge called the case on the record and informed both attorneys that he knew a person that was quoted in the paper regarding the case. That person is not set to be called as a witness and will not create a need for him to remove himself from the case. The judge went over this information again this time because the defendant was in the courtroom and he wanted to be sure she understood and had no issue with it. Her attorney said he talked to her about it and she agreed that his knowing the person quoted in the paper should not be a problem.