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Post by MJSUNIFC on Apr 30, 2004 16:12:29 GMT -5
may 28th is the next court date. i dont know any information yet, regarding if Michael has to be there or not.
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Post by MJSUNIFC on May 28, 2004 23:10:27 GMT -5
the tenative date for the trial to begin is september 13th. the date may change
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Post by MJSUNIFC on May 29, 2004 11:41:47 GMT -5
fox news reports- Judge Rodney Melville (search) made it clear he won't let the public or press in on much pretrial material, maintaining a lid on such basic documents as the grand jury indictment. He promised written rulings on media requests for access and rebuked attorneys for failing to file some motions under seal. "I do not feel you are taking my orders for sealing as seriously as I am giving them," Melville said. Jackson was not in court, and few fans turned out for Friday's hearing. Jackson, 45, is charged with committing a lewd act upon a child, administering an intoxicating agent and conspiring to commit child abduction, false imprisonment and extortion. Melville called the Sept. 13 trial date "a bull's eye that we're shooting at" and said the case probably will be delayed more than once. Defense attorneys objected to setting a trial date, saying the prosecution had not given the defense all evidence in the case. "We have a client who has endured the cloud of this case for the better part of six to seven months," said defense attorney Steve Cochran (search), "and we still don't have the forensic tests. ... The materials we're seeing make reference to informants, but we have not been given the identities of the informants. We have been given some tape recordings that are inaudible." Cochran implored the judge to order prosecutors to disclose all their evidence to the defense. But after a secret, half-hour conference in the judge's chambers, the judge said it wasn't necessary to issue an order and he was convinced the prosecution would comply. click on link for more of story www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121197,00.html
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