Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Motions Denied, Trial Date Set in Mickey Thompson Murder Case
In the Pasadena Courtroom of Superior Court Judge Teri Schwartz today, Michael Goodwin's defense team leader, Deputy Public Defender Elena Saris, presented her oral arguments to back up the written motions submitted over the past several weeks, asking the Court to recuse Prosecutor Alan Jackson, removing him from the case. Judge Schwartz denied the motion as she had in the past, then heard another motion in which Public Defender Saris requested that ten Prosecution witnesses be removed from the Witness List. Judge Schwartz also denied this motion and went on to set September 21, 2006 as a "firm" date to start trial in the more than 18 year old case. Judge Schwartz emphasized that she expected both the defense and the prosecution to be ready to proceed on that date.

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