Monday, March 23

TRIAL IS DELAYED UNTIL AUGUST 24. Jury selection will restart on that date.

The change of date is, naturally, because of the death of four Oakland police officers.

Judge Parsons stated he regretfully had concluded that the highly publicized Oakland murders required that the trial be delayed for several months. He ruled that a brief continuance of a month or two would not work because to try to get a jury of twelve people and four alternate jurors who could give up their entire summer would be an impossible task.

Judge Parsons granted the defense motion to continue and reset the start of the trial to August 24, 2009 9:00 and jury selection will start on that day. The three weeks of motions we just completed do not have to be repeated since Judge Parsons will remain the judge on the case.

We send our sympathies to the Oakland officer families and the department, and the citizens of Oakland, California - and to all police officers ever where who risk their lives every hour of the day so the rest of us can live peacefully.

Rick May