My Notes from Inside the Court Room May2nd, 2011.
.by Samantha De Gosson on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 2:44pm.Court hearing was scheduled to begin at 8.30am but Murray arrived 20 minutes late due to “traffic issues” (didn’t we all have them going to court?).

The Judge began by saying that he got the motion for continuance 3 hours late and that he had to stay up all of last night to review the motion and wait for the prosecution’s response to it.

The defense claimed the motion had been delayed because Murray was “in transit” yesterday coming to L.A. and they couldn’t reach him because Murray had to fly from Houston to Las Vegas to L.A to save him a $2000 air fare. The judge said that’s why he gave them the whole week-end to file the motion and that there was more than enough time to do so.

The Prosecution answered by saying they also only got the motion sent to them by email at 6pm last night and had no time to respond to it so short notice.

Prosecution also said they did not object to the motion but that they were concerned about the re-scheduling.

The judge said that there was good cause for continuance and approved the motion in favor of the Defense based on “fundamental fairness” and the consideration for a fair trial. However he stated his concerns about the cost of the trial (the prosecution represents “the people” and therefor the state, meaning tax payers’ money) in hard economic times.

Regardless of that, the judge said “Fundamental fairness for Mr. Brown is my biggest concern!”. Side note: Mr. Brown?!!!! He meant Murray but got another case and person mixed up again…

The motion for continuance which was filed and approved asked for a 2 week delay which brought the trial date to May 23rd but the Judge stated that he wasn’t sure that was a realistic date.

Defense claimed that the 2 week delay they asked for wouldn’t affect the duration of the trial since they believed it would not take as long as predicted (2 months) and probably end at the expected time.

The Judge questioned how Defense would hand their new reports and discovery over the next 2 weeks in time for Prosecution to review and that he was concerned that the continuance issue would arise again.

The Judge stated the issue of readiness needed to be re-evaluated. All motions, reports and evidence need to be addressed and cleared prior to setting a trial date.

The Judge asked for the trial date to start either in July or September because he has another big case in August. Both Defense and Prosecution got a break to discuss a new proposed trial date.

Defense proposed September 7th and Prosecution September 20th. Judge the re-proposed June or July.

Defense attorney Ed Chernoff complained he couldn’t do July because that was his month with his 14 year-old child whom he hadn’t seen for a while. (Yes, like Michael hasn’t gotten to see his for almost 2 years and never will again).

Judge's response: “It’s ok, we all have lives”. (?!!!?? Hum, I know one who doesn’t anymore!).

The Judge asked that both parties look at realistic dates starting with a new Jury selection September 7th, 8th or 9th 2011. It will then take further time to decide on an official trial start date.

The current prospective jurors are vacated and their services no longer required. He asked that all confidential jury questionnaires be destroyed along with all anonymous and random lists both parties have.

The Judge then asked Murray if he gave up his right to a speedy trial until September for his own best interest. Murray said yes.

Next new Discovery hearing is set for June 3rd, 2011 at 8.30am.

All subpoenas and body-attachments that were scheduled (Randy Phillips, Thome Thome, Branca...) for May are held until September 8th, 2011.



Samantha de Gosson

PS: Please be advised that certain people are tweeting and posting notes of court hearings they are not even attending themselves and misleading a lot of fans. It also seems that some inside the court room are not understanding what is being said or conveyed, and then sharing with third parties who tweet as if they are there and furthermore twisting facts.



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