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The pre-trial conference nominally scheduled for Monday finally took place this morning. Mr. Wilson was present with his attorney. I forget her name but she was representing a number of other clients that morning and my impression was that she is with the public defender’s office. The proceedings didn’t take a lot of time. Basically, two things got done.

First, the prosecution submitted evidence for review by the defense and the court. This is evidence from a search consented to by the defendant, search pursuant to a warrant, and statements of the defendant. The defense and the court now have ten days to review the evidence, and challenge anything they think should be ruled inadmissable, and, I guess, to submit any evidence they wish.

This evidence was not discussed. It is in written form. The submittal starts the ten-day clock.

Second, a date was finally set for the trial. That is Monday, April 30. Backup dates were also set: Monday, May 21, and Monday, June 11.

Far as I can tell, the way this scheduling works is that a number of cases are placed on the docket for the week of the nominal date, and the court gets to them that week if cases ahead of them in the lineup are concluded. If the week ends without a scheduled case being tried, it goes to the week of the next backup date. This is how the system deals with the inevitable uncertainty regarding how much time any case will take.

I am still trying to get better confirmation of this from the Superior Court office and the DA’s office. They are able to confirm that he’s on the docket for this week, but no more than that. As of this writing, I am considering it best information that he’s going to trial tomorrow and planning on being there, and putting out the word. This will be in Superior Court, which is the nearer of the two courtrooms after you come out of the stairwell or elevator on the second floor. The address of the courthouse is 77 Union St. S., in Concord.

Will update/correct this as my information permits.

Focus will be to advocate for better laws and to produce and air PSA’s on TV to further public education on cyclists’ rights and rules of the road.

On the larceny charge, Stacy got community service and an order to pay restitution. I was told this was a theft of cash. She had done the community service but still had not paid the restitution.

The lady at the Clerk’s office also said Stacy got caught driving again, on suspended/revoked license. She didn’t have further specifics on that at her fingertips, but said that combined with the larceny conviction did cause Stacy’s probation to be revoked. However, Stacy has still not been jailed, as she is appealing the probation revocation, and the appeal is still pending.