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San Joaquin County Superior Court
Stockton Courthouse
April 22, 2009
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC AND MEDIA:
The further arraignment in the case People of the State of California v. Melissa Huckaby (case number SF111539A) has been scheduled for Friday, April 24, 2009 at 12:45 pm in Department 35 of the main Stockton Courthouse located at 222 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA 95202.
All media requests received for this hearing have been denied. No cameras or recording devices will be allowed in the courtroom. Please see the order issued by Hon. Linda L. Lofthus.
Because of the high public interest and our limited seating capacity, all media personnel may not be able to get into the courtroom.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
Due to limited courtroom seating, there will a drawing held at the courthouse for the remaining audience seats.
- Members of the public are to check-in on Friday, April 24 at 11:00 am at the Clerk’s Office in Room 303 (Third Floor).
- At the time of check-in, one ticket per person present will be issued.
- The drawing will take place at 12:00 noon at the Clerk’s Office in Room 303 (Third Floor).
- Tickets must be presented prior to entering the courtroom and ticket numbers will be checked against the master list.
- Entry into the courtroom will begin after the media have been seated (media seating begins at 12:15p.m.)
NOTICE TO THE MEDIA:
9 seats have been designated for local media organizations. Each organization has been allotted one seat. They are as follows:
Tracy Press
Stockton Record
Manteca Bulletin
Sacramento Bee
KOVR-TV (local CBS affiliate)
KCRA-TV (local NBC affiliate)
KXTV-News10 (local ABC affiliate)
KTXL-Fox40 (local FOX affiliate)
Univision, Channel 19
An additional 17 seats will be designated through a drawing held at the courthouse. Those media organizations interested in having a guaranteed courtroom seat for one of their journalists should follow the below procedures:
- Send one representative from your organization to check-in on Friday, April 24 at 11:00 am at the Clerk’s Office in Room 303 (Third Floor).
- At the time of check-in, the representative will exchange a business card for a ticket. Only one ticket per media organization will be issued. The representative will need to provide the name of the journalist who will be sitting in court.
- The drawing will take place at 11:15 am. 17 tickets will be drawn.
- Journalists will need to show their media credentials to enter the courtroom early at 12:15 pm, which will be checked against the list of those organizations chosen through the drawing. More details to come.
Parking for media will be available in Hunter Square (the U-Shaped parking lot in front of the courthouse) off of Weber Avenue between El Dorado and San Joaquin. Your media credentials will be needed to park in this designated area.
Regular updates will be made to this site.
Please refer all questions to:
Stephanie Bohrer, Public Information Officer
(209)468-2878 phone
(209)479-6542 cell
(209)468-8576 fax
sbohrer@courts.san-joaquin.ca.us
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