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Respectfully snipped by Dreamweaver:
So, you are thinking the pastor might have abused Melissa and then
did his bidding later for him? Or was so twisted by what happened to her, did same kind of abuse to children?

It just gets nastier, doesn't it?


That is exactly where I'm going with this.....Melissa's face in court the first time spoke volumes to me. In so many of these cases, the perps are stone cold, expressionless, not crying and chin shattering, this to me is a sign of NOT regret but deep self pity, almost like she is defenseless to her own self, like she had no choice but to take full punishment. She kind of reminded me of a scorned child.
 
Today Show video: Melissa Huckaby facing new charges
May 23: The Sunday school teacher accused of murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu is facing allegations that she drugged another young girl. NBC's Michael Okwu reports, then NBC's Amy Robach sits down with legal analyst Susan Filan.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/30901676#30901676

I don't think this video was posted here yet!

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Issues w/JVM 5/26/09 Part 1: VIDEO 6:10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O****obQN-8&feature=channel_page

Issues w/JVM 5/26/09 Part 2: VIDEO 5:30
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBJ8g7N8_Y8&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - Issues w/JVM 5/26/09 Part 2[/ame]

Issues w/JVM 5/26/09 Part 3: VIDEO 6:43
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wHLI8npWCA&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - Issues w/JVM 5/26/09 Part 3[/ame]
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Issues w/JVM 5/27/09 Part 4: VIDEO 5:42
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J75apCqlmA&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - Issues w/JVM 5/27/09 Part 4[/ame]
 
http://www.stocktoncourt.org./
http://www.stocktoncourt.org./courts/media_notice.htm

San Joaquin County Superior Court
Stockton Courthouse
The further arraignment in the case People of the State of California v. Melissa Huckaby (case number SF111539A) has been scheduled for Friday, June 12, 2009 at 1:00 pm in Department 35 of the main Stockton Courthouse located at 222 E. Weber Avenue, Stockton, CA 95202.






http://www.tracypress.com/pages/ful...get=push&instance=home_news_lead_story&open=&

San Joaquin County Deputy District Attorney Thomas Testa filed the motion on Tuesday asking the presiding judge to enter a plea of not guilty and to set a preliminary hearing date for 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby if her lawyer still hasn’t by Friday, June 12th.

The two-page motion notes that Friday’s hearing will be the fourth in the case. San Joaquin County Deputy Public Defender Sam Behar has yet to enter a plea for Huckaby.

“All criminal actions in which … a minor … is the victim … shall be given precedence over all other criminal actions in the order of trial,” Testa says, quoting a statute that typically applies to cases involving elderly or very young witnesses.

Bay Area attorney Steven Clark — who has followed the Huckaby case since its first day in court and has appeared as a pundit on cable news shows about the case — said the motion shows some urgency on the part of the prosecution.

Here is a link to the ORIGINAL charges:
http://online.recordnet.com/projects...ycomplaint.pdf
 
Here are a couple observations about the upcoming hearing.

First, the chart:

HuckabyHearing061209.gif





The Judge is the critical factor. We know this because the SUN, most elevated planet, is in the 10th House of the Judge. Notice SUN the Judge is in Gemini, ruled by MERCURY, as is Prosecution (Lord 1). This gives a preliminary sense the Judge will rule for Prosecution.

There is a huge upset/ shock in store for Defense. What it is/ will be, we know not because URANUS is completely unpredictable. When URANUS hits your ASCENDANT, there is no way you can predict what will happen. It hits you like a bolt out of the blue. Here, URANUS is just inside House 7 which is Defense's House 1.

In confirmation, we compare Huckaby's natal and Solar Arc directed (sunrise) charts to the Event chart and note Event URANUS is partile conjunct Directed ASCENDANT, with Event PLUTO of Complications close square Directed SUN!


Tri-WheelHuckabynatal-SP-Hearing061.gif






How coincidental could that be?!

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PLEADS NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/12/ca-missing-girl-061209/?california

Huckaby is charged with murder with the special circumstances of rape, kidnapping and lewd or lascivious conduct with a child under 14, which could make her eligible for the death penalty if convicted. She's charged with two counts of furnishing someone a harmful substance and one count of child endangerment in the drugging case.

A gag order remains in place, prohibiting attorneys, investigators and potential witnesses from commenting on the case.

The judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for Huckaby to start on Sept. 24., 9:00 a.m. in Stockton.

Also,
FAMILY COURT CASE- CUSTODY BATTLE OF DAUGHTER
http://www.kcra.com/news/19730133/detail.html

STOCKTON, Calif. -- As a murder case goes forward against Sandra Cantu's alleged killer, the suspect's daughter is in the middle of a custody dispute.
Meanwhile, Huckaby's grandparents, pastor Lane Lawless and wife Connie, are seeking custody of Cameron, Huckaby's daughter. So is the girl's father, Johnny Huckaby, who has little contact with his daughter.

Family law attorney Al Ellis said courts often favor the biological parent, but not always.
 
HLN Prime News 6/12/09 Part 4: 3:51
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml_90iQFZAo"]YouTube - HLN Prime News 6/12/09 Prt 4[/ame]

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STOCKTON, Calif. -- As a murder case goes forward against Sandra Cantu's alleged killer, the suspect's daughter is in the middle of a custody dispute.
Meanwhile, Huckaby's grandparents, pastor Lane Lawless and wife Connie, are seeking custody of Cameron, Huckaby's daughter. So is the girl's father, Johnny Huckaby, who has little contact with his daughter.

Family law attorney Al Ellis said courts often favor the biological parent, but not always.


Yeah...not feeling either option to be a good one...especially giving custody to the pastor. MH is so incredibly disturbed and that has to root from somewhere...especially when her targets are children and that is her profession..to teach them? WE don't even know the motif which I believe will be the key to all of this and reveal the whole truth. Don't the courts see this at all that giving either of them custody might endanger the child when we don't know yet if she was the only one involved?
 
Today Show video: Sandra Cantu hearing begins 2:18
June 12: A hearing for the Sunday school teacher accused of murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu begins in California. NBC's George Lewis reports.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/31305117#31305117
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June 12, 2009 Suspect in Cantu Slaying Pleads Not Guilty: 0:50
A Sunday school teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she kidnapped, raped and killed an 8-year-old Northern California girl and drugged two other people. (June 6)
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKfVcsbOlJE"]YouTube - Suspect in Cantu Slaying Pleads Not Guilty[/ame]
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Melissa Huckaby Speaks With Reporter - Sandra Cantu 3:12
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgPXjRAglRk"]YouTube - Melissa Huckaby Speaks With Reporter - Sandra Cantu[/ame]
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Sandra Cantu / MOTHER OF DRUGGED GIRL TAKE ABOUT HUCKABY 1:39
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2rhHR19--8"]YouTube - sandra cantu / MOTHER OF DRUGGED GIRL TAKE ABOUT HUCKABY[/ame]
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Sandra Cantu: Melissa Huckaby Arraigned in Court 04/14/09 7:37
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7b9v-ICn5A"]YouTube - Sandra Cantu: Melissa Huckaby Arraigned in Court 04/14/09[/ame]
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Sandra Cantu Melissa Huckaby Case on Good Morning America - 6:33
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvGCaxQtu4"]YouTube - Sandra Cantu Melissa Huckaby Case on Good Morning America - Women Who Kill[/ame]
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Begnaud interviews Sandra Cantu's mother, Maria Chavez 9:58
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxfPOPBgkLQ"]YouTube - Begnaud interviews Sandra Cantu's mother, Maria Chavez[/ame]
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Sandra Cantu / Melissa Huckaby and new charges 1:34
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp7OVu2aud4"]YouTube - sandra cantu / Melissa Huckaby and new charges[/ame]
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Sandra Cantu Car Show1 9:40
This is a slideshow of the Sandra Cantu Memorial Car Show in Tracy, CA at the West Valley Mall. We had our 2007 PT Cruiser entered in the show.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxyhWm6phMc"]YouTube - Sandra Cantu Car Show1[/ame]
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Cantu's Alleged Killer Pleads Not Guilty 1:43
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vk_SELMvKs"]YouTube - Cantu's Alleged Killer Pleads Not Guilty[/ame]
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Huckaby's Friend Speaks Out 3:32
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwfY9LHmxdw"]YouTube - Huckaby's Friend Speaks Out[/ame]
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Melissa Huckaby Faces Poisoning Charges 1:24
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vsDOiOYkzc"]YouTube - Melissa Huckaby Faces Poisoning Charges[/ame]

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Tree to be planted in memory of slain 8-year-old Sandra Cantu
June 22, 4:33 PM
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Wednesday, the family of Sandra Cantu and city officials will plant a tree in honor of the murdered girl.

Her favorite color was pink, so the tree will be a pink crepe myrtle. The 2-foot-tall tree and money to take care of it for a few years was donated by Calif. Sen. Barbara Boxer.

The tree will be planted at Kenner Park in Tracy, Calif., which is near Jacobsen Elementary, the school Sandra attended.

Last month, a Southern California family donated a playhouse to the school in Sandra&#8217;s memory, and Landscape Structures, Inc. recently donated a $46,500 playground to the school.


Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crim...nted-in-memory-of-slain-8yearold-Sandra-Cantu

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Confusion with murder suspect prompts Manteca woman to sue
June 24, 2009 6:00 AM
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STOCKTON - An attorney for a woman named Melissa Huckaby - no, not that Melissa Huckaby - said he's close to filing a lawsuit against at least two media outlets that he says wrongly published his client's photo.

Albert Ellis said that after Tracy's Melissa Huckaby was arrested in connection with the killing of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, the Bay Area TV station KTVU and The Associated Press erroneously disseminated a picture of his client taken from MySpace.

Ellis contends that these and possibly other news organizations knew that his client, who lives in Manteca, was not the woman Tracy police arrested, yet they continued to disseminate her photograph.

"We think it was reckless," Ellis said. "We want to make sure everybody responsible is brought to task."

Manteca's Huckaby has encountered problems in the community because of the inaccurately broadcast picture, Ellis said.


Article:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/A_NEWS/906240315/-1/NEWSMAP
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Boxer donates tree in honor of Sandra Cantu
June 24, 2009 6:00 AM
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U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer has donated a pink crape myrtle sapling and money for its care to Tracy in memory of 8-year-old slaying victim Sandra Cantu.

Sandra's family will join a representative from Boxer's office and city officials at 10 a.m. today to dedicate the tree in a quiet ceremony.

A brass plaque bearing the dates of Sandra's birth and death - and the inscription "In remembrance of Sandra Cantu" - will be placed at the base of the tree. The memorial will take place in Kenner Park near Jacobsen Elementary School, where Sandra was a student.


Article:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090624/A_NEWS/906240316
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Thousands attend memorial for Northern California girl, 8, found dead in suitcase in pond
06/20/09 4:00 PM PDT
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Family members and community leaders recalled Sandra Cantu as an exuberant, loving second-grader who enjoyed skipping down the city's streets. Her remains were found last week in a suitcase pulled from an irrigation pond near her home.

"This little girl, Sandra, in two weeks became much more than a little girl who lived down the street in a town in California," Tracy police Chief Janet Thiessen said. "Sandra Cantu became our little girl, a child whose spirits touched us as we searched for her and prayed for her safe return."

Images of Sandra graduating from preschool, blowing out birthday candles and opening Christmas presents played on two screens at a high school auditorium, which drew a crowd of about 2,600 people.

Sandra's relatives, including her mother, father and sisters, lined the front row of the auditorium, holding each other and crying at times.

Sandra's aunt, Angie Chavez, thanked supporters for their help in the 10-day search for girl, who disappeared March 27, and the outpouring of sympathy in the days after her body was found.

A local Sunday school teacher whose daughter was a playmate of Sandra's has been accused of the killing. Melissa Huckaby, 28, who lived just a few doors down from Sandra's family, was arraigned Tuesday on charges that she kidnapped, raped and murdered the child.

"For this time, lay down your judgment, your bitterness, your rage, so that our remembrance is done in love and dignity," Tracy police chaplain Don Higgins told the crowd. "And in so doing, we can begin to take the first steps of healing and renewing our strength together."


Article:
http://www.sfexaminer.com/nation/ap/48686617.html

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VIDEO: Cantu Remembered In Tree Planting
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4333dmGHXTc"]YouTube - Cantu Remembered In Tree Planting[/ame]

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Huckaby Murder Case Goes To Grand Jury
Posted: Saturday, 04 July 2009 11:54AM
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Beginning later this month, a grand jury is expected to convene to decide if Melissa Huckaby should stand trial for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu.
The proceeding will last about two weeks and take the place of Huckaby's preliminary hearing.

"The prosecution wants to go grand jury on this case because it preserves the testimony without making the testimony public. They can put on all of their evidence and the devastating impact of that evidence won't make its way into the public until the time of trial. This may save the prosecution from saving a change of venue motion," said Steven Clark, a former prosecutor who has been following the case.

Clark says the grand jury proceeding could speed up the entire process, meaning Melissa Huckaby could go to trial in as little as 6-months.


Article:
http://www.kcbs.com/Huckaby-Trial-Goes-To-Grand-Jury/4735463

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Grand jury to decide if Huckaby will stand trial for Sandra Cantu murder
July 3, 5:43 PM
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Beginning July 20, a secret grand jury is expected to convene to decide if Melissa Huckaby should stand trial for the kidnapping, rape, and murder of 8-year-old Sandra Cantu.

The proceeding will last about two weeks and take the place of Huckaby&#8217;s preliminary hearing scheduled for Sept. 24.

According to The Record, this would keep key facts of the case from the public until the accused murderer&#8217;s jury trial. Such facts may include Huckaby&#8217;s motive for the murder and exactly how Sandra was killed.


Article:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1168-Crim...kaby-will-stand-trial-for-Sandra-Cantu-murder
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Grand jury may get Cantu case
Huckaby trial decision could be decided in secret
July 03, 2009 6:00 AM
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The grand jury is scheduled to meet for two weeks beginning July 20.

A judge's gag order prevents attorneys, investigators and potential witnesses from talking about the case. A veil of secrecy regarding grand jury hearings further prevents them from discussing the scheduled proceeding.

The Record confirmed through multiple sources that prosecutors have sent out subpoenas for witnesses to appear in San Joaquin County Superior Court.

The grand jury proceeding would take the place of Huckaby's preliminary hearing set for Sept. 24. It also threatens to keep from the public key facts of the case - such as Huckaby's alleged motive and how Sandra was killed - until the jury trial.

There are significant differences between preliminary and grand jury hearings.

In the preliminary hearing, San Joaquin County Superior Court Judge Linda Lofthus would hear attorneys cross-examine witnesses in open court to decide if there is enough evidence to make Huckaby stand trial before a jury.

In a grand jury hearing, by contrast, prosecutors call witnesses to testify before a panel of citizens behind closed doors. The defense is not allowed inside to cross-examine witnesses. At the end, jurors decide if the defendant should stand trial in open court.

If the grand jury indicts Huckaby, Lofthus will then decide if transcripts of the grand jury hearing will be made public. Lofthus has consistently sealed court papers in Huckaby's case, including reports of the autopsy performed on Sandra.

Without seeing the evidence San Joaquin County Deputy District Thomas Testa has against Huckaby, it is difficult to know why he has chosen to take the case to a grand jury, said Stockton attorney David Wellenbrock, a retired San Joaquin County prosecutor.

Wellenbrock said one reason could be that in a courthouse where cases move slowly, a grand jury speeds things up. San Joaquin County Superior Court is notorious for dragging cases out for a long time, he said.

"It's a way to move the case quicker in certain circumstances," Wellenbrock said. "These might be such circumstances."

Additionally, the secrecy of a grand jury could help attorneys keep the trial in San Joaquin County rather than force a change of venue, said attorney John Schick, a law professor at the Humphreys College Laurence Drivon School of Law in Stockton.

Keeping details of the crime secret until trial may help attorneys find jurors who haven't been exposed to a lot of facts and used them to form an opinion before the trial begins, Schick said.

"There is a chance they can avoid a change of venue," he said. "I still think that's going to be a very difficult thing to do."


Article:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090703/A_NEWS02/907030333/-1/A_NEWS06
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Huckaby case expected to go before grand jury (3 p.m.)
July 02, 2009 6:00 PM
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A secret grand jury is expected to convene this month to decide if Tracy&#8217;s Melissa Huckaby should stand trial in open court on charges she kidnapped, raped and murdered 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, sources said.

Huckaby, 28, is charged with kidnapping, rape with a foreign object, lewd and lascivious acts on a child under age 14 and murder. The charges stem from Sandra&#8217;s March 27 death.

Sandra was last seen in the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park where she and Huckaby were neighbors. Farm workers found the girl&#8217;s body 10 days later, stuffed in a suitcase and dumped in a dairy pond two miles north of the mobile home park. Huckaby faces a potential death sentence.


Article:
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090702/A_NEWS/90702013
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PDF: Criminal complaint
http://staging.sr.dj.ottaway.com/assets/pdf/SR900414.PDF

PDF: Defense motion to disinter
http://www.recordnet.com/_images/landingpages/cantu/0417cantumotion1.pdf
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Great Link With Past Articles & Videos Included!
The Sandra Cantu Case
http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=A_SPECIAL0263

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News report says grand jury will convene in Huckaby case
Jul 07, 2009
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A grand jury will on July 20 begin hearing testimony and evidence against a Tracy woman accused of murdering 8-year-old Sandra Cantu, according to the Stockton Record.

A gag order prevents anyone with ties to the case from talking about it to the media. So no one contacted by the Tracy Press would confirm the Record&#8217;s story &#8212; published on July 2 &#8212; reporting that witnesses have been subpoenaed and that grand jury proceedings are scheduled to begin later this month.

San Joaquin County Superior Court spokeswoman Stephanie Bohrer said she wasn&#8217;t aware that a grand jury would convene in connection with the case against 28-year-old Melissa Huckaby, who&#8217;s accused of kidnapping, raping and murdering Sandra. She said that even if she did know, she wouldn&#8217;t be able to talk about it because of the gag order.

Indictments handed down by a grand jury are normally made public after the fact, along with transcripts of witness testimony, unless the presiding judge seals them.


Article:
http://www.tracypress.com/pages/ful...in+Huckaby+case&instance=home_news_lead_story

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Sandra Cantu case could go before grand jury, according to media reports
Posted: 07/06/2009 04:08:35 PM PDT
Updated: 07/07/2009 06:39:27 AM PDT
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Stephanie Bohrer, spokeswoman for San Joaquin Superior Court, said she's received several calls from the media about the rumored proceedings but couldn't confirm whether or not they were to begin.

"How can I confirm it?," Bohrer said. "First, I'm not privy to that information and second, it's supposed to be secret."

Grand jury indictments are generally made available to the public once they're issued, but if the court's track record on the Cantu case and several others is any indication, the indictment could end up being sealed.

San Joaquin Superior Court Judge Linda Loftus, who's presiding over the case, has already sealed motions filed by attorneys as well as Cantu's autopsy report.

Loftus could also seal the witness testimony contained in the grand jury transcripts, which are supposed to be made public 10 days after defense attorneys have received copies of them.

If the case is heard by a grand jury, it's the fourth high-profile case out of Tracy to go that route this year. Prosecutors have already received grand jury indictments on four people charged with torturing a teenager in Tracy for more than a year; a former Tracy cosmetic surgeon charged with molesting dozens of his patients; and a former substitute teacher who police say maliciously stroked the hair of several grade-school students.

Grand jury proceedings in San Joaquin County are infrequent but not unheard of, said William J. Murray, the presiding judge of San Joaquin County Superior Court. Since the court lacks resources &#8212; such as courtrooms, staff and funding &#8212; he prefers prosecutors take cases to a grand jury because it eliminates the need for preliminary hearings, thus freeing up trial judges.


Article:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12763825

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