Court Information and Update- Oct 9, 2008

We went to court yesterday for more formalities and another readiness hearing. As always, court is just not a pleasant place to be...especially when it's to share a room with the man that killed your son. But it is a necessary part of the legal process that we have to go through to seek justice.
The District Attorney announced to the court that they planned on announcing Second Degree murder charges at the arraignment hearing. This will potentially drastically change the amount of time that would be served upon conviction.
They will formally announce the charges at the next hearing. They are on the record now but the formal proceedings will be on Nov. 3rd. So with that, let me post the official information.

The next court dates are:

Arraignment Hearing
Monday Nov. 3, 2008
1:30 pm
Dept 2
El Cajon Courthouse

Preliminary Hearing
Wed. Nov, 19
8:40am
Dept 11
El Cajon Courthouse


Google map to El Cajon Courthouse

This is open court, anybody can attend. Make sure to get there early as parking is limited. You will have to go through security and walk through the metal detector.
We ask that you please dress appropriately. You don't have to dress up, but out of respect for the court we ask that you dress business casual.

Thank you all for your support. This could potentially be a long trial and we need all those close to us to help us through. Know that we love you and all your kindness will not be forgotten.

The MADD Walk

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all who participated in the MADD walk and/or donated to MADD! We exceeded our goal by a big amount!! We had hoped to bring in $1000 and instead we brought in $2375. Thank you so much!
It was an emotional day for all of us (and for everybody participating in the MADD walk). Although we all know that we lost Ian on that fateful day in July, it is still hard to believe. So seeing friends and family wearing T-Shirts with Ians image on the front, all there to walk in his honor..was a little bit overwhelming. Many tears were shed, hugs given and quiet moments shared.
We'd like to send a thank you to Chet Wooding and The T Shirt Factory at UCSD for helping to make the shirts. It's very appreciated.
Here are a few pictures from the MADD walk.

Even Little Maddy made it....although she was wiped out after..but she did 3 miles for her Uncle Ian! Not bad for a First Grader!