Summary Report on Planning Session

Held on September 11, 2006

 

 

The planning session between the parties in the case was held this morning as scheduled, meeting together for a little over an hour.

 Two of the three judges were present.  They were, the Hon. Manuel Rojas Salas, and Juez Juan Carlos Perez Murillo.  The third judge of the tribunal, Juez Isabel Porroz Porroz, could not attend but sent a representative from her office.

 The new defense lawyers were present as well as Fiscal Walter Espinoza.

 Most noteworthy was that only about 10 or so litigant lawyers showed up.  The reason for the low turnout would only be speculation on our part.  Attendance at today's planning session was not an absolute requirement, but it is customarily respected by lawyers.

 The judges indicated a desire to hold the trial at the same auditorium where today's meeting took place, but in lieu of today's low attendance, indicated this would be changed if less than the originally filed number of litigants showed up for the trial.

 The judges also announced they would request that a fourth "alternate" judge be assigned to the case to avert any disruption to the proceedings in the case of illness or emergency of one of the judges during the course of a possibly lengthy trial.

 Dates and trial schedules were set, and the tribunal emphasized the importance of punctuality to the lawyers present.

 The trial will commence on February 5, 2007, 8:00 A.M.

 Thank you very much.

 

 

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