The following is the result of the three-hour discussion:



Nov. 5, 2003

TO: Members of the Media

FROM: District Judge Tom Moorhead

Karen Salaz, Office of the State Court Administrator

RE: Nov. 13 First Advisement

Proceeding: First appearance/advisement in district court

Presiding judge: Judge Terry Ruckriegle

Time: 9:00 a.m.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 13

Place: Eagle County Justice Center, Courtroom 1

Anticipated length of the proceeding: several minutes

Courtroom seating: The original 25-seat plan emerging from the Sept. 17 meeting in Denver will remain in place for the Nov. 13 proceeding. If there is anyone listed below who will not be attending the Nov. 13 proceeding, please e-mail me as soon as possible so that we can make arrangements to fill the seat through a lottery of news organizations not currently represented in the courtroom.

Vail Daily

Vail Trail

Vail Speakout

Denver Post

Denver Rocky Mountain News

Associated Press

Los Angeles Times

USA Today

Newsday

New York Daily News

Reuters

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Magazine pool seat:

TIME

KUSA-TV (9 News)

KMGH-TV (7 News)

KCNC-TV (Channel 4)

KWGN-TV (Channel 2)

KDVR-TV (Fox 31)

NBC Network

ABC Network

CBS Network

Fox Network

Court TV

CNN

Radio pool seat:

KOA Radio

3 seats added in back:

ESPN, Celebrity Justice, Italian media

EMC:

1 audio control; 1 video camera; 1 still camera

There will be a meeting in the media services tent at 11:00 a.m., Nov. 13 to discuss seating arrangements for the remaining district court phase of the case. The media consortium will again be providing the court with seating designees. It will be making the decisions on how the process will be conducted and who will fill all 25 seats for the duration of the proceedings. If you have immediate questions please contact George Garties at ggarties@.

Video link to media services tent: In its expanded media request Court TV has agreed to provide a video link to the media services tent. Eagle County is contacting four of the Denver television stations to see if they can each provide a television to be placed in the one of the four corners of the tent.

Pooling: The expanded media requests has been granted to Court TV, NBC and Associated Press. The following are the contact persons for all the pools:

← Still cameras: Ed Andrieski (AP), eandrieski@

← Audio cameras: Jack Chesnutt (NBC), jack.chesnutt@

← Magazine: Rita Healy (TIME Magazine), ritahealy@

← Radio: Kathy Walker (KOA), kathywalker@

← Transmission vehicles: Dusty Grubish (Fox) dustin.grubish@

Credentials: If you have not already filled out the form available at and e-mailed it to karen.salaz@judicial.state.co.us please do so immediately. All forms that have been submitted thus far are effective throughout the duration of the proceedings. Primary and secondary designees can be changed via e-mail at a later date, however only those news organizations who have submitted this form will be considered by the media consortium for potential seating in the courtroom.

Passes: Courtroom passes for each proceeding will be routinely available in the media services tent three hours prior to each proceeding as the case moves forward. This includes passes for both the media and public. A photo id must be presented to receive a pass.

Security screening: Security screening will routinely begin one hour prior to each proceeding and one hour prior to the resumption of court following lunch breaks or court-imposed breaks with stipulated time of resumption announced by the court prior to recess. All persons who enter the courthouse will be subject to screening by the Eagle County Sheriff or his designee in accordance with the stipulations set forth by the sheriff and as outlined in the Amended Decorum Order issued Oct. 7, 2003 (). All persons holding passes must be seated in the courtroom 15 minutes prior to each proceeding or resumption of court following breaks as described above. The courtroom doors will be closed 15 minutes prior to each proceeding. Those outside the doors will be denied access to the courtroom until the next natural break. There will be no exceptions. The Eagle County Sheriff, or his designee, shall have discretion as to whether a person may be admitted to the courtroom depending on the results of the screening.

Courtroom procedures: No routine admittance or departure will be permitted while court is in session. All members of the public and media must remain quiet, not comment on the proceedings, and not engage in any disruptive behavior while in the courtroom. At the conclusion of the proceeding, members of the public and media must remain seated until the parties have exited the courtroom and a sheriff’s officer has dismissed the gallery.

Upcoming proceeding: We anticipate that the date of the next proceeding in the case will be announced on Nov. 13.

Eagle County: For those of you who do not know, Becky Gadell who has been the Eagle County liaison has resigned her job to take a position in North Carolina. Becky has been a tremendous asset in managing the logistical components in Eagle. We want to thank her and wish her the best.

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