Minute Order: May 2, 2003

SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

COUNTY OF STANISLAUS

IN RE SEALED SEARCH WARRANTS, WARRANT AFFIDAVITS,

AND RETURNS; AND ARREST WARRANT POSSIBLE CAUSE

SHOWING -- LACI PETERSON INVESTIGATION

NATURE OF HEARING:  MOTION TO UNSEAL SEARCH

WARRANT RECORDS

CASE NO. 1045188

JUDGE:  Roger M. Beauchesne

Clerk:  P. Murray

Bailiff:  Rasmussen

Reporter:  S. Lauzon

Date:  May 2, 2003

Modesto, California

APPEARANCES:

For the People, Deputy District Attorney David Harris

Defendant not present, represented by counsel Mark J. Geragos, Esq.

Moving party Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc. and San Jose Mercury News represented by counsel Karl Olson,  Esq.

Case is called regularly for hearing.

Pursuant to CCP § 387, counsel for the defendant moves to intervene and to retain the sealing of the search warrant and arrest warrant records.

The People and counsel for the moving party, Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc. and the San Jose Mercury News, have no objection to the intervention.

Counsel for the defendant requests a continuance of this matter.  Counsel for the moving party objects to the request for a continuance.

The Court does not rule on the merits of the petition and the Court, without prejudice to renew, GRANTS A STAY pending ruling from the Fifth District Court of Appeal.

This matter is ordered continued to June 3, 2003, at 8:30 a.m. in Dept. 5, for further hearing on Motion to Unseal Search Warrant and Arrest Warrant Records.

MINUTE ORDER