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Alice Andersen pulled her Explorer into her parking spot in the employees parking of the County Courthouse. Double checking in her mirror she saw the empty car seat and remember not even five minutes ago dropping her four year old daughter Leigh at day care. Sliding the silver sun blocker in the front window, she stepped out of her vehicle and crossed the cobbled street to the imposing building which took up the entire block.
She entered through the addition, a feature many small Nebraska cities had attached to the stone behemoths that had been built in the early twentieth century. She smiled at several of her friends, employees of one county office or another and entered the older part of the building. She always climbed the stairs, even though her office was on the third and final floor of the building.
Entering the clerk’s office she pulled a stack of folders from her mailbox. Giving her friend Dana, who was also the district clerk a wave, she continued down the hall to her office. In old fashioned gold lettering on a frosted glass door was her name “Alice Anderson” and below her title, “Judge, District 11”.
Her office had been renovated when she had been appointed as a judge only two years ago. Then at thirty-seven she had been one of the youngest appointees. Unlocking the door she entered the space, which was impeccably neat, rows of books sat on three shelves which took up the wall across from the door. Her large desk was covered with tidy piles of documents, magazines and other miscellaneous items.
She placed her trench coat on the rack and steeped into the small private restroom. She checked herself in the mirror. Knocking on the door of forty, she still like what she saw. Her big blue eyes sparkled back at her, her shoulder length blond hair, although a tad unruly from the Nebraska wind, framed her face. Her nose was slightly upturned with a dab of freckles that were fading away as the time she spent outside was shortened by the shortening of days.
Returning to her desk, she clicked the mouse on her computer and after punching in her password she brought up her calendar. She didn’t need too, she knew what was on the docket for the day. It was rare to have a murder case in the district, manslaughter cases certainly due to the distance traveled out in rural Nebraska and the proclivity for people to want to over indulge at the bar, but a premeditated murder case was rare indeed.
The case had ended up in her court; a number of factors weighed into the change of venue. The case had been originally been planned for Ogallala, but now it was coming here. The only wrinkle that she was unprepared for was the fact that the original prosecutor had suffered a heart attack. She knew that there had been a search for an additional ADA for that county, but she hadn’t been kept informed as to the progress. It appeared that someone had taken the job, since they hadn’t asked any of the prosecutors in her county to handle it. She more than likely had a copy of the individual’s background, but it didn’t seem to be that important.
Walking to the window, she looked out along the main thoroughfare. Several news vans had already began to arrive and as she looked further up the street she saw the van which was used to transport prisoners from the jail to the courthouse. That had been another reason they had changed venues, the jail had just recently been built and was far more secure than any others in the district.
After brewing a pot of coffee at the small hutch, she sat back and looked again through the brief. She was sure that the prosecution would ask for a continuance in order to get the new attorney up to speed. Glancing up at the clock, she stood and opening a small closet, she removed her black judges robes and slid them on. Locking the door behind her she headed down the hallway and through the door to the anteroom by the judges bench.
Dana was standing there with the bailiff Joe Moore. Giving Joe a nod of her head, he stepped into the courtroom. Dana handed her a sheaf of folders and she stepped through the curtain at the back of the courtroom. Joe’s voice thundered through the cavernous space with an “All Rise.”
Alice took her seat without looking through the courtroom, and raised her hand to indicate that the courtroom could continue as before she entered. As she flipped through the paperwork, she found the document on the new prosecutor. The name at the top of the sheet made her pause; then she quickly looked up, looking across the room at the prosecution’s table.
She entered through the addition, a feature many small Nebraska cities had attached to the stone behemoths that had been built in the early twentieth century. She smiled at several of her friends, employees of one county office or another and entered the older part of the building. She always climbed the stairs, even though her office was on the third and final floor of the building.
Entering the clerk’s office she pulled a stack of folders from her mailbox. Giving her friend Dana, who was also the district clerk a wave, she continued down the hall to her office. In old fashioned gold lettering on a frosted glass door was her name “Alice Anderson” and below her title, “Judge, District 11”.
Her office had been renovated when she had been appointed as a judge only two years ago. Then at thirty-seven she had been one of the youngest appointees. Unlocking the door she entered the space, which was impeccably neat, rows of books sat on three shelves which took up the wall across from the door. Her large desk was covered with tidy piles of documents, magazines and other miscellaneous items.
She placed her trench coat on the rack and steeped into the small private restroom. She checked herself in the mirror. Knocking on the door of forty, she still like what she saw. Her big blue eyes sparkled back at her, her shoulder length blond hair, although a tad unruly from the Nebraska wind, framed her face. Her nose was slightly upturned with a dab of freckles that were fading away as the time she spent outside was shortened by the shortening of days.
Returning to her desk, she clicked the mouse on her computer and after punching in her password she brought up her calendar. She didn’t need too, she knew what was on the docket for the day. It was rare to have a murder case in the district, manslaughter cases certainly due to the distance traveled out in rural Nebraska and the proclivity for people to want to over indulge at the bar, but a premeditated murder case was rare indeed.
The case had ended up in her court; a number of factors weighed into the change of venue. The case had been originally been planned for Ogallala, but now it was coming here. The only wrinkle that she was unprepared for was the fact that the original prosecutor had suffered a heart attack. She knew that there had been a search for an additional ADA for that county, but she hadn’t been kept informed as to the progress. It appeared that someone had taken the job, since they hadn’t asked any of the prosecutors in her county to handle it. She more than likely had a copy of the individual’s background, but it didn’t seem to be that important.
Walking to the window, she looked out along the main thoroughfare. Several news vans had already began to arrive and as she looked further up the street she saw the van which was used to transport prisoners from the jail to the courthouse. That had been another reason they had changed venues, the jail had just recently been built and was far more secure than any others in the district.
After brewing a pot of coffee at the small hutch, she sat back and looked again through the brief. She was sure that the prosecution would ask for a continuance in order to get the new attorney up to speed. Glancing up at the clock, she stood and opening a small closet, she removed her black judges robes and slid them on. Locking the door behind her she headed down the hallway and through the door to the anteroom by the judges bench.
Dana was standing there with the bailiff Joe Moore. Giving Joe a nod of her head, he stepped into the courtroom. Dana handed her a sheaf of folders and she stepped through the curtain at the back of the courtroom. Joe’s voice thundered through the cavernous space with an “All Rise.”
Alice took her seat without looking through the courtroom, and raised her hand to indicate that the courtroom could continue as before she entered. As she flipped through the paperwork, she found the document on the new prosecutor. The name at the top of the sheet made her pause; then she quickly looked up, looking across the room at the prosecution’s table.