Sebastion Hockett was arrested in March 2023. His preliminary hearing has been continued several times and the next date is 1/8/25. Hockett is on a no bail status and has been in jail since his arrest.
There is no guarantee it will proceed on January 8. Just based on the court cases I am following, the preliminary hearing calendar that day is jam packed.
Hockett is just one of the many cases I regularly follow from arrest to conclusion. This is one of many cases where there are numerous continuances or resetting of dates and nothing significant happening. As I have explained several times, minor updates are added to previous posts. Those do not warrant new posts and are a waste of time for my regular readers, subscribers and advertisers who are loyal and have invested in this blog over the years.
Destinee Rhamy, Joseph Larue are just two examples of where the other local media posted on scanner or initial headlines and then never follow up. Frederick Breckenridge and Joseph Shinn are two recent examples of cases only I have reported on which are newsworthy but require a lot of time and effort.
The detailed court coverage with court records and minutes and hours in a courtroom is time consuming and I do this is in addition to new cases and other news and I don't have sales reps or corporate resources. There are benefits to being a regular reader, subscriber or advertiser. One of those perks is one on one updates and customized responses. That is how it works with every service and business.
There are many reasons for constant continuances and the constant court backlog which I have written about previously and often.
Curent Humboldt Superior Court Presiding Judge Kelly Neel and the current Humboldt Superior Court administration are doing their best to tackle the calendar with short staffing and challenges in a rural community. Some of the changes they have implemented will take time. The California Judicial Council and certain Humboldt County Board of Supervisors can take actions to improve this situation and assist the current Humboldt Superior Court judges, administration, public defenders and private attorneys.
They won't. The CA Judicial Council and certain Humboldt County Supervisors ignore good advice and have done nothing for the decade I have covered local courts and politics. After 20 years of living in Humboldt, I know how local "power" and "good ole boys and gals" operate. Nothing will change unless there is a major change in local and state leadership and career politicians. New local Supervisors and new department heads cannot fix every issue caused by years of entrenched systems and nepotism and leadership failure in Humboldt and California by both political parties.
Previous posts:
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/04/defense-requests-continuance-for.html?m=1
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/04/sebastion-hocketts-status-changed-back.html?m=1
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/04/da-charges-briceland-man-with-three.html?m=1
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/03/briceland-man-arrested-for-sexual.html?m=1
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