Former court clerk Pamela Edwards appeared in court this week for the first time since being arrested last fall.
The ex-San Joaquin County Superior Court records clerk is facing criminal charges alleging she knowingly releasing a sealed document to reporters in November 2023. She pleaded not guilty to the charge in March through her attorney.
Judge Erin Guy Castillo had ordered Edwards present for a hearing in Lodi Monday, one of nearly a dozen pretrial hearings held in the case since December, to determine if her case was ready for trial. Her attorney David Wellenbrock had previously appeared on Edwards’ behalf…