Former court clerk Pamela Edwards, who is accused of knowingly releasing a sealed document to the media, will not face a criminal trial despite “strenuous objection” from the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s Office.
The ex-San Joaquin County Superior Court records clerk was granted diversion at a hearing Friday morning. Diversion is a pretrial program that allows for defendants charged with misdemeanors to eventually have their cases dismissed if they abide by certain parameters — even over objection from the prosecution.
Edwards, who faced a single charge of disobeying a court order, pleaded not guilty in March and was headed for a jury trial following a readiness hearing last month…