Dibor Roberts has been turned back on three motions that would reduce felony charges in advance of a jury trial.
Judge Michael Bluff announced Friday morning that he had denied motions that a new finding be sought for the charge of resisting arrest, that the count of unlawful flight be remanded to the grand jury and that a witness be compelled to be interviewed.
At the same time, Bluff announced that he had "taken under advisement" elements of two motions to dismiss the two charges.
Before the ruling, attorneys met with the judge in chambers for a settlement conference. Presiding Judge Robert Brutinel held a settlement conference in the case, which was not successful when the case was still being heard by Judge Janice Sterling.
The small Division 7 courtroom was filled with Roberts' supporters who had apparently had hoped to hear that charges would be dismissed. The diminutive Dibor Roberts has become a poster girl for women drivers on dark roads at night. Before the session was called to order, the courtroom buzzed with reports of another case of a police imposter in the Phoenix valley.
A pre-trial conference has now been set for April 23. The jury trial was originally set to begin that same day, but now is continued until May 14-16.
Roberts is challenging the felony charges that she did not pull over promptly for a sheriff's sergeant who claimed she was speeding while returning to Cottonwood from work late one night. The officer pulled in front of her car forcing her to stop and then smashed a rear window to take custody of the woman.
