Maggie Jean Wortman's manslaughter case dates pushed back UPDATE: Charges dismissed

◼ Dates pushed back in manslaughter breast milk case

Maggie Jean Wortman has pleaded not guilty to charges of involuntary manslaughter and felony child endangerment. Prosecutors allege that Wortman passed a lethal dose of methamphetamine to her 6-week-old son while breastfeeding, resulting in his Nov. 2 death from methamphetamine toxicity.

...After Wortman's attorney asked for 30 additional days to consult a defense expert, she was asked to reappear in court April 18, at which point the court will set future appearance dates in the case.

No mention of who the defense attorney is or who the prosecutor is - a nice high profile case like this, it ought to be Paul himself, no?

UPDATE: ◼ Judge dismisses murder charge against Loleta woman - Thadeus Greenson/Times Standard

A Humboldt County judge has dismissed the murder charge facing a Loleta mother accused of killing her baby with methamphetamine-laced breast milk last year.

In a ruling filed Wednesday, Humboldt County Superior Court Judge Bruce Watson threw out the murder charge against Maggie Jean Wortman, 27, finding that no evidence was presented at the case's preliminary hearing to establish that Wortman knew she was endangering her infant son's life when she breastfed him after allegedly smoking methamphetamine.