SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE

The NY POST ^ | June 10 2004 | Howard Breuer

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SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE

SCOTT BURNED IN RAGE

By HOWARD BREUER

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June 10, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson was more distraught when he burned chicken at a family barbecue than the night his pregnant wife Laci vanished, a witness testified yesterday.

Laci's cousin, Harvey Kemple, also said that Peterson gave conflicting stories to relatives regarding his whereabouts on the day of the tragic mom-to-be's disappearance.

"I saw more reaction out of him when he burned the God-darned chicken than when his wife went missing," Kemple said at the fertilizer salesman's double murder trial.

Kemple, a self-proclaimed grill guru, said he tried to give Peterson tips on how best to cook the chicken during a July 4 backyard barbecue just months before Laci's disappearance.

But Peterson, 31, wouldn't listen, and became visibly.......

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Peterson Relative Says He Noticed Inconsistencies

Peterson Relative Says He Noticed Inconsistencies

By CAROLYN MARSHALL

Published: June 10, 2004

EDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 9 - Statements made by Scott Peterson to relatives of his missing wife, Laci, were so inconsistent, one family member testified on Wednesday, that he secretly followed Mr. Peterson to a shopping mall and a golf course to see if something was amiss.

"I was very suspicious from that first night," said the relative, Harvey Kemple, in testimony at the murder trial of Mr. Peterson, who is accused of killing his wife and unborn son. "That's why I followed him to the mall, hanging back a bit to see what was happening."

Mr. Kemple, who is married to a cousin of Ms. Peterson's mother, said he was put off when Mr. Peterson told him that he had been playing golf on Dec. 24, 2002, the day Ms. Peterson disappeared, because Mr. Peterson had told Mr. Kemple's .......

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Peterson defense homes in on witness discrepancies to create reasonable doubt

Peterson defense homes in on witness discrepancies to create reasonable doubt

By Associated Press

Thursday, June 10, 2004

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson assured some of his in-laws he was fishing the day his pregnant wife disappeared, although he told one member of his extended family and a neighbor that he had been golfing.

It's a contradiction prosecutors in Peterson's capital murder trial revisited several times Wednesday in their effort to assert that Peterson switched his alibi after saying he returned to an empty home on Christmas Eve day, 2002.

Peterson, 31, ultimately told authorities he went fishing alone on San Francisco Bay. ..........

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Surveillance gets a satellite assist

Posted 6/9/2004 10:31 PM Updated 6/9/2004 11:45 PM

Surveillance gets a satellite assist

By Richard Willing, USA TODAY

Just after Laci Peterson disappeared in Modesto, Calif., on Christmas Eve 2002, her husband, Scott, assured police that he had nothing to do with it.

But police were suspicious. Without Peterson's knowledge, they received court permission to attach global positioning system (GPS) tracking devices to the undersides of three vehicles he was known to drive. The devices, which use cell phone networks and signals from orbiting satellites to pinpoint land locations, indicated that twice in January 2003, Peterson drove to a San Francisco Bay marina near where the bodies of his .........

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Witness testifies that Peterson lied about golfing

Witness testifies that Peterson lied about golfing

Kemple

By JOHN COTÉ and GARTH STAPLEY

BEE STAFF WRITERS

Last Updated: June 10, 2004, 05:22:12 AM PDT

REDWOOD CITY -- Scott Peterson was more upset about burned barbecue chicken than he was about his wife's disappearance, an extended family member testified Wednesday during Peterson's double-murder trial. "I was so gol-darn mad because I saw more emotion out of him when he burnt the damn chicken than when his wife was missing," said Harvey Kemple, a construction worker married to a cousin of Laci Peterson's mother.

Kemple's testimony dominated a day in which the prosecution continued to cobble together a case against Peterson -- attempting to establish a timeline of what happened along the couple's quiet street on Dec. 24, 2002, and to highlight allegedly inconsistent statements Peterson made. ...........

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Burnt chicken testimony at Peterson trial

Stacy Finz and Diana Walsh, Chronicle Staff Writers

Scott Peterson seemed more upset about burning his chicken than he did about his wife's disappearance, said a fiery construction worker who had jurors and observers erupting into laughter during the second week of the capital-murder case today.

Peterson, 31, is on trial in Redwood City for allegedly murdering his pregnant wife, Laci, and their unborn child.

Harvey Kemple, a lifelong Modesto resident and Laci Peterson's cousin by marriage, told reporters outside the courthouse that while other family members stood by the defendant in the beginning, he was suspicious of the fertilizer salesman from the start.

Inside the courtroom, Kemple glared at the defendant while testifying. Peterson, dressed in a suit and tie, looked away.

"I saw more reaction out of.........

[Saundra Duffy]

I would like to have a cousin just like that guy.

[Yaelle]

Brilliant. I bet that was it. Scott was going to the bay and thus they would then go there, not the reverse.

[Canadian Outrage]

Thanks Red!! Ooooooh I like the way things are building. AND we ain't heard nothin yet!! I really appreciate this Prosecutor. He's very thorough. He is laying a foundation that cannot be shaken and in the process he has BOXED in our Hollywood clown but good!!

[Jackie-O]

I keep thinking about the Martha Stewart Meringue Show. Do you think it is possible that Distaso knew all along that Martha discussed egg whites at approx 9:40 on 12-24 and was HOPING that Geragross would arrogantly use this "misstep" by the prosecution in order to box Scott's time frame in--whew!!

Why yes, I would bet that they knew about this...

I hate to keep referring to the OJ case, especially since he is getting some face time with the 10 year anniversary of him murdering Nichole and Ron...but I think that CA LE have learned so much from that injustice, that the State have crossed all of there T's and dotted all of their I's here. The only leaks you have heard in this case have come from Geragroid's camp. The DA has protected the integrity of this case from the word go...and so have the Rocha's...with grace and dignity..IMO

[EllaMinnow]

How I wish this trial were televised!

[Jackie-O]

And..very simply in layman's terms...
If the Judge thought it inappropriate for lay witness to testify to state of mind, he would have not allowed it.
(and Geragroid would surely have objected, objection sustained and the testimony stricken...it wasn't)

[Liberatio]

Ahhh, I didn't know that. Yeah, that definately changes things.

[Jackie-O]

Peterson family behavior during this trial will sink Snotty as fast as the evidence against him...like the cement he tied on his wife and child...
God takes care of everything, Lynn. Mark my words.

[Jackie-O]

Abrams agrees with me just now...no way Snott will take the stand to validate ANY of Geragroin's spin...

[Labyrinthos]

I wasn't there and I haven't read the transcript, and therefore I have no idea what actually took place other than what was reported in the NY Post. The failure of counsel to object, however, doesn't mean that the question or response was proper. A seasoned trial lawyer knows not to object to every objectional question because even if the court sustains every objection, the jury will think you're an A-hole and hold it against the client. A good trial lawyer should expend objections as if there are only a finite number available. Also, judges are wrong all the time, and the failure of a judge to sustain an objection doesn't mean the judge was right. If that was the case, then we wouldn't need multiple levels of appellate courts. The sad truth is that many judges, particularly on the state level, are not appointed or elected to the bench because they were great trial lawyers or brilliant scholars, but because they know whose behind to kiss.

[lakey]

And..very simply in layman's terms... If the Judge thought it inappropriate for lay witness to testify to state of mind, he would have not allowed it. (and Geragroid would surely have objected, objection sustained and the testimony stricken...it wasn't)

Nancy Grace and some others discussed this judge's (?name?) inclination to interrupt when he feels the witness needs to answer more clearly. Or, am I thinking of a different case...hmmm

[RGSpincich]

http://www.ktvu.com/news/3405301/detail.html
Thursday update.

[Canadian Outrage]

Amen Jackie, I am a FIRM believer in that!!

[Canadian Outrage]

Thanks RG. Good Article. "The defendant starts to cry for you?" LOL Next question.

I gotta leave this office. Back when I get home. DON'T ALL YOU SCOWS LEAVE 'K!!! CO

[Devil_Anse]

Amen to that! What else is Geragos getting paid for?! To look pretty? LOL... (barf).

[Jackie-O]

Objections weren't made and you may be right about how a seasoned trial lawyer might behave...but thusfar, with all of wild, almost unbelievable theories MG has floated in the media, I would suggest that he would be objecting vehemently it he thought something was not admissible.
Also, like I've said, I think the State of CA has learned allot from the OJ case and will tread very carefully...from the Judge on down to the Pros., and on and on.

[Jackie-O]

it=if

[Dante3]

The Petersons would do Scott a favor if they would just abide by the gag order.

How odd that Scott would remember a mention of meringues but not whether he went golfing or fishing. As for the timeline, it's hard to imagine Laci being able to finish mopping the floor, change clothes, take the dog for a walk, and then be kidnappped in that short time. Surely the dog would have come to her rescue.

Just wondering what happened to Beth Karas.

[NYCVirago]

Amen to that! What else is Geragos getting paid for?! To look pretty? LOL... (barf).

Geragos, IMHO, is the most overrated high-profile lawyer out there. Not only did he screw up on the Winona Ryder case, he didn't even have the sense to tell Michael Jackson that dancing on an SUV outside the courthouse probably wasn't a good idea. It's not even like he has a track record of great successes, and he lawyers every case the same way. Susan McDougal/Roger Clinton/Winona Ryder/Michael Jackson/Scott Peterson are all defended the same way by Geragos -- it's some vast conspiracy that's behind them getting put on trial.

[Canadian Outrage]

Beth is GOOD. She was on this at some point today because some were quoting her. Maybe CTV has clipped her wings because she's too FAIR!! grrrrr I have been thoroughly DISgusted with the CTV reporting as a whole. There is some good but others have been AWFUL!!