Posted on 06/15/2004 5:32:05 AM PDT by runningbear
SCOTT'S FISHY FURY
By HOWARD BREUER
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June 15, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Scott Peterson hotly cursed and threw a flashlight after police grilled him about his suspicious fishing trip the day his pregnant wife, Laci, disappeared, one officer testified yesterday.
"I asked him what he was fishing for," Modesto Detective Matthew Spurlock told rapt jurors during the start of the third week of Peterson's murder trial.
"He had this blank look for a second or so, his eyes shifted a bit. And he didn't really answer the question.
"I asked what he was using for bait, and I got the same kind of response . . . this blank shifting," Spurlock said. "He couldn't really answer. Then he said, 'a silver lure,' and he held his hands about 7 to 8 inches apart."
Spurlock said that when he then asked Peterson to leave the house, he watched as the fertilizer salesman cursed through gritted teeth and threw a flashlight to the ground.
"It sounded like 'f - - -,' like it was being said out of frustration," the cop said............
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Mistrial denied in surprise testimony
Mistrial denied in surprise testimony
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BY GARTH STAPLEY
BEE STAFF WRITER
Last Updated: June 15, 2004, 04:20:32 AM PDT
REDWOOD CITY -- The judge in Scott Peterson's double-murder trial refused to declare a mistrial Monday over surprise testimony about Peterson's use of an obscenity shortly after his pregnant wife disappeared.
Superior Court Judge Alfred Delucchi gently chastised prosecutor Rick Distaso for pulling a fast one, but concluded that it was not a gross violation of trial procedure.
Also Monday, Sharon Rocha cried as she looked away from a large screen showing remains of her daughter, Laci Peterson. Minutes later, pictures of her smiling daughter splashed on the screen and Rocha quietly got up and exited the courtroom.
And two Modesto police officers said Scott Peterson seemed caught off-guard when first asked about his solo fishing trip.
Sparks flew after lead defense attorney Mark Geragos asked Delucchi for a mistrial, in a motion that drew snickers from the audience.........
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Angry Geragos Asks For Mistrial In Case
Police Officer Says Peterson Cursed
Angry Geragos Asks For Mistrial In Case
Police Officer Says Peterson Cursed
(AP)
June 14 (BCN) — A furious Mark Geragos asked for a mistrial this morning in the Scott Peterson double murder trial after prosecutors failed to inform him that a police officer overheard Peterson use an expletive on the night his wife Laci went missing. .........
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Prosecution slowly builds case in Peterson trial
Debate over merits of deliberate strategy
Vicki Ellen Behringer / AP file
Prosecutor Rick Distaso, third from left, gestures to the jury, during opening arguments as Scott Peterson and Judge Alfred A. Delucchi listen in a Redwood City, Calif., courtroom June 1, 2004, in this courtroom sketch.
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Extensive porno on computer on Scott's computer(bestiality,"raping the teacher")Defense TH says not relevant..(It got in in the Dr. Grieneder trial)End of Laci discussion
This is most certainly relevant, it shows what kind of perverted individual Scott is.
You just KNOW how Geragos will interpret that one.!! I just read on WS tho that they have found at least a couple of the homemade anchors. One of the TH's said that will be a BOMBSHELL. I'm gonna wait tho before I get all excited.
I hope they found the anchor in the bay in the exact proximity where Laci's body washed up. That would be the clincher.
Abrams report: Number one cause of death of pregnant women other than medical complications is murder by an intimate.
Are they overtrying the case or just putting out the pieces of the mosaic?...not yet overtrying Catherine Crier says. She was on to give the porno and actually an essay on "raping the teacher" information.
Is this a rush to judgement? Very detailed search info given by Cloward..talked to registered sex offenders. On cross Geragos brought out a lot of the offenders were transients(With cars and boats?)
On cross said Scott was an hour or so early to that vigil, hanging up posters...(so it's just that he did not sit on stage and did call Amber before and after.) Abrams is saying it is bad for prosecution. TH says show all the bad Scott.
Also ex prosecuter saying it took awhile to "get" that they were showing there was no tunnel vision , focusing on Scott, and he was in the courtroom. Thinks that prosecution is blowing the case with their details....Oh how I love the Talking Heads.(NOT)
Judge Alfred Delucchi had postponed the trial earlier in the day after juror No. 6, a man who works as a firefighter, became nauseous and left the courtroom during testimony from a Modesto police officer.
This he had all he could take of Gagouus that AM...Maybe that is MG plan to get rid of jurours by making them all sick lol
Extensive porno on computer on Scott's computer(bestiality,"raping the teacher")Defense TH says not relevant..(It got in in the Dr. Grieneder trial)End of Laci discussion
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Didn't they confiscate his computer? If the tidal currents in SF bay can be introduced as being on his computer this can too. I'm trying to imagine how Jackie P will try to spin his extensive unhealthy interests in animals? I give up, it's beyond me...
The porno on Scott's computer (bestiality, "raping the teacher")makes me think he is a serial killer in the making. I doubt that Jackie P even knows what bestiality is.
I doubt that Jackie P even knows what bestiality is.
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I have a feeling she'll be finding out real soon.
Fox:
Geragos- Humor will go a long way in winning over the Jury. Jury less likely to convict while they are laughing.
This is sick.. If I were on the Jury I'd be insulted. I'd want to hear facts, details. He's hoping that they won't pay attention to those.
Hopefully she will check out the website that Scott was on.
O'Reilly was discussing Geragos making jokes in the Court room. He had a clip of Sharon Rocha, very upset at Geragos. The two talking heads were saying that is how Geragos is winning over the jury with his jokes and laughter. This is so disgusting! Juror's fawning over such a low life attorney and his murdering client! They should have kept this trial in Modesto!
Geragos is winning over the jury with his jokes and laughter.
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Saw that.. Wait till Amber get's up... He won't be laughing then.
Remember this saying: THOSE WHO LAUGH LAST LAUGH LONGEST..
THOSE WHO LAUGH LAST LAUGH LONGEST
Well, I hope it proves to be true.
I just wish that they had kept the trial here in Stanislaus County. The real reason Geragos wanted the trial moved was to inconvenience the prosecution and put them at a disadvantage. Anyone that hasn't heard about Scott Peterson has to be living under a rock.
Thanks for the ping, rb! Catching up today!
That was Stan Goldman singing Geragos's praises to O'Reilly...I switched channels...;(
From Article:
He said the first search of the marina came on Dec. 28 and was followed by 26 subsequent searches of the water until the day Laci Peterson's fetus, a boy the couple planned to name Conner, washed ashore on April 13. Laci's body washed up a day later. Twenty-three more searches of the area in and around the bay followed, Cloward said.'
Angry Laci's Mom Scolds Geragos
That is a total of 50 searches of the water. I hadn't realized it was that many times. I have more confidence now that they found the evidence they were looking for. Such as the anchors.
I just wish that they had kept the trial here in Stanislaus County.
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So what's the general consensus there at this time. I always thought he wanted it moved because he thought most were on the "didit" side.
So what's the general consensus there at this time. I always thought he wanted it moved because he thought most were on the "didit" side.
The people I've spoken to believe Scott is guilty. I don't know if all of Stanislaus County feels this way. I was hoping the people waiting at the police station when they arrested Scott were going to be part of the jury pool!
There is still the issue of the missing girl who was at UCLA (I think it was) the same time Scott was there.
I was hoping the people waiting at the police station when they arrested Scott were going to be part of the jury pool!
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LOL. I think I remember seeing Media coverage of that. It looked like a "didit" MOB. Really, I'd like to see him sent to Al-Zarqawi and his gang for a TAKE 2.
There is still the issue of the missing girl who was at UCLA (I think it was) the same time Scott was there.
Yes, Scott was there when the girl went missing but for some reason he is not a suspect. I can't remember all of the particulars maybe someone else can refresh our memories?
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