There were 3 reports and a tape. The statement was left out of ONE report. All reports and the tape were handed over in discovery. There was no lie and no cover up.
However, a Modesto police spokesman told The Associated Press on Friday that the witness account is included in another detective's report that was given to defense attorneys. The witness is a woman who recalled seeing Laci Peterson at the warehouse where her husband stored his small boat.
But Modesto police Sgt. Ed Steele offered an explanation Friday, adding that he hoped prosecutors would alert the jury when the trial resumes Monday. "It's Geragos' spin," Steele said in an interview. "The information he's alluding to was not omitted. It was already reported. The information is actually documented in a report by another detective. That's why (Brocchini) left it out of his report."
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/news/wabc_062504_peterson.html
Regarding the meringue:
According to reports, the brief segment was aired at 9:48am and Scott says he left the house at 9:30 a.m. Geragos was so fast to get the show out he didn't realize that HE contradicts his own client's alibi and time line tale.
And it's being reported that Geragos is refusing to hand over all the paperwork he did in the Michael Jackson case to the new attorney!!! Didn't we hear something about Geragos being in trouble for conspiracy in that case???
I emailed Dan about him leaving out certain details and ask him if his show had decided to go for ratings and not the truth now....LOL
"Police Say Defense Got 'Missing' Details
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With Steele's revelation Friday, experts said the attempt by Geragos to undermine Brocchini's credibility could hurt the defense.
"It could backfire because the sleight of hand will be seen as exactly what it is, that there is no conspiratorial effort to keep this from the jury," said James Cohen, a professor at Fordham Law School in New York."
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&e=6&u=/ap/20040625/ap_on_re_us/laci_peterson