Judge Alfred Delucchi scolded Modesto police Monday.
Posted on 06/29/2004 5:38:51 AM PDT by runningbear
Judge tells Peterson jury to keep quiet
Article Last Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 3:39:53 AM PST
Judge tells Peterson jury to keep quiet
REDWOOD CITY -- The judge in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial Monday warned all of the trial participants not to talk about the case to the media.
Judge Alfred Delucchi was responding to stories that surfaced at the end of last week, when a representative of the Modesto Police Department publicly defended Detective Al Brocchini, who has been the subject of harsh criticism by Peterson's lawyer Mark Geragos during his time on the witness stand.
"This has to stop. Go tell the chief he's going to have to sit on his people," Delucchi told a Modesto police captain. .........
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MONDAY
Judge Alfred Delucchi scolded Modesto police Monday.
Lead defense attorney Mark Geragos continued his quest to show that Modesto police zeroed in on his client, Scott Peterson, while ignoring other credible leads that poured in after 27-year-old Laci Peterson was reported missing.
First Geragos pointed to Kim McGregor, a neighbor who admitted to police that she stole a video camera, several jackets and Laci Peterson's Social Security card from the Petersons' Covena Avenue home.
He also suggested that Amber Frey, Scott Peterson's former girlfriend, held back some taped phone calls from authorities after agreeing to secretly record her conversations with Scott.
The suggestions came during a wide-ranging cross-examination of Detective Al Brocchini, who took the witness stand for a fourth day.
Also, Superior Court Judge Alfred Delucchi released dozens ........
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Defense turns to other suspects
The judge in the Peterson trial released photos Monday, including this one of the rags Scott Peterson said he took out of the washing machine when he returned from fishing Dec. 24, 2002.
Defense turns to other suspects
Evidence photo released Monday by the judge in the Peterson trial.
Evidence photo released Monday by the judge in the Peterson trial.
By JOHN COTÉ and SUSAN HERENDEEN
BEE STAFF WRITERS
Last Updated: June 29, 2004, 05:31:25 AM PDT
REDWOOD CITY -- Kim McGregor appeared to be infatuated with Scott Peterson, and she robbed his home after his wife disappeared.
Monday, Peterson's defense team pointed to the Peterson neighbor as an indication that police ignored other suspects in the missing-person case that turned into a double homicide.
Lead attorney Mark Geragos also suggested that Peterson's former girlfriend, Amber Frey -- after she agreed to secretly record her conversations with Peterson -- did not reveal some of the calls.
The questioning about McGregor and Frey came as Geragos cross-examined Modesto police Detective Al Brocchini for a third day. The defense scored a blow toward the end of last week when Brocchini admitted that he "excised" a key piece of information from a police report.
Sgt. Ed Steele came to Brocchini's defense Friday in an interview with The Associated Press, violating a gag order in the case. This led to a warning -- but no sanctions -- from Superior Court Judge Alfred Delucchi to the Police Department.
Delucchi reminded all of the participants that the order issued by Stanislaus County Judge Al Girolami before the trial began forbids not only the attorneys and police from commenting on the case but also any witnesses who have been subpoenaed, including family members of either Scott or Laci Peterson. The judge said that while he did not want to be a "policeman," he would not hesitate to use his authority to prevent anyone involved in the trial from talking to the media.
"If it doesn't stop, I'm going to have to do something ...........
(Excerpt) Read more at sanmateocountytimes.com ...
He doesn't have grounds for a mistrial, b/c it's HIS fault that that type of questioning was pursued!
But suppose he DID have grounds for a mistrial. There's another thing to be considered when asking for one: he has to think to himself, what if the judge were to grant it? If I feel like my side is winning, should I ask for a mistrial, putting an end to my winning trial, when I just might GET a mistrial?
And I'm sure Geragos feels like he's winning. He's that type of guy.
LOL!! He's probably a FLOP in the big house!
11:47 A.M.: RONALD WELSH, CRIMINALIST, D.O.J, CALLED BY THE PEOPLE, IS SWORN AND TESTIFIES UNDER DIRECT EXAMINATION BY DAVID HARRIS.
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THE COURT FINDS THE WITNESS TO BE AN EXPERT IN THE AREA OF OF FIREARM IDENTIFICATION
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THE EXHIBITS LISTED BELOW WERE INTRODUCED AND MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION ON BEHALF OF THE: PEOPLE .
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EXHIBIT 93A: PHOTO GUN, LLAMA/22 CALIBER
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EXHIBIT 93B: PHOTO LOADED MAGAZINE
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EXHIBIT 93C: PHOTO LOADED MAGAZINE (CLOSEUP
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EXHIBIT 93D: PHOTO CHAMBER END WITH HAIR/FIBER
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JURORS ADMONISHED.
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11:57 A.M. : COURT RECESSED UNTIL 1:30 P.M. .
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1:30-1:39 P.M.: UNREPORTED CONFERENCE HELD WITH THE COURT, COUNSEL, AND DEFENDANT REGARDING SCHEDULING.
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1:39 P.M. : LARON JOHNSON REPLACES VALERIE CATHEY AS COURT REPORTER.
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1:39 P.M. : COURT RECONVENED . COUNSEL PRESENT. JURY PRESENT.
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DEFENDANT PRESENT IN CUSTODY.
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1:39 P.M.: RONALD WELSH, PREVIOUSLY SWORN, RESUMED THE WITNESS STAND UNDER FURTHER DIRECT EXAMINATION BY DAVID HARRIS.
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2:01 P.M.: CROSS EXAMINATION BY MARK GERAGOS.
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THE EXHIBITS LISTED BELOW WERE INTRODUCED AND MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION ON BEHALF OF THE: DEFENDANT .
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EXHIBIT RR: PHOTO (4) OF GUN CHAMBER END.
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EXHIBIT SS: PHOTO (4) OF DEBRIS IN MUZZLE, BARREL OF GUN
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2:22 P.M.: REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY DAVID HARRIS.
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2:24 P.M.: RECROSS EXAMINATION BY MARK GERAGOS.
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2:25 P.M. : WITNESS EXCUSED SUBJECT TO RECALL.
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LOL
And I can imagine this:
Yea, I though he was creepy when he began with Trade Corp. But, good fertilizer salesman are hard to come by and I thought well let's give him a chance. Well it worked out for a while and well 'you know' I tried to overlook his persistant sexual overtures and thought he was just lonely because he said he never had a girl friend. So I fixed him up with my friend Amber. You know she thought he was just perfect until.... Now, in hindsight I realize that I should have followed by original instincts about him = he's a creep.
Yes, I think they did get something usable from that camera. I think the camera enabled them to see when Scott was leaving his home, so they could follow him. Seems like that may have been what enabled them to follow him on his many odd trips to the marina.
I don't think this camera was monitored all the time. For example, I think they shut it down when they knew Scott was going to L.A. (or was it San Diego) the weekend of Jan. 18 or 19, 2003. That would be why the camera didn't record Kim McGregor breaking into the house--assuming she came up through the front yard/driveway area, that is.
Remember the next-door (Reed) house that was vacant? Didn't they also set up some sort of surveillance inside that? Now that we know that the house's owner, Greg Reed, was a friend of Scott's, makes me wonder if Scott found out about that.
Yes! IMO, that's the sort of thing she should say by way of explanation. Hope they don't all try to cut off all her answers. A witness is supposed to be allowed to explain if they want to.
Scott said the gun had misfired last time he used it, right? Did the expert find (in contradiction) that the gun worked okay?
I reviewed the testimony in the prelim. The remote camera was used when they wanted to put a tail on Scott...and did not want to park on the street to tip him that he was being watched...
Geragos's cross examination and pleas to the judge indicated he thought they had more tape than they had turned over but there was no evidence presented in that cross to reveal that they did.
Stay tuned!
oh yeah, I remember that too... Early on....Yes, would be just ducky if scotty did something he thought he got away with....and came introduced into court, knowing Geragos knew this was in his discovery materials ;o)
They shouldn't have let Justin get away with saying that the tip about how Scott would kill someone was not true. It may or may not be true but Justin has no way of knowing this. Yet he stated at least twice that it is not the TRUTH.
From the shows I've observed, there is repeated admirations for good Geragos and how famous he is and nitpicking at the prosecution -- until yesterday. I believe it was on Greta's show that someone said Geragos goofed in bringing up the leads and now that statement about how Scott might kill someone. Shades of the dishonest Feldman.
LOL!!
If he did goof, it was a pretty elementary mistake.
Apparently Brocchini and the rest saw/received literally thousands of tips. One of them was this one about the friend who'd had the body disposal discussion.
Given CA's liberal discovery laws, if the State team knew about that tip, then the defense team has to have known about it too.
So, Geragos KNEW VERY WELL, when he engaged in that line of questioning to Brocchini, about how "Oh, you didn't follow up the tip about seeing Laci at the warehouse... Oh, you didn't follow up the tip about the blue van...etc."--Geragos KNEW VERY WELL that he was in danger of causing an incident like the one that just happened, where the body disposal was brought up. Trust me, he KNEW VERY WELL.
But Geragos just has to ham it up. He doesn't care what people say about him, as long as they talk about HIM. He's the narcissist here, not just Scott. A lot of those lawyers who do lots of jury trials are like that. It's a common personality in that profession. They are also given to many excesses outside their personal lives--I remember we heard a rumor about the presumably married Geragos and some woman in a hotel room, don't know if it's true, but wouldn't be surprised.
OTOH, I don't know if Geragos really DID do lots of jury trials--all I've ever seen him do till now was blabber on, on TV, about how wonderful CLINTON was, or about whatever they paid him to blabber about.
So the debris on the gun is probably not particularly significant? What I can't figure out is, does it look like the gun is going to have any role in Laci's murder or not? It sure would be nice to have a probable cause of death.
Can I get an AMEN??!!
I sure do hold a grudge, don't I?? ;o)
Well, so much for the gun...
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"Also testifying Tuesday afternoon was a firearms examiner from the state Department of Justice. Ronald Walsh examined a small Llama pistol police recovered from Peterson's pickup truck the night he reported his wife missing.
Peterson told police he last used the gun a month before when it malfunctioned on a hunting trip. Walsh said he tested the gun and it worked properly.
On cross-examination, Walsh said there was no blood on the weapon and it appeared not to have been fired in some time."
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http://courttv.com/trials/peterson/062904-pm_ctv.html
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