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PETERSON LAWYER SET FOR TIRADE
The New York Post ^ | July 6 2004 | HOWARD BREUER

Posted on 07/06/2004 5:29:41 AM PDT by runningbear

PETERSON LAWYER SET FOR TIRADE

PETERSON LAWYER SET FOR TIRADE

By HOWARD BREUER

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July 6, 2004 -- REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — When Scott Peterson's double-murder trial resumes today, defense attorney Mark Geragos is expected to go on another rant and ask the judge to dismiss the case due to prosecutorial misconduct.

Geragos' ire revolves around the testimony of a police detective who recounted for the jury a tip he had received just after Scott Peterson's arrest but dismissed as implausible.

Modesto Detective Allen Brocchini told the jury that a college classmate of Peterson's told him how the defendant had once described how he'd commit the perfect murder.

"He said he would tie a bag around the neck with duct tape, put weights on the hands and throw it into the sea," Brocchini testified.

Geragos is expected to accuse prosecutors of letting Brocchini embellish his account to explain an error or omission made at Peterson's expense.

Brocchini said there were other statements by the classmate.......

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Duct tape is a sticky detail for Det. Brocchini

Duct tape is a sticky detail for Det. Brocchini

Officer's statement surrounding a tip to police turns out to be inaccurate

By Jason Dearen, STAFF WRITER

REDWOOD CITY -- When Laci Peterson's body washed up on a shore of the San Francisco Bay in April 2003, a line of duct tape was wrapped around the lower torso.

The grisly detail was first seen by jurors in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial in a photograph displayed during the prosecution's opening statement. Duct tape was mentioned in the courtroom last week by Modesto police Det. Al Brocchini -- the lead investigator in Laci Peterson's disappearance and murder -- who described a phoned-in tip he received a week after her body was found.

The tip came from one of Peterson's former acquaintances. According to Brocchini's report, the acquaintance said Peterson gave a detailed account in 1995 of how he would dispose of a corpse by tying "a bag around the neck with duct tape, put weights on the hands, and throw it into the sea" where fish could eat away at it, making it hard to identify. ......

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AXED LACI JUROR: 'I GET DEATH THREATS'

AXED LACI JUROR: 'I GET DEATH THREATS'

By HOWARD BREUER

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July 4, 2004 -- EXCLUSIVE

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — The juror who got kicked off the Scott Peterson jury claims he's received hate mail and death threats for criticizing the prosecution — and says he's so scared, he's moving to another state.

Justin Falconer, 28, told The Post that after saying he believed prosecutors haven't proven Peterson's guilt, he became a lightning rod for trial-watchers.

He said he's complained to the San Mateo Police Department about the threats, and he and his girlfriend are arranging to get out of Dodge........

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Peterson prosecutors still looking for that damning detail

Peterson prosecutors still looking for that damning detail

Monday, July 5, 2004

By BRIAN SKOLOFF
Associated Press Writer

REDWOOD CITY -- It's the prosecution's disjointed story, legal experts say, that likely has jurors in the Scott Peterson double-murder trial questioning what really happened to his pregnant wife.

But there may be a good reason for their failure to weave the cohesive tale.

Prosecutors don't have enough hard evidence to be forceful in their claim that Peterson committed the crime -- neither cause nor time of death, no weapon and no witnesses who saw him do it.

"Those things are the heart of their story and they just don't have it," said Robert Talbot, a professor at the University of San Francisco School of Law.

Defense lawyers are confident they can pick apart the alleged motive -- an affair with a woman Peterson had only known a short while.

But they aren't without their own challenge: how to explain, convincingly, why the bodies of Laci Peterson and the couple's fetus surfaced just two miles from where Scott Peterson claims he fished alone the day his wife vanished.

The defense says he was..........

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Peterson trial resumes after holiday break

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Posted on Tue, Jul. 06, 2004

Peterson trial resumes after holiday break

BRIAN SKOLOFF

Associated Press

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Prosecutors spent the bulk of last week portraying Scott Peterson as a lying cheat who maintained a relationship with his mistress even after his pregnant wife, Laci, had vanished.

The woman who introduced Peterson to his mistress testified that when she first met him, Peterson never mentioned he was married and told her he had "lost" his first love.

Shawn Sibley said she later set him up with massage therapist Amber Frey, the same woman who prosecutors claim was Peterson's motive to murder his wife........

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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The latest on Scott Peterson murder trial.
1 posted on 07/06/2004 5:29:41 AM PDT by runningbear
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To: Rheo; Mystery Y; Searching4Justice; brneyedgirl; Scupoli; sissyjane; TexKat; Lanza; Mrs.Liberty; ...
Pinging for today's court hearing:

2 weekends of vacation spots

Tahoe, Lake Don Pedro

I hope it works because I can't test the link at work, Websense comes up.....lol..

2 posted on 07/06/2004 5:33:35 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: BlondieTx; I. Ben Hurt; Lauratealeaf; RightWingMama; DreamWeaver; The Other Harry; Helen; Howlin; ..
Pinging for today's court hearing:

2 weekends of vacation spots

Tahoe, Lake Don Pedro

I hope it works because I can't test the link at work, Websense comes up.....lol..

3 posted on 07/06/2004 5:34:28 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: Mrs Double Tap; r9etb; Yellowcat; clouda; grizzfan; CheneyChick; freeagle; Partisan Hack; ...
Pinging for today's court hearing:

2 weekends of vacation spots

Tahoe, Lake Don Pedro

I hope it works because I can't test the link at work, Websense comes up.....lol..

4 posted on 07/06/2004 5:35:10 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: runningbear

It works!!!! Great pictures!


5 posted on 07/06/2004 5:35:44 AM PDT by Howlin
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To: Constitution Day
Scotty's been taking some hits....

Perhaps an image makeover will help.

6 posted on 07/06/2004 5:39:38 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Be a Dollar a Day FReeper, and SMILE when you get your Mastercard bill!)
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To: Howlin

thanks... hope no nudie ones showed.....LOL...just kidding....


7 posted on 07/06/2004 5:54:40 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Oh, GROSS!!!!

great pic... who'd of thunk it?

8 posted on 07/06/2004 5:55:16 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: runningbear

Beautiful pictures, runningbear!


9 posted on 07/06/2004 6:17:38 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!..Good Morning, Tijeras!


10 posted on 07/06/2004 6:19:02 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: runningbear

"When Scott Peterson's double murder trial resumes today,
defense attorney Mark Geragos [yawwwn, blink] is expected to go on another rant [yawwwn, stretch] and ask the judge to dismiss the case due to prosecutorial misconduct [yawwwn, clear throat]."

If he does, he'll do it outside the presence of the jury. How can he rag on Brocchini if Brocchini is not on the witness stand? And since the state is doing its case, they are the ones who determine who will take the stand today. If they don't call Brocchini, how will Geragos get him in there to attack him?


11 posted on 07/06/2004 6:23:28 AM PDT by Devil_Anse
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To: Devil_Anse

"If he does, he'll do it outside the presence of the jury."

I think the whole duct tape flap was an effort to distract the public (i.e., jurors who are exposed to the media) from Shawn Sibley's damaging testimony. I've noticed that MG likes to leave a good impression, somehow, at the end of every week. Good application of psychological principles, BTW.


12 posted on 07/06/2004 6:28:09 AM PDT by drjulie
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To: drjulie

The entire long weekend filled with breathless pundits, reporters, defense lawyers discussing the fact that the prosecution has no credibility, calls for a mistrial.

I'd say Geragos pulled it off beautifully. Wonder who the little birdie was who leaked the behind closed doors conference details?...

Dear Judge,
The gag order isn't working!


13 posted on 07/06/2004 6:39:45 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: Devil_Anse

I don't know, and the more I thought about the duct tape thing... Didn't he say, he got many bad or fabricated tips, and that was just one? So, only thing I can say is that the judge can determine if it should be disregarded to the jury? I can't see any harm in that testimony...not for a mistrial or admonishments.... ;o)


14 posted on 07/06/2004 6:56:15 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: MEG33

thanks.... only wish I can view a few for a wall paper on work puter.... lol... But bring in the disk tomorrow.... lol..


15 posted on 07/06/2004 6:57:00 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: runningbear
I can't see any harm in that testimony

On what planet is there no harm in that testimony?

Duct tape is found, prosecutor makes up a story about SP planning to use duct tape years before.

What happened to the concept of telling the truth?

16 posted on 07/06/2004 7:03:02 AM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: CurlyDave
IMO, no harm.... there is more to scotty and guilt. It is up to the judge, and jury to decide on verdict, and misconduct. Duct tape if I recall, was found wrapped around Laci in the Berkeley East Bay waters.

The truth! Do you think Markie Garagos tells the truth after HE publicly stated on the shows he was on BEFORE he was consulted to represent Mr Scott Peterson, that Scott is involved in the death of Laci and Conner? That the evidence points to Scott?

Oh well....

17 posted on 07/06/2004 7:17:31 AM PDT by runningbear (Lurkers beware, Freeping is public opinions based on facts, theories, and news online.......)
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To: CurlyDave
prosecutor makes up a story about SP planning to use duct tape years before

This is fact?

18 posted on 07/06/2004 7:20:05 AM PDT by RGSpincich
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To: RGSpincich

Beth saying it is possible Brocchini will be back on the stand to explain addition of "duct tape " to the tip he described ....AP story of closed door 30 minute meeting behind closed doors before court last Wednesday..

Dear Judge,
The Gag Order is one big joke!


19 posted on 07/06/2004 7:35:50 AM PDT by MEG33 (John Kerry has been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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To: runningbear
Hi runningbear. I was down your way on vacation last week and have not been able to follow what is going on.

Did Brochenni make up the whole duct tape scenario that Scotts supposed friend told him about?

20 posted on 07/06/2004 8:04:32 AM PDT by Spunky ("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
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