Posted on 06/19/2003 5:31:38 AM PDT by runningbear
Investigator in Laci Peterson slaying says more calls were recorded
Investigator in Laci Peterson slaying says more calls were recorded
Copyright © 2003 AP Online
This story was published Wednesday, June 18th, 2003
By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - An investigator who wiretapped Scott Peterson's phones said in court papers filed Wednesday that he recently discovered 176 calls that were recorded without his knowledge.
The computer-recorded calls could present a new hurdle for prosecutors as they fight defense claims of prosecutorial misconduct over other taped conversations.
Prosecutors asked Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Al Girolami to review the newly discovered calls and decide whether police could listen to them for potential evidence in the case against Peterson, who is accused of killing his wife, Laci, and their unborn son.
Steven Jacobson, an investigator for the prosecution, said the calls were discovered Friday by an expert from the software company that designed the wiretap system. The two men listened to about 10 seconds of one recording to confirm that it was of an actual conversation, but did not listen to the others, he said.
"We heard a person in a Southern drawl talking to Scott Peterson in what appeared to be a business-related call," Jacobson wrote in an affidavit.
Jacobson said he had never heard that call before, and added that he was familiar with 3,858 phone calls police logged on the fertilizer salesman's home and cellular phones.
Peterson, 30, has pleaded innocent to two counts of murder and could face the death penalty if convicted in the killings of his wife and unborn son. He was arrested after their remains washed ashore in San Francisco Bay in April, near where he said he was fishing Christmas Eve when his pregnant wife vanished.
Defense lawyer Mark Geragos has asked that prosecutors be dismissed or the wiretaps tossed out because investigators listened to parts of conversations between Peterson and one of his lawyers. The eavesdropping violated attorney-client privilege, he said.
Prosecutors have said officers mistakenly listened to snippets of two of 69 conversations between Peterson and the lawyer, and one conversation with a private investigator.
Girolami has scheduled a June 26 hearing on the wiretap and other matters.
Both sides are barred by a gag order from commenting on the case. >{?
Meanwhile, the defense appealed a judge's order to unseal search warrants in the case, saying their release would ignite a "media firestorm of misinformation." ......
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Peterson defense tries to stop a `firestorm of misinformation'
Posted on Wed, Jun. 18, 2003
Peterson defense tries to stop a `firestorm of misinformation'
By the Mercury News
Saying that it will will ignite a ``media firestorm of misinformation,'' Scott Peterson's attorneys are going to appeal a judge's order to unseal search warrants in the case of his slain wife and unborn son.
Defense lawyer Mark Geragos filed his appeal with the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Fresno to keep eight search warrants from being made public next month.
Judge Roger Beauchesne ruled last week in Stanislaus County Superior Court that the documents, which are expected to contain evidence and police theories in the case, should be unsealed July 8 after a previous appellate ruling expires.
That order, however, is now on hold as the court considers the appeal. Prosecutors and lawyers for California newspapers and broadcasters, who argued to release the documents, have a week to file responses.
Peterson, 30, has pleaded innocent to two counts of murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. He was arrested after the remains of Laci Peterson and her unborn son washed ashore in San Francisco Bay in April, near where he said he was fishing Christmas Eve when his pregnant wife vanished.
Police used the search warrants to seize the fertilizer salesman's truck, boat and trailer, along with scores of items from the couple's home as they tried to solve the disappearance.
Geragos said in court papers that he wants Beauchesne's decision reversed and wants him removed from the case.
If the warrants are unsealed, Geragos said a ``media firestorm of misinformation will result'' and ``rumors and gossip will be rehashed immediately, incessantly and without recourse to Mr. Peterson receiving a fair trial.''
Geragos said prosecutors told him they want Beauchesne removed from the case, but prosecutors refused to comment, saying they would file their own court papers.
Beauchesne said there was no reason to keep the papers, which are usually made public 11 days after a search warrant has been served, secret because Peterson had been arrested. He also said the defense had not shown him evidence ......
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Peterson's lawyer files appeal to keep search warrants sealed
Article Last Updated: Thursday, June 19, 2003 - 4:18:41 AM PST
Peterson's lawyer files appeal to keep search warrants sealed
By FROM WIRE REPORTS
MODESTO -- Scott Peterson's defense is appealing a judge's order to unseal search warrants in the case of his slain wife and unborn son, saying they will ignite a "media firestorm of misinformation."
Defense lawyer Mark Geragos filed his appeal Tuesday at the 5th District Court of Appeal in Fresno to keep eight search warrants from being made public next month.
Judge Roger Beauchesne ruled Thursday in Stanislaus County Superior Court that the documents, which are expected to contain evidence and police theories in the case, should be unsealed July 8 after a previous appellate ruling expires.
That order, however, is now on hold as the court considers the appeal. Prosecutors and lawyers for California newspapers and broadcasters, who argued to release the documents, have a week to file responses.
Peterson, 30, has pleaded innocent to two counts of murder and could face the death penalty if convicted. He was arrested after the remains of Laci Peterson and her unborn son washed ashore in San Francisco Bay in April, near where he said he was fishing Christmas Eve when his pregnant wife vanished.
Police used the search warrants to seize the fertilizer salesman's truck, boat and trailer, along with scores of items from the couple's home as they tried to solve the disappearance.
Geragos said in court papers that he wants Beauchesne's decision reversed and wants him removed from the case.
If the warrants are unsealed, Geragos said a "media firestorm of misinformation will result" and "rumors and gossip will be rehashed immediately, incessantly and without recourse to Mr. Peterson receiving a fair trial."
Geragos said prosecutors told him they want Beauchesne removed from the case, but prosecutors refused to comment, saying they would file their own court papers.
Beauchesne said there was no reason to keep the papers, which .....
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Why Laci’s baby, Connor, is not an ‘it’
Commentary from the Savage Nation ;o)
Why Laci’s baby, Connor, is not an ‘it’
COMMENTARY
by Michael Savage
May 3 — “In my mind, I keep hearing Laci say to me, mom, please find me and Connor and bring us home. I am scared, and please don’t leave us out here all alone. I want to come home. Please don’t stop looking for us.” —Sharon Rocha
SHARON ROCHA said it for all of us. This is a woman whose heart is broken. But you notice she said for Connor and Laci? This is a woman who understands that a fetus at eight months is a person.
There’s a soul in there. And the ghouls in the abortion racket ought to be ashamed of themselves, particularly those of you who practice so-called late-term abortion, which is nothing more than infanticide.
Do we have the full screen of the Morris County NOW President, Mavra Stark, who said that there’s something about this that bothers me a little bit? Was it born or was it unborn? If it was unborn, she said, then I can’t see charging Peterson with a double murder.
Well, lady, let me tell you something, you need to get a life, and you need to get reeducated. If you think this is an “it,: I would invite you to watch that tape that I just played of the heartbroken grandparents over and over again. You will know it’s not an it, and maybe it will enlighten you to the fact that human life is precious, every human life is precious.
Should Laci’s unborn baby be called “it?” Absolutely not. Should Scott be tried for double homicide? Absolutely. Should the unborn be permitted to be ripped out of a womb and their skulls broken open and their brains sucked out in a procedure called late-born abortion? It was outlawed by Congress, if you remember, when Clinton was president. Both the House and the Senate said no to this gruesome, barbaric procedure.
Bill Clinton vetoed it. He catered to the abortion lobby. When this issue comes up again, I want you to make certain that your representative— I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or Republican— you have got to do the right thing for humanity, just say no to late-term abortion. Is there anything we can agree upon, or does everything have to be agenda driven? How about something being ‘human driven’? How about putting human rights ahead of agenda? Is that ever going to happen in America?
(Excerpt) Read more at tri-cityherald.com ...
LOL!
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