Lawyers pass up Peterson rebuttal
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REDWOOD CITY - Testimony in Scott Peterson&#39;s double-murder trial abruptly ended Wednesday with prosecuting attorneys deciding not to call rebuttal witnesses.
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REDWOOD CITY - In the Scott Peterson murder trial the defense has been trying to explain Peterson&#39;s actions on the day he was arrested.
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A top Justice Department lawyer acknowledged Tuesday that more than a half-dozen U.S. attorneys were fired in the last year, in some cases without cause, but denied Democrats' charges that they were dismissed and replaced for political reasons.
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Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney has started cross-examining the star witness in the case -- beginning his questions with a joke. As Peterson&#39;s ex-girlfriend Amber Frey sat on the stand, defense attorney Mark Geragos
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Scott Peterson&#39;s own claim that he was out fishing near where his pregnant wife&#39;s body later turned up is proof enough to convict
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Scott Peterson's lawyers rested their case Tuesday without calling the former fertilizer salesman to testify on charges he killed his pregnant wife and dumped her body in San Francisco Bay.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney is set to conclude his closing arguments later this morning. He&#39;ll try to convince the jury his client is a liar and a cheat, but not a murderer.
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Guns, two vehicles and other items seized from Drew Peterson's home after his wife disappeared should be returned, an attorney for the former police officer said Wednesday, arguing authorities are trying to "vex" his client.
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SAN FRANCISCO The state Supreme Court has denied a petition by Scott Peterson&#39;s defense lawyers as they sought to delay the start of the penalty phase in his murder trial.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Oct. 18, 2004 - A judge on Monday denied a defense motion to dismiss the charges against Scott Peterson, saying the evidence presented so far in his murder trial was enough to justify a conviction if the jury so decides.
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Mark Geragos, Scott Peterson&#39;s attorney, may have promised jurors more than he could deliver, critics argue. ( AP/Tony Avelar, Pool).
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I. Lewis Libby Jr.âs lawyer countered the prosecutorsâ argument that Mr. Libby willfully lied with an emotional defense.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson&#39;s defense attorney is lashing out on a key prosecution theory. During closing arguments this morning, Mark Geragos (GEHR&#39;-uh-guhs) told the jury that there was little evidence
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Robert Blake's lawyer attacked scientific evidence presented against the actor Tuesday, eliciting testimony that particles of gunshot residue in the case may not implicate the actor in the killing of his wife.
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Scott Peterson's mother took the witness stand Monday to defend her son and help explain away behavior police have described as that of a guilty man.
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A lawyer used as a legal analyst by several television networks covering the Scott Peterson trial was placed under a gag order Wednesday after the judge learned he had coached the defendant through a mock cross-examination.
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Several associations of public defenders and lawyers have filed a brief in support of Frank Quattrone's appeal to overturn his conviction and have the case retried.