Hear any updates on today's proceedings???
(06-28) 10:12 PDT REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) --
The judge in the Laci Peterson case admonished the Modesto Police Department on Monday for violating a gag order by publicly criticizing the defense.
Under cross-examination Thursday, defense attorney Mark Geragos got Detective Allen Brocchini to admit he deliberately deleted from his report a witness account that could be favorable to Scott Peterson, on trial in the death of his pregnant wife, Laci.
On Friday, Modesto police Sgt. Ed Steele told The Associated Press that Brocchini omitted the material because it is in other police reports provided to the defense.
"It's Geragos' spin," Steel told the AP.
All parties in the case are bound by the order that prevents them from talking.
Judge Alfred A. Delucchi called a Modesto police captain from the gallery Monday to stand before him.
"This has to stop," Delucchi said. "Go tell the chief that he's going to have to sit on his folks ... or there's going to be trouble."
After the admonishment, Geragos resumed his cross-examination of
Not yet Jackie. I am home today so I will keep checking. They mentioned one little blurb when I turned CTV on but it was just that Beth Karas would be giving a report at 12:30 I think. I'm hoping that Distaso is snorting mad today. I would like to see him exert some aggressiveness like he did that one time in the Prelim!! He CAN do it. Let's hope that Geragos pushed his buttons on Friday.