Scott-Atlanta said:"So he pleads indigent and is represented by a public attorney. I guarantee you in the coming months he will end up with a top flight US criminal attorney. Some bigtime lawyer will want to be in this spotlight. No way a public attorney will get this case alone.
Peterson is too smart for that. Besides that he may save some money in the long run. I am sure that is what he is thinking. "
King of Dogs
MODESTO, Calif. - A prominent Los Angeles lawyer who has represented celebrities and served as a television commentator in coverage of Laci Peterson's murder said Friday he will defend her accused husband.
Mark Geragos said he had been hired by Scott Peterson's family. He will replace two public defenders assigned to Peterson during arraignment April 21, when Peterson said he couldn't afford a lawyer.
The lawyer said he plans to review 30,000 pages of police reports by a May 19 pretrial hearing and said he would probably seek bail for Peterson, who has been held in a solitary jail cell since his arrest April 18.
Geragos has handled high-profile cases in the past. Most recently, he represented Hollywood actress Winona Ryder on shoplifting charges. He also defended Susan McDougal, the former partner in the Arkansas Whitewater land deal with President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Last year, he represented former Rep. Gary Condit after he was romantically linked to Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy, who grew up in Modesto and disappeared in Washington in May 2001. He also represented Robert Downey, Jr., on drug charges.
Geragos has been a fixture on cable TV shows since Laci Peterson vanished, venturing far enough to say that police had enough to arrest Peterson and saying that he needed a good lawyer.
The case could bring the death penalty because it involves two murders.
During a short hearing Friday, Geragos said he would waive a bail hearing that had been scheduled for Tuesday.
Judge Aldo Girolami also granted his request that Peterson not have to appear in court in a red jail jump suit, bound in handcuffs, shackles and waist chains ? an image that has appeared on television and in tabloid newspapers.
"Poster-sized pictures of him labeled as a monster is not conducive to a fair trial," Geragos said.
Scott is doing well and looking forward to proving his innocence," Geragos. "And Scott looks forward to finding out who did this to Laci and his unborn child."
gardenweasel said:but i had to notice all of geragos` high profile clients that scott mentioned in his post.....and unless i`m misreading or misinformed,his success rate isn`t exactly stunning.....
gardenweasel said:
peterson needs a johnny cochran or a barry scheck(or anybody that can rap or rhyme)....gerraqos doesn`t impress me at all....all those talk shows have helped his public image as a defense attorney....but,i`m not sure he`s "all that".
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