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Peterson’s hearsay appeal set for Feb. 16

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"OTTAWA — An appeal of hearsay evidence rulings in the Drew Peterson murder case will be before the Illinois Appellate Court on Feb. 16.

Oral arguments will begin at 1:15 p.m., said Gist Fleshman, clerk of the Third District Appellate Court in Ottawa.

A request by a Chicago TV station to film the proceedings is pending before the court as well, Gist said.

After oral arguments are presented, it could take the judges one to six months — or longer — to make a ruling.


... Third appeal

"This is the third appeal involving Peterson’s troubles with the law. The first two involved a gun charge and a request to re-open his third wife’s estate, Fleshman said.

The latest appeal involves hearsay evidence prosecutors want to present in Peterson’s murder trial.

In July, Will County State’s Attorney Jim Glasgow appealed a pre-trial ruling by former Will County Chief Judge Stephen White who excluded some hearsay evidence as inadmissible.

"....Peterson, a former Bolingbrook police officer, was charged in May 2009 with drowning his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004. The case has drawn national media attention.

Peterson’s fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in October 2007. After she disappeared, authorities reviewed Savio’s death and reversed the cause of death from accidental to homicide."


http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/3423600-418/peterson-evidence-hearsay-appeal-court.html
 
Tom Peterson still named in wrongful death suit
via The Shorewood Patch

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"The lawyer for the family of Drew Peterson's slain third wife likes his chances in the civil suit against the disgraced former Bolingbrook cop.

"We're pretty confident our breach of fiduciary duty count will now stand," said Arlington Heights Attorney Martin Glink following a brief appearance Thursday at the Joliet courthouse annex.

Not only that, but Glink says Peterson's third oldest son, Thomas Peterson, who turned 18 on Jan. 5, is still a part of the case. This despite a letter Thomas supposedly wrote claiming he wants out.

"I question seriously if that was due to some undue influence, unfortunately," Glink said of the letter Thomas supposedly wrote releasing his father from any financial responsibility resulting from the lawsuit brought by his mother's family.

"He might think that was his idea but that seems to be part of Mr. Peterson's repertoire," Glink said, echoing allegations made by prosecutors that Peterson is a master manipulator who, among others, pulled the strings of his much younger fourth wife, Stacy, a woman 30 years his junior."

more @ link

http://shorewood-il.patch.com/articles/savio-attorney-peterson-son-still-on-board
 
http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/new...rsay-evidence-televised-ottawa-court-20110214

Drew Peterson Hearing Will be Televised
Updated: Monday, 14 Feb 2011, 9:32 PM CST
Published : Monday, 14 Feb 2011, 9:17 PM CST

By Craig Wall, FOX Chicago News

Ottawa, Ill. - A critical hearing in the Drew Peterson murder case puts the former Bolingbrook Police sergeant back in the spotlight Wednesday before the 3rd District Appellate Court in Ottawa.

He will not be there, but in an unusual move television cameras will be, as the court has granted approval for a pool camera to record the proceedings.

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Defense attorneys contend that law (hearsay) is not valid and will argue on Wednesday that none of the hearsay testimony should be allowed during Peterson's trial. That would, according to Peterson's attorneys and other outside legal observers, gut the prosecution's case.

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The three judge appellate panel will hear oral arguments on Wednesday and then issue a ruling at a later date. Regardless of the outcome, the losing side is expected to appeal to the state's highest court, and from there it could go to the U.S. Supreme Court. Peterson remains in the Will County jail.
 
Peterson prosecutors argue against 'Drew's Law'

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"In attempting to get hearsay statements admitted in Drew Peterson’s murder case, Will County prosecutors today found themselves arguing against the very law they helped create.

Saddled with a botched police investigation several years ago, State’s Attorney James Glasgow had pushed for a state statute that would allow hearsay statements against Peterson at trial. Dubbed Drew's Law by legal experts and legislators, he hailed the bill's passage as a way of letting Peterson's third and fourth wives speak from the grave.

Glasgow acknowledged the strange turn as he asked the Third District Appellate Court to ignore his statute in favor of the less-restrictive common law. “Ironically, I’m in a unique position here,” he told the three-member panel. “I wrote the statute.”

The proceedings — which were televised live, a first in state history — focused on prosecutors’ desire to admit several hearsay statements at trial.

more @ link

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...ue-against-drews-law-20110216,0,1247679.story
 
Oak Brook dismisses Steve Peterson from police force
Officer Stephen Peterson's claim about hiding weapons was 'self-serving'

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"Drew Peterson's oldest son just lost his job at the Oak Brook Police Department.

The Oak Brook Board of Fire & Commissioners on Saturday found Officer Stephen Peterson guilty of obstructing the police investigation of his father's missing wife, Stacy Peterson, by allegedly hiding his father's guns after she vanished."

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Drew-Petersons--116531208.html
 
Drew Peterson said to be pleased by Anthony verdict
Ex-cop heard the news through jailhouse grapevine, lawyer says
Chicago Tribune

"Among those encouraged last week when a Florida jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of murder was none other than Drew Peterson, who quickly heard the news through the jailhouse grapevine, his attorney said.

Joel Brodsky said his client, held for more than two years on charges that he drowned his third wife, was pleased that jurors in the high-profile case based their decision solely on the evidence.

"The jury is not to judge people morally; it's to judge whether there is sufficient evidence," Brodsky said. "There was more evidence against Casey Anthony — circumstantial evidence — than there is against Drew Peterson. It's good to see a jury do the correct thing."

"...Greenberg said he doesn't expect the case to go to trial until next year. If the higher court's ruling goes against them, Brodsky said his side won't appeal.

"We're primed and ready to go," Brodsky said."

more @ link

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-drew-peterson-0710-20110710,0,1355434.story
 
Drew Peterson demands halt to movie about him

Staff report
Chicago Tribune
10:05 a.m. CDT, July 14, 2011


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"Lawyers for Drew Peterson are demanding that filming be halted on a made-for-TV movie about the former cop, arguing it invades his privacy and is nothing more than a "character assassination" that would "prejudice any potential jury pool."

The lawyers ask the makers of the movie to "cease and desist" all work on the movie by Friday or face legal action."

""Please govern your conduct accordingly," attorney Walter Maksym ends his seven-page letter to Lifetime Entertainment, A&E Television Networks, Disney and others."

more @ link!

http://www.wgnradio.com/news/local/...t-to-movie-about-him-20110714,0,4405143.story
 
Case Against Drew Peterson in Jeopardy: Experts
Experts say the case may never make it to trial

he high-profile murder case against former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson, accused of killing his third wife, may never make it to trial, experts say, after a court agreed prosecutors shouldn't be allowed to use certain hearsay statements as evidence.

The ruling by a state appellate court this week upholding a lower court's decision to exclude eight of 14 hearsay — or second-hand — statements raises fresh questions about the viability of trying Peterson on charges he killed Kathleen Savio in 2004.

Source: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/loca...son-in-jeopardy--126317718.html#ixzz1TPRU0Ggl
 
Drew Peterson case heading to the Supreme Court

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"A Will County Judge kicked out eight of 14 damning hearsay statements prosecutors want to use against accused wife-killer Drew Peterson. The appellate court agreed to keep them out. And now Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow is going to the state supreme court in a last ditch effort to get them spoken aloud at Peterson’s murder trial.

Glasgow filed his petition to appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court Friday, asking the state’s top judges to overturn a decision on hearsay evidence made by now retired Will County Judge Stephen White in 2010."

more @

http://bolingbrook.patch.com/articles/drew-peterson-case-heading-to-the-supreme-court
 
Lawyer: Peterson a ‘hostage’ of prosecutors’ court appeals

"CHICAGO — Drew Peterson’s attorneys have asked the Illinois State Supreme Court to order the former police officer released from jail where he has been held for more than two years on charges of murdering his third wife, saying prosecutors’ appeal to the same court over hearsay evidence has violated his right to a speedy trial.

“It’s a matter of fundamental fairness,” said the 57-year-old Peterson’s lead attorney Joel Brodsky, who said he mailed the appeal to the court Monday night.

Peterson, a retired Bolingbrook police sergeant, has been in jail since 2009.

His trial in the drowning death of ex-wife Kathleen Savio, originally scheduled to begin in July of last year, has been on hold since prosecutors appealed a judge’s decision to bar them from presenting statements Savio allegedly made about him before her body was discovered in a dry bathtub in 2004.

After prosecutors announced the appeal, Will County Circuit Judge Stephen White ruled there were “compelling reasons” not to reduce Peterson’s $20 million bond. "

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more

http://heraldnews.suntimes.com/news...n-a-hostage-of-prosecutors-court-appeals.html
 
Benchslap of the Day: A Billy Madison Style Rambling, Incoherent Complaint

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"It’s not every day that attorneys repeatedly file “unintelligible” complaints that are “riddled with errors.” (Okay, maybe it is every day.)

But it’s really not every day that Drew Peterson’s attorney — yes, that Drew Peterson — attempts to file the same complaint three times, appeals to the Seventh Circuit only to get smacked down, and is then ordered to show cause as to why his federal license to practice shouldn’t be tossed out.

Let’s take a look at what Walter Maksym attempted to file, and why he faced the wrath of the Seventh Circuit earlier this week…."

full article:

http://abovethelaw.com/2011/09/benc...-madison-style-rambling-incoherent-complaint/

FULL COMPLAINT FILED
Before MANION, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges:

http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/tmp/BF0XFFIP.pdf
 
Drew Peterson calls Rob Lowe's portrayal of him 'hysterical'

By Stacy St. Clair, Chicago Tribune

"Sitting inside the Will County jail this afternoon, Drew Peterson watched an advance copy of a made-for-TV about his life and, according to his lawyer, had one overriding response to Rob Lowe’s portrayal of him while sporting a mustache: “Hysterical.”

"He thought it was hysterical," said Joel Brodsky, Peterson's lead defense attorney. "He chuckled at all of the inaccuracies and things that never happened."


more

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...al-of-him-hysterical-20120121,0,7761764.story
 
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