Scott Peterson's case is back in Stanislaus Court Friday. Here's why
Scott Peterson’s case is returning to Stanislaus Superior Court Friday for the first time since national publicity resulted in a transfer to San Mateo County before his murder trial began 16 years ago.
What exactly will be discussed at the hearing is not yet clear; the California Supreme Court in two separate rulings recently overturned Peterson’s death sentence and ordered that allegations of prejudicial misconduct by a juror be heard by a Judge in San Mateo Superior Court.
“If I had to speculate my guess is that the prosecution will ask the court to allow them additional time to make the decision on whether to retry the penalty phase based on what is going on in San Mateo,” said Pat Harris, who served as co-counsel to Mark Geragos during Peterson’s trial.
He said he was awaiting additional documents to be sent to him from the court regarding the hearing.
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