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« Reply #660 on: August 29, 2012, 12:44:40 PM »

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Payonk, who is on stand here, was just called as a witness in the Vaughn murder case down the hall.

3mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
For example, one witness said #drewpeterson & Savio were fighting over bar & printing business at time of her death. But both had been sold.

5mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson atty Greenberg wants Payonk to undercut testimony from earlier state witnesses by pointing out inconsistencies in testimony

8mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Sgt. Collins off stand. #drewpeterson defense calls Illinois State Police special agent Eileen Payonk 
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« Reply #661 on: August 29, 2012, 01:37:00 PM »

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/drew-peterson-murder-trial-164360506.html

12:00 p.m. -- With jurors out for lunch, Judge Edward Burmila reviews defense motion to bar report of interview with Drew Peterson's son, Tom Peterson.
August 29, 2012  (Edit to add publication date of article.  MB)
The interview took place in May at the University of Pennsylvania, where the teen is a college student.

Burmila says the failure to fully disclose the report to the defense team is a "clear discovery violation, once again, yet another violation by the state," but said that barring the report is "too severe" since the defense knew of the interview.

The judge orders the state to get in contact with the two officers who conducted the interview and make them available for interviews by the defense. He leaves the door open to a continuance for the defense.
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« Reply #662 on: August 29, 2012, 01:42:45 PM »

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-drew-peterson-trial-updates-son-to-take-stand-today-20120829,0,7102187.story

12:25 p.m. CDT, August 29, 2012
Continual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
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12:20 p.m. Another error, possible trial delay
The trial may be delayed after yet another misstep by prosecutors, who neglected to turn over a state police report on an interview conducted with Drew Peterson's son Tom Peterson in May.

Tom Peterson was expected to testify this morning, but that was delayed after defense attorneys told the judge that the state had handed them a copy of the state police report just this morning.

Defense attorney Joel Brodsky urged Judge Burmila to bar the state from using the report or a letter Tom Peterson wrote to his father regarding the interview.

"On the day we're going to call the witness, they say, 'Gee whiz, here's the report,'" Brodsky said. "To throw it in in the last minute is simply unacceptable."

Assistant Ssate's Attorney John Connor said it was his fault that the report was not turned over, saying he believed he had tendered the document to the defense some time ago. He said there was no intent to break the rules governing the sharing of evidence.

But an irritated Burmila took the opportunity to once again chastise prosecutors for their lapses.

"Every time there's a violation of a court order or a Supreme Court rule, someone else stood up and said, 'blame me this time,'" he said. "Clearly have a discovery violation here. They knew even last week that he (Tom Peterson) was going to be a witness, and just a few minutes before the witness was going to be on the stand, they turn over the report and say, 'Here you go.'"

But Burmila stopped short of barring the letter and report, saying the usual sanction for such violations is to grant the defense time to talk to their witness and the officers who interviewed him and prepared the report.

He ordered prosecutors to get the officers in court today to speak with Peterson's team.

"I want those police officers here no later than 5 p.m. today," Burmila said.
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« Reply #663 on: August 29, 2012, 02:55:47 PM »

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#DrewPeterson judge agrees with prosecution and strongly warns Brodsky not refer to Smith as an "adverse witness" in front of jury again.

2mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#DrewPeterson prosecutor Connor points out that to be a hostile witness "first he has to be hostile in some way." Smith has been amiable.

4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#DrewPeterson jury out of courtroom after Brodsky asks judge permission to treat Smith as a hostile witness.

6mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
@joeychgo @somfars They are in Illinois and will speak with defense this afternoon. They are ISP investigators who questioned Tom in PA.

8mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson prosecution makes first objection of Smith testimony when Brodsky asks if Savio divorce case was bifurcated.

11mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#DrewPeterson judge has warned defense that they could be opening Pandora's box by calling Smith. They called him anyway.
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« Reply #664 on: August 29, 2012, 03:20:17 PM »

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Smith says Stacy never suggested she intended to go to police about Savio's death. #drewpeterson

4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Hostile witness means defense can ask more leading questions and have tighter control on the witness' testimony. #drewpeterson

7mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Smith tells jury that he has always said the same thing under oath. That Stacy asked if she could get more $ if she said Drew killed Kathy.

9mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson attys argue Smith changed testimony from earlier hearings. Judge agrees, says Smith can be treated as a hostile witness

10mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson attys arguing Smith had changed story from previous testimony. Judge agrees, says defense can treat him as hostile witness

12mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson judge accuses Smith of looking at prosecutors before answering. Jury out of room. Arguing ensues.

14mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Smith didn't answer because he knows much testimony about Stacy has been barred. Stacy disappeared 2 days after calling him. #drewpeterson

19mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson atty asks Smith why Stacy didn't hire him after an Oct. 2007 call. Smith, clearly stunned, stammers and does not answer.
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« Reply #665 on: August 29, 2012, 03:47:06 PM »

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#drewpeterson had not settled estate with Savio when she died.

5mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Harry Smith told jury that he heard #drewpeterson in the background twice during phone call.

6mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Harry Smith also says Stacy told him that #drewpeterson was following her. Says Stacy wanted to leave state with kids.

8mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Harry Smith tells jury Stacy indicated #drewpeterson was mad at her because she told son Tom that DP killed Savio.

9mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Prosecution now crossing Harry Smith. #drewpeterson

16mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson jury out of the room for objection. Prosecutors say defense has opened door to financial tension between Drew, Savio
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« Reply #666 on: August 29, 2012, 04:10:25 PM »

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#drewpeterson atty @josharrk says Smith testimony "was part good, part bad. You take the good with the bad."

4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Smith now off the stand in #drewpeterson case

5mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
On re-direct, Smith says he warned Stacy to be careful that she didn't get charged with concealing a murder

7mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson prosecution ends Smith cross. Jury now knows financials between couple had not been worked out at time of Savio death.

10mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson judge agrees it is inconsistent. Unclear how he will resolve it.

14mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson jury being taken out as sides argue over whether Smith is being inconsistent with grand jury testimony
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« Reply #667 on: August 29, 2012, 04:36:45 PM »

Updates today for Harry Smith testimony, et al...at the following links:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-drew-peterson-trial-updates-son-to-take-stand-today-20120829,0,7102187.story
August 29, 2012 (Edit to add article publication date.  MB)

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/drew-peterson-murder-trial-164360506.html
August 29, 2012 (Edit to add article publication date.  MB)
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« Reply #668 on: August 29, 2012, 04:50:46 PM »

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4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson attys call Tom Peterson to stand. Tom, 19, smiled at his dad before he sat down

5mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson trial back is session
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« Reply #669 on: August 29, 2012, 04:54:43 PM »

http://shorewood-il.patch.com/articles/drew-peterson-trial-updates-son-expected-to-testify-wednesday
August 29, 2012 (Edit to add article publication date MB)
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Attorney: Client Stacy Peterson said Drew Killed Kathleen Savio

Wheaton attorney Harry Smith testified that Drew Peterson's fourth wife Stacy Peterson told him Peterson killed his third wife Kathleen Savio.

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 ::snipping2::In the middle of Joel Brodsky's daily session of boasting outside the courthouse, a former friend of Drew Peterson appeared and frightened him away.

"I'm the informant who spent seven months with Drew Peterson," Paula Stark said as Brodsky and defense attorney Joseph "Shark" Lopez retreated from a bank of microphones.

Stark and her husband, Len Wawczak, say they wore wires for the Illinois State Police to record testimony. Stark said the recordings will be used as evidence if Peterson is charged in connection with the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson.

"I learned that Drew's a murderer," Stark said of her time with Peterson.

She also said he was cruel to his children.

"Every time they brought up their mother, he told them to shut up and go to their rooms," Stark said.

Stark also said Stacy's young son, Anthony, secretly kept a hidden picture of his mother in his room.

Stark and Wawczak were left to watch Peterson's children when he took trips out of town to appear on talk shows.

Stark said Peterson and Kathleen Savio's elder son, Thomas Peterson, deep down believes that his father killed his mother.  ::snipping2::


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« Reply #670 on: August 29, 2012, 05:49:53 PM »

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#drewpeterson defense has no more witnesses today. Both sides hashing out which defense exhibits can be admitted. Routine stuff

10mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
@NiceIcePrincess they couldn't touch it until they became adults

11mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
After testimony, Tom Peterson politely says he does not want to speak w/ media. "God, no," he says softly. "I don't want any part of that."

26mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Tom Peterson off the stand. Smiles at his father as he leaves

30mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Tom Peterson told grand jury that he could not remember anything about his mom's bathtime habits.

31mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
Prosecutors now trying to show Tom Peterson has changed story about his mom's bathtime habits since he testified to grand jury
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« Reply #671 on: August 29, 2012, 06:09:16 PM »

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#drewpeterson trial in recess until 9 am tomorrow

1mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson jury sent home for night

1mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson judge reminds jury that they are not to pay attention to media coverage in the case. Says they must tell him if they do

3mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson defense rests

4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
"I will not testify," #drewpeterson says

4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson tells judge he will not testify in his own defense

7mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson judge asks prosecution if its rebuttal witnesses are here, indicates defense is about to rest.
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« Reply #672 on: August 30, 2012, 12:12:52 AM »

Two-page article

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-drew-peterson-trial-0830-20120830,0,6592618.story

Drew Peterson defense witness called 'gift from God' by prosecutor
August 30, 2012

In the latest bizarre twist in the Drew Peterson trial, a defense attorney called a witness who testified that Peterson's fourth wife told him Peterson murdered Kathleen Savio.

The move, made hours before the defense team rested its case, overshadowed its much-anticipated final witness, Peterson's teenage son Thomas, who told jurors he never believed his father killed his mother.

Wednesday's stunning testimony came after Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky decided to call Savio's divorce attorney Harry Smith against the advice of other members of the defense team.

"It's a gift from God," State's Attorney James Glasgow was overheard saying outside the courtroom after Smith finished testifying.

Before defense attorneys called Smith to the stand, the judge warned them of the possible consequences and Peterson lawyer Steve Greenberg could be heard in the courthouse hallway urging Brodsky not to do it.
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« Reply #673 on: August 30, 2012, 08:02:17 AM »

Excerpt from above article grace-land posted:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-drew-peterson-trial-0830-20120830,0,6592618.story

Drew Peterson defense witness called 'gift from God' by prosecutor

August 30, 2012

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Courtroom observers said calling Smith to the stand was a serious tactical error.

"Brodsky just walked backward over a cliff with Drew Peterson in his arms," said Kathleen Zellner, a prominent medical malpractice attorney who has been watching the trial.


But Brodsky defended the decision.

"We've now given a motive for Stacy to fabricate," he said outside the courtroom.

Thomas Peterson smiled at his father as he took a seat in the witness stand Wednesday afternoon. The elder Peterson leaned forward in his seat and occasionally took notes as his son testified.

"I believe that my dad is innocent," the University of Pennsylvania student. The judge struck the testimony after jurors had heard it said.

He testified that on the night his mother was found drowned, his father took him and his brother home and "told us to go to bed and said he would go and try to figure out what was going on."

Later, he and his brother were downstairs when his father called them upstairs to his room.

"He ... said that our mother had died. He was very, very shaken up about it," Thomas Peterson testified. "I'd never seen anyone so sad. Especially for someone who didn't break down with emotion at all, it was very hard to see."

Drew Peterson told the judge Wednesday that he declined to testify. Prosecutors are expected to call rebuttal witnesses Thursday.

Pamela Bosco, the spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family, said her heart broke for Savio as she watched Thomas Peterson vouch for his father.

"That's what the sad thing about this is," Bosco said. "This man, this coward would rather put his son on the stand to testify than testify himself."

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« Reply #674 on: August 30, 2012, 08:05:36 AM »

Drew Peterson declined to testify because he would open himself up to a lot of questions he wouldn't want to have to answer imo.
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« Reply #675 on: August 30, 2012, 09:46:18 AM »

Two-page article

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-drew-peterson-trial-0830-20120830,0,6592618.story

Drew Peterson defense witness called 'gift from God' by prosecutor
August 30, 2012

In the latest bizarre twist in the Drew Peterson trial, a defense attorney called a witness who testified that Peterson's fourth wife told him Peterson murdered Kathleen Savio.

The move, made hours before the defense team rested its case, overshadowed its much-anticipated final witness, Peterson's teenage son Thomas, who told jurors he never believed his father killed his mother.

Wednesday's stunning testimony came after Peterson attorney Joel Brodsky decided to call Savio's divorce attorney Harry Smith against the advice of other members of the defense team.

"It's a gift from God," State's Attorney James Glasgow was overheard saying outside the courtroom after Smith finished testifying.

Before defense attorneys called Smith to the stand, the judge warned them of the possible consequences and Peterson lawyer Steve Greenberg could be heard in the courthouse hallway urging Brodsky not to do it.
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Brodsky's ego trumped his brain, again.  Just goes to show why he is the perfect attorney for DP.   
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« Reply #676 on: August 30, 2012, 10:58:10 AM »

Thursday, August 30, 2012, continued tweets from Stacy StClair during court sesstion today

3mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#DrewPeterson defense tries to stipulate Baden is "uncategorically qualified" as an expert. State wants to go thru his resume anyway.

4mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson jury all wearing suits today. "Sartorial splendor," the judge declares.

6mStacy St. Clair‏@StacyStClair
#drewpeterson prosecutors call renowned pathologist Michael Baden as their first rebuttal witness.  
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« Reply #677 on: August 30, 2012, 11:07:28 AM »

Thursday, August 30, 2012, continued tweets from BJ Lutz during court sesstion today

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Judge Edward Burmila deems Dr. Michael Baden an expert in his field. #DrewPeterson

4mBJ Lutz‏@bjlutz
We're going over Dr. Baden's qualifications. His background is extensive. Here's a bio: http://bit.ly/N1vhy5  #DrewPeterson

9mBJ Lutz‏@bjlutz
Prosecution's first rebuttal witness: pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. #DrewPeterson

10mBJ Lutz‏@bjlutz
#DrewPeterson jurors are wearing suits.

12mBJ Lutz‏@bjlutz
#DrewPeterson jurors entering courtroom. Any quick guesses on attire?
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« Reply #678 on: August 30, 2012, 11:13:07 AM »

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-drew-peterson-trial-updates-rebuttal-witnesses-to-be-called-20120830,0,6610708.story

9:50 a.m. CDT, August 30, 2012
Continual coverage of the trial of Drew Peterson for the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
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9:45 a.m. Rebuttal begins with pathologist
Forensic pathologist Michael Baden is the first witness for the state's rebuttal case.

Baden performed a private autopsy for Kathleen Savio's family in November 2007 and concluded at that time that her death was a homicide
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« Reply #679 on: August 30, 2012, 11:37:52 AM »

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/drew-peterson-murder-trial-164360506.html

August 30, 2012
Latest Update

10:10 a.m. -- Prosecutors' first rebuttal witness is renowned pathologist Dr. Michael Baden, who performed an autopsy on Kathleen Savio's body, at the request of her family, after she was exhumed in 2007.

The work, he said, was pro bono, though he was later paid $5,000 by the state for his testimony.

From the witness stand, Baden says he disagrees with the opinions previously expressed by doctors Jeffrey Jentzen and Vincent DiMaio, who testified on behalf of the defense.

Specifically, Baden said:

- Savio's hair wouldn't have wiped away blood. It would have left a distinctive pattern...
- Savio's injuries were consistent with a struggle, not a fall...
- the mark on Savio's buttock wasn't a "drying artifact," but a 'typical abrasion," and "it is not a post-mortem artifact."
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