Criminal
Oct. 22, 2020
Scott Peterson may not appear at hearing in Modesto Friday
The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether Peterson needs to be appointed a public defender or has retained private trial counsel. Peterson is at San Quentin, which has experienced a COVID-19 outbreak.
Convicted double-murderer Scott Peterson is scheduled to appear in a Modesto courtroom Friday for the first time since publicity caused his 2004 trial to be transferred to San Mateo County.
The purpose of the hearing is to determine whether Peterson needs to be appointed a public defender or has retained private trial counsel, said Stanislaus County District Attorney Birgit Fladager.
However, beca...
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