Drew Peterson Hearsay Law

Drew Peterson Drops Appeal, Says He's Ready For Court

Posted 04.24.2012

Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson has reportedly decided not to appeal an appellate court's recent decision to allow for prosecutors' h...

Pending Appellate Court Decision Could Make Or Break Drew Peterson's Case

Posted 11.30.2011

The murder trial of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson has been further postponed following an Illinois Supreme Court decision Wednesday...

Drew Peterson Case In Jeopardy Following Hearsay Evidence Ruling

AP | By MICHAEL TARM | Posted 09.26.2011

CHICAGO -- The high-profile murder case against former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson, accused of killing his third wife, may never mak...

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Casey Anthony Case: Drew Peterson, Attorney Pleased With Verdict

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 09.10.2011

The lawyer representing former Illinois police officer and tabloid headline-grabber Drew Peterson said he and his client were happy to hear the not gu...

Peterson Trial: Drew To Stay In Jail During Appeal, Says Judge

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. — They were the key witnesses whose words dramatically told how dangerous Drew Peterson could be when he wanted to keep someone fro...

Drew Peterson's Murder Trial Starts This Summer

Posted 05.25.2011

Drew Peterson's trial in the murder of his third wife Kathleen Savio is set to begin this summer, a Will County judge announced Tuesday. The trial ...

Drew Peterson Trial: A Fox News Producer Helped Pathologist With Kathleen Savio's Autopsy

Posted 05.25.2011

After a renowned pathologist testified that the 2004 death of Drew Peterson's third wife Kathleen Savio was a homicide on Friday, Peterson's defense a...

Drew Peterson Trial: Pathologist Claims Savio's Death Was Accidental

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. — A pathologist hired by a former suburban Chicago police sergeant's attorneys testified Wednesday that the death of Drew Peterson'...

Drew Peterson Trial: Prosecutors Must Show Savio Was Murdered

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. — The crime scene technician didn't think twice about the bottle of cleaning fluid near the bathroom where the body of Drew Peterso...

Drew Peterson Trial: Pathologist Says Kathleen Savio Was Murdered

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathleen Savio's 2004 bathtub drowning death was murder, a state-hired pathologist testified Friday, in part because he believed injuries to the front...

Sgt Bryan Falat On Kathleen Savio Murder: 'Disgusted' By How Investigation Was Handled

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

A state police investigator testified today that he questioned Drew Peterson and his fourth wife Stacy about the death of Kathleen Savio and did not b...

Kathleen Savio Told Sister Drew Would Kill Her

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathleen Savio's sister today joined a growing list of witnesses who have testified that Savio said her ex-husband Drew Peterson held a knife to her t...

Neil Schori: Stacy Peterson Covered For Drew The Night Of Savio's Death

NBC Chicago | Posted 05.25.2011

Stacy Peterson's pastor, Neil Schori, told the court today that Drew Peterson coached his missing fourth wife on what to say about if cops ever asked ...

Drew Peterson Trial: Public Blocked As Pastor Testifies

Posted 05.25.2011

A Will County judge closed the courtroom to the public and media Tuesday during day five of the Drew Peterson hearsay evidentiary hearing--as lawyers ...

Drew Peterson Trial: Stacy Told Neighbors Drew Would Kill Her

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

A week before she disappeared, Stacy Peterson told her next-door neighbor that her cop husband, Drew Peterson, is "going to kill me," the neighbor tes...

Cop: Mistakes Were Made In Savio's Death Investigation

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

A retired Illinois state police sergeant admitted there were numerous shortcomings in his investigation that concluded the death of Drew Peterson's th...

Drew Peterson Trial:Kathleen Savio To Testify From The Grave

Chicago Breaking News | Posted 05.25.2011

Six years after she mysteriously drowned in a bathtub, Kathleen Savio is finally getting her day in court. Savio essentially will testify from the ...

Drew Peterson's Bad Day: Judge Upholds Hearsay Law, Denies Motion To Move Trial

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. — An Illinois judge has ruled that prosecutors can introduce statements made by former police officer's Drew Peterson's now-decease...

Drew Peterson Jury Selection Begins, Judge To Rule On Moving Trial October 2

AP | DON BABWIN | Posted 05.25.2011

JOLIET, Ill. - Hundreds of potential jurors in the murder trial of former police officer Drew Peterson were asked to fill out questionnaires Friday, a...

Drew Peterson's Murder Trial Delayed

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Drew Peterson won't be taking the stand anytime soon, as his trial was pushed back Tuesday beyond its scheduled August 24 start date. Peterson's atto...