All Court documents that don't fit into one of the other 3 categories (Exhibits, Minutes, Transcripts). Includes documents for the various civil cases. These were obtained from the Courts as PDF files or image files, which are not searchable. Many have been reconverted to text by PWC Consulting. Always check the PDF or image if you have any questions about the accuracy of our text version. Browse through the Index, or use your Browsers Edit/Find function to find a specific date or item.
3-17-03 People's Opposition to the Modesto Bee's Petition for Access to Certain Sealed Warrants
4-17-03 Arrest Warrant
4-18-03 Pre-Booking/Probable Cause Declaration
4-18-03 Order by 5th Appellate District Court to stay the disclosure of information regarding search warrants
4-19-03 Booking Register
4-21-03 Criminal Complaint
4-28-03 Case Assigned to Judge Al Girolami
4-28-03 Motion to Unseal Search Warrant and Arrest Warrant Records [Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc; San Jose Mercury News]; Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion to Unseal Search Warrant and Arrest Warrant Records
4-29-03 People's Opposition to Motion to Unseal Search Warrant and Arrest Warrant Records
4-30-03 Presiding Judge's Order: No cameras in hallways
5-2-03 Substitution of Attorney (Without Court Order)
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5-3-03 Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Unseal Search Warrant and Arrest Warrant Records [Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc; San Jose Mercury News]
5-5-03 People's Points and Authorities Regarding Issue of Code of Civil Procedure Section 170.6
5-5-03 Defendant's Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Code of Civ. Proc. §170.6 Filed by the Prosecution
5-5-03 Order to Retain Remains of Laci Peterson and Baby Conner Peterson
5-5-03 Court of Appeal Fifth Appellate District Opinion; affirms sealing of search warrants, affidavits, and returns
5-6-03 Stipulation and Order for Release of Search Warrant Information under Seal
5-6-03 People's Motion to Maintain Seal on Affidavits; Declaration; and Order
5-7-03 People's Amended Motion to Seal, and Maintain Seal of Documents; Declaration; and Order
5-8-03 Objections of Contra Costa Newspapers, Inc., McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., and the San Jose Mercury News, Inc., to the District Attorney's Motion to Seal Affidavits
5-14-03 Motion by Non-Party Journalist [Ted Rowlands] for Order Authorizing Inspection of Intercepted Communications; Memorandum of Points & Authorities; Declaration of Grace K. Won in Support Thereof 3PDF
5-15-03 Stipulation and Order for sealing of Coroner's reports, and release of Coroner's reports under seal; conditional sealing of Contra Costa reports
5-16-03 Newspapers' Opposition to People's Motion to seal Search Warrant, Addenda, and Arrest Warrant 3PDF 3Text
5-19-03 Motion for Order Authorizing Inspection of Intercepted Communications [filed on behalf of Suzanne Fong and Ethan Harp]
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5-23-03 Press Release from Stanislaus County Superior Court containing People's Motion for Release of Audio Recordings from Stanislaus County Wiretap No. 2 and 3 Records, the Affidavit of Steven P. Jacobson, and the Additional Points and Authorities in Support of Sealing Records
5-27-03 Defendant's Opposition to People's Motion for Release of Audio Recordings from Stanislaus County Wiretap No. 2 and 3 Records
5-27-03 Stipulation and Order for Release of Wiretap Information under Seal
5-29-03 People's Motion to Release Autopsy Reports; Points and Authorities in Support, Order Shortening Time
6-2-03 Motion by Non-Party Journalists . . . for Order Authorizing inspection of Intercepted Communications; Joinder in Memorandum of Points and Authorities Previously Filed
6-2-03 Defendant's Motion for Hearing on Sanctions RE Eavesdropping
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6-4-03 People's Points and Authorities in support of Limited Protective [Gag] Order
6-4-03 Defendant's Memorandum in Response to Court's Inquiry RE "Gag" or Protective Order
6-4-03 People's Opposition to Motion for Sanctions and Opposition to Motion to Suppress Wiretap Audio Recordings; Declaration of Rick Distaso
6-4-03 Contra Costa county Sheriff-Coroner Office's response to the People's Motion to release autopsy reports
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6-4-04 Opposition of Potential Witness Amber Frey to Proposed Imposition of a Gag Order Upon her; Declaration of Gloria Allred
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6-4-03 Reply of Non-Party Journalists . . . to District Attorney's Release of Wiretap Recordings to Media and Opposition to Media Request to Seal Records
6-4-03 Motion for Order Authorizing Inspections of Intercepted Communications; Declaration of Amy M. Gallegos in Support Thereof [on behalf of Rita Cosby and Greta Van Susteren]
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6-4-03 Reply to Opposition to Media Request to Seal Records [on behalf of Ted Rowlands]
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6-6-03 Defendant's Reply to Opposition to Motion for Hearing RE Sanctions and Request for Disclosure of the Affidavits and all Intercepted Communications
6-13-03 Defendant's Consolidated Motion for (1) Reconsideration of the Court's June 12, 2003 Protective Order; and (2) Setting of a Hearing on OSC RE Contempt of Court by Gloria Allred
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6-13-03 Return on Search Warrant [AT&T Wireless, Nextel, Cingular, Sprint, and SBC] and Order for Return to be sealed
6-13-03 Order conditionally sealing the search warrant and affidavit of a search warrant
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6-16-03 Defendant's Supplementation to Motion for setting of a Hearing on OSC RE Contempt of Court by Gloria Allred
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6-18-03 Preliminary Opposition of Gloria Allred to Defendant Motion to set OSC RE Contempt of Court 3PDF
6-18-03 People's Request for Court Review of Wiretap Recordings Recovered from Audio Buffer
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6-19-03 San Francisco Police Department Motion to Quash Subpoena
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6-19-03 Stipulation to continue briefing schedule and hearing on Defendant's Motion for sanctions RE Wiretap orders
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6-20-03 News Media's Request for reconsideration of Protective "Gag" Order
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6-20-03 Defendant's Motion for setting of a hearing on OSC RE Contempt of Court by Stanislaus County District Attorney James Brazelton
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6-20-03 People's Points and Authorities in support of sealing records, and request for Judicial Notice
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6-24-03 Newspapers' Opposition to People's Motion to Seal Search Warrant
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6-25-03 Defendant's Request to continue Briefing schedule of media coverage of the Preliminary Hearing
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6-26-03 Ex Parte Application by non-Party Media Organizations Cable News Network, Inc., and Courtroom Television Network for permission to file brief in support of Rule 980 Applications
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6-26-03 District Attorney's Position regarding Media Coverage
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7-7-03 Defendant's Opposition to City and County of San Francisco's Motion to Quash Subpoena
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7-8-03 Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Reply to Motion to Quash; Declaration of Margaret w. Baumgartner and Inspector Joe Toomey in Support of the Same
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7-22-03 Opposition of Potential Witness Amber Frey to Television Broadcast of her testimony at the Preliminary Hearing
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7-22-03 Defendant's Motion to Close Preliminary Hearing
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7-24-03 Order Permitting Defense Experts to Examine the Remains of Laci Peterson and Baby Conner Peterson
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7-24-03 Stipulation to Continue Hearing on Suppression Motion; Order
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7-30-03 Fifth Appellate District Court Opinion on Defendant's Writ of Mandate
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7-31-03 News Media's Opposition to Motion to Close Preliminary Hearing
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8-1-03 Defendant's Motion Penal Code §629.80 violates the Separation of Powers Doctrine
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8-1-03 Brief in Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Close Preliminary Hearing and in Support of Rule 980 Applications for Television coverage of the Preliminary Hearing filed by . . .
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8-1-03 Non-Party Media Organizations Appendix of Exhibits A-L in support of Opposition to Defendant's Motion to close Preliminary Hearing
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8-5-03 Defendant's Notice of Lodging of Redacted Motion to Suppress Illegally Obtained Wiretap Evidence
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8-8-03 People's Motion to conduct Venue Survey
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8-8-03 Further Stipulation and Order Authorizing Defense Experts to examine remains
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8-10-03 Defendant's Reply to Media Entities' Oppositions to Motion to Close Preliminary Hearing
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8-13-03 People's Opposition to Motion to Suppress Wiretap Audio Recordings
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8-13-03 Defendant's Opposition to Motion to Conduct Venue Survey
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8-14-03 Declaration of Adam Talaat
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8-14-03 Defendant's Motion for Discovery; Points and Authorities
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8-14-03 Further Stipulation and Order Authorizing Additional Limited Examination of the Remains and Release of Remains to Next of Kin
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8-18-03 People's Response to Defense Motion for Discovery
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8-28-03 Stipulation and Request for the Court to Drop Current Allegations of Protective Order Violations
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9-26-03 Notice of Case Management Conference; Imposition of an Involuntary Trust
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10-3-03 Civil Case Cover Sheet, Principal Life Insurance Co.
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10-3-03 Complaint in Interpleader, Principal Life Insurance Co.
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10-3-03 Notice of Application and Application to Invest Funds in Insured, Interest Bearing Account, Principal Life Insurance Co.
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10-7-03 Defendant's Motion to exclude testimony of hypnotized witness Kristen Dempewolf
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10-7-03 Defendant's Motion in Limine to Exclude Mitochondrial DNA Evidence
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10-7-03 Defendant's Motion to Exclude Dog Trailing Evidence at the Preliminary Hearing
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10-7-03 Defendant's Motion in Limine to Exclude GPS Tracking Evidence
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10-7-03 Defendant's Motion to Conduct Franks Hearing [Wiretaps]
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10-14-03 People's Points and Authorities in Support of Evidence [mitochondrial DNA]
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10-15-03 People's Points and Authorities in Support of Evidence [GPS]
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10-15-03 People's Response to Defense Motion for Franks Hearing [Wiretaps]
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10-15-03 People's Response to Defense Motion for Witness Exclusion [Kristen Dempewolf]
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10-16-03 Defendant's Reply to People's Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Traverse Search Warrants
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10-17-03 People's Response to Defense Motion to "Traverse" Wiretap Affidavits
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11-18-03 Girolami's Ruling to Deny Defense Motion to Exclude mtDNA evidence
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11-25-03 Defendant's Motion for Return of Property
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12-1-03 News Media's Opposition to Motion to Seal Evidence Admitted in Preliminary Hearing; Support for Reconsideration of Protective Order; Request for Reconsideration of Order Sealing Search and Arrest Warrant Affidavits and Autopsy Report
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12-2-03 Information for Murder, Count 1 . . .; Special Allegation: Premeditation; Special Allegation: Special Circumstances . . .; Murder Count II . . .; Special Allegation: Premeditation; Special Allegation: Special Circumstances
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12-2-03 People's Motion to Seal, and Maintain Seal of Documents; and Order
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12-2-03 People's Opposition to Defendant's Request for Return of Evidence
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12-10-03 People's Amended Motion to Conduct Venue Survey
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12-11-03 People's Informal Request for Discovery
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12-15-03 Defendant's Motion for Change of Venue
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12-15-03 Defendant's Motion for Change of Venue Exhibits A (only available on CD)
12-15-03 Defendant's Motion for Change of Venue Exhibits B-F
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12-22-03 Defendant's Motion to Set Aside Information & to Dismiss (995 motion)
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1-2-04 People's Opposition to Motion for Change of Venue; Declaration of Dr. Ebbe Ebbesen, Mark Smith, Caitriona Goss; Points and Authorities in Opposition to Change of Venue
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1-5-04 Declaration and Order for Production of Inmate/Witness [Steven Wayne Todd] from Deuel Vocational Institute
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1-6-04 Defendant's Reply to District Attorney's Opposition to Motion for Change of Venue
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1-6-04 People's Opposition to Motion for Change of Venue Rebuttal to Reply
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1-7-04 People's Opposition to Defendant's Motion to Set Aside the Information (Penal Code Section 995)
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1-9-04 People's Notice Regarding Aggravating Evidence
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1-14-04 Defendant's Reply Memorandum of Points and Authorities in support of Motion to set aside information
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1-16-04 People's Motion to Reconsider Change of Venue
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1-16-04 People's Submission Regarding the Appropriate Venue and Transfer Site & McGowan Hearing
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1-21-04 People's Opposition to Motion to Exclude Witness Kristen Dempewolf
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1-22-04 People's Peremptory Challenge to Judge Richard Arnason
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1-23-04 Judicial Council of California Notice of Transfer Memorandum
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1-23-04 Statement by Sheriff Don Horsley regarding Scott Peterson's Arrival
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2-9-04 Defendant's Motion for Separate Guilt and Penalty Phase Juries
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2-9-04 Defendant's Motion to Sequester the Jury
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2-9-04 Defendant's Motion to Exclude Media Statements
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2-9-04 Defendant's Reply to Opposition to Motion to Exclude Testimony of Hypnotized witness Kristen Dempewolf
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2-11-04 Ted Rowland's Motion to Quash Subpoena
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2-11-04 Declaration of Grace K. Won in support of Motion of Non-Party Reporter Ted Rowlands to quash Trial subpoena
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2-11-04 People's Opposition to Motion for Separate Juries
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2-11-04 People's Opposition to Motion to Sequester the Jury
2-13-04 Defendant's Reply to Opposition to Motion for Separate Guilt and Penalty Phase Juries
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2-23-04 Judge Ladine's Motion to Quash Subpoena
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2-23-04 People's Opposition to the Defendant's Motion Re: Statements to the media
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5-24-04 Defendant's Motion for Prosecutorial Sanctions
5-26-04 People's Opposition to Motion for Sanctions and Motion to Exclude Witness Diane Jackson and Request for Discovery
11-17-04 Defendant's Motion to Discharge Jury and Dismiss Penalty Phase and/or New Jury and Change of Venue
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11-22-04 People's Opposition to Motion to Discharge Jury and Dismiss Penalty Phase and/or New Jury and Change of Venue
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2-25-05 Defense Motion for a New Trial
3-9-05 Prosecution Opposition to Motion for a New Trial; Declarations of Lt. Xavier Aponte, Det. Craig Grogan, Jan Gauthier