REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) - A Florida attorney has filed a complaint against Scott Peterson's lawyer, Mark Geragos, for apparently parking a replica of his client's fishing boat two blocks from the courthouse last week.
In a complaint filed Friday with the State Bar of California, attorney John B. Thompson accuses Geragos of trying to "engage in nonverbal communication" with jurors deliberating Peterson's guilt.
"I believe (Geragos) violated the bar rules. I think he went over the line," said Thompson, who has filed complaints against radio "shock jocks," graphic rap music and violent video games. "When Geragos acts like a jackass, it hurts not just lawyers, it hurts the legal system in this country."
Last week, the open boat, which contained several homemade concrete anchors and a dummy in coveralls with duct-taped extremities, appeared on a parking lot Geragos owns in Redwood City.
Details here from the AP via The Sacramento Bee. (via SoCalLawBlog)