BOLINGBROOK, IL - NOVEMBER 17: Former Bolingbrook, Illinois police Sgt. Drew Peterson stands in front of the garage at his home November 17, 2007 in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Peterson is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife Stacy Peterson. The death of Peterson's third wife Kathleen Savio, which had been ruled an accident, was recently determined to be a homicide. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Drew Peterson (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO (CBS) — A DePaul University Legal Analyst is giving Drew Peterson only a slim chance for reversal of his murder conviction.
Jurors convicted the former Bolingbrook police sergeant of murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio.
But Peterson now argues that only happened because of mistakes by his attorney Joel Brodsky which let in hearsay testimony which encouraged jurors to convict.
Professor Leonard Cavise at DePaul says Brodsky made a mistake, but doubts that will help Peterson much.
“I think it is going to be very, very hard to prove that the mistakes that he made would have changed the outcome to the satisfaction of the trial judge,” said Cavise.
Cavise says Peterson would have a better chance in appellate court but isn’t likely to get a new trial from his judge in Will County.
John Cody
John Cody is a veteran reporter for Newsradio 780.
