Drew Peterson wants a new trial on the claim that his lead attorney Joel Brodsky did not allow him to testify on his own behalf in 2012.
Diane PathieuConvicted killer Drew Peterson was back in a Will County courtroom on Monday seeking a new trial.The former Bolingbrook police sergeant claims his former attorney Joel Brodsky poorly represented him at 2021 trial and did not let him testify on his own behalf.
On Monday, Peterson asked the judge for another mental competency evaluation on Monday, claiming the last one was inconclusive. Peterson's public defenders said they want a neuropsychologist to evaluate Peterson's mental capacity. The 70-year-old former Bolingbrook police sergeant claimed he was denied effective legal representation in his 2012 trial. That issue was not brought up in court on Monday.He's also serving time for plotting a murder for hire from prison to kill Will County States Attorney James Glasgow.He also remains the prime suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacey Peterson who vanished in 2007. However, he's never been charged in that case.
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