PETERSON FOUND GUILTY, CROWD CHEERS VS

AFTER THE JURY IN THE SCOTT PETERSON CASE ANNOUNCED A GUILTY VERDICT, CHEERS EXPLODED FROM THE CROWD GATHERED OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. THE VERDICT WAS ANNOUNCE IN REDWOOD CITY THIS AFTERNOON, IN A SAN MATEO COUNTY COURT, FINDING PETERSON GUILTY OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE LACI AND 2ND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF CONNOR, THEIR UNBORN CHILD. AS THE VERDICT WAS BEING READ, PETERSON STARED STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH NO SHOW OF EMOTION. THEN AS THE JURY WAS POLLED TO CONFIRM THEIR DECISIONS, HE LOOKED AT EACH OF THE JURORS. ONE BY ONE THEY ANSWERED THE POLE WITH A SERIOUS AND UNSMILING RESPONSE, NONE LOOKING BACK AT PETERSON. LACI PETERSON'S MOTHER, SHARON ROCHA, SOBBED AS THE VERDICTS WERE READ.