Court Report

'Rockefeller' Asks Judge to Toss Conviction

BOSTON – Lawyers for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller asked a judge to throw out his kidnapping and assault convictions, arguing that the state's mental health expert was unqualified and that a prosecutor made an improper closing argument. Rockefeller, a German man whose real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, was convicted earlier this month in the kidnapping of his 7-year-old daughter and an assault on a social worker. During the trial, his lawyers claimed he was suffering from a delusional disorder and was legally insane when he snatched his daughter during a supervised visit in Boston last July. Read more...
Posted by Webmaster at June 29, 2009 01:06 AM