Holly Ashcraft Update

10/10/06 Update: Ashcraft's arraignment postponed until Nov. 11th.

I don't know what her lawyer is smoking these days, but he hopes that the judge will dismiss the case.

Ashcraft appeared in court Tuesday with Geragos, who said he hopes the judge will dismiss the case against Ashcraft next month."In this case, the evidence was clear at the preliinary hearing that she had no responsibility," Geragos said. "There was nothing that was done that could be considered an intentional act." (article and video here)

Stuffing a baby into a box and putting the box into a dumpster isn't an intentional act? What, is he going to say that she was sleep walking?

Geragos went on to say that he finds Holly "extremely bright, an incredibly smart and resilient person, and I've come to like her a lot."

He probably thought Scott Peterson was a great guy and maybe O.J. is one of his golfing buddies.      

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Mark Geragos, lawyer for (suspended) USC student, Holly Ashcraft, said that his client should not be tried for murder because the death of her newborn son "was not an intentional act." It is alleged that Ashcraft put her newborn into a box and placed him in a dumpster, where he was found by a homeless man rummaging through the trash. (earlier post here.)

Ronald Rose, L.A.  County Superior Court Commissioner, disagreed and the case will move forward.

It was the second time Ashcraft was linked to the death of a baby. In April 2004, she showed up at a Los Angeles hospital bleeding after having apparently given birth. She told investigators that the child -- whose body has never been found -- had been stillborn and that she had disposed of it on her own.

Ashcraft was not charged with any crime in that incident. But during last week's hearing, Det. Moses Castillo of the Los Angeles Police Department testified that officers had told Ashcraft during the investigation that a baby could be left at a hospital or fire station with no questions asked. (full article here)