Why this coverage matters
Raimondo’s role
Lead trial counsel presenting an accidental-discharge defense and emphasizing Moore’s record of military service.
Coverage highlights
- Central issue: Opening-trial coverage outlined the competing theories in the Ridgecrest homicide case and Raimondo’s defense of Marine Sgt. Erwin Moore Jr.
- Raimondo’s involvement: Lead trial counsel presenting an accidental-discharge defense and emphasizing Moore’s record of military service.
- Archive record: KGET 17 News, published February 12, 2024.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Brian Coykendall and Matthew Peterson were once friends. But when Peterson went to prison, Coykendall began dating his girlfriend. They lived in the same Ridgecrest home where Peterson previously lived, and where Coykendall stayed so often he was practically a roommate. They kept their relationship a secret from him. A few months later, when Peterson was released, Coykendall began formulating a plan, a prosecutor said Friday.
It included asking a neighbor to turn off surveillance cameras so Coykendall would have “plausible deniability” in case “something happened,” according to Deputy District Attorney Christine Antonios. Something did happen — police arrived at a report of shots fired on March 4, 2022, and found Peterson face down in the street, his hands bound, blood pooled around him.
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