Peterson to appear in court

Drew Peterson is scheduled to appear Monday in a Joliet courtroom on a matter concerning the disappearance of his wife, Stacy. The issue on which he will appear is relatively minor -- the planned return of his cars, computers and other items that police seized as part of their investigation of his wife's disappearance -- but it may nevertheless be significant. "The judge wants to advise him that he's giving up some rights to challenge the (validity of the) photographs" of the seized items, said Peterson's attorney, Joel Brodsky, who said it would not be uncommon to allow an attorney to handle such a matter without requiring the client to attend. "I guess if Drew is ever charged it's potentially a death (penalty) case, the judge wants to make sure that anything he stipulates to he knows what he's doing," said Brodsky, who added that Peterson is looking forward to his court appearance. Peterson has not been charged.