- AP/Oregon State PoliceDavid Joseph Pedersen, 31, and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Holly Grigsby, are accused in a deadly crime spree across California, Oregon and Washington.
Attorneys for a Washington state woman
charged with murder are reportedly headed back to court next month to
argue that she be allowed to eat Cocoa Puffs cereal and other sugary
snacks while awaiting trial in county jail.
A judge will decide during a hearing
scheduled for March if jail staff must allow the woman access to the
Snohomish County Jail's commissary, the Everett Herald reports.
Attorneys for Holly Grigsby and David "Joey"
Pedersen filed motions last week complaining about jail conditions and
that their clients are not allowed to use the jail store to supplement
their meals. A hearing on the complaint continued for more than two
hours on Feb. 13.
The pair allegedly killed Pedersen's father,
David "Red" Pedersen, and his wife, DeeDee, of Everett, last September.
Authorities also believe they killed two other people -- an Oregon
teenager and a disabled California man -- in October before their
capture in northern California, the newspaper reports.
Snohomish County Jail officials said inmates
like Grigsby and Pedersen are denied commissary rights since they are
maximum-security prisoners and because sugary snacks can be used to make
jailhouse alcohol. Grigsby wanted to buy Cocoa Puffs and coffee.
Grigsby's defense lawyer, Pete Mazzone, told
the newspaper that it violates his client's constitutional rights to
deny her access to the commissary based on the nature of the charges
against her.
Grigsby has received several violations
since she's been incarcerated, including trying to brew alcohol in her
cell, the newspaper reports.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/02/20/lawyers-argue-for-accused-killer-cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs/?test=latestnews#ixzz1n16imC20
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