Lisker attorney William Genego argued that he and his colleagues had "completely blown out" the prosecution's case and that Lisker should be allowed to proceed with his habeas corpus petition.

If Magistrate Judge Ralph Zarefsky decides that Lisker has met that threshold, Lisker may then argue that his constitutional rights were violated, which he must prove to have his conviction overturned.

[Phillip H. Rabichow] told the jury that bloody shoeprints at the crime scene all belonged to Lisker. But recent analysis by the Los Angeles Police Department and the FBI has proved that a bloody print in the bathroom did not come from Lisker's shoes.