In a dramatic display meant to convey the impossibility of wading through more than 400,000 pages of potential evidence, the court-appointed attorney for one of the defendants in a high-profile fraud case threw a copy of “War and Peace” across the room Tuesday morning. The discovery provided by the prosecution amounts to more than 100 copies of the Russian tome, proclaimed Greg Klein, who is defending Susan Laferte on 66 felony counts of elder abuse, securities fraud and conspiracy. Klein’s dramatic gesture drew a sharp reprimand from Nevada County Superior Court Judge Candace Heidelberger, who told him, “You’re a professional, …












