Caylee Marie Anthony #152 11/20/09 - 12/09/09

[Western Observr]

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/11/casey-anthony-wesh-analyst-blasts-wftv-analyst-and-reporter.html
Casey Anthony: WESH analyst blasts WFTV commentator, reporter
posted by halboedeker on Nov 22, 2009 5:15:00 PM
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The media coverage of the Casey Anthony case has taken another strange turn. Now one station's analyst is lambasting another station's commentator.

WFTV-Channel 9 legal analyst Bill Sheaffer dismissed the latest motion by Anthony's defense team as a media stunt. The defense team is pointing to Roy Kronk, the meter reader who found Caylee Anthony's remains, as a possible suspect in the child's death. Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the child's death. Sheaffer said the defense team's interview with Kronk's ex-wives are worthless because they weren't done under oath.

But WESH-Channel 2 legal analyst Richard Hornsby praised the defense team's motion. "This is the first significant and credible shot the defense has taken against the state. I think it has a high likelihood of success," Hornsby said on the air.

Now on his blog, Hornsby writes that he was "flabbergasted" when Sheaffer described the defense's "tactics" as "despicable."

Hornsby writes, "The very conviction with which Mr. Sheaffer blasts the Anthony defense on the motion makes me question when he last opened up one of those law books he is always sitting in front of." Hornsby says Sheaffer's "legal commentary" has been "completely cheap and false."

I had trouble reaching WFTV news director Bob Jordan this afternoon. But in the past, he has praised Sheaffer's skill and said the ABC affiliate is lucky to have the lawyer in an analyst's role.

In blog comments posted today, Hornsby gives lengthy and detailed criticism in analyzing the defense motion. He describes Sheaffer as "Mr. Suspenders" and "an attorney who reeks of elitism." Hornsby also tells Sheaffer, "You are ... a sell-out to your profession."
Hornsby's main complaint is this: "I think it is time that someone puts WFTV-ABC reporter Kathi Belich and her sidekick Mr. Sheaffer to task for the pro-prosecution pandering to the anti-Anthony sentiment, rather than providing objective analysis of the legal issues in the case so that the Central Florida community can have an informed understanding of the legal issues in this case."

Hornsby says that he does all of his commentary for free while Sheaffer is on retainer with WFTV.

What do you make of this?

Let me try again.
Sounds like his ratings are much lower than WFTV.

[Nut44x4]

A discussion on Websleuths regarding the possibility of a Frye hearing.....    http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4466774#post4466774

Well it's about time... I have been waiting for the hearing where Casey pleads guilty as charged - I have no defense - FRY ME!   

[seemeatthebeach]

Disputes over bills, support
Since he became a lawyer, Baez has been involved in several money disputes. They are mostly small compared with the bankruptcy, bad debts and other financial issues that prompted the Florida Board of Bar Examiners to refuse his application to the Bar after he graduated from law school in 1997. He was not admitted to practice law until 2005.

Darlene Bryant, a court reporter in North Carolina, said she spent six months in 2007 trying to get Baez to honor a $275 bill for work she did for him.

"He finally paid after I got the state Bar Association involved," she said.

Baez also ended up being sued in April 2007 over an $837.62 bill for 1,000 of his plastic business cards, which are decorated with a golden crest. Sir Speedy Printing went to court and won after Baez refused an offer from the Orange County Bar Association to mediate.

And in January 2007, four months before he bought a $670,000 waterfront home in a country-club community on East Lake Tohopekaliga, Baez was held in contempt of court for failing to pay $4,000 in child support, according to Miami-Dade Clerk of Court records.

His office spokeswoman, Marti Mackenzie, told the Sentinel that Baez and his former wife have resolved their support issues.


Who is Jose Baez? Defending Casey Anthony brings celebrity, headaches


Spotlight follows big case
Baez's finances would be of little interest had the case of a lifetime not fallen into his lap in July. When Anthony picked Baez to defend her — based on the recommendation of someone she met in jail, her mother has told reporters — he took on a case that has attracted attention around the world.

Since then, he has appeared on Good Morning America and 20/20 on ABC, The Early Show on CBS, Today on NBC, Larry King Live on CNN, Geraldo at Large on Fox and others.

Last summer, he traveled to New York City, where he and his wife spent part of a day sailing with Fox's Rivera. Photos of the outing show a grinning Baez on deck with Rivera.

Heavy media schedules by defense lawyers raise the eyebrows of some seasoned lawyers. University of Florida law professor Michael Seigel, a former federal prosecutor, said any lawyer who goes public risks being accused of tainting the jury pool.

"It's very dangerous," Seigel said "Unless you are very skilled at it, it can truly backfire.

Most of the best attorneys around the country tend to be very quiet. They wait to try the case in a courtroom setting."

Setting a tone for the defense
Early on, Baez confounded reporters by taking on a media-relations company that used three anonymous — and often irritable — spokesmen calling themselves "Todd Black." Baez severed ties with Press Corps Media after one of the spokesmen turned out to be a felon who served time for trying to extort money from a TV reporter in California.

Mackenzie, who was hired to replace Press Corps Media, said in March that Baez had not known the felon's background.

Robert M. Jarvis, who teaches classes in legal ethics and law and popular culture at Nova Southeastern University Law Center in Fort Lauderdale, said the incident is just one of many twists in the case.

"I think he's a guy who's clearly in over his head. Handling a capital-murder case is obviously the most challenging thing a lawyer can do," Jarvis said. "So it's very surprising right from the get-go that a lawyer with less than four years of experience is handling this case. ... Right off the bat, you have to say this is a guy who is very cocky or who is really naive."

Baez does his own speaking in court, where he has annoyed state prosecutors with his motions.

He has demanded repeatedly that the state speed up release of evidence it has and make it available for analysis by his experts. He has sought to block release of photos and videos that he said could show his client in a bad light. He has sought sanctions for prosecutors he accused of moving too slowly on his requests. He complained to the judge when the State Attorney's Office sparked a Florida Bar investigation by sending it news releases from his former spokesman.

He often does not prevail. For example, when the state wanted to force Anthony to appear in court, Baez balked, saying she didn't want to appear in public. The judge ruled against him, requiring she attend every hearing.

What Baez makes clear in all his court appearances is that he intends to vigorously challenge the state's interpretation of what the evidence against his client shows.


Who is paying, state asks?
A continuing controversy stems from the question of how Anthony, who had no assets when arrested in July, is paying for her defense, including the hiring of nationally recognized expert witnesses. One of them, pathologist Dr. Henry Lee, testified for O.J. Simpson at his murder trial.

In March, prosecutors asked Circuit Judge Stan Strickland to investigate whether Baez was playing two potentially conflicting roles for Anthony: defense lawyer and story agent.

Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton speculated in a motion that Anthony's "seeming conversion from pauper to princess" could be based on sale of her photos and videos, which had appeared in national TV reports about the case. He further speculated whether Baez could be managing both her assets and her defense.

TV networks admit that they often pay "licensing fees" for videos and photos, but they will not say whether — and whom — they paid to use photos and video of Anthony and her family.

Strickland refused to step in after Baez denied having any arrangement with Anthony to sell her story. Baez accused prosecutors of trying to intimidate and embarrass him.

Under the spotlight of the Anthony case, Baez had to retract a claim on his Web site that he won 32 out of 34 jury trials after starting work in 1995 with the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office. Acting on a complaint, a Florida Bar grievance committee ruled that Baez should have mentioned he was an intern, not a lawyer, when the cases were tried.


Baez criticizes Sentinel
In refusing to be interviewed, Baez issued a statement chiding the Sentinel for writing about him. Commenting on recent coverage, it said "your discrimination against a young, hard-working Hispanic lawyer who represents a high-profile client borders on racism. I wonder what reactions this profile on a prominent Hispanic lawyer will have on your readership."

Baez often mentions his ethnicity when talking about his defense of Anthony. Talking to reporters outside the Orange County Courthouse in January, he said he was the first Hispanic lawyer to handle a case of such magnitude — a claim he has repeated since then.

Asked to evaluate the statement, Ramona Romero, president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, named several Hispanic attorneys across the nation involved in cases of national significance.

"I hope his defense work goes well," she said of Baez, "but for him to say it's the most high-profile case a Hispanic lawyer has ever handled I think is inaccurate."

Baez has characterized the scrutiny and criticism he faces as an unavoidable consequence of his job. He also describes himself as a standard-bearer for future Hispanic lawyers.

"And I will not embarrass those that come after me by doing something as foolish and as unethical as what ... I've been accused of," he said outside the courthouse in January.

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[SunnyinTX]

A discussion on Websleuths regarding the possibility of a Frye hearing.....    http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4466774#post4466774

Well it's about time... I have been waiting for the hearing where Casey pleads guilty as charged - I have no defense - FRY ME!   

NUT!

[Fanny Mae]

AMAZING GRACE--CHEROKEE VERSION

CAYLEE MARIE ANTHONY
 



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[loca]

Richard Hornsby's view of the latest motion filed: 

http://blog.richardhornsby.com/2009/11/22/in-defense-of-the-casey-anthony-defense/

In Defense of the Casey Anthony Defense.
November 22nd, 2009 Richard Hornsby

Thanks Tupelo.I am trying to catch up I unplugged my phone and if one more person knocks on my door...I will choke them with my Christmas lights.   

 

   NOTE TO SELF: DO NOT knock on trim's door today!!

LOL I need a good chuckle I mean needed and boy did I get it!! funny about the christmas lights I just can visualize someone choked while the lights flash!!  I too turn the ringer off the phone to read here.

[SunnyinTX]

Disputes over bills, support
Since he became a lawyer, Baez has been involved in several money disputes. They are mostly small compared with the bankruptcy, bad debts and other financial issues that prompted the Florida Board of Bar Examiners to refuse his application to the Bar after he graduated from law school in 1997. He was not admitted to practice law until 2005.

_  SNIPPED_________________

That's seeme......well written and informative.....yep he is a sleazy!!

[Fanny Mae]

A discussion on Websleuths regarding the possibility of a Frye hearing.....    http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4466774#post4466774

Well it's about time... I have been waiting for the hearing where Casey pleads guilty as charged - I have no defense - FRY ME!   

Well for Gods sake, what ever you do, don't say slu$ again! 

[trimmonthelake]

A discussion on Websleuths regarding the possibility of a Frye hearing.....    http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4466774#post4466774

Well it's about time... I have been waiting for the hearing where Casey pleads guilty as charged - I have no defense - FRY ME!   

 

[SunnyinTX]

Disputes over bills, support
Since he became a lawyer, Baez has been involved in several money disputes. They are mostly small compared with the bankruptcy, bad debts and other financial issues that prompted the Florida Board of Bar Examiners to refuse his application to the Bar after he graduated from law school in 1997. He was not admitted to practice law until 2005.

_  SNIPPED_________________

That's  I meant THANKS seeme......well written and informative.....yep he is a sleazy!!

I can't type and chew gum

[trimmonthelake]

Thanks Seeme.   

[SunnyinTX]

Good Night Monks....TTYL    and also 

[tupelohoney]

This gave me a good chuckle!     http://www.richardhornsby.com/Library/pdf/cases/casey-anthony/20080731-Email-Exchange.pdf

[crazybabyborg]

Hi Monkeys!!   

Are we going to watch what Whoraldo has to say about Kronk?

[no rose colored glasses]

Hi Monkeys!!   

Are we going to watch what Whoraldo has to say about Kronk?

I sure hope someone does and reports on it, Geraldo makes me mad, so I won't be watching, no matter what the topic is 

[Northern Rose]

I just flipped channels and Bobo is on after the commercial.

[Northern Rose]

Geraldo just said that twice Kronk found the body.  Back on commercial

[Northern Rose]

Documents filed by defense show he is a shady character
Defense claim Kronk is equally likely to be guilty

Mr.  LKB is on  the panel 

Ex wife Crystal and son Brandon has a lawyer who is now yapping

[Northern Rose]

Prosecution has not been in contact with Crystal or Brandon

Mr.  LKB is saying the flesh disappeared too rapidly from the skeleton and suggests that the body may not have been there based on the lack of maggots and flesh

Other talking head says that the Kronk background will not be admissible.  I think it was Mr LKB that blurt  - oh yes it will.  Not going to watch it again to verify as I can not stand the show.

[tupelohoney]

Geraldo also brought up that Kronk used duct tape to subdue his ex-wife, then goes as far as to say, remember duct tape over the mouth of Caylee?.... that Brandon is his son and that these people testified under oath.  This is all too disgusting. MB is a major jerk, he knows good and well the decomp rate in high heat. My gosh, Caylee was found  six months later, of course she was going to be skeletonized. They just can't stop coming up with these blatant lies and I'm sure they have only just begun.