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[Northern Rose]

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LIVE BLOG: Casey Anthony hearing
By Drew Petrimoulx @ July 2, 2010 1:31 PM Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
The Casey Anthony case hearing is back in court Friday afternoon to hear a defense motion to have a special magistrate oversee the inspection of evidence.

2:35 Hearing over.
2:29 Judge Perry: Law on inmate privacy is clear: They have none.
2:22 Baez brings up that he is displeased that the state released letters written to Casey in jail.
2:15 Judge rules that defense must submit a list of items they want to inspect. The facility where they inspect the items must be air conditioned. The sheriff's office can video tape the inspection of the evidence, but there must be an adjacent room where the defense can talk in privacy.

2:02 Baez: We have struggled for privacy throughout this entire case.
1:55 Burdick: We are concerned how the defense will handle the evidence.
1:43 Prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick says Baez requested to be alone with the evidence.
1:43 Baez: Similar magistrate was appointed in Phil Specter murder trial.
1:41 Baez: Items in question were collected at crime scene.
1:40 Baez: Special master would be present to make sure there in no tampering with evidence.
1:30 Defense attorney Jose Baez doesn't want law enforcement present during inspection of evidence. He argues that his expert's observations and conversations are protected and not subject to discovery.

http://wdbo.com/localnews/2010/07/live-blog-casey-anthony-hearin-1.html

[Curly]

I missed the whole part where Bobo asked to have another issue heard that was not on the list.  What was it? 

Boohooing that the state released those 5000 letters before he got a chance to see them, and admonishing them that they were ordered to release everything they had within 10 days of their receipt.

[Brandi]

Judge rules for Casey Anthony defense, allows special master for evidence review
Casey Anthony is at the hearing this afternoon
 Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel 2:34 p.m. EDT, July 2, 2010
Another court victory for Casey Anthony.

Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry ruled this afternoon in favor of an argument from Anthony's defense team, agreeing that a special magistrate is the way to go during inspections of evidence in the case.

The evidence in question are items that were collected from the wooded area where the remains of toddler Caylee Marie Anthony were found in December 2008.

Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, and the state is seeking the death penalty.

Perry ruled that the defense and the state could have representatives in an air-conditioned area with another area nearby for either side to talk about the evidence that is looked over.

The evidence is currently in possession of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and the state wants agency officials present during the defense's inspection, Baez wrote.

Baez said it's critical that the defense team and experts be able to consult each other during the evidence inspection without sheriff's officials present.

Defense attorney Jose Baez had said the defense team has several experts "from all parts of the world" lined up to review evidence in the first-degree murder case.

Having sheriff's officials there "would unfairly subject statements made between counsel and the expert witnesses to discovery, creating an unfair prejudice against the Defendant in her preparation for trial," Baez stated.

Linda Drane Burdick said the Sheriff's Office wants to videotape the inspection to maintain the integrity of evidence.

The experts are slated to inspect the evidence July 13 and July 14. Those are the only days all experts could meet with the defense attorneys.

The experts and attorneys will test, copy and photograph the evidence.

They are not asking to test the evidence, just inspect it.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-casey-anthony-evidence-hearing-20100701,0,4059615.story

[Northern Rose]

I missed the whole part where Bobo asked to have another issue heard that was not on the list.  What was it? 

Boohooing that the state released those 5000 letters before he got a chance to see them, and admonishing them that they were ordered to release everything they had within 10 days of their receipt.

Thank you.  So all he was doing was moaning about the Sunshine law. 

[Brandi]

Haha. Foiled again, Bozo. No special magistrate for your "special" client. Loved it when JP said this is like hundreds of other murder cases.

As far as Bozo's reference to the Jar, I believe that was his attempt at humor, trying to make it appear that the state was absurd by releasing all the info that they do release.

Who was that other attorney with Bozo? I couldn't hear that part.

BBM.

I think I heard him say that quite a few times, in several different ways. Loved it too!

[Northern Rose]

Judge rules for Casey Anthony defense, allows special master for evidence review
Casey Anthony is at the hearing this afternoon
 Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel 2:34 p.m. EDT, July 2, 2010
Another court victory for Casey Anthony.

Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry ruled this afternoon in favor of an argument from Anthony's defense team, agreeing that a special magistrate is the way to go during inspections of evidence in the case.

The evidence in question are items that were collected from the wooded area where the remains of toddler Caylee Marie Anthony were found in December 2008.

Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, and the state is seeking the death penalty.

Perry ruled that the defense and the state could have representatives in an air-conditioned area with another area nearby for either side to talk about the evidence that is looked over.

The evidence is currently in possession of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and the state wants agency officials present during the defense's inspection, Baez wrote.

Baez said it's critical that the defense team and experts be able to consult each other during the evidence inspection without sheriff's officials present.

Defense attorney Jose Baez had said the defense team has several experts "from all parts of the world" lined up to review evidence in the first-degree murder case.

Having sheriff's officials there "would unfairly subject statements made between counsel and the expert witnesses to discovery, creating an unfair prejudice against the Defendant in her preparation for trial," Baez stated.

Linda Drane Burdick said the Sheriff's Office wants to videotape the inspection to maintain the integrity of evidence.

The experts are slated to inspect the evidence July 13 and July 14. Those are the only days all experts could meet with the defense attorneys.

The experts and attorneys will test, copy and photograph the evidence.

They are not asking to test the evidence, just inspect it.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-casey-anthony-evidence-hearing-20100701,0,4059615.story

JP did not assign a special magistrate.  All the defense won was an airconditioned room and they did not even ask for that, the prosecution brought it up.

[Brandi]

I missed the whole part where Bobo asked to have another issue heard that was not on the list.  What was it? 

Boohooing that the state released those 5000 letters before he got a chance to see them, and admonishing them that they were ordered to release everything they had within 10 days of their receipt.

Thank you.  So all he was doing was moaning about the Sunshine law. 

Then he whined about the sunshine laws and JP said there was a remedy for that ... called a law suit. LOL And it had nothing to do with why JP was there.

He got schooled again!

[Northern Rose]

Will Jay on Insession right now as he was in court.

[Northern Rose]

Bobo sure made a big point of NOT wanting the defense team video taped.  They also had the motion to withhold jail visit logs so the public can not see who is visiting Spawn.  WHO is joining the defense team now that they want to keep under wraps?

[Northern Rose]

Team Bobo has till July 8th to itemize what evidence they wish to review on day one and which items they wish to review on day 2.  With the speed that the defense does anything, I bet it is not going to happen.

[SunnyinTX]

Judge rules for Casey Anthony defense, allows special master for evidence review
Casey Anthony is at the hearing this afternoon
 Amy L. Edwards, Orlando Sentinel 2:34 p.m. EDT, July 2, 2010
Another court victory for Casey Anthony.

Orange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry ruled this afternoon in favor of an argument from Anthony's defense team, agreeing that a special magistrate is the way to go during inspections of evidence in the case.

The evidence in question are items that were collected from the wooded area where the remains of toddler Caylee Marie Anthony were found in December 2008.

Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, and the state is seeking the death penalty.

Perry ruled that the defense and the state could have representatives in an air-conditioned area with another area nearby for either side to talk about the evidence that is looked over.

The evidence is currently in possession of the Orange County Sheriff's Office, and the state wants agency officials present during the defense's inspection, Baez wrote.

Baez said it's critical that the defense team and experts be able to consult each other during the evidence inspection without sheriff's officials present.

Defense attorney Jose Baez had said the defense team has several experts "from all parts of the world" lined up to review evidence in the first-degree murder case.

Having sheriff's officials there "would unfairly subject statements made between counsel and the expert witnesses to discovery, creating an unfair prejudice against the Defendant in her preparation for trial," Baez stated.

Linda Drane Burdick said the Sheriff's Office wants to videotape the inspection to maintain the integrity of evidence.

The experts are slated to inspect the evidence July 13 and July 14. Those are the only days all experts could meet with the defense attorneys.

The experts and attorneys will test, copy and photograph the evidence.

They are not asking to test the evidence, just inspect it.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-casey-anthony-evidence-hearing-20100701,0,4059615.story

HUH????  what hearing were they at???????

[Deenie]

http://www.wftv.com/news/24114206/detail.html
snipped:

Casey's parents told investigators her car smelled like a dead body. Investigators found maggots and coffin flies in her trunk, which they say shows Casey put Caylee Anthony's lifeless body in there before bagging it and leaving her body in the woods. The defense has hired forensic entomologist Dr. Timothy Huntington, a Nebraska professor, to refute that damning evidence.

“The forensic evidence in this case will come down to a battle of the experts,” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

Cadaver dogs alerted on Casey's trunk and in the Anthony's back yard. Now, the defense lists witness Dr. Kenneth Furton, a Florida International University chemistry professor, who is listed as an expert in the use of dogs to detect human remains.

Once Caylee's remains were found in the woods near her house, investigators found a lot more evidence. They even documented how tall the plants were that were growing amid Caylee's remains.

Colorado biologist Dr. Jane Brock, who is listed as an expert in analyzing plant evidence at crime scenes, is on the defense witness list along with Canadian professor Dr. Scott Fairgrieve, who has researched human skeletal biology and torture. Duct tape was found layered over Caylee's face, which prosecutors say would have prevented her from breathing.

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JB wants to issue within his statement today in Court that he feels " Casey" is being treated unjust - that she is in a confinement cell 23 out of 24 hours a day. That she is Innocent. That she is not Allowed to SEE or Speak to her own Family - that it will become property of the State ..if they do have a relationship. So she is not being served within her civil rights ... Uh huh. Ok. We all believe that. Since she is the " hand writing queen" and seems to get around quite well ..with her communications outside and or inside the jail.  That her parents have been contacting her and WHO knows what else has transpired between the Ants to date with KC. Because Bobo allows all and anything to " fly " under the radar. Yet he has the balz to tell Judge Perry that Casey is not being treated fairly ... by the Jail or the Good People of Florida who are footing his bill ..and paying for her accommodations. Smooth Move Bobo... tell Judge Perry how you really feel.
GAH

[Miki Monkey]

Really one has to wonder when Bozo is gonna get enough humiliation and smackdowns. He has spent the last few months embarrassing himself and showing his utter incompetence to the best advantage. Clearly he hasn't been taking the advice of his former defense counsel nor his current defense cohort. I noticed the body language between Bozo and Jar to have been "off" for a while now and in a previous hearing he walked off leaving Jar behind, hmmm trouble in paradise maybe. Could it be that Chaney Mason is about to jump ship too? Having taken on another case maybe he just doesn't want to go out with such GRAND loss as this case inevitably will be. I bet Jar is biting his own backside about getting involved with this case...co council to Bozo, haha, what a joke.

[Northern Rose]

CASEY WALKS IN:
See Images http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/24124277/detail.html
Raw Video http://www.wftv.com/video/24124199/index.html


COURTROOM PICS:
Attorneys, http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/24124574/detail.html
 Casey, http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/24124574/detail.html
 Family http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/24124574/detail.html

WATCH HEARING: Part 1 http://www.wftv.com/video/24124701/index.html

DOCUMENT: Defense's Motion For Hearing http://www.wftv.com/pdf/24123334/detail.html

[Northern Rose]

[Deenie]

Slore is my name, and smirking is my game ....

[Northern Rose]

Good picture showing what they were watching on the screen is on image #8

http://www.wftv.com/slideshow/news/24124574/detail.html

[SunnyinTX]

Team Bobo has till July 8th to itemize what evidence they wish to review on day one and which items they wish to review on day 2.  With the speed that the defense does anything, I bet it is not going to happen.

if it does it will not be complete and they will file a motion to come back...but they will blame it on the State!!

[SunnyinTX]

http://www.wftv.com/news/24114206/detail.html
snipped:

Casey's parents told investigators her car smelled like a dead body. Investigators found maggots and coffin flies in her trunk, which they say shows Casey put Caylee Anthony's lifeless body in there before bagging it and leaving her body in the woods. The defense has hired forensic entomologist Dr. Timothy Huntington, a Nebraska professor, to refute that damning evidence.

“The forensic evidence in this case will come down to a battle of the experts,” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

Cadaver dogs alerted on Casey's trunk and in the Anthony's back yard. Now, the defense lists witness Dr. Kenneth Furton, a Florida International University chemistry professor, who is listed as an expert in the use of dogs to detect human remains.

Once Caylee's remains were found in the woods near her house, investigators found a lot more evidence. They even documented how tall the plants were that were growing amid Caylee's remains.

Colorado biologist Dr. Jane Brock, who is listed as an expert in analyzing plant evidence at crime scenes, is on the defense witness list along with Canadian professor Dr. Scott Fairgrieve, who has researched human skeletal biology and torture. Duct tape was found layered over Caylee's face, which prosecutors say would have prevented her from breathing.

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JB wants to issue within his statement today in Court that he feels " Casey" is being treated unjust - that she is in a confinement cell 23 out of 24 hours a day. That she is Innocent. That she is not Allowed to SEE or Speak to her own Family - that it will become property of the State ..if they do have a relationship. So she is not being served within her civil rights ... Uh huh. Ok. We all believe that. Since she is the " hand writing queen" and seems to get around quite well ..with her communications outside and or inside the jail.  That her parents have been contacting her and WHO knows what else has transpired between the Ants to date with KC. Because Bobo allows all and anything to " fly " under the radar. Yet he has the balz to tell Judge Perry that Casey is not being treated fairly ... by the Jail or the Good People of Florida who are footing his bill ..and paying for her accommodations. Smooth Move Bobo... tell Judge Perry how you really feel.
GAH

Why has the state not stood up and objected to the nonsense coming outta his mouth???

[Northern Rose]

Casey In Court As Judge Denies Motion, Sets Rules

Posted: 5:38 pm EDT July 1, 2010
Updated: 3:03 pm EDT July 2, 2010

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony was back in court for an emergency hearing Friday afternoon as Casey's defense team asked an Orange County judge to appoint a third party to monitor its experts as they examine the evidence. Judge Belvin Perry, though, citing no previous cases to support such a ruling, declined the defense's request less than an hour into the hearing, but set forth other rules for the two parties to follow.


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 CASEY WALKS IN: See Images | Raw Video
 COURTROOM PICS: Attorneys, Casey, Family In Court
 WATCH HEARING: Part 1
 DOCUMENT: Defense's Motion For Hearing
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Casey walked into the courtroom (watch video | see images) just after 1:30pm wearing a light blue, short-sleeve, button-down shirt and black slacks. She sat at a table next to her attorney, Jose Baez. Also in the courtroom were Cindy Anthony and Anthony family attorney Brad Conway (see images).

Normally, investigators with the sheriff's office would oversee the defense examination of evidence, but Casey's lawyers don’t want them there.

“What we are actually trying to get to the heart of is to properly and effectively examine the evidence in this case,” Baez said Friday to start his argument on their motion.

This is a very unusual, if not unprecedented, request by the defense to make the sheriff's office leave its own building, where the evidence is kept, so the defense experts can have privacy in examining the evidence. The defense has lost in its bid to win privacy at the Orange County jail, which is also a public facility.

“It is just an inspection [of evidence],” Baez said, addressing Chief Judge Belvin Perry’s question of whether they were just planning to inspect or actually test evidence.

The defense filed a motion Thursday asking for an emergency hearing Friday to try to convince Judge Perry to appoint a "special master" to supervise at the Orange County Sheriff's Office in place of sheriff's detectives while defense experts examine and analyze the evidence next month.

“With the narrow request we’ve asked for, if both sides can work together, I don’t think it would be unreasonable,” Baez told Judge Perry.

Casey's lawyers say their experts will converge on Central Florida all at the same time, July 13 and 14, from all over the world and they want their privacy.

“In no way, shape or form is it our desire to restrict their access to this evidence,” prosecuting attorney Linda Drane-Burdick told the judge after Baez concluded his initial arguments.

Drane-Burdick then pointed out to the judge that there are facility issues, including having enough space for all their experts (at least four, plus counsel), and challenges with having all the evidence in question in the same place.

"The inspection itself can be videotaped," Drane-Burdick said. “The concern that I have is how they want to handle this evidence."

Drane-Burdick argued that the state has made efforts to provide the evidence in ways that would have allowed the defense access, but said those efforts either fell through or were rejected.

“We are not endeavoring to restrict their access,” Drane-Burdick concluded her initial arguments. “We just want to make sure it is done in the appropriate way.”

Baez then responded to the prosecution's arguments, suggesting that the volume of evidence isn't as great as the prosecution suggested when it argued that it would be difficult to provide all in one place. Baez also shot back at the prosecution's concern about being able to provide a sufficient space before Baez returned to the argument of the defense having privacy.

“We have struggled for privacy in the defense from the very beginning. My client can’t do a thing without it becoming public,” Baez argued, somehow connecting this issue of privacy with their demand to view evidence in private. “She can’t order a bra without it becoming public. I can’t meet with her without it being videotaped. She can’t receive letters without it being public. It has gotten to the point where it has choked our abilities to defend her in the proper matter.”

After Baez's response, the state chose to make no further comments.

“Last night, I did check to see if I could find any cases. I also had some of the staff attorneys see if they could find any reported cases,” Judge Perry told the court. “There are no reported cases.”

Judge Perry then touched on what he views as personal issues instigating this situation.

“What it sounds like to me is there is some discomfort between the two sides about certain things dealing with evidence and certain things dealing with personalities. While this case is a very important case, it’s like the hundreds of other cases that has occurred involving homicides and the court has no control over what the news media considers newsworthy or what the news media does not consider to be newsworthy,” Judge Perry said. “The defense under our rules of discovery and under the 6th Amendment of the United States Constitution has a right to inspect this evidence.”

Judge Perry then ordered that the sheriff’s office will have to find an air conditioned space sufficient for the inspection of the evidence and that the defense will have to give a detailed list of what they want to inspect. Judge Perry said a representative of the sheriff’s office and the state can be present.

“I’m also requiring that there should be an area close by when they look at an item they are free to go to an adjacent room and they are free to discuss anything they want ,” Judge Perry said, adding that video taping of the opening, closing and inspection of evidence is allowed, but no audio of video recording is allowed in the aforementioned adjacent room.

Judge Perry said Baez must turn in his list of requested evidence to the state by July 8.

“I will have someone in my office to answer my phone during that entire day [of the inspection],” Judge Perry said. “So, if something comes up, I can be reached to mediate any disputes.”

One of the defense experts, Dr. Henry Lee, was chastised by a California judge for apparently losing key prosecution evidence in Phil Spector's first murder trial. It ended in a mistrial after Dr. Lee apparently misplaced the tip of the victim's fingernail, which could have shown she was fighting for her life.

http://www.wftv.com/news/24114206/detail.html