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Sorry Caylee, the jury took your day away.


« Reply #700 on: January 09, 2011, 09:58:23 PM »


I just wonder if it could be an issue for appeal.  That the judge that tried the indightment stage, tried the entire case, is that considered some type of conflict of interest? 
I was wondering how he was the one selected to take JS's place. I'm sure the indictment was taken in to account, and maybe it was in his favor as he was up to speed on the case due to him being the judge at that time.  IDK but sure would like to know why he was the one selected.  If Baez thinks he can go there, conflict of interest, no doubt he'll try.  I say LOL!

I don't know where or when I heard/read about Judge Perry taking Casey's case, BUT, I think he decided to take it himself after checking the calendars of all the judges.....he had the lightest schedule.
JP being the indictment judge is not a conflict of interest.

I hope not. 

Another question I had, you know how they keep the jurors sometimes on lockdown, can't read news papers, listen to news, etc., is a judge allowed to red the news, etc.  I guess they need to keep their opinions to themselves and try to be partial, but I am sure they form opinions.  NO?  How do judges keep themselves from being brought up on appeal for partiality?  I am not saying this judge is partial, but with all the denials, I am getting worred some other defense laywer down the road might try to get a retrial based on the judge being partial to the prosecution. 

I wish any defense attorney luck with that with all the sarcasm I can muster, it doesnt matter how many denials there are so long as they are based on precedent, applicable to the law.  I have all the faith in CJBP that he is making sure that nothing he says or does gives the defense an inkling to base an appeal.   The defense will have to look under another rock because this one is planted firm 

I guess I just do not watch enough court Tv.  When Bozo and co. argue a motion, the hardly ever mention case law.  They talk about this blog and that blog and about people with "felonious" acts and "liers" and "leaking" stuff, so really JP has nothing to go on.  He has no case law, in their motions, to base his denials on.  I might be saying what I mean wrong.  I am sure in most other cases, there is not all this bogus stuff going on, and I guess I just worry somehow JP will get buried in all the carp and slip one day and just deny on emotion or just because he can and bozo is stupid, LOL.

Absolutely right, Bozo & the rest of the clowns in court have relied more on their pompous "tudes," wild accusations & blatant finger pointing against innocent people rather than arguing applicable case law that established precedent.   Hint for the future, if not observed readily already, when CJBP begins to grin like a Cheshire cat & starts rocking in his chair, his mind is made up & its not favourable to the arguing counsel.    When he poses a question to counsel with one eye tweaked upward & his chin tucked down, its another sign that he knows he's being fed poppycock & with merit knows what his ruling will be already.

I have noticed his grinning, and I swear his face reads BS, as bozo is going on and on, but have not noticed the rocking.  I will have to go rewatch a few hearings. 


Oh I noticed the rocking and twitching. I thought it was a nervous twitch or he was  ready to atttack.

I do not see a nervous twitch at all.  JP Is very sure of himself when it comes to his motions, and the way he rules the courtroom.  I can definitely tell when he is annoyed though. 
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« Reply #701 on: January 09, 2011, 10:03:59 PM »

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/26369273/detail.html
Anthony Defense To Pay $583 In Court Costs
Court Hearing Scheduled For Wednesday Afternoon

POSTED: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
UPDATED: 6:56 pm EST January 4, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's defense attorneys will be in court again on Wednesday, one day after her attorneys were ordered to pay nearly $600 in sanctions for failure to comply with a court order.

Judge Belvin Perry ordered Anthony's defense to pay the sanctions in a Monday hearing, saying the attorneys failed to provide the prosecution with details regarding defense witnesses by a court ordered deadline in December.

The prosecution said the cost to pursue the motion for sanctions was $583.73. The defense team can appeal the amount.

Meanwhile, a hearing in Anthony's murder trial has been set for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Anthony will not be in court.

The hearing will address amateur photographs taken by a volunteer in the search for Anthony's daughter, Caylee, while Caylee was missing in 2008.

Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in her daughter's death. Caylee was 2 years old when she was reported missing in July 2008 after being missing for a month. Her remains were found in a wooded area in east Orange County in December 2008.

Wow, if that is how much it costs to file a motion, so Bozo and company filed what 23 on the 31st, so what was that, about $13,340.00 in one day.  No wonder he needs more JAC funds.

They should consider themselves fortunate, pay up & wise up...could have been much steeper for the defense & it was put to them sternly that next time it will be much more severe (my words, not quoted).



48 hrs has a special on tnight @ 9:00 about the casey case. trying to find out what channel on cable.
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« Reply #702 on: January 09, 2011, 10:07:22 PM »

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/26369273/detail.html
Anthony Defense To Pay $583 In Court Costs
Court Hearing Scheduled For Wednesday Afternoon

POSTED: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
UPDATED: 6:56 pm EST January 4, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's defense attorneys will be in court again on Wednesday, one day after her attorneys were ordered to pay nearly $600 in sanctions for failure to comply with a court order.

Judge Belvin Perry ordered Anthony's defense to pay the sanctions in a Monday hearing, saying the attorneys failed to provide the prosecution with details regarding defense witnesses by a court ordered deadline in December.

The prosecution said the cost to pursue the motion for sanctions was $583.73. The defense team can appeal the amount.

Meanwhile, a hearing in Anthony's murder trial has been set for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Anthony will not be in court.

The hearing will address amateur photographs taken by a volunteer in the search for Anthony's daughter, Caylee, while Caylee was missing in 2008.

Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in her daughter's death. Caylee was 2 years old when she was reported missing in July 2008 after being missing for a month. Her remains were found in a wooded area in east Orange County in December 2008.

Wow, if that is how much it costs to file a motion, so Bozo and company filed what 23 on the 31st, so what was that, about $13,340.00 in one day.  No wonder he needs more JAC funds.

They should consider themselves fortunate, pay up & wise up...could have been much steeper for the defense & it was put to them sternly that next time it will be much more severe (my words, not quoted).



48 hrs has a special on tnight @ 9:00 about the casey case. trying to find out what channel on cable.
cant find it.
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« Reply #703 on: January 09, 2011, 10:58:27 PM »

I KNOW Casey will be found guilty...even the duhfense knows that.
I don't really see her receiving the DP. I see her getting LWOP, and the A's moving so they can be closer to her on visiting days.
My other daydream is, the A's being arrested as soon as the Guilty verdict is read.
I second that motion...here..here!!
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« Reply #704 on: January 09, 2011, 11:14:54 PM »

48 Hours on ID
The Untold Story of Caylee Anthony
TV-14 (V), CC

In July of 2008 Cindy and George Anthony discover that their two-year old granddaughter Caylee is missing. Once her body is found five months later, investigators zero in on their prime suspect. The couple's daughter and Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony

http://investigation.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html?date=20110110.010

If anyone has the ID channel, they are playing this at 12am my time (in Ohio).  I'm not sure if its been on before but I had not seen it.
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« Reply #705 on: January 09, 2011, 11:17:41 PM »

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-jose-baez-outside-depth-20110107,0,6720421.story
Can José Baez rise to the challenge of Casey Anthony case?
By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel

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When reached last week to respond to the criticism and the management of the case in light of Perry's sanction, Baez said, "I don't have to answer any questions. Who are you?"

He added, "Do you have something to offer my client? It's a two-way street. … The door is open if you can assist me or my client." He hung up the phone, called back minutes later and said that conversation was off the record. Told that the conversation was not, Baez responded by saying, "You're lying and being unethical."

He threatened to stop discussing the case altogether, an approach he has at various times taken with other Central Florida reporters.

       

The first hispanic lawyer to try a high profile case either lost his soother or did not spend enough time in the time out corner.  I will assist you Bobo - they say opposites attact.  I sincerely hope you meet somebody who is intelligent, honest, cultured and attractive.



Snipped because that article is so long, but I prob snipped wrong.  Anywho, what could a reporter have to offer his client?  Is he talking money for an interview, is that what Bozo was getting at? 

Actually, it looks like I did the snipping right, woo hoo.

Bozo thinks they ought to pay him for talking.   
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« Reply #706 on: January 09, 2011, 11:29:32 PM »

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-jose-baez-outside-depth-20110107,0,6720421.story
Can José Baez rise to the challenge of Casey Anthony case?
By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel

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When reached last week to respond to the criticism and the management of the case in light of Perry's sanction, Baez said, "I don't have to answer any questions. Who are you?"

He added, "Do you have something to offer my client? It's a two-way street. … The door is open if you can assist me or my client." He hung up the phone, called back minutes later and said that conversation was off the record. Told that the conversation was not, Baez responded by saying, "You're lying and being unethical."

He threatened to stop discussing the case altogether, an approach he has at various times taken with other Central Florida reporters.

       

The first hispanic lawyer to try a high profile case either lost his soother or did not spend enough time in the time out corner.  I will assist you Bobo - they say opposites attact.  I sincerely hope you meet somebody who is intelligent, honest, cultured and attractive.



Snipped because that article is so long, but I prob snipped wrong.  Anywho, what could a reporter have to offer his client?  Is he talking money for an interview, is that what Bozo was getting at? 

Actually, it looks like I did the snipping right, woo hoo.

Bozo thinks they ought to pay him for talking.   

Or send a reporter named Zanny who used to be a Nanny  Monkey Devil!
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« Reply #707 on: January 10, 2011, 12:10:57 AM »

48 Hours on ID
The Untold Story of Caylee Anthony
TV-14 (V), CC

In July of 2008 Cindy and George Anthony discover that their two-year old granddaughter Caylee is missing. Once her body is found five months later, investigators zero in on their prime suspect. The couple's daughter and Caylee's mother, Casey Anthony

http://investigation.discovery.com/tv-schedules/daily.html?date=20110110.010

If anyone has the ID channel, they are playing this at 12am my time (in Ohio).  I'm not sure if its been on before but I had not seen it.

I believe it is a repeat of last year's and there have been some rumors that this was requested to be replayed by the A's to generate revenue for the defense team.  This is MOO, not a fact, and just was a coinidence based on this came up after Bozo was given the sanction hammer this week.  Same old thing that was on last year. 
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« Reply #708 on: January 10, 2011, 12:17:07 AM »

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/os-jose-baez-outside-depth-20110107,0,6720421.story
Can José Baez rise to the challenge of Casey Anthony case?
By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel

6:28 p.m. EST, January 8, 2011
For almost as long as the Casey Anthony murder case has been a part of the public awareness, there have been murmurs about her attorney José Baez's handling of the case.

Anthony Colarossi can be reached at acolarossi@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5447.
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When reached last week to respond to the criticism and the management of the case in light of Perry's sanction, Baez said, "I don't have to answer any questions. Who are you?"

He added, "Do you have something to offer my client? It's a two-way street. … The door is open if you can assist me or my client." He hung up the phone, called back minutes later and said that conversation was off the record. Told that the conversation was not, Baez responded by saying, "You're lying and being unethical."

He threatened to stop discussing the case altogether, an approach he has at various times taken with other Central Florida reporters.

       

The first hispanic lawyer to try a high profile case either lost his soother or did not spend enough time in the time out corner.  I will assist you Bobo - they say opposites attact.  I sincerely hope you meet somebody who is intelligent, honest, cultured and attractive.



O now you did it NorthernRose, you've got this Paula singing & dancing to Paula's song

To my knowledge he was married with one foot out the door & I recall it being reported he was in so much debt he might lose his house...haven't heard anything lately but if I were her I'd run.   PS years ago he was also in arrears with child support from his first marriage, in fact the board refused to let him practice law for 8 years after he graduated from his "Sears & Roebuch" law school & the Florida Supreme Court agreed.
I recalled above but to be more accurate the OS did a two part article, the link no longer brings you to the articles directly but I saved the content (and please excuse the length) here it is serving as a refresher & repost for our most recent members that may have not seen this information:

Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's defense attorney, leaves after conducting a news conference in December in front of his Kissimmee office. (RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / May 2, 2009)

Casey Anthony Case: Special report on Jose Baez: First of 2 parts
Casey Anthony's lawyer, Jose Baez, rejected by Florida Bar on first try
TOMORROW: Becoming Casey Anthony's lawyer has brought Jose Baez celebrity — and controversy.

Jose Baez, Casey Anthony's defense attorney, leaves after conducting a news conference in December in front of his Kissimmee office. (RED HUBER, ORLANDO SENTINEL / May 2, 2009)

His defense of a young mother charged with killing her toddler has transformed José Ángel Baez into one of the best-known lawyers in America.

For eight years after he graduated from law school, however, the board that screens prospective attorneys in Florida would not let him practice law. The Florida Supreme Court agreed with the decision, issuing an order in 2000 that cataloged unpaid bills, extravagant spending and other "financial irresponsibility" up to that time. Justices reserved their strongest condemnation for his failure to stay current on support payments for his only child.

His overall behavior, they wrote, showed "a total lack of respect for the rights of others and a total lack of respect for the legal system, which is absolutely inconsistent with the character and fitness qualities required of those seeking to be afforded the highest position of trust and confidence recognized by our system of law."

He worked instead as a paralegal for the Miami-Dade public defender and then taught Internet research to lawyers and started four business ventures, including two bikini companies. Before Florida Bar officials admitted him in 2005, he had to demonstrate that he had rehabilitated himself.

Today, as lead defense attorney for Casey Anthony — the Orange County woman charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter— 40-year-old Baez has become the sort of instant celebrity monitored by TV, newspapers, tabloids and the Internet.

He is a Bar member in good standing, his office spokeswoman reminded the Orlando Sentinel in a prepared statement. She also questioned the motives behind the newspaper story.

"Based on your questions and actions," she wrote, "this profile you are writing has nothing to do with Jose Baez's representation of Casey Anthony and appears to be a sensationalist persecution of a Hispanic lawyer who has been targeted by a newspaper lucky to find itself at the center of a national story."

The Supreme Court order, which the Sentinel found in public records, shows that nearly a decade ago, he could not satisfy the character and fitness standards Florida requires of prospective lawyers.

It identifies Baez by his initials, J.A.B. — standard procedure in cases in which prospective lawyers challenge their denial of a law license at the state's highest court. Using other public records and interviews, the Sentinel matched many details in the document to Baez, however.

For instance, the lawyer listed as representing J.A.B. was Manuel Alvarez, an attorney with the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office, where Baez worked at the time.

The office confirmed that Alvarez helped Baez with his Bar application. Supreme Court records show J.A.B.'s is the only case involving the Bar that Alvarez has handled in the state's highest court.

Alvarez would not comment, but Executive Assistant Public Defender Rory S. Stein said that Alvarez wrote a legal brief on behalf of Baez in 1998, the year after he graduated from law school. Stein called it "a friendly gesture" to a staff member who needed help with his lawyer application.

In an interview last year, Baez described his eight years out of law as a personal choice, saying he could earn more money in other fields. He would not be interviewed for this story but commented on the court order in the statement issued through Marti Mackenzie, his office spokeswoman:

"The ruling you claim that was made about a lawyer with the initials J.A.B. has nothing to do with Mr. Baez's current status as a member in good standing with The Florida Bar. Many people, including lawyers, have monetary misunderstandings, disputes and child support disagreements that have no effect on their ability to represent clients."


From Navy to law school
Born in Puerto Rico in 1969, Baez told reporters he grew up in the Bronx and South Florida with his mother, a single parent. He dropped out of Homestead High School in ninth grade.

He married at 17, became a father, earned a GED diploma and joined the Navy in 1986.

According to his résumé, Baez spent three years assigned to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Norfolk, Va., trained as an intelligence analyst with what he described as a "Cosmic Top Secret" security clearance.

He left active duty in May 1989 as a yeoman seaman, a rank associated with administrative duties, and then served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, according to the National Archives and Records Administration.

In the next six years, Baez divorced, attended Miami-Dade Community College and graduated from Florida State University. A black belt in tae kwon do, Baez competed with the karate, pistol and crime-scene team from FSU's chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon, a fraternity of criminology majors.

"We probably ranked first overall in every category in every national competition," said Ken Koehler, the fraternity's former sergeant-at-arms. "José was more or less the primary instructor. ... We did academic testing as well, and he did pretty good with that, too."

After graduating in 1997 from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Baez applied to become a lawyer. In April 1998, he was called before the Florida Board of Bar Examiners, which screens prospective lawyers. The later Supreme Court order outlined how this review uncovered the debts and other problems that concerned the Bar examiners.

That order is the only public record of the review, which is designed to protect the public and safeguard the judicial system. The Bar examiners have responsibility for ensuring that all lawyer applicants meet Florida's requirements for character and fitness, education and technical competence, according to Supreme Court rules.

The process is not open to the public, except when a candidate who is turned down asks the Supreme Court to review the decision. The court identifies the rejected applicant only by his or her initials when its findings are released.

Court critical of finances
According to the Supreme Court summary of the case, the Board of Bar Examiners filed formal allegations against J.A.B. in September 1998. In addition to unpaid child support, a personal bankruptcy and default on a student loan, the investigators said he left out parts of his history, including that he wrote a bad check and entered a pretrial program to avoid conviction.

Investigators also found fault with J.A.B.'s participation in a foreign-studies program in summer 1995 and his leasing of a Mazda Miata in Miami — unnecessary expenses when he owed money to others, they said.

After a formal hearing, the board found the allegations proven and recommended that he not be admitted to the Bar.

"Additionally, the Board found that J.A.B.'s misrepresentations and lack of candor in his answers to the specifications and during his formal hearing testimony were further grounds for disqualification," the Supreme Court wrote.

Many details in the order can be confirmed in public records for José Baez:

•Miami-Dade Circuit Court records show that Baez failed repeatedly to pay his $200-a-month child support after his 1993 divorce. The sum owed reached $12,000 by 2004. Asked recently about this, Baez said through his spokeswoman that he and his ex-wife have resolved their child-support issues. Like J.A.B., Baez's only child is a daughter.

•Baez declared bankruptcy in September 1990, the same month and year cited for J.A.B. The records on Baez are filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where he lived during and after his service in the Navy.

•The Virginia Education Loan Authority filed liens against Baez for $4,336 in unpaid loans in 1995, the same year the Supreme Court says J.A.B defaulted on his student loan.

•Baez leased a Mazda Miata in 1998, just as J.A.B did. The Sentinel obtained a copy of his Progressive Express insurance card for the vehicle, which Baez had submitted to the Public Defender's Office in Miami. Files from the State Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles show the car was leased.

In April 1998 — the same month that the Bar examiners held their investigative hearing into J.A.B.'s qualifications as a lawyer — the Miami-Dade Public Defender's Office reassigned José Ángel Baez to tasks that did not require a law degree.

Baez spent the next 16 months interviewing witnesses and investigating cases to compensate the office for its investment in his preparation to be a lawyer, records show. He resigned in September 1999.
The following year, in June 2000, the Supreme Court issued its findings in case No. SC95855, Florida Board of Bar Examiners RE: J.A.B.: "Accordingly, we approve the Board's recommendation that J.A.B. not be admitted to the Florida Bar at this time."

Baez tries bikini business
Turned down by the Bar, Baez started a series of businesses.

They included Bon Bon Bikinis and Brazilian-Bikinis.Com to sell bathing suits, corporate records show. He also applied for a real-estate license and created two companies selling computer know-how: LawStudentWebsites.Com and LawyerConcepts.

From 2000 to 2005, according to his spokeswoman, Baez worked for LexisNexis, the information company. In an interview last year, he said he taught lawyers and judges to research cases using the Internet and made twice as much as he could practicing law.

Records show that a court in Miami docked $550 a month from his LexisNexis paycheck in 2004 to pay child support to his first wife.

An applicant denied admission to the Bar can reapply after two years or other such period set by the Bar examiners. The application must include a "written statement describing the scope and character of the applicant's evidence of rehabilitation," according to Supreme Court rules.

The court requires them to produce "clear and convincing evidence of rehabilitation," such as strict compliance with judicial or administrative orders, assurances to "conduct one's self in an exemplary manner" and demonstrations of excellent character, good reputation for professional ability and "positive action" in their occupation, religion or community or civic service.

Baez launched two community-service ventures during his time away from the law.

In 2001, according to state records, Baez created a nonprofit group, the Miami Domestic Violence Project. It dissolved two years later. Mackenzie, Baez's office spokeswoman, said the project disbanded because another group with an almost identical purpose and name already existed.

In 2004, Baez created another nonprofit in Miami, Miracles for Children Foundation Corp., according to state records. It continued until Sept. 16, 2005.

The following week, Sept. 22, Baez was admitted to practice law. Because the admission process for lawyers is not public, there is no way to know what effect these nonprofit groups had on the Bar's action.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,3439656.story
Who is Jose Baez? Defending Casey Anthony brings celebrity, headaches.

Henry Pierson Curtis | Sentinel Staff Writer
May 4, 2009

Casey Anthony is not the first murder suspect Jose Baez has defended.

But representing her has brought him more public attention, scrutiny and controversy than any other case since he became a lawyer four years ago.

In the process, he has bristled at suggestions that his trial experience is limited and at questions about how he is paying for the expensive legal team he has assembled.

From his office down the street from the Osceola County Jail, he has worked on several hundred criminal cases conducted in courthouses across Central Florida. This semester he also taught a course in pretrial practice at Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando.

He was a low-profile local attorney, however, until he started working for Anthony, the 23-year-old mother accused of killing her toddler daughter, Caylee. Before that, no one was asking him to appear on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN or to jump aboard Fox TV reporter Geraldo Rivera's 70-foot ketch for an afternoon of sailing.

Along with the celebrity have come insinuations that Baez is over his head in the Anthony case — sometimes from a law professor or someone such as former prosecutor Nancy Grace of Headline News.

Baez, 40, would not be interviewed for this story. His spokesperson issued a statement accusing the Orlando Sentinel of engaging "in a sensationalist persecution of a Hispanic lawyer…"

Earlier, however, he suggested that the newspaper could get a balanced view of his legal abilities by talking to the judge and prosecutor in a Lake County child-murder case he defended last year.

Circuit Judge Mark Nacke would not comment. Judges rarely comment on attorneys because anything they say might suggest they are not impartial toward a lawyer who could appear before them in court again.

Assistant State Attorney Bill Gross said it was the first time in his 30-year career that a defense lawyer had used him as a professional reference. He said Baez had done a competent job and showed promise.

"I've been doing this a lot longer than he, and I could recognize that he does have a lot of God-given talent. He is quite quick-witted, has an excellent ability to communicate," Gross said. "He did a very good job considering his relatively short time as an attorney."

Baez's client was convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for manslaughter and child abuse in the fatal beating of a 2-year-old girl. Baez fielded questions from reporters in English and Spanish because the victim was the granddaughter of Puerto Rican boxer Wilfredo Vázquez, a world champion.

William H. Stone, chief assistant public defender in Lake County, said he, too, was impressed.

"I heard nothing but glowing comments about his abilities and representation of his client," Stone said.

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.    my note:  (the home I believe he was in threat to lose in the past year or so-notice the date this two bit wambulance chaser wannabe high profile attorney assumed) he'd get rich off of Casey's case and/or he's doing something shady thinking he could afford an over half a mil home
His office spokeswoman, Marti Mackenzie, told the Sentinel that Baez and his former wife have resolved their support issues.

Part 2
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.
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« Reply #709 on: January 10, 2011, 02:32:31 AM »

Thanks Cappy for posting that! I had not seen it before and it was very interesting. Bozo sure knows how to show his true Clown Colors in all facets of his life! Hope he just keeps on clowning right on through the trial.
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« Reply #710 on: January 10, 2011, 06:47:50 AM »

snipped from Capps quote above^^^

Absolutely right, Bozo & the rest of the clowns in court have relied more on their pompous "tudes," wild accusations & blatant finger pointing against innocent people rather than arguing applicable case law that established precedent.   Hint for the future, if not observed readily already, when CJBP begins to grin like a Cheshire cat & starts rocking in his chair, his mind is made up & its not favourable to the arguing counsel.    When he poses a question to counsel with one eye tweaked upward & his chin tucked down, its another sign that he knows he's being fed poppycock & with merit knows what his ruling will be already.


yep! quite right Cappys! have noticed this about the Judge...also he starts bouncing his leg..you can see the chair moving!


A poster over at the HM said that she imagines Judge Perry bouncing Caylee on his knee.  I loved that!    CJBP is nobody's fool and the sooner Baez figures that out the better.
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« Reply #711 on: January 10, 2011, 07:16:52 AM »

Cappy,thanks for posting that article for OS.
Here is a link from way back when we discussed it.We knew JB was a putz.   
http://scaredmonkeys.net/index.php?topic=4946.msg794643#msg794643
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« Reply #712 on: January 10, 2011, 07:33:22 AM »

Capp, didn't want to quote you because of the length of that article, but oh em gee.  Bikini companies, really?  Bikini companies!!!!  OMG, that is how I will forever remember this putz.  He should come to court in a kini.  A BozoKini. 

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« Reply #713 on: January 10, 2011, 08:01:53 AM »

I remember reading, so long ago it seems, about bozo's lack of experience, his excuses for why he chose not to practice law after graduating from law school, etc.
momster deserves what she asked for . . . namely bozo.
bozo deserves what he asked for . . . a new judge who will not be snookered by his BS!
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« Reply #714 on: January 10, 2011, 09:47:28 AM »

Good morning monkeys!   Well, I guess this Jersey born girl didnt move far enough south, we got 7 inches of snow overnight!    Be safe everyone, especially those that are not used to traveling thru this white stuff  Happy shoveling 

O my goodness Zoo, now you went and did it...visions of Bozo in a "kini" well let's just say that is way too muckin fuch to nightmare over 
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« Reply #715 on: January 10, 2011, 09:54:28 AM »

Morning Monkeys, I did a search to see if this has been posted, but couldn't find it.  Figured we could use a couple more chuckles at J.A.B.'s expense.

http://eggtreenews.wordpress.com/
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« Reply #716 on: January 10, 2011, 10:01:16 AM »

Thanks akmom.   
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« Reply #717 on: January 10, 2011, 10:07:37 AM »

Thanks akmom.   

Most welcome Trimm
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« Reply #718 on: January 10, 2011, 10:12:34 AM »

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« Reply #719 on: January 10, 2011, 10:59:44 AM »

I started a thread to discuss "things that The Anthony's have said that baffle you the most"  I know, I know, everything that has ever come out of their mouths.  I find the thread content interesting.  Join me in that thread to discuss? 
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