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Posted on 07/15/2011 11:02:20 AM PDT by markomalley
Casey Anthony will appeal her convictions on four charges of lying to detectives who investigated the 2008 disappearance and death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, according to a notice filed on Friday by her criminal defense attorneys.
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The defamation lawsuit was filed in 2008 but put on hold during the criminal proceedings. Fernandez-Gonzalez's lawyers this week asked for an emergency order to compel Anthony to appear at the deposition, telling the judge they were concerned she would disappear after her release from jail.
Greene countered with a motion for an emergency protective order, arguing that Anthony was emotionally and mentally exhausted by the seven-week criminal trial and has had no time to prepare for her defense in the defamation case.
At a court hearing Friday morning, Greene immediately asked Judge Jose Rodriguez for a private bench conference.
When it was over, Rodriguez announced he would step down from the case and adjourned the hearing. Neither Greene nor Keith Mitnik, who represents Fernandez-Gonzalez, would discuss what transpired in the private discussion with the judge.
Mitnik said Anthony's deposition is still on.
"What was accomplished today in my opinion is she's now going to get out of jail, and we've got to wait and see if she shows up," Mitnik said.
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She will disappear and probably end up murdered somewhere. No one will think much about it since everyone is expecting her to disappear and change her name.
With her behavior, pattern of lying and notoriety, she is a perfect target for a serial killer.
I think the ploy is her attys needed to get the appeals filed so Casey can plead the 5th in the deposition.
Please tell me you forgot your sarcasm tag.
Where the heck have you been?....Do you know nothing about this girl or the trial?
They are going to appeal the lying to police on Miranda. In any civil trial she can take the 5th while the appeal is ongoing.
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IIRC, lying to police during an investigation/obstruction of justice does not have a Miranda requirement. It is weather or not she believed she was under arrest at the time she made the false statements.
As far as her deposition, it doesn’t matter if she pleads the fifth or not, civil trials only require a ‘more likely than not’ burden of proof and there is ample proof outside of her statement, comments by her mother, comments to the police, trial transcripts. Although, her pleading the fifth won’t help her defense in the civil trial.
Any thoughts on this, MrR?
I am not sure because I am not a Lawyer. But suing an indigent is not a really good idea. The main thing they are after is her testimony and publicity. If she can not be compelled to testify why bother except for the publicity.
How can these charges be appealed? Denial of Miranda rights? Police sat she was not under arrest (at least initially) so those rights did not need to be given. If Anthony denies she lied to police she will be lying again. I think she is no longer able to tell the truth about anything.
Heck, she’s still in jail and women who have a vague resemblance to her are being endangered!
Just read your bio, where you say you are “very pro life”. I find that a very insincere statement, that you would condone killing unborn kids, but think it’s ok for that trashy Anthony woman killing her little live baby girl. Even if she didn’t kill her, she had so little concern for her that she didn’t report her missing while she was out bar-hopping and whoring for days.
Hence the ping to my husband, he is a lawyer. I’m just his paralegal.
They are after money, and probably attachment of any book deals or movies Casey will try to get (already heard about a movie deal).
It doesn’t matter if she testifies or not, a judge or jury can still find her culpable in defaming Zandia Gonzalez. Had Casey been smart, she would have called the nanny Maria Lopez or something really common.
They are pushing for a deposition to avoid the setting aside of any judgement against her. Casey’s team is doing this to delay the civil trial. Typical lawyer posturing.
Guess she didn’t see the “Dont Talk to Cops” video on youtube.
she’s still in jail and women who have a vague resemblance to her are being endangered!
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Good thing I’m a short blonde.
(Dispatcher): What is your emergency?
(Anthony): Please help me, I have a bunch of people trying to kill me.
(Dispatcher): Okay ma'am, calm down. What is your name?
(Anthony): Casey Anthony.
(Dispatcher): Okay, Miss Anthony, try to stay calm, an officer will be there in 31 days .
It’s not too shrewd. Refusal to answer questions, even claiming constitutional privilege, can be considered by a civil jury as self incriminating.
So she can take the fifth instead of answering questions. If the appeal is pending she can do that.
The equivalent of “I’m personally going to find the real murderer”
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