Posted on 08/31/2010 12:23:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
Orlando, Florida - The judge presiding over the case of Florida murder suspect Casey Anthony warned lawyers Monday to expect long days in her upcoming trial and no more postponements.
"This case must come to an end at some point. This case must be tried at some point," Orange County Circuit Judge Belvin Perry Jr. told lawyers at a status hearing Monday afternoon. Anthony's 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, disappeared more than two years ago, "and I know that everybody has placed this on their front burner," Perry said.
Anthony has pleaded not guilty to capital murder in Caylee's death. Jury selection in her trial is set to begin May 9, with opening statements set to begin a week later.
Perry told lawyers that they can expect proceedings to run six days a week, and he warned them that all aspects of discovery needed to be resolved in advance. There will be no "trial by ambush" in his court, he warned.
"How much time you get to sleep at night will be strictly on you," Perry said. "If you don't share things, then y'all are going to find a lot of evenings ya'll are going to be together, giving depositions, taking statements. It makes for a long next day."
Caylee Anthony disappeared in July 2008. Her remains were found after five months of intense searches and speculation.
Perry has ordered that jury selection in the highly publicized case will be held in another county, with jurors brought to Orlando when opening arguments begin. Defense attorney Jose Baez has repeatedly complained about pre-trial publicity and has asked the judge to limit the release of public records about the case, but Perry has refused.
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Caylee Ping..............
May 9th? Wow!
Great!
I need to get my Nancy Grace fix.
No wonder our civilization is falling apart. It’ll be three years before the trial starts? Where did she get the money for the lawyers? Is there some crazy group that is paying the big bucks to defend her? This is madness. Since there is little doubt about the facts of the case then it must be another attempt to mount some sort of mental health defense. time to scrag those. If a person isn’t obviously a raving lunatic then no more of these Twinkie defenses.
ping
Most sociopaths aren’t raving lunatics.................
She somehow (we suspect thru sales of pics and videos to ABC) came up with $200,000. When Bozo (her attorney, Baez) ran thru that, he had her declared indigent, so now the fine folks of Florida are footing the bill. If I were a Floridian, the only thing I’d pay for is the needle!
Thanks for the ping Badger - the trial will be a circus but needs to be done - she and her parents will never admit she murdered her own child, but the public will know the facts.
Her lawyer has been adept at getting delays apparently. Plus, her being a sociopath, she probably has been quite difficult for him to work with. It is said, “You should never lie to your lawyer.” For a sociopath, that is damn near impossible..........
A true sociopath has no consciounce - so, lying is no problem for them. I just hope that this case doesn’t wind up dragging out like that one here in CA (Charles Ng). That case cost CA taxpayers a bundle.
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