Casey Anthony Trial Update: Judge halts court for the day after scolding lawyers for "gamesmanship" - CBS News

by mom_in_il Tue Jun 21, 2011 6:25 am

June 20, 2011 2:18 PM
Casey Anthony Trial Update: Judge halts court for the day after scolding lawyers for "gamesmanship"
By Crimesider Staff

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CBS) - If viewers of the Casey Anthony murder trial expected the defense to open its portion of the case with a broad dramatic stroke, they were sorely disappointed. Yet the decision to bring a series of forensic experts to the stand first has supplied more than its fair share of angst and anger.

The trial was supposed to resume today with testimony from a forensic anthropologist and an expert in trace evidence analysis. Neither was sworn in and court was adjourned for the day after Judge Belvin Perry Jr. scolded lawyers for both the prosecution and the defense. Perry accused both sides of "gamesmanship" and selectively interpreting his court orders. He warned the lawyers that he won't stand for any of that anymore.

Perry raised the possibility of an exclusion order. Without getting into the legal weeds on what that could mean, Perry is threatening to exclude witnesses if the lawyers don't toe the line - disclosing the conclusions of the experts to the other side in advance of the testimony.

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