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Casey Anthony Fights Order to Report to Probation Officer
By MAGGY PATRICK and NIKKI BATTISTE
Aug. 1, 2011

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Strickland signed an order today clarifying his ruling, that he intended her probation would be served once she was released from jail.

Baez, however, said he will file a motion to recuse Strickland from the case and to toss out the judge's order. He claims that Strickland no longer had jurisdiction in the case.

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Casey's Defense To Fight Probation Order
Judge Strickland Orders Probation In Casey Case

POSTED: 6:23 am EDT August 2, 2011
UPDATED: 8:27 am EDT August 2, 2011

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony has about two days left to return to Orange County, according to a court order, but her defense team is expected to begin fighting it Tuesday.

Judge Stan Strickland signed an order Monday that could require Casey Anthony to serve a year of probation for fraudulent check writing.
"We are moving forward to make sure she is following the judge's orders," Gretl Plessinger said.

Plessinger said the department began proceedings to supervise Anthony's probation.

"We are working with her attorneys to move the process forward," she said.

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Baez expected to fight Casey Anthony probation order
By Amanda Evans, Reporter
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 7:49 AM

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ORLANDO -- Casey Anthony may be forced to return to Orange County, but not if her lawyer has anything to say about it.

An order filed Monday by Judge Stan Strickland would force Casey to stay in Orange County to serve a probation on her check fraud conviction from 2010.

But attorney Jose Baez is expected to file a motion Tuesday to fight that order.

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Casey Anthony: Cheney Mason to fight new probation order
posted by halboedeker on August, 1 2011 5:40 PM

Casey Anthony’s attorneys will fight an order that she must go on probation in her check-fraud case, WKMG-Channel 6 reported tonight.

Cheney Mason said the defense team on Tuesday will file a motion that Judge Stan Strickland be disqualified from the case, WKMG’s Tony Pipitone reported. Anthony’s attorneys will seek an emergency motion to set aside Strickland’s order that Anthony must go on probation for a year, Pipitone added.

Pipitone had an edge on the story because Mason provided several insights into the defense strategy.

Strickland today clarified his sentence that he expected Anthony to serve a year’s probation after she left jail. Yet because Strickland’s intention hadn’t been clear, Anthony served the probation while awaiting her murder trial. She was acquitted last month of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee.

Anthony left Orange County Jail on July 17 and hasn’t been seen since. But under Strickland’s new ruling, Anthony would be expected to show up for probation on Wednesday, Pipitone said.

In an interview with WOFL-Channel 35’s Holly Bristow, defense attorney Mason complained that Strickland had filed fraudulent paperwork. Strickland said in a document that he met in court today with Anthony and her attorneys — but none of that happened. Mason said that Anthony is in an undisclosed location outside Florida, Bristow reported.

Mason told Pipitone that Anthony’s attorneys are concerned about her security as well as the legality of Strickland’s changed order.

WFTV-Channel 9’s Kathi Belich looked into what could happen next after Strickland amended his ruling. WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer predicted that the case could go to the Florida Supreme Court. Sheaffer told Belich that Strickland had lost jurisdiction because Anthony had served the probation.

On WFTV, Sheaffer and public defender Bob Wesley agreed that Anthony couldn’t be forced to serve more probation because that would be double jeopardy. Wesley made the same point on WKMG.

Yet attorney Diana Tennis, a legal analyst for WOFL, said Strickland was correcting a paperwork mistake and didn’t think Anthony’s attorneys could fight it.

Attorney Mark O’Mara, a legal analyst for WKMG, said Strickland’s order could very well stand.

In another Anthony update, WFTV reported that George and Cindy Anthony were spotted flying first class to Houston with their attorney, Mark Lippman.

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