Judge Finalizes Casey Anthony Case Schedule Judge Says Hearing Will Not Be Private

POSTED: 5:03 pm
EDT May 3, 2010
UPDATED: 7:04 am EDT May 4, 2010


ORLANDO,
Fla. --Judge Belvin Perry finalized a schedule Monday
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three critical hearings in the next eight days.On
Thursday morning,
a hearing will be held to talk about how much taxpayer
money
Anthony should be budgeted to aid in her defense, now that she
has
been declared indigent.On Friday, defense attorney Jose Baez
asked
Perry if the budget concerns will be discussed in private. Perry
decided
the budget hearing will be held in open court Thursday.

Perry
said he he wanted to know how many hours the
defense team's experts
will require and if they are willing to abide by
the fee schedule
set by Florida's Justice Administrative Commission.Next
week, a
series of important defense motions will be heard, including a
hearing
on the trial's location and another to discuss whether evidence
can
be introduced suggesting the man who discovered Caylee's remain, Roy
Kronk, should have been investigated as a possible suspect.Perry
said he also plans to consider a series of defense motions challenging
the
death penalty.WESH 2's Bob Kealing said, by next week,
followers of
the case should expect to know how much money it will cost
taxpayers
to defend Casey Anthony, where her trial will be held and
whether
the state can keep pursuing the ultimate punishment against
her.Meanwhile,
Anthony's civil case will be back in court Tuesday. A
status hearing is
scheduled for the defamation suit brought by the
woman Anthony said was
Caylee's nanny, Zenaida Gonzalez.
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