State wants Jose Baez to show why he should not be held in contempt

by mom_in_il Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:41 pm

State wants Jose Baez to show why he should not be held in contempt
By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel
5:23 p.m. EST, February 21, 2011

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Prosecutors want Casey Anthony defense attorney Jose Baez to explain why he should not be held in contempt of court for failing to miss another court-ordered deadline.

In a motion for rule to show cause filed today by Assistant State Attorney Jeff Ashton, the prosecutor asks the court to issue an order to Baez to "show cause why he should not be held in contempt for failing to comply" with a portion of Chief Judge Belvin Perry's Feb. 7 order.

Part of that order, which stemmed from a status hearing, required Baez to "submit to the court and the state in writing, the specific issues that will be objected to" under a legal threshold to argue over new scientific evidence. It's called a Frye standard.

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