State Adds 2 Psychiatrists To Casey Witness List - WESH

by mom_in_il Wed Apr 27, 2011 5:13 pm

State Adds 2 Psychiatrists To Casey Witness List
Defense Previously Dropped Same Psychiatrists

POSTED: 12:25 pm EDT April 27, 2011
UPDATED: 12:53 pm EDT April 27, 2011

Excerpt:

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony murder case Wednesday listed two psychiatrists the defense dropped from its witness list.

Anthony's defense team dropped from their witness list a pair of psychiatrists who recently examined her. Their hope was to use the doctors to provide some sort of rebuttal to the state's theory that Anthony acted with a guilty conscience when she appeared to stall and obstruct the search for her daughter, Caylee, by lying to her family and investigators.

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"It makes sense to use them for rebuttal. If there's an effort to explain the 31 days, these witnesses may be able to rebut that testimony," Eaton said.

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