Casey's defense searching for a reasonable doubt?

Monday, July 20, 2009


Casey Anthony's Defense: Searching for Reasonable Doubt


EXCERPT:

New motions were filed last week by Casey Anthony's defense attorneys, Jose Baez and Andrea Lyon.

The first motion that caught my eye was the one which asks for Tim Miller, head of Texas Equusearch, to be certified as a material witness. In the motion, Jose Baez and Andrea Lyon requested documents:

1) Any and all records in its possession relating to its searches of the area in and around Suburban Drive and Hidden Oaks Elementary School, Orlando, Florida;

2) Any and all video or photographic records of its searches of the above area;

3) Any and all maps, charts, diagrams, drawings, and other pictorial representations relating to its search activities in and around the above area;

4) Any and all records of communications between Texas EquuSearch, its employees, members, and volunteers, and law enforcement made during the period of its search operations in Orlando, Florida; and

5) Any and all names, phone numbers, and other contact information of any employees, members, or volunteers with Texas Equusearch who may have searched the area in and around Suburban Drive and Hidden Oaks Elementary School, Orlando, Florida: (pp. 3-4)

The motion further stated the reason for needing this information:

9. The above mentioned documents and information are material to Ms. Casey's capital murder charge because they directly pertain to the timing and manner of the arrival of the remains of Caylee Marie Anthony at the site where they were discovered. (p. 2)

Read the motion

Along with the motion, a Memorandum of Law, a 17 page document in support of the motion, was filed along with appendices of supporting information which is 39 pages long.

At the same time, Baez and Lyon furnished a completed form for Judge Strickland to sign certifying Tim Miller as a material witness.



It is quite obvious that having a new attorney in the lead has brought about well-prepared motion concerning Tim Miller and Texas Equusearch. The first motion filed in January was extremely vague, the second motion, also filed in January, was slightly less vague by limiting the search area to "central Orlando." In a January 30, 2009 ruling, Judge Strickland denied the motion as written. Now, nearly six months later, we have a proper motion.

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