Judge Rules On Motions In Casey Anthony Case

Judge Rules On Motions In Casey Anthony Case

Posted: 2:13 pm EST December 16, 2009
Updated: 2:28 pm EST December 16, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Judge Stan Strickland ruled on three motions Wednesday in the case against Casey Anthony. WFTV.com is working to post them as soon as possible.

A motion for protective order was granted in regards to an interview with EquuSearch volunteer Joe Jordan

The judge also denied the defense's motion to destroy videos of family visits.

A double jeopardy clause motion filed by the defense was also denied.

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JUDGE'S RULINGS: EquuSearch | Dismiss Counts | Jail Videos

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Defense team suffers setbacks

posted by halboedeker on December, 16 2009 4:17 PM

“These [decisions] are not good news for the Anthony legal team — the theme here is denied,” WESH-Channel 2 anchor Martha Sugalski said this afternoon.

Judge Stan Strickland today rejected two motions by Casey Anthony’s legal team. The developments opened the 4 p.m. news on WESH.

WESH’s Bob Kealing explained that Strickland denied the defense’s motion that nine of 13 check-fraud charges should be dismissed because they constituted double jeopardy. The result: Anthony will face trial Jan. 25 on all 13 counts.

On the 5 p.m. news, Kealing hinted that some plea deal might be in the works on the check-fraud charges.

Strickland also denied the defense’s motion that tapes of Anthony’s family visits be destroyed. But the judge hasn’t decided whether future tapes of any Anthony family visits might be blocked from release, Kealing reported. George and Cindy Anthony have not seen their daughter in 14 months and told the “Today” this week that they don’t go to the Orange County Jail because the visits are picked apart by the public and the media.

At 6, Kealing said, “Now the question is will the Anthonys visit Casey despite the tapes still rolling? Our sources say yes, and likely sooner than later.”

Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee.

Kealing said that Anthony defense attorney Jose Baez had said Friday that he expected not to win on the motions. “And he was right,” Kealing added.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2009/12/casey-anthony-defense-team-suffers-setbacks.html

In denial

December 17, 2009

Dave Knechel

Excerpt:

Surprise! Surprise!

Actually, the decisions the judge rendered yesterday with no explanations were no surprise at all. First, he denied the defense’s request to destroy video of any and all visits from her family. George and Cindy said they haven’t gone to the jail to see their daughter for fear that the recordings will be released to an overzealous public while being unfairly picked apart by media commentators. True, but in my opinion, she has the same rights as other prisoners – no more, no
less.

Read more: http://marinadedave.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/in-denial/