Judge: Casey’s Costs Are Public

Friday,May
07, 2010 12:17:15 AM
Reported by Jacqueline Fell
ORLANDO -- How Casey Anthony's defense spends public money will
stay public.Judge
Belvin Perry denied a request from Anthony's
attorneys to seal all
records related to the public funding of her
defense.This was
just one headliner from Thursday's hearing.After
the decision to
keep public money public, it was, as Judge Perry
called it, a battle of
the experts, of which experts will be allowed
to stay on the case.
Read the Latest Motions
Motion to Seal All JAC Documents (pdf)

• Motion to Approve Out-of-State Experts (pdf)
  

Because
Anthony has been found indigent, the state will pick up the tab for
expert
witnesses, and those who are out of state are much more
expensive.This
means travel expenses, hotel rooms and maybe
rental cars.Perry
asked questions like “Can you use an in-state
expert?” “Can you use
Skype so they don't have to travel?" "If you found
someone closer,
what does that do to your case?”Jose Baez also
asked to buy two
Pontiac Sunbirds, just like the one that belonged to
Anthony.They
wanted to run tests like the state did, where
scientists said there
are signs of human decomposition in the trunk.The
judge said no way
to the $6,000 price tag.“Since the issues of
the novel science, what
other alternative types of science there are to
do these types
experiments I think it's going to become necessary,” Baez
said."You
don't have unfethered access to run and every and any
test at
taxpayers’ expense. So that request will be denied without
prejudice,”
Perry said.The defense can hold a separate hearing
later discussing
the cars again.Meanwhile, everyone will be back
in court Monday and
Tuesday to argue all the outstanding motions in this

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