Transcript costs for defense will add up, WESH reports; defense deposition list has 40 witnesses, WFTV says

Casey Anthony: Transcript costs for defense will add up, WESH reports; defense deposition list has 40 witnesses, WFTV says

posted by halboedeker on May, 17 2010 5:14 PM

How closely will journalists follow the defense costs in Casey Anthony’s case?

Pretty closely, if a WESH-Channel 2 report this afternoon is an indication.

WESH’s Bob Kealing looked at the defense’s request for taxpayer funding to pay for transcripts from eight depositions.

”Usually a judge will pay one or two, but you start getting to 10, 20, the judge is going to ask a lot of questions,” Orlando attorney Richard Hornsby said.

Hornsby estimated that a 90-page transcript could cost $500 to produce. “These are definitely big-ticket items in any criminal case,” Hornsby said.

Kealing also reported that Chief Judge Belvin Perry ordered the state and defense to file written arguments on seven of 10 pending death-penalty challenges filed by the defense. The state has a June 16 deadline, and the defense must respond by June 28.

Today was the deadline for both sides to turn in detailed deposition schedules. “The defense list has more than 40 witnesses, including FBI agents, Casey’s friends and family members and members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office,” WFTV-Channel 9 anchor Martie Salt said. “The prosecution filed a motion today to say they could not meet the deadline because the defense had not given them the list in time. They’re requesting a 10-day extension.”

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


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