Casey To Attend Emergency Hearing Friday

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Posted: 5:38 pm EDT July 1, 2010
Updated: 5:49 pm EDT July 1, 2010

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony will be back in court Friday afternoon for an emergency hearing, WFTV learned Thursday. The defense wants its experts to see evidence at the sheriff's office without the supervision of the state.

The hearing is scheduled the begin at 1:30pm. WFTV.com will have it live online.

WFTV also reviewed the list of new witnesses who will be brought in to help defend Casey Anthony. Casey's parents and brother are on the list, too.

Casey's parents told investigators her car smelled like a dead body. Investigators found maggots and coffin flies in her trunk, which they say shows Casey put Caylee Anthony's lifeless body in there before bagging it and leaving her body in the woods.

The defense has hired forensic entomologist Dr. Timothy Huntington, a Nebraska professor, to refute that damning evidence.

“The forensic evidence in this case will come down to a battle of the experts,” WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

Cadaver dogs alerted on Casey's trunk and in the Anthony's back yard. Now, the defense lists witness Dr. Kenneth Furton, a Florida International University chemistry professor, who is listed as an expert in the use of dogs to detect human remains.

Once Caylee's remains were found in the woods near her house, investigators found a lot more evidence. They even documented how tall the plants were that were growing amid Caylee's remains.

Colorado biologist Dr. Jane Brock, who is listed as an expert in analyzing plant evidence at crime scenes, is on the defense witness list along with Canadian professor Dr. Scott Fairgrieve, who has researched human skeletal biology and torture. Duct tape was found layered over Caylee's face, which prosecutors say would have prevented her from breathing.

Sheaffer says jurors are tougher on defense experts.

“A defense expert is getting paid to come down, getting paid to testify, getting paid to reach the conclusions they reach,” Sheaffer said.

Friday, the defense will try to convince the judge to appoint a special magistrate to supervise its experts when they examine the evidence so no defense secrets are divulged to prosecutors.