Casey Anthony Defense Files New Motion

Baez Wants Release Of Recorded Inmate Call BlockedPOSTED: Friday, July 16, 2010
UPDATED:
7:09 pm EDT July 16, 2010

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's
defense team has filed a motion requesting that a recorded call between
defense attorney Jose Baez and a prison inmate not be released to the
public.


PDF: Defense

Motion

VIDEO: Jail Calls



In the motion, Baez said he was not made aware that the call two
months ago between him and Robin Lunceford, an inmate at Lowell
Correctional Institute in Ocala, was recorded.Corrections
facilities are allowed to record inmates' telephone conversations, and
under Florida law those recordings are public record.However,
Baez argues in the motion that he was unaware the conversation was being
taped. Under Florida law, it is a felony to record a telephone
conversation without the consent of both parties.In the motion,
Baez does not indicate whether the prison failed to notify him that the
inmate's call was being recorded. Baez claims his assistant received
the telephone call from Lunceford and transferred it to his cell phone.The

prosecution said it plans to release the call to the public.According
to the motion, Lunceford told Baez that she and two other inmates,
Robin Adams and Maya Derkovic, conspired to lie to the state about Casey
Anthony in hopes of receiving some benefit. Derkovic's apparent
motivation was to transfer to another institution in exchange for her
information, the motion said.Derkovic and Adams claimed earlier
this year that they befriended Anthony when they were all housed in the
same area of the Orange County Jail. Both women have since made
statements to authorities suggesting Anthony may have poisoned her
daughter, Caylee Anthony, with chloroform.Lunceford has made
headlines in the past. Lunceford was the jailhouse snitch that gave
police a tip about her former cellmate, Gerylan Graham, leading to her
being charged with murdering Rilya Wilson, a south Florida girl who
disappeared eight years ago.Anthony is charged with first-degree
murder in Caylee's death. Caylee was 2 years old when she was reported
missing in July 2008 after being missing for a month. Her remains were
found in December 2008.Anthony is being held on no bond at the
Orange County Jail.Watch Local 6 News for more information.

http://www.november.org/stayinfo/breaking3/JailSnitches.html

Arguably the most prolific informant in the Miami-Dade jail is Robin Lunceford. A robbery suspect and career criminal, Lunceford has offered police information about four murder defendants she met in jail, including Geralyn Graham, the caregiver for missing foster child Rilya Wilson.

Lunceford said that while she and Graham shared a jail cell one day last year, Graham admitted that she smothered Rilya. Lunceford's testimony is crucial to the Rilya case because the child's body has not been found.

In a recent interview with The Herald, Lunceford said she gained the trust of many fellow inmates by helping them prepare legal papers for court.