Casey Anthony Defense Attorney Leaving Case

Casey Anthony Defense Attorney Leaving Case

Baden Files Motion To Withdraw

POSTED: 5:53 pm EDT October 22, 2010
UPDATED: 6:05 pm EDT October 22, 2010

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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- One of Casey Anthony’s defense lawyers has backed out of the case, according to court documents filed on Friday.

Linda Baden filed a motion to withdraw in Orange County.

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Lawyer Leaves Casey Anthony Defense Team

Posted: 7:11 pm EDT October 22, 2010
Updated: 10:42 pm EDT October 22, 2010

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Baden left the defense team because of issues regarding money. Casey was declared indigent, which means the state is covering the costs for her defense. The case had required Baden to travel to Orlando from New York to be in the courtroom, but the state won't reimburse out of state attorneys working pro bono.

Hours after learning Baden was leaving Casey Anthony's defense team, WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said Anthony's remaining attorneys, including J. Cheney Mason, will have a tough time filling Baden's shoes

."Although Mr. Mason is a very very experienced and good lawyer, he's not known as an expert in the area of forensic evidence. This is going to be a significant loss to the defense," said Sheaffer.

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"We've seen a number of attorneys who have been involved in this case who have advanced some personal interest of their own in representing Casey, that after they've exhausted that, have left the case," said Sheaffer.

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Lawyer stepping down from Casey Anthony's defense team

Last Updated: Friday, October 22, 2010 6:31 PM

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Court documents said Kenney-Baden is stepping down not because of any issues with the case, but because because the work she's been brought on board to do is done.

"As out of state counsel I have been traveling to Florida and elsewhere to properly represent Ms. Anthony," she wrote in her motion.

She added, it is her "understanding that the JAC prohibits payment of such costs to out of state attorneys even though they have rendered and are rendering their services free of charge."
Kenney-Baden will remain as a consultant and appear periodically throughout the trial.

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Casey Anthony attorney Linda Kenney Baden leaves defense team

By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel
5:38 p.m. EDT, October 22, 2010

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Kenney Baden goes on to say she cannot continue representing Casey Anthony "in the absence of substantial funds to cover the costs of travel and reimbursement for expenses, which she anticipates will increase as trial approaches…"

She added that like Andrea Lyon, who also withdrew from the case as an out of state counsel earlier this year, she has worked hundreds of hours on the case.

"I believe in the client's innocence to the charges and do not wish personally or professionally to withdraw from this case," she wrote. "Nonetheless, because the state of Florida fails to reimburse out of state pro bono attorneys for expenses, I am forced to make this application…"

She says she cannot represent Casey Anthony "from afar without the necessary interactions and appearances in Florida."

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