Casey Appears In Court For Evidence Hearing

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Posted: 10:31 am EST January 3, 2011Updated: 3:05 pm EST January 3, 2011
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony is in court with her attorneys Monday to try to convince a judge to toss out key pieces of evidence in her trial. Last week, the defense filed several motions asking Judge Belvin Perry to exclude certain evidence, such as the traces of chloroform found in the trunk of Casey's car.

Casey walked into the court room at 1:26pm, wearing a long sleeve, blue top and gray slacks. Her hair was tied back in a pony tail. Casey's mother, Cindy Anthony, was in attendance.

The hearing began promptly at 1:30pm. The first motion heard was on sanctions filed by the state of Florida against Casey's attorneys for ignoring the judge's orders to provide specific information about defense witnesses' testimony.

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Documents that needed to be filed by 12:00pm on December 14, were not filed until the next day.

"Why did he miss the deadline?" Judge Belvin Perry asked attorney Cheney Mason, referring to Casey's attorney Jose Baez.

At that point, Baez stood up to explain himself.

"Did you ask for a request, an extension of time?" Judge Perry asked Baez.

Baez replied that he did not.

"I don't think sanctions are appropriate in this case," Mason told Judge Perry.

However, the imposed sanctions against the defense and Jose Baez were held in contempt of court for missing deadlines on expert witnesses. Judge Perry said a fine amount is pending.

Judge Perry also said he must comply in seven days to get reports on expert witnesses. Anything not put in report or in deposition may not be used during trial.

The defense asked the judge to suppress some courtroom video and images by the media. Mason said he did not appreciate some of the the photos and video taken by the media and posted on websites. He claimed some images showed documents that weren't intended to be public.

Judge Perry decided not to suppress media videos and photos, but told Mason to move the defense table if necessary if he was worried about having the client-attorney rights violated.

The defense also wants to keep Casey's boyfriends, her alleged lies, what investigators found in her car, and about the shovel she borrowed from her neighbor the week Caylee disappeared, from the jury.

Casey told the neighbor she wanted to dig up bamboo roots in the yard that she was tripping over.

Her father George Anthony told detectives to have the cadaver dogs check two other spots in the yard where dirt had been recently turned.

Detectives asked Casey Anthony's boyfriends questions about their sexual relations, such as, was she clingy? Did she talk about Caylee? How many other boyfriends did she have?

The questions were asked when detectives were trying to figure out what happened to Caylee, where she was, and who her father is. The defense says the information is private and prejudicial and it will prevent her from getting a fair trial.

The defense doesn't want her father's statements about all of her lies to come into the trial and her history of stealing from her grandmother and mother.

The defense doesn't want the jury to hear Texas EquuSearch founder Tim Miller's statement that Casey was "about to mark on a map where the body was" but then changed her mind.

A status hearing set for January 10. At this point, Casey is not required to appear, but if there are new motions filed, and the judge agrees to hear them, she must be in court.