Casey Anthony in Court Friday at 9:30 am/ WESH.com will livestream the hearing/ Cindy & George to testify

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Casey Anthony’s parents to testify at hearing
Updated: Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 5:05 PM EST
Published : Friday, 04 Dec 2009, 5:05 PM EST

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Casey Anthony will be back in court Friday December 11 for motion hearings and her parent's, George and Cindy Anthony, along with their attorney Brad Conway have been subpoenaed to testify.will be back in court Friday December 11 for motion hearings.

Judge Strickland will hear four motions in the State vs. Casey Anthony case beginning at 9:30 a.m.:

Motion to preclude the death penalty procedures
Motion for a protective order prohibiting Orange County Jail from videotaping attorney visits
Motion for a protective order directing Orange County Jail to destroy videos of family visits
Motion to dismiss counts 1,2, 4, 5, 7, 8 10, 11, 13 for violation of double jeopardy clause

Anthony’s lawyers filed the motions saying there isn't enough information in the murder indictment for Anthony to defend herself so they want it thrown out. They are also trying to get the check fraud case dropped too claiming double jeopardy because she faces several counts of basically the same charge.

Anthony, 23, has pleaded not guilty on charges that she killed her daughter, 2-year-old Caylee Marie , claiming a babysitter kidnapped her toddler. Caylee was last seen in June of 2008, but she was not reported missing until a month later. Her remains were found in woods near the family's home in December.

Wow, that ought to be some hearing! Another early morning for me - it starts at 6:30 am here in the West.

Art, you need a wake up call???
Bet Cindy has already bought a huge pack of to get ready for her performance.

Thanks Critter, but just the THOUGHT of these two up their smacking their and spinning their lies is enought to keep me awake all night! hahahahaha

Shucks, I'm supposed to work Fri. morning...I might have to call in :D I hope I can watch the tape of it later...

We won't tell on you, Lisette!! :lol!:

Wasn't it close to this time last year that Caylee's remains were found? I wonder if Cindy and George will be thinking of Caylee and not Casey in the courtroom.

The court hearing is exactly one year to the date
they found Caylees remains - December 11th
also my husband (now deceased) birthday.
I dont think the anniversary will cause the Ants
to be any more truthful than they have been.

Thanks artgal I didn't realize it was the exact same date. You are right the Ants won't change it was only wishful thinking on my part.

....ouch. a teeny tiny part of me feels bad they have to go to court on the day their granddaughter was discovered to be for sure dead near their own home.

Another part of me is glad someone is forcing them to go look at the person who took the life of that same baby, and hope to god they feel at least a tiny bit disgusted of their own child.

Wonder if they will go out tonight for their crab cakes and a luxury dinner???

CritterFan1 wrote:Wonder if they will go out tonight for their crab cakes and a luxury dinner???

Now Critter, how could we forget..it was Crab Puffs and Sliced Steak..according to Nancy Grace.

Break out your alarm clocks and/or the coffee/popcorn or vodka...for the George and Cindy sideshow tomorrow morning!!

This is Bill Sheaffers take on the motions:
There have been endless opinions and discussions regarding the recent spate of motions filed by Casey Anthony’s defense team. These motions seek, among other things, to declare sections of Florida’s death penalty statute unconstitutional, or, attack those sections of the death penalty statute wherein the jury, during the penalty phase, is called upon to weigh aggravating circumstances versus mitigating circumstances in reaching its recommendation of either life or death. Further, there has been considerable criticism of the defense team for even filing these motions. Some are distressed with the perceived waste of judicial time and justice system resources, in having to respond to what many consider to be frivolous or pointless motions. Others are very vocal in their concern that the trial judge might declare Florida’s statute in question, or some part thereof, unconstitutional. The latter is not likely to happen.

We could address each defense motion on its merits, but for now, I believe that a general discussion of what it all means is more in order.

Once defense lawyers undertake a trial by either judge (bench trial) or by jury, the lawyers are not only concerned with the actual trial itself, but also any possible appeal which may follow, in the event of a conviction. Should Casey Anthony be convicted of first degree murder of her little girl, and, should she be sentenced to death, her appeal automatically bypasses the usual appellate route taken by non-death penalty criminal cases. Instead of an appeal of her conviction and sentence being filed with the intermediate appeals court, i.e. the Fifth District Court of Appeals, it would go instead, directly to the Florida Supreme Court, the ultimate court of appeals in the State of Florida. Should she lose the appeal in the Florida Supreme Court, her appellate lawyers would next appeal her conviction and sentence directly to the United States Supreme Court. For our international readers, that is the highest court in the U.S. But the United States Supreme Court has the discretionary ability to decide whether to hear Casey’s appeal, or to refuse to do so, without giving a reason. Should she lose in the United States Supreme Court, Casey’s lawyers would then return to the original trial court in Orlando, Orange County, Florida and file a postconviction motion for relief (also referred to as collateral relief) which would include, among other things, an attack upon the competency of her trial attorneys.

Should she lose on that motion, she would return to the Florida Supreme Court to appeal its denial. Again, should she lose that appeal, its back to the United State Supreme Court. So, if you are still with me at this point, if she is rejected by the United States Supreme Court, her lawyers would start seeking her postconviction remedies in the United States federal court system. This postconviction process would continue on until either Casey won, or, was executed. I won’t go into the particulars of the post conviction process in the federal court system. To do so would be mind numbing, even for you University of South Florida students following this blog. Suffice it to say the post conviction process can, and usually does, take years and years.

So, the eye opener for many who do not work in the criminal justice system is the fact that a guilty verdict with a sentence of death is not the end of the case by any means, but in many respects only a beginning. In discussing this case and the complex appellate process with “go to” criminal appellate lawyer, Terrance Kehoe who practices in Orlando, Florida, the defense motions under discussion here are the types of motions filed by criminal trial lawyers in most “death cases”. Although lawyers may disagree as to the merits of the various motions at this time, they are filed in order to preserve the issue (or argument) for the many appeals that follow. We are mindful that although the current status of the law may not support these motions today, the law is always evolving and changing, meaning what may seem a frivolous argument now, could, in fact, be the status of the law sometime in the future. And, should the law change in favor of the arguments advanced in these various motions, it may well be an argument put forth in one of these motions that saves Casey Anthony from lethal injection.

In view of the foregoing, I’ll leave you with an adage which I think applies to these defense motions: Throw a thousand rocks in the ocean, and you may just hit a fish.

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Posted: 5:01 pm EST December 10, 2009Updated: 5:47 pm EST December 10, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The case against Casey Anthony is heading back to court Friday and Casey will be there. Casey Anthony's defense team will ask that the death penalty be taken off the table.

The defense also wants the jail to stop video-taping visits between Casey and her attorneys. They are also asking that the check fraud charges against her be dropped.

Cindy and George Anthony and their attorney Brad Conway have also been subpoenaed to testify.

The hearing is happening on a crucial date in the case. Caylee's remains were found one year ago Friday.

Orange County meter reader Roy Kronk found the remains in the woods near the Anthony family home.


PHOTOS OF CASEY WITH CAYLEE AMONG RELEASED DOCUMENTS

Dozens of new documents were released Wednesday in the case against Casey Anthony. They documents include pictures of Caylee Anthony, wearing a T-shirt that said "Big trouble comes in small packages," and that shirt could be the link between her life and her death.

The new photos show Caylee (see photos) wearing the same t-shirt that investigators say they found tattered with Caylee's remains and the same shirt they say Caylee was last seen wearing by her grandfather the day she disappeared.

In the photos, Caylee is next to her mother Casey, who is playing the guitar.

NEW PHOTOS: Casey With Caylee
READ: Water Depth Report | Duct Tape | Casey's Wages
STATE'S MOTIONS: Protective Order | Witness List Request
VIDEO REPORT: New Photos, Docs Released
SHEAFFER BLOGS: Read Legal Expert's Posts

The saying would be cute under any other circumstances, but chillingly investigators believe she was wearing it the day she was murdered. WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer says that, along with the fact that Caylee and the shirt were found around the corner from Casey's house, could be another piece of circumstantial evidence that could get Casey convicted.

“It the very least it's going to damage her credibility on the stand,” Sheaffer said. “Who was the last person seen with Caylee when she was wearing that shirt? Her mother, ergo the killer.”

The new documents also show that a study was done of the water levels in the wooded area (read study) where Caylee was found and that the lower-lying areas would have been under water during the six months she was missing, which is consistent with what Texas-based EquuSearch said about the inability to search because of water.

The study showed that the exact spot where Caylee's remains were found would not have been under water the whole time, which is consistent with why Orange County meter reader, Roy Kronk, was able to find what he believed were Caylee's remains in August in the higher-elevated areas.

The new documents also show that Casey made a little more than $20,000 in about one year and a half at the job she had at Universal Orlando (see wages) before Caylee was born.

Meanwhile, prosecutors have filed two more motions (protective order) | (witness list) in the case as well. One is to block release of an illegal recording of the defense team's interview with EquuSearch volunteer, Joe Jordan. He is the one who recorded the interview.

Prosecutors are also demanding a full witness list from the defense team and it accuses the team of withholding contact information about meter reader Roy Kronk's ex-wives.


COUNTY FILES RESPONSE TO CASEY'S DEFENSE REQUEST

Orange County, which runs the jail, says Casey Anthony should not get special treatment. The county filed court papers Monday, responding to her defense team's request that she not be videotaped without audio when she meets with her lawyers at the jail.

Also, that previous videotapes should be destroyed and that those public records are not disclosed.

COUNTY'S RESPONSE: To Defense's Motion On Videos

The county says it has the legal right to have security video at the jail and does not have the legal right to destroy or withhold public records.

Jail security is one of five issues that will be heard at Casey's court hearing on Friday at 9:30am. Cindy and George Anthony and their attorney Brad Conway have been subpoenaed to testify at that hearing.

Casey's defense team also wants the death penalty pulled from the table and wants charges dropped involving the accused child killer's check fraud case.


PROSECUTORS IN CASEY CASE SHOOT DOWN DEFENSE MOTION

Prosecutors in the case against Casey Anthony are trying to shoot down a defense team's motion, which claims Casey faces too many check fraud charges (read state's response).

STATE'S RESPONSE: Response To Defense Motion

The defense wants some of the charges thrown out on the grounds that Casey shouldn't face multiple charges for each check she's accused of stealing from her former best friend and cashing them.

But prosecutors say each charge is a separate crime, with separate evidence, and should stand.

The judge hasn't made a decision on the issue.


WFTV LEGAL EXPERT ANALYZES CASEY MOTIONS

Casey Anthony is scheduled to be in court on December 11 and Eyewitness News got a closer look Wednesday at several motions filed in the case. One motion attacks the constitutionality of the death penalty procedure and asks the court to throw it out, but that's just one of five motions that will be handled at the hearing scheduled to take place next week.

BILL SHEAFFER: Analyzes Motions Filed
READ: Clause | Family | Order | Visits | Death
VIDEO REPORT: Closer Look At Motions

Lawyers for Casey Anthony want the death penalty off the table because they call it unconstitutional and say prosecutors don't have a legitimate reason to seek the death penalty in the case. They also say it violates Casey Anthony's constitutional rights.

WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer calls it a long shot (full interview).

"I've never seen or heard of a case where a judge has gone behind the state's motives and dismissed the death penalty," Sheaffer said.

However, Sheaffer does believe another motion to keep the jail from videotaping attorney visits does have merit.

"I think it can produce a chilling effect on the attorney-client relationship to know you are constantly being monitored," he said.

But, since it's a security measure, Sheaffer says the judge would have to weigh Casey's right to effective counsel against the security procedures in place at the jail.

In a separate motion, the defense wants all recorded video visits and telephone calls with Casey's family destroyed.

The defense is also asking the judge to toss out charges in her check fraud case for double jeopardy. That motion argues Casey is being charged with multiple crimes for the same incident.

Eyewitness News learned that Casey’s death penalty lawyer, Andrea Lyon, helped file the motion likely because, if Casey is convicted in the check case, it could come up in the murder trial that she is guilty of multiple other crimes that involve deception.

In a final motion, the defense wants to keep private eye Dominic Casey from a deposition since they claim he was working for the defense and any knowledge he has of the case is privileged attorney-client information.

Casey is facing charges for stealing checks from her best friend. The fraud trial is set for January 25.

There's also a pre-trial hearing in her murder trial on January 21. She is accused of killing her daughter, Caylee Anthony.

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The next chapter in the case against Casey Anthony will play out in an Orange County courtroom on Friday -- the one-year anniversary of the discovery of Caylee Anthony's remains.

Anthony's defense team plans to argue several motions at the hearing, which is scheduled to start at 9:30 a.m.

One is a defense motion to destroy the jail tapes made during Anthony's family visits, but administrators say that would be destruction of public records.

Anthony is in the Orange County Jail awaiting trial in 2010 on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of her daughter, Caylee.

Anthony said a nanny took Caylee, whose remains were found in Orange County woods a year ago -- on Dec. 11, 2008.

WESH.com plans to stream the court hearing. Look for a link on the home page on Friday morning. Link for home page is below:

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SIGH!!!!!1

that shirt picture means nothing. of course casey saw her the day she was murdered! she had to get her out of bed and dress her didnt she???? and we dont even know it was that day!

if they can prove it was that day, all the picture will say was where caylee had been that day, to see if it matches up with caseys testimony about where she slept and where she went that day

news! :so bored:

Bumping this up and waiting for the live feed to show up.

If there is anyone else here I can't hear anything. Please post what is going on.

does anyone know what all that was about Joe Jordan
hes the one who said that he searched the area where Caseys remains were and that it wasnt under water and there were no remains there. Something about an illegal tapping of a phone? Anyone have any info on this. So far nothing but arguments and judge as usual
makes no decisions immediately.

just got in and have the live feed going but nothing's happening :so bored:

WESH is not working. Will not load!!

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Cannot get audio!

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Thanks!! The screen is smaller but it works and that stupid Lyon is RHM. "Running Her Mouth".

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Thanks, Artgal. You are a trooper!!!! :cheers:

Lyons arguments so far have been really really bad
where the heck does she get that so called big reputation. Really really bad arguments so far by the defense IMO

Lyons argument now is her speciality getting rid of or fighting a death penalty case. She seems to be making the argument that the State is being spiteful in its placement of the death penalty and in their spite wish to seat the harshest possible jury.

It is on Tru TV also.

Now she's going on about whether there were aggravating factors and suffering before death. And arguing against it. OMG, I can barely listen to this biatch!

Dont they let the inmates cut their hair? I mean I know they cant have a pair of scissors but if this continues the jurors wont know if its Casey or Repunzal on trial.

This is so troubling to hear her (AL) and to see CA wiping away tears...not for her dead daughter but for herself. I actually feel physically sick. That little girl is DEAD. 24 hours after "are you tired Papa" and singing her song...You are My Sunshine. In her death who is standing up for her????!!! I am SO MAD.

Maybe she likes it long. I would imagine they don't trust anyone around her with anything sharp.

omg.. can this lady shut up?? she's so stupid

May the Judge make the right decision. So far I think he is a noble man.
How can she say there is no evidence that Caylee suffered!!! She was murdered for crying out loud...by her own mother. The thought sends chills down my spine.

I completely agree, Cherylz. I cannot wait for Linda Drane Burdick to get up there and blow Lyons away!!

Yes your honor, there are no signs of violence in this case - except of course that there was a dead eaten body with duct tape wrapped around the skull!

This is the last motion - when do Cindy and George
testify?

seriously. what is even out there for casey. if somebody killed my children wether it was someone else or not i would want to die. my whole life would be gone. i'd LET them convict me just so i could die quickly.

then again this is the witch who wants to get out so she can party now that she has gotten rid of her daughter.

i've never seen casey look more evil than i am right now with the camera on her looking so pissed off for 2 minutes straight. is she sitting there thinking about how much 'trouble' her daughter still causes for her even after killing her?

I want to beat her.

Judge Strickland asks = you are asking me to re-invent the wheel! - the death penalty is already on the table - all her blah blah blah will be for naught.

Sorry, Im wrong = it wont be for naught - this is a stage for her -she might not be getting paid in dollars,
but this is what she is here for -the huge amount of free publicity to be HEARD - she could care less about Casey

I hope this man for the State blows her away!!!

fAHAHAHAHAHA....he took 20-30 minutes of lyons babble and dumbed it down..i love it..

"shes basically calling death jurors, biggoted stupid killers"

LOL

whoa - the lawyer for the State just used Lyons words against her saying - Ms Lyon has characterized jurors that believe in the DP as biggoted stupid killers!

Sassy, I am watching and thinking the same. How can these lawyers represent her?

this guy makes the defense looks like idiots. seriously.

"you are only using these allegations against me because i went out and partied and had sex while my daughter was laying dead in a ditch somewhere!"---casey anthony according to andrea lyons...according to the state attorny :lol!: