10-29-2010, 04:22 PM
bozo eats dirt in court again today. 
Orlando Sentinel
October 29, 2010
After denying a request to close jail records, the judge in the Casey Anthony case told her attorney to be careful about public expenditures for her defense.
"I'm not going to write an open check," Judge Belvin Perry said.
Perry is now hearing arguments from the defense about more funding for a mitigation expert and additional investigative hours during today's monthly status hearing in the Anthony case.
Perry just warned defense attorney Jose Baez: "Taxpayer funds do not allow you to go off on a fishing expedition."
Earlier today, Baez failed to convince Perry today that his client's jail records, including phone and visitation logs and commissary records, should not be released to the public.
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Citing recent case law, Jose Baez said: "If it's not official business of the jail, it's not a public record."
WRONG. I THINK BOZO WENT TO FRED'S LAW SCHOOL TOO.
In response, Judge Belvin Perry just read from the Florida constitution and Florida statutes and denied the defense motion. The jail logs and records will not be sealed.
Anthony, 24, charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her daughter Caylee Marie, is in the courtroom today.
She faces the death penalty if convicted of murder. Her trial is set to start in May.
The overall cost of defending Casey Anthony so far has approached $300,000, according to disclosures of private funding made in court earlier this year and recent billing totals for publicly financed costs.
That public financing total will no doubt go up as the first-degree murder trial approaches in May.
Death penalty attorney Todd Doss, the Death Penalty chair for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, says his fee in death cases starts at $100,000, not including costs. But a case like Casey Anthony's, Doss said, would run significantly higher because of the size of the investigation, number of witnesses, complexity of evidence and intense media attention given the case.
"I surely would not quote Casey Anthony that [$100,000 figure]," Doss said. "I don't think $100,000 would be enough for that case. It would absolutely be well past the $100,000 mark. You need multiple attorneys to be able to handle the enormity of the case."
Asked about the costs in the Casey Anthony case, Baez said, there has been "no abuse of funds whatsoever in this case."
"Anyone who wants to complain about the costs should ask: Is this something I would have a problem with myself?" Baez said. "It's extremely difficult to say this is how much it should cost to defend a capital case. You can't put a price on a human life or what it costs."
YES, LIKE CAYLEE'S?
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Orlando Sentinel
October 29, 2010
After denying a request to close jail records, the judge in the Casey Anthony case told her attorney to be careful about public expenditures for her defense.
"I'm not going to write an open check," Judge Belvin Perry said.
Perry is now hearing arguments from the defense about more funding for a mitigation expert and additional investigative hours during today's monthly status hearing in the Anthony case.
Perry just warned defense attorney Jose Baez: "Taxpayer funds do not allow you to go off on a fishing expedition."
Earlier today, Baez failed to convince Perry today that his client's jail records, including phone and visitation logs and commissary records, should not be released to the public.
Click here to subscribe to the Sunday Orlando Sentinel for only 80 cents per week!
Citing recent case law, Jose Baez said: "If it's not official business of the jail, it's not a public record."
WRONG. I THINK BOZO WENT TO FRED'S LAW SCHOOL TOO. In response, Judge Belvin Perry just read from the Florida constitution and Florida statutes and denied the defense motion. The jail logs and records will not be sealed.
Anthony, 24, charged with first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her daughter Caylee Marie, is in the courtroom today.
She faces the death penalty if convicted of murder. Her trial is set to start in May.
The overall cost of defending Casey Anthony so far has approached $300,000, according to disclosures of private funding made in court earlier this year and recent billing totals for publicly financed costs.
That public financing total will no doubt go up as the first-degree murder trial approaches in May.
Death penalty attorney Todd Doss, the Death Penalty chair for the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, says his fee in death cases starts at $100,000, not including costs. But a case like Casey Anthony's, Doss said, would run significantly higher because of the size of the investigation, number of witnesses, complexity of evidence and intense media attention given the case.
"I surely would not quote Casey Anthony that [$100,000 figure]," Doss said. "I don't think $100,000 would be enough for that case. It would absolutely be well past the $100,000 mark. You need multiple attorneys to be able to handle the enormity of the case."
Asked about the costs in the Casey Anthony case, Baez said, there has been "no abuse of funds whatsoever in this case."
"Anyone who wants to complain about the costs should ask: Is this something I would have a problem with myself?" Baez said. "It's extremely difficult to say this is how much it should cost to defend a capital case. You can't put a price on a human life or what it costs."
YES, LIKE CAYLEE'S?
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