Defense Experts to View Evidence

Anthony Defense Team Finishes Survey Of Evidence
Baez: Experts Give Insight Into Evidence In Casey Anthony Case

POSTED: 12:46 pm EDT July 14, 2010
UPDATED: 1:23 pm EDT July 14, 2010

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Defense attorneys and their experts looked at more evidence in the case against Casey Anthony.

Anthony defense attorney Cheney Mason said the team finished looking over evidence just after 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

"Without giving away details there are plenty of things that you see in person that you can't see in a photograph," Anthony defense attorney Jose Baez said.

On Tuesday, the team looked at dozens of items from the evidence sheet at the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Baez and Mason, along with insect expert Tim Huntington and forensics expert Henry Lee, were on hand again Wednesday to look through more evidence.

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“We'll all be together looking at it, so it's all going to be done controlled and orderly,” Mason said.

Baez said the process has gone well so far.

"Any time you get a chance to inspect something you have never seen before, obviously, only in photos, it's a completely different way of looking at things," Baez said.

Baez said that having their experts on hand also gives the defense team crucial insight into the evidence of the case.

"Under the rules of criminal procedure, we are allowed to test items so in all likelihood that is what's going to happen in this case."

The defense team had to wear gowns and gloves for the review.

On Thursday, Judge Belvin Perry will hear an objection by the defense to keep sealed any details about the items they looked at.

http://www.wesh.com/news/24257059/detail.html

Casey evidence inspection wraps up


Casey Anthony's evidence experts wrap up

By Jacqueline Fell, Reporter
Last Updated: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:08 PM

ORLANDO -- The team of experts brought in to defend Casey Anthony is done reviewing evidence in the case after an all day meet-up Tuesday.

Cheney Mason, one of Casey Anthony's attorneys walked around right after lunch time and said they were calling it a day. They had been inside for just more than 3 hours.

After a defense team huddle attorneys and experts called it "quitting time". Just 3 hours at the sheriff's office, attorney Cheney Mason said they were done.

This ends a two day inspection of evidence being held by the orange county sheriff's office.

Lead attorney Jose Baez says they found things other investigators missed.

"Without giving away any details, they are obviously plenty of things that you can see that you can't see in a photograph," Baez said.

The defense is allowed to test the evidence they've inspected, Baez said that is most likely what will happen.

The defense is fighting to keep the evidence list private. They will argue why in court Thursday.

“When we got all of the evidence sheets and property sheets we anticipated everything we thought might be relevant, what was important,” Baez said.

Baez did say Wednesday morning the team would take another look at evidence from Casey Anthony’s white Pontiac Sunfire. Her mother, Cindy Anthony, made a statement during a 911 call that the car smelled like a dead body had been in there back in 2008.

That's yet another topic that will be argued in court Thursday.

Anthony’s team of experts consists of forensic expert Dr. Henry Lee, DNA experts Selma and Richard Eikelenboom of Holland and forensic entomologist Dr. Timothy Huntington.

The evidence was scattered throughout three rooms where the experts wore lab coats, gloves, and hair nets to preserve the evidence.

For the second day in a row all we got was a wave from the defense team as they left the sheriff's office.

Some of the experts will be back for evidence testing.

http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2010/july/122014/Casey-evidence-inspection-wraps-up

I don't believe they found any new evidence that "other investigators" missed...... especially from just visual inspection and without testing. But I do believe JB is setting the stage so that after the testing he says they will be doing they can claim they have something BIG.... HUGE... that will prove SODDI.... and that KC Anthony is innocent, just as they have claimed all along.

Oh, good grief!!!

Snaz wrote:Objection to Release of Documents Related to Intended Defense Review of Evidence

Sorry to quote myself....

Interesting that the defense released this motion to the media a couple of days ago, but they just TODAY filed it with the Clerk's office at 12:08 p.m.

Notice the timestamp on this copy, which is NOT on the above referenced copy.

They remind me of The Gang that Couldn't Shoot Straight...along with The Three Stooges....and THEY accuse the SA of being media whores...Do They ever look in the mirror??? They should realize that when they point their finger at the SA that there are 3 fingers pointing back at them...If I recall correctly I think Judge Stan told them not to put the cart before the horse...Looks like they did it again!!!!

Expert witnesses for Casey Anthony look at trunk, trash
Few details are released

Updated: Wednesday, 14 Jul 2010, 4:54 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 14 Jul 2010, 4:45 PM EDT
By Holly Bristow
FOX 35 News

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The trunk of Casey Anthony’s Pontiac Sunfire has been carefully inspected by a team of expert witnesses. They also combed over a bag of trash, loaded with tiny little bugs called coffin flies, empty soda cans, a dirty pizza box and broken hangers.

Casey Anthony’s defense team arrived just after 9 a.m. on Wednesday and left just three and a half hours later around 12:30 in the afternoon.

Anthony attorneys Jose Baez and Cheney mason spent a second morning at the orange county sheriff’s office with the five forensic experts.

Still, not one of them would tell us exactly what they are focusing on, which could include any number of articles documented in hundreds upon hundreds of files -- possible evidence in the murder of Caylee Anthony.

“We collected from the list and property sheets what we felt was important to both the states case and ours,” said Baez.

On Wednesday, the team concentrated on evidence which deputies collected from the Pontiac Sunfire. The lead detective on the case said it smelled like there had been a dead body in the trunk.

Investigators tested several stains in the trunk for proof. They also tested the bag of garbage.

Discovery documents released by prosecutors revealed the state's entomologist found "coffin flies" in the vehicle, which breed in human corpses.

Before Wednesday’s visit by defense experts, Baez and dr. Henry lee were the only two team members to have inspected the Pontiac. Now, DNA experts from Europe, as well as an entomologist have had an opportunity to look at the evidence.

“Anytime you get a chance to inspect something you’ve never seen before, only in photographs, it’s a completely different way of looking at things,” said Baez. “Sometimes you pick up on things that are missed and lost sometimes. It’s a lot clearer.”

In other developments, lawyers will grill Casey Anthony’s big brother, lee, and her mother, Cindy, on Thursday. They will focus on a 911 call that started the search for little Caylee.

“There's something wrong. I found my daughter's car today, and it smells like there's been a dead body in the damn car,” Cindy Anthony is heard telling a 911 operator during a phone call placed in July of 2008.

Cindy later said that the odor could have been from rotting pizza. Lawyers for the state want Cindy to clarify herself again. They contend that her statement was an excited utterance and should be admissible in court. The defense wants the entire 911 call tossed out, saying it amounts to hearsay and not fact.

This will also be the first time since October of 2008 -- when Casey was arrested -- that George, Cindy, Lee and Casey will be in the same room. Cindy will be face-to-face with her own daughter as she is testifying, answering questions from the state and the defense.

“Like anyone that's going to testify in a courtroom, she’s a little bit nervous about that,” said Cindy Anthony’s attorney Brad Conway, “but you’ve got to remember she has already given a deposition, has talked about this on numerous occasions with numerous people, so she’s ready to go in and tell the truth tomorrow.”

After Cindy Anthony testifies in court, the judge is expected to make a decision on the admissibility of the 911 recordings and should rule on Thursday.

Anthony's murder trial is set to begin on May 9, 2011. She remains jailed on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of her daughter Caylee who 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 on December 11, 2008. Investigators say the toddler's body was found with duct tape over her mouth.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/web_links/071410-Anthony-defense-witnesses

BBM

So it looks like Georgie-boy is planning to attend....

Jose Baez says defense’s inspection of evidence goes smoothly; Cindy Anthony to testify calmly, lawyer says

posted by halboedeker on July, 14 2010 6:25 PM

How did the Casey Anthony defense team’s examination of evidence go?

“Jose Baez said their inspection has gone ’smooth and professionally,’ ” WESH-Ch. 2’s Bob Kealing reported tonight.

Baez said things had been very professional, said Jacqueline Fell of Central Florida News 13.

But there was a tense moment with WFTV-Ch. 9’s Kathi Belich, whose questioning yesterday caused defense attorney Cheney Mason to lash out at her.

“We ruffled feathers again today,” Belich said tonight. This time, Belich quizzed Baez about whether he would ask taxpayers to pay the travel expenses of two experts from the Netherlands.

“You and your taxpayer nonsense,” Baez shot back. But Belich added that Baez later said he wouldn’t ask taxpayers to foot that bill.

The defense has fought the release of the list of items that its experts examined yesterday and today at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. But defense attorney Cheney Mason told Kealing that issue may be moot by a hearing tomorrow.

Casey Anthony is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee.

The defense team arrived at 9 a.m. today and left — “to our surprise” — at 12:30, WOFL-Ch. 35’s Holly Bristow reported. The defense experts concentrated on items deputies collected from Anthony’s car, Bristow reported.

What’s next? ”We’re allowed to test items, and in all likelihood, that’s what’s going to happen in this case,” Baez told reporters.

WFTV-Ch. 9’s Belich put it this way: ”Baez claims that his team of experts found some discoveries of interest here over the last couple of days and, because of that, he expects to ask Chief Judge Belvin Perry if he can do his own testing on the evidence. Now that’s not an unusual defense request, except in this case taxpayers would pay for it.”

Baez told Belich that he didn’t know how many tests he would request and that he would consult with his experts.

If the defense found something to help Anthony’s case, it would have to alert the state so the prosecution could analyze the results before trial, Belich said. “We’ll also find out if the defense is pulling just another Todd Macaluso move,” Belich said, referring to the former defense attorney who said there was evidence someone other than Anthony placed the toddler’s body in the woods. “That evidence never materialized,” Belich said.

On WESH, defense attorney Jeff Deen analyzed the inspection process and said it was important that the defense team not give away anything during the two-day examination.

WKMG-Ch. 6’s Mike DeForest previewed the hearing Thursday, when Cindy Anthony will testify about 911 calls she made two years ago that set the case in motion.

Brad Conway, Cindy’s attorney, told DeForest that she will “answer the questions truthfully and calmly. Cindy Anthony will acknowledge in court tomorrow that she was very frantic when she called 911 … even though that admission could ultimately hurt her daughter.”

WESH’s Kealing reported that George Anthony, Casey’s father, is expected to be at the courthouse Thursday. Cindy and son Lee Anthony have been subpoenaed to testify.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/07/casey-anthony-jose-baez-says-defenses-inspection-of-evidence-goes-smoothly-cindy-anthony-to-testify-calmly-lawyer-says.html

Casey Anthony’s Attorney Cheney Mason’s Verbally Abusive Childish Responses Calling Reporter Stupid! Will His Arrogance Alienate Casey’s Jurors ?

July 14, 2010



We first got a glimpse of Casey Anthony’s attorney, Cheney Mason’s arrogance and overblown opinion of himself when he announced to the press that he was” going to walk out of the courtroom with Casey arm and arm” with her being a free woman .

But now we have seen a full-blown picture of Cheney Mason up close and personal . We have seen his verbally abusive, arrogant and childish behavior, especially towards Orlando 9’s star reporter Kathy Belich.

Read more:
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