Hearing Fri 01/14/2011

http://www.wesh.com/r/26454604/detail.html

Casey Defense Asks For Reconsideration Of Sanctions
Jose Baez Had Until Today To Contest Fine
POSTED: 4:55 pm EST January 11, 2011
UPDATED: 5:10 pm EST January 11, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Casey Anthony's defense team has filed a motion asking for Judge Belvin Perry to reconsider his order that sanctioned the defense and levied a fine of more than $500.

On Jan. 6, Perry issued an order that said the defense had committed a willful violation of a court order by not submitting proper documentation of the subject matter of what its experts would testify to when the murder trial begins in May.

In that order, Perry fined the defense $583.73. That cost was the state's estimate of costs for filing the motion that asked for sanctions. Baez had until Tuesday to contest the amount or until Thursday to pay the court.

Perry's order said that the defense had 10 days as of Jan. 6 to submit the report from one of its expert witnesses, Dr. Kenneth Furton, and 20 days for the remaining experts.

Perry said that all opinions not expressed in the written reports will not be allowed at the trial.

Prosecutor Jeff Ashton had suggested that Jose Baez be sanctioned with civil contempt and be fined $500 per day for not complying with the court.

The defense's filing on Tuesday also asks for the court to vacate a finding of contempt.

A hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday. WESH.com will provide live coverage.

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Notice to posters: I shall heretofore refer to this motion as Jose's "Don't Taze Me Bro!" pleading.

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Judge Lays Out Plans For Casey Case Jury.

Updated: 6:40 pm EST January 14, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A hearing wrapped up Friday afternoon in the case against Casey Anthony. The judge started laying out plans to pick a jury in the highly publicized case.

VIDEO REPORT: Judge's Plans For Casey Jury Selection
WATCH 1/14/11 STATUS HEARING: Part 1 | Part 2

The judge estimates it will cost $350,000, maybe more, to bring jurors to Orlando. That's necessary because media attention surrounding the case has raised concerns about getting a fair jury.

Chief Judge Belvin Perry laid out intricate plans detailing how they will select a jury in a different Florida county and bring those jurors to Orlando for what's expected to be an eight-week trial starting in May.

"Day 1, I'm going to bring in 40 potential jurors," Perry said Friday.

Instead of allowing all the potential jurors together to listen to questions, Perry will bring them in one at a time and ask about three specific topics: first, hardship, or anything that will prevent them from traveling; second, pretrial publicity; and third, how they feel about the death penalty.

Read more: http://www.wftv.com/news/26492040/detail.html

Casey Anthony Trial Details Revealed, Except One

Judge, Lawyers Talk Jury Selection At Friday Hearing

UPDATED: 5:50 pm EST January 14, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Judge Belvin Perry revealed new details about Casey Anthony's murder trial at a hearing Friday, but left one big piece of information a mystery -- where the jury will be picked.

Anthony's murder trial for the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony, is scheduled to begin in May.

Perry determined last year that an out-of-town jury would be used and brought to Orlando for the trial.

Read more: http://www.wesh.com/caseyanthony/26497099/detail.html

Did no one besides me get irritated with Perry clicking his ball point pen for the entire first half of Part 1?

That is a pet peeve of mine since 11th grade when I had a teacher that did this during testing in his class.

I almost stopped the tape because of the constant clicking.