2009.07.28 Prosecution Deposes Cindy Anthony: Any thoughts??

[Muzikman]

The Prosecuters office may be in the courthouse,or they may have requested a room there for security purposes.

I think the depos were taken in the SA office, not the courthouse. The WFTV vid shows everyone going into the building with the SA office, which is the building next to the courthouse.

That's also where Baez did his depos of all the jail personnel.

Just to clarify....

 

[mysteriew]

The news that LE accompanied CA to the hearing is interesting.

Any legal eagles on here I was wondering if it is usual for a witness to have to go through a deposition in a murder trial?

I don't remember ever hearing about a depo being used for witnesses before.

 

[tweety933]

I really thought they only did this for witnesses that could not appear for a trial, I'm so confused!

 

[travelgal]

Yep...then later if I am not mistaken she said she did not SAY that to them and neither did she tell them she had someone walk the area where Caylee was inevitably found. :waitasec:



Laugh? Don't you mean cut your ears off and run screaming from the agony of suffering to watch it?

Cindy did not appear quite as confident and cocky as she has in the past when she was presented with such a photo oportunity. She actually appeared to be quite nervous in fact and looked like that was the last place on earth that she wanted to be.

Four hours and counting...this is going to be a doozy!:crazy::woohoo:

BBM

I imagine she was:
1. not happy to be escorted by a court officer rather than George & Brad
2. not happy to be greeted by Kathi B
3. was probably thinking why the he77 would they have questions for her??

I LOVED seeing her nervous!!

 

[tweety933]

Depositions in criminal cases cannot be taken without the consent of the defendant.
DEPOSITION - The sworn testimony of a witness taken before trial held out of court with no judge present. The witness is placed under oath to tell the truth and lawyers for each party may ask questions. The questions and answers are recorded. When a person is unavailable to testify at trial, the deposition of that person may be used. Part of the pre-trial discovery (fact-finding) process.

 

[tweety933]

BBM

I imagine she was:
1. not happy to be escorted by a court officer rather than George & Brad
2. not happy to be greeted by Kathi B
3. was probably thinking why the he77 would they have questions for her??

I LOVED seeing her nervous!!

The clerk of any court of the United States within which a witness resides or where he is found, is allowed to issue a subpoena to compel the attendance of such witness, and a neglect of the witness to attend may be punished by the court whose clerk has issued the subpoena, as a contempt. And when papers are wanted by the parties litigant, the judge of the court within which they are, may issue a subpoena duces tecum, and enforce obedience by punishment for a contempt.

 

[ThinkTank]

BBM

I imagine she was:
1. not happy to be escorted by a court officer rather than George & Brad
2. not happy to be greeted by Kathi B
3. was probably thinking why the he77 would they have questions for her??

I LOVED seeing her nervous!!

Ditto! LOOOOOVED the LE escort and Kathi IN HER FACE by surprise! Cindy NOT in charge today, for sure!


Is it not highly UNusual for a deponent to be ESCORTED by LE to a deposition??? Makes me wonder what caused the need for such an unusual procedure????

 

[tweety933]

I searched for the sunshine laws applicable to these depos here:

http://www.myflsunshine.com/sun.nsf/sunmanual/A342F688127D5AFD852566F30055F8C8

and found the following....

"c. Depositions

While the courts have recognized that court proceedings are public events and the public generally has access to such proceedings, the general public and the press do not have a right under the First Amendment or the rules of procedure to attend discovery depositions. See Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. v. Burk, 504 So. 2d 378, 380 (Fla. 1987), cert. denied, 108 S.Ct. 346 (1987), stating that while discovery depositions in criminal cases are judicially compelled for the purpose of allowing parties to investigate and prepare, they are not judicial proceedings. Accord Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc. v. State, 510 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 1987) (media not entitled to notice and opportunity to attend pretrial discovery depositions in criminal cases); and SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc. v. Light, 811 So. 2d 796 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) (upholding protective order closing depositions to the media based on privacy concerns). Cf. Lewis v. State, 958 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (while Burk applied to unfiled depositions made during an ongoing, active criminal prosecution, materials related to defendant's prosecution, including depositions, are subject to disclosure after the case becomes final)."

Guess that's why we aren't gonna see these things, huh?

 

[ThinkTank]

she is in deep trouble

bagged and tagged


just my opinion

she skerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrres me

IMO - she is too arrogant to realize she is in trouble ..... (like daughter .... like mother)

 

[ThinkTank]

I searched for the sunshine laws applicable to these depos here:

http://www.myflsunshine.com/sun.nsf/sunmanual/A342F688127D5AFD852566F30055F8C8

and found the following....

"c. Depositions

While the courts have recognized that court proceedings are public events and the public generally has access to such proceedings, the general public and the press do not have a right under the First Amendment or the rules of procedure to attend discovery depositions. See Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc. v. Burk, 504 So. 2d 378, 380 (Fla. 1987), cert. denied, 108 S.Ct. 346 (1987), stating that while discovery depositions in criminal cases are judicially compelled for the purpose of allowing parties to investigate and prepare, they are not judicial proceedings. Accord Post-Newsweek Stations, Florida, Inc. v. State, 510 So. 2d 896 (Fla. 1987) (media not entitled to notice and opportunity to attend pretrial discovery depositions in criminal cases); and SCI Funeral Services of Florida, Inc. v. Light, 811 So. 2d 796 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002) (upholding protective order closing depositions to the media based on privacy concerns). Cf. Lewis v. State, 958 So. 2d 1027 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (while Burk applied to unfiled depositions made during an ongoing, active criminal prosecution, materials related to defendant's prosecution, including depositions, are subject to disclosure after the case becomes final)."

Guess that's why we aren't gonna see these things, huh?

Not until the murder trial is completed .... looks like .....

 

[travelgal]

Ditto! LOOOOOVED the LE escort and Kathi IN HER FACE by surprise! Cindy NOT in charge today, for sure!
And what happened to George and Cindy making a specific SHOW of pushing Conway's wheelchair into the buildings and opening doors for him? Cindy left him to eat her dust today!

Is it not highly UNusual for a deponent to be ESCORTED by LE to a deposition??? Makes me wonder what caused the need for such an unusual procedure????

Well, tomorrow & Thursday should also be interesting. At least we can discuss their arrival and departure. Maybe that will hold us until we know more!!

 

[tweety933]

I wonder why we got to see the depositions that the defense did with the Orange County jailers?

 

[robotdog]

IMO - she is too arrogant to realize she is in trouble ..... (like daughter .... like mother)

i used to think that way,,, but deep down when its late at night and all dark and quiet
and she starts to think of ways to weasel out of this THEN she knows they are in deep, real deep

i dont think we will be seeing her in front of cameras doing interviews

because everytime she has done it, it just hurts the defense even more

 

[ThinkTank]

I wonder why we got to see the depositions that the defense did with the Orange County jailers?

I think because the Defense filed the depo transcripts when they made their Motion to have the jail video sealed, and they became part of the record - and eventually public record.

 

[FORDANIEL]

www.clickorlando.com/video/20206621/index.html
Looks like 200+ more pages of documents to the defense today!!! Mentioned near the end of this video.Yipeee!

 

[impatientredhead]

I think because the Defense filed the depo transcripts when they made their Motion to have the jail video sealed, and they became part of the record - and eventually public record.

Right. If either side enters the transcript of the depo into the trial via motion or as evidence they will fall under the sunshine laws. Either party in a depo can do whatever they would like with their recordings of the depo, but Cindy is not going to release them and neither is the state (they maybe be prohibited from doing so pretrial by the state). But if person A sues person B and calls them for a depo, either party can record audio or video, and if they want to give it to a reporter there is nothing to prevent them from doing so if there is not a gag order in place pretrial.

The state will probably enter them as evidence right before trial in case they need to reference them during Cindy's testimony. I wouldn't begin to guess what motion JB could/would/will file resulting in the official transcript being requested.

 

[Earthling]

How many of you think that this deposition is in regards to Dominick Casey
and his (JMO fake) search of the woods were Caylee was found?

Earthling

 

[sc2714]

I think I may include "please let someone request the transcript" in my prayers tonight.

I am in major doc dump withdrawal, and I miss feeling like I'm doing something for Caylee.

 

[LolaMoon08]

I can see Cindy's smile (or smirk) is most likely what it has always been when she has just been questioned... she thinks she has gotten the upper hand when in reality, she has done nothing but make it worse for Casey with her "half-truths" and "mistruths." The woman doesn't know how to tell the truth... just like her daughter. They are indeed strangers to the truth.

 

[Patty G]

I am hoping we get transcripts for this depo today in time, but since the State called it Wonder what they asked her..she has lied so much in the past I hope they called her on it.

It was in front of Judge Strickland wasn't it..
I am biting nails on this one..Could the public have gone in?

The only way the public gets to see the transcript is IF one of the parties involved asks for a copy of the transcript.

I have a feeling that someone is going to ask for a copy.

The depositions would not be in front of a Judge. It would be the state and the witness, just like when the Anthony's had their depo in front of Morgan and Morgan.