2010.12.15 - Today's Current News - ***NO DISCUSSION HERE PLEASE***

The documents filed indicate, "He [Dr. Spitz] conducted a second autopsy on the decedent and found no signs of trauma and could not find a cause of death."

Defense expert Barry Logan, according to the defense filing would, "disagree with the methodology employed by the Oak Ridge Laboratory in their 'forensic report'."

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We have to do our due diligence," Baez said. "The state has listed every one as a Category A witness."

A representative for the JAC, the commission who approves billing by public defenders, stated that Baez had already billed for about 120 more hours than had previously been approved, not counting the additional 110 that the judge granted Tuesday.

Anthony was declared indigent after paying out over $200,000 dollars for her initial defense, since then the state has footed the bill. Tuesday's warning from the judge echoed the warning he gave in November when he laid down the guidelines about paying for travel expenses for out-of-state attorneys and for what he called "drilling for oil when there's no sign of oil anywhere."

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The defense had fought the release of this information, despite having been ordered by Judge Belvin Perry to do so earlier. Instead, the defense had only provided the prosecution with a list of experts and their field of expertise.

After being ordered, again, by Judge Perry to provide specifics on what the defense experts would actually be testifying on, attorney Jose Baez filed a more detailed response that gives bullet-points on 12 different experts and elements of what they'll testify on.

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In other news in the Casey Anthony case, the Orlando Sentinel through its attorney Rachel Fugate filed a motion to intervene in the case, opposing the defense team's efforts to seal its "penalty phase" witnesses.

The defense has said witnesses already have been "subject to harassment" making some "reluctant to come forward with information." It has also expressed concerns about Casey Anthony's ability to get a fair trial with all the publicity surrounding the case.

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