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<snipping and quoting myself >
Baez's Appearance as Counsel:
After reading Rhornsby's blog entry on the subject, I have to agree there is something fishy about Casey's story of getting a referral from a random stranger at the jail. But there are so many other possibilities that it's hard to conclude that Casey had him lined up as her lawyer ahead of time. I'm pretty sure it wasn't the As who hired him, though, as they seemed genuinely confused and annoyed about how he turned up on the scene.
So...to follow up on Baez's quick appearance on the scene.
Casey started contacting someone named "Cassidy" with a NY phone number on 7/15/08 (the day CA caught up with her), and one of the LE reports stated that "Cassidy"'s phone # also showed up as having been called by a defendant in a drug case (IIRC). At some point, LE released a "subject spreadsheet" that ID'd many of the people on Casey's phone list. "Cassidy" was ID'd on that spreadsheet as Ro**** Cassidy, who was noted by LE to be Tony Lazarro's father.
So mystery solved, right? But still, in the back of my mind, I wondered why she all of a sudden felt the need to call Tony's father on 7/15/08, and why Tony's father's number came up in a criminal investigation. I also thought it was kind of wierd that LE mentioned they had taken the time to explain things to Tony's dad (who had accompanied him to the interview) before interviewing Tony.
So today, I noticed in Tony's interview, he said he was from New Jersey, not New York, and just on a whim decided to look up attorneys in New Jersey...and lo and behold there's a NJ attorney with the same name as Tony's dad. Which would explain Casey calling him on 7/15, when she must at the very least have thought that she was about to get caught re: Amy's checks, and maybe was also worried about the car being found. It would also explain his number coming up as having been called by another criminal defendant, and LE being somewhat deferential toward him. It would also explain the lack of further mention of him or his phone number in later discovery.
And maybe Mr. Cassidy made a couple of phone calls to Florida criminal lawyers on Casey's behalf? Being from out of state, he couldn't have been expected to know which ones were any good. Maybe he just went down the list alphabetically and only got as far as "B"... :angel: