Thanks for that Patty, (from another Patti
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Just a note that I had read a response from AZlawyer that it is not possible for someone to file indigency in a civil trial.
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It would be absurd to let the civil trial go forward. I think you have seen no depos in that case for three reasons..
1. Baez, having an extreme poor understanding of the nightmare it would cause to have so many people, including mom and pop, testify under oath,
for hours and hours, ( testimony that surely would be used to help the prosecution convict her of murder one )..did not set aside the 15K to settle . (Out of nearly three hundred thousand dollars, 15K would have been no problem). Although they are two separate cases, clearly it affected Casey's criminal trial. No money appears to have been set aside to defend the case either, so
the civil lawyer is likely pro bono and a money problem is why they have not deposed anyone.
2. No lawyer, imo, in their right mind would ever, ever let this trial begin, until after the criminal case.
3. Resigned to their fate, ( they will lose, and they will lose BIG ), knowing one hundred percent of zero is zero, they have surmised Casey has nothing to lose.
They will settle , an amount forever to remain private, and if ,as and when Casey is ever free, the judgment can attach to any of her earnings through media deals, etc.
Not necessarily in that order, but for those, et al reasons, I cannot imagine this civil trial ever seeing the courtroom. T
he posturing is much like the defense jumping up and down about how hard it was, and how distracting, and bankrupting their ability to defend Casey the fraud trial was. Yet, you never saw any work being done on it,iirc they took not the first depo. They knew as we knew all along that they would plead guilty. The only thing they did was put off the inevitable and waste the court's time.
Same thing here.:banghead:
In the words of Assistant District Attorney Mrs. Linda Drane-Burdick, "It's a farce!!"
By the way, if Todd truly wanted to donate seventy thousand dollars to help Casey, paying Mrs. Gonzales and her children 15K out of that amount would have been the best money the defense could spend. Once mop and pop try to veer off their various testimonies, any and all statement they made in those civil depos are coming in to evidence. The same goes for Lee. They proved the there is no Zanny already for the state with those voluminous statements they gave, all contrary to their prior and future statements, etc. Once the jury pegs the parents as not to be believed, that lack of credibility shadows over on to Casey, no question. What would you think if the parents are lying on the stand, for what..they are likely lying to cover up for her guilt. That is a reasonable assumption. The good hard working taxpayers are going to despise this behavior.
In my opinion.
I think the state has many, many ( I believe Mr. George said he had 80-100 ) cases on each one of the prosecutors desks at any given time, and when they have to waste time on the defense's nonsense, I cannot imagine how frustrating it is.
