2010.05.13 - Today's Current News - ***NO DISCUSSIONS HERE PLEASE ***

2010.05.13 - Today's Current News - ***NO DISCUSSIONS HERE PLEASE ***


*Didn't get posted yesterday!
Video: Picking A Jury
http://www.cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer...CKINGAJURY_051220100430&cat=CAC&title=Picking A Jury

Criminal Murder Case Docket Updated!

Events & Orders of the Court
05/11/2010---Hearing---9:00 AM---Judicial Officer Perry, Belvin, JR---Pending Motions on Death Penalty

05/11/2010---Court Minutes---Hearing on Various Death Penalty Motions

05/11/2010---Order---on Omnibus Motion to Exclude Hearsay Evidence Gossip and Innuendo and Motion in Limine to Exclude Lay Opinion Testimony - Court Reserves Ruling

05/11/2010---Order Denying---Motion to Dismiss Defective Indictment

05/11/2010---Order---on Renewed Motion to Compel Bench Notes, Standards, Data, and Communications with Law Enforcement, et. al. - Court Reserves Ruling

05/11/2010---Order Denying---Motion to Preclude State's Impermissible, Gender-Baised Request for Imposition of the Death Penalty

05/11/2010---Order Denying---Motion to Declare F.S. 921.141 Unconstitutional Under Ring V. Arizona and Order Denying Motion to Declare F.S. 921.141 Unconstitutional for Inadequate Appellate Review

05/11/2010---Amended Notice of Hearing---2nd

05/11/2010---Order on Motion---for Change of Venue - Granted as to Selection of Jury

05/11/2010---Order---Regarding Pending Death Penalty Motions

05/11/2010---Order Denying---Amended Second Motion to Preclude Death Procedures for Impermissible Prosecutorial Motives

05/11/2010---Order on Motion---in Limine to Exclude Irrelevant Evidence of "Party Pictures" - Defers ruling

05/11/2010---Order Denying---Motion for Protective Order with Respect to Penalty Phase Discovery

05/11/2010---Order---Granting Motion for Statement of Particulars Providing Notice of Aggravating Circumstances

05/12/2010---Notice of Provision of Supplemental Discovery

05/12/2010---Order---Addressing Motion to Seal Records Related to the JAC Retainment and Payment of Experts, Investigators, Mitigation Specialist, and other costs/Reconsideration of Defendant's Request to Waive Appearance at Certain Hearings/Procedures for Future Motions

*Released 05/12/10!
Video: Tonight At 11: Casey Hearings Reveal New Details(Watch the preview!) 0:17
Tonight on WESH 2 News at 11: Bob Kealing reveals seven key points from the Casey Anthony hearings earlier this week.
http://www.wesh.com/video/23532879/index.html

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/05/casey-anthony-nbc-analyst-says-be-careful-what-you-ask-for.html
Caylee and Casey Anthony — posted by halboedeker on May, 13 2010 8:57 AM
Casey Anthony: NBC analyst says, ‘Be careful what you ask for’

Dan Abrams, the network’s chief legal analyst, described the addition of the new judge, Belvin Perry, who replaced Stan Strickland.
"Be careful what you ask for,” Abrams said. ”They [the defense] had asked to disqualify the previous judge, saying that he had some sort of connection to a blogger who had strong feelings about the case. They got that judge removed. And now they’ve got a judge who may be even tougher.”

The defense this week failed to get the death penalty dropped from the case. In a report, NBC’s Kerry Sanders explained that Caylee’s official cause of death (”homicide by undetermined means&#8221 was “a rare conclusion by the medical examiner who had limited forensics to work with.”

Sanders said Perry had established “a fast-paced agenda.”

And Sanders talked to former U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey. His view: “If the prosecution can prove that a mother intentionally murdered her own child in order to pursue a wild social life, then this is indeed a death-penalty case.”

Click to expand...

NBC "Today" video: Could Casey Anthony get death penalty?
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/37126492#37126492

Casey Prosecutors List Reasons For Death Penalty
Judge Ordered Prosecution To Provide Defense With Details

Prosecutors in the Anthony case listed five of them.

Legal citations within the document provided by the prosecution showed they believe Caylee was killed as a result of aggravated child abuse.

Prosecutors also contend it was a particularly heinous, atrocious or cruel crime, and they said they contend Caylee's death was the result of a cold, calculated and premeditated crime.

Another listed factor was that Caylee was under the age of 12 when she died, and prosecutors said she was in familial custody, her mother's care, when she was killed.

http://www.wesh.com/news/23544839/detail.html

Notice of Aggravating Circumstances (one page)

http://www.wftv.com/pdf/23545129/detail.html

Casey Anthony case: State provides reasons for seeking death penalty
Prosecutors list five reasons, including Caylee's death was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel
5:49 p.m. EDT, May 13, 2010
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Prosecutors filed the legal reasons why they are seeking the death penalty against Casey Anthony, a 24-year-old accused of killing her daughter, Caylee Marie.

In court Tuesday, defense attorney Andrea Lyon requested the legal reasons why the state is seeking the ultimate punishment. Knowing these reasons, Lyon said, will help the legal team prepare a defense.

Out of 15 potential legal reasons, the state lists five on its one-page notice:

&#8226;The death occurred during aggravated child abuse.

&#8226;It was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel.

&#8226;The homicide was committed in a cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification.

&#8226;Caylee is a victim younger than 12.

&#8226;The defendant was in a position of "familial or custodial authority" over the victim.

Article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...hony-reasons-for-death-20100513,0,43487.story

UPDATED: Prosecutors List Death Penalty Reasons In Casey Case
Posted: 4:31 pm EDT May 13, 2010
Updated: 5:16 pm EDT May 13, 2010
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Prosecutors filed a document Thursday afternoon telling the defense which legal reasons they're using to justify the death penalty in the murder case against Casey Anthony.

If Casey is convicted of murdering her daughter Caylee, prosecutors will argue five of the 15 possible aggravators to the jury.

DOCUMENT: Notice Of Aggravating Circumstances
http://www.wftv.com/pdf/23545129/detail.html

Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/23545577/detail.html

Casey Anthony: WESH to look at seven key points in case
posted by halboedeker on May, 13 2010 3:48 PM
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WESH-Channel 2 is calling attention to a Casey Anthony report at 11 tonight. In an e-mail, the station says that veteran reporter Bob Kealing &#8220;breaks down this week&#8217;s courtroom motions and arguments &#8230; and reveals seven key points exposed in &#8216;The Case Against Casey&#8217;.&#8221;

The station led its 4 p.m. newscast with the prosecution&#8217;s release today of five reasons it&#8217;s seeking the death penalty. The defense&#8217;s &#8220;winning the right to get this list this week was one of seven major developments in the case,&#8221; Kealing said. Kealing said he would list six other key developments at 11.

Article:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/en...ampaign=Feed:+entertainment/tv/tvguy+(TV+Guy)

Today Show Video: Could Casey Anthony get death penalty? 6:39
May 13: The new judge presiding over the Casey Anthony murder trial has ordered prosecutors to state their case for pursuing the death penalty if she is found guilty. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports and NBC legal analyst Dan Abrams weighs in on the case.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/05/13/casey.anthony.death.penalty/index.html?hpt=T2

(CNN) -- Florida prosecutors on Thursday revealed a list of reasons they're seeking the death penalty against Casey Anthony, who is charged in the death of her daughter, Caylee.

Under Florida, law, prosecutors need to raise only one of 15 possible aggravating factors to support their decision to seek the death penalty. Assistant State Attorney Jeffrey Ashton cited five circumstances, according to a document obtained by CNN affiliate WESH and other Orlando, Florida, media outlets.

In death penalty cases, jurors are asked to weigh aggravating circumstances that make a crime especially heinous against mitigating factors that favor mercy, such as a lack of prior offenses.

Among the legal reasons cited: Caylee's death occurred during aggravated child abuse, was especially "heinous, atrocious, or cruel," and was committed in a "cold, calculated and premeditated manner without any pretense of moral or legal justification," according to the document.

Caylee was also under 12 years old, and Anthony "stood in a position of familial or custodial authority over her," the document states.

Karen Levey, the court public information officer, could not confirm that Judge Belvin Perry Jr. received a copy of the notice. As of Thursday evening, defense attorney Jose Baez said he had not been served with the notice.

In a hearing this week, Perry ordered the State Attorney's Office to disclose the aggravating factors they intend to cite in a penalty phase if Anthony is convicted of premeditated murder.

Anthony, 24, is accused of killing 2-year-old Caylee, who disappeared in June 2008. Her body was found that December in a vacant lot near her grandparents' home in Orlando.

Defense lawyers have said that prosecutors are seeking the death penalty to bankrupt the defense and prevent Anthony from having the attorney of her choice.

The defense said that prosecutors had originally said they would not seek death in the case but reversed that position in March 2009 when they learned that Anthony had $205,000 for her defense.

The bulk of the money came from ABC News for the licensing of photos and videos, Baez testified during a previous hearing.

Anthony's trial is scheduled to begin May 9, 2011