Judge could issue order today regarding volunteer records
By Amy L. Edwards, Bianca Prieto and Sarah Lundy, Orlando Sentinel
4:37 p.m. EDT, April 5, 2010
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After listening to two attorneys bicker about access to records earlier today, Judge Stan Strickland ordered Casey Anthony's defense team to look at records that have been available to them for seven months.
Strickland today denied a request by the defense for all records from Texas EquuSearch, a volunteer group whose members looked for missing Caylee Marie Anthony in 2008.
However, Strickland ordered the defense go through records of 32 searchers, records that have been available since late August in a local attorney's office.
If the defense needs access to more records, it is free to request those, Strickland said in a three-page ruling.
EquuSearch claims 32 people searched the woods around the location where the remains were found but that they did not go to the exact spot because the area was flooded at the time.
Attorney: Records are available for inspection
Texas EquuSearch attorney Mark NeJame fired back at Baez's claims, saying Baez has had plenty of time and access to view all the volunteer records. He called Baez's lack of doing so "either laziness or sloppiness."
NeJame said Texas EquuSearch can't be responsible for what searches people did on their own time, separate from the organization.