tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949063520977134897.post8708549454127974421..comments2023-09-11T06:30:53.485-07:00Comments on Backseat Lawyer: Different Ways of Looking at the Casey Anthony Trial - Not Guilty StandardAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12075252729188011233noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949063520977134897.post-31937634246192843542011-06-17T11:15:29.520-07:002011-06-17T11:15:29.520-07:00"George categorically denied all the allegati...<i>"George categorically denied all the allegations made in the defense’s opening statement."</i><br /><br />Seems reasonable. Even if he was guilty of this (and even if he wanted to admit it) it would do Casey no good. The prosecution would claim he was "lying to save her" and some prosecutors have even charged witnesses whose testimony they didn't like with perjury after the trial!A Voice of Sanityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285284153694191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949063520977134897.post-57173344956248836862011-06-17T10:31:05.919-07:002011-06-17T10:31:05.919-07:00Hi Dorian,
Great to hear that you are enjoying wh...Hi Dorian,<br /><br />Great to hear that you are enjoying what I'm writing here - thanks! <br /><br />And, I appreciate your agreement on the work that Judge Belvin Perry has been doing in this case. Lawyer to lawyer, bet we both wish there were more on the bench like him. <br /><br />As for the quote from juror # 11, where he said he had “formed an opinion of guilt, but could lay it aside,” wow. Hadn't heard that and I do not get how this guy got on the jury either. Was there further interrogation of this person during voir dire that explained this away somehow? <br /><br />I remain convinced that there has been a trial by media in this case and that some of the jurors have come to the jury box with an awareness of the case and a predisposition to guilt. <br /><br />Whether that's going to be a fight on appeal, I don't know. Probably, with statements like that one.<br /><br />Re your comments:<br /><br />Yeah, hasn't some of Baez's stuff just been painful to watch? I agree with you on Mason, he appears on TV like a seasoned veteran. Betcha he does closing and he'll be lead in the penalty phase (if there is one).<br /><br />Interesting thoughts on the prosecution's csae. I have assumed that the state felt they had to give a concrete story of "how it happened" and went the duct tape route b/c they didn't have enuf for the chloroform. <br /><br />Which makes me wonder about 2 things that didn't come in: the syringe with chloroform remains found inside a Mountain Dew bottle near the reamains, and the childhood tradition of the neighborhood kids to bury their pets out there with heart stickers on them.<br /><br />Maybe we're gonna see more stuff on rebuttal. <br /><br />As for the parents' testimonies, George categorically denied all the allegations made in the defense’s opening statement. Don't recall what Baez did in his cross (George was called as the 1st witness for the state immediately after Baez's opening was done, to refute what had just been said.) <br /><br />Thanks so much for writing, Mr. Gray, <br />RebaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12075252729188011233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949063520977134897.post-3204538463916785232011-06-16T11:35:15.263-07:002011-06-16T11:35:15.263-07:00Hi Reba,
I enjoyed reading your posts, especially...Hi Reba,<br /><br />I enjoyed reading your posts, especially about the competence and integrity of Judge Belvin Perry. I too have been obsessed with this case and watch as much as I can. <br /><br />Question: I read a quote from juror # 11: He says he has “formed an opinion of guilt, but could lay it aside.” <br /><br />If that is the case why would any defense or a judge accept him as a member of the jury for death penalty trial or any trial. This is the antithesis of the jury selection process. As a prosecutor, even I would’ve move to exclude such a juror to save any future allegation of jury misconduct. Could this be a ground for an appeal? I have never heard such a claim from a juror.<br /><br />Few Comments:<br />Like you, I am also surprise that Baez was given the lead, or even was on the team. Beside his opening statement, he has come across as an incompetent or not so bright lawyer during many cross examinations. I’ve been much more impressed with Mason, specially his motion to acquit, as futile as it may have been. I don’t think Baez could’ve pulled it out as well as Mason did. <br /><br />Listening to this morning’s testimony, I’m compelled to think that prosecution may’ve shot themselves in the foot by categorically claiming that they know exactly what and how it happened. Mostly their claim that Caylee was duct taped (3 times) and then her body was stored in trunk of a car. Although, I do believe that the body was in the trunk, I am also doubtful about the duct tape. Also, why use duct tape when you are using chloroform in such a high quantity?<br /><br />However, once they knew (way before the trial) that there was no DNA in the car or on the tape, as we learned today; wouldn’t they have been better off not betting so heavily on their theory, or making duct tape their star witness/evidence? <br /><br />I think now it is hard for them to explain to the jury the lack of any DNA, for it is hard for a child not to leave a DNA on a duct tape that is suffocating her, just as it is hard for a decomposing body not to leave some residue on the carpet of the trunk. <br /><br />Couldn’t prosecution just have claimed that we know Caylee was last seen in the custody of Casey. We also know Casey killed Caylee and at some point disposed her body like a trash, but we don’t know how (and they really don’t,) why and when Casey killed her, because she won’t tell us, and then show all the circumstantial evidence, including her bizarre behavior of 31 days.<br /><br />I didn’t see the parents testimonies, was either of them asked by the prosecution regarding the molestation charges to rebuke defense’s opening statement? Did defense asked about it to bolster their claim of molestation?<br />Thanks, <br /><br />I look forward to your thoughts,<br />Dorian GrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com