01-07-2011, 05:01 PM
yesss! i guess bozo is worried there WILL be a penalty phase. (post #32)
The Orlando Sentinel has won the legal argument to prevent the Casey Anthony defense team from blocking the release of penalty phase witnesses in the woman's first-degree murder case.
Chief Judge Belvin Perry has issued an order denying the Casey Anthony team's defense motion to seal penalty phase discovery.
The defense team had wanted to prevent the public from learning the names of witnesses it would use if Casey Anthony is convicted of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie. Those witnesses would appear and testify during the trial's "penalty phase" in which the jury would determine a recommended sentence for the 24-year-old – life in prison or death.
The Orlando Sentinel has won the legal argument to prevent the Casey Anthony defense team from blocking the release of penalty phase witnesses in the woman's first-degree murder case.
Chief Judge Belvin Perry has issued an order denying the Casey Anthony team's defense motion to seal penalty phase discovery.
The defense team had wanted to prevent the public from learning the names of witnesses it would use if Casey Anthony is convicted of first-degree murder in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie. Those witnesses would appear and testify during the trial's "penalty phase" in which the jury would determine a recommended sentence for the 24-year-old – life in prison or death.