06-20-2011, 01:19 PM
in a nutshell from WESH:
Perry was fuming after Ashton complained yet again that Baez had failed to disclose the expert opinion of an upcoming witness. Baez said Ashton was at fault for not deposing the witness when he had a chance over the weekend.
"It's not bad enough that he wants to omit these responsibilities in the effort of taking a human life, but he wants to go after her lawyer too," Baez said. "I think it's repulsive, and I think it is not under the law."
Perry said if discovery violations continue to occur he will consider excluding witnesses -- even if it risks a mistrial. He also said all attorneys need to start arriving in the courtroom at 8:30 a.m. to deal with these kinds of issues and work all day on Saturday.
Perry only hinted at future punishments.
"There is a friction between attorneys. That is something that, I guess, the Florida Bar will deal with at the conclusion of this trial. This court will deal with violations that may or may not have occurred," Perry said.
me:
then baez got up and whined about the state for 20 minutes.
sanctions are punishments for the attorneys. Judge is fed up and pissed off with all the gamesmanship and especially with discovery violations by the defense (baez). so as not to prejudice the jury against the defendant, Judge has reserved the right to bring sanctions at end of trial. that can be fines, contempt of court and complaints to Fla. Bar. in otherwords, baez may be screwed when this is done. but i think he will be anyway, for malpractice. we'll see.
my worry now is a mistrial because of all this shit. i am praying it does not happen. if it did, casey could walk free due to double jeopardy.
Judge is also angry about all the wasted time, like today. no court at all due to 3rd defense witness not there when the other 2 defense witnesses were not allowed to take stand yet. Judge is very protective and mindful of this jury and hates wasting their time. they are all sequestered away from home.
Perry was fuming after Ashton complained yet again that Baez had failed to disclose the expert opinion of an upcoming witness. Baez said Ashton was at fault for not deposing the witness when he had a chance over the weekend.
"It's not bad enough that he wants to omit these responsibilities in the effort of taking a human life, but he wants to go after her lawyer too," Baez said. "I think it's repulsive, and I think it is not under the law."
Perry said if discovery violations continue to occur he will consider excluding witnesses -- even if it risks a mistrial. He also said all attorneys need to start arriving in the courtroom at 8:30 a.m. to deal with these kinds of issues and work all day on Saturday.
Perry only hinted at future punishments.
"There is a friction between attorneys. That is something that, I guess, the Florida Bar will deal with at the conclusion of this trial. This court will deal with violations that may or may not have occurred," Perry said.
me:then baez got up and whined about the state for 20 minutes.
sanctions are punishments for the attorneys. Judge is fed up and pissed off with all the gamesmanship and especially with discovery violations by the defense (baez). so as not to prejudice the jury against the defendant, Judge has reserved the right to bring sanctions at end of trial. that can be fines, contempt of court and complaints to Fla. Bar. in otherwords, baez may be screwed when this is done. but i think he will be anyway, for malpractice. we'll see.
my worry now is a mistrial because of all this shit. i am praying it does not happen. if it did, casey could walk free due to double jeopardy.
Judge is also angry about all the wasted time, like today. no court at all due to 3rd defense witness not there when the other 2 defense witnesses were not allowed to take stand yet. Judge is very protective and mindful of this jury and hates wasting their time. they are all sequestered away from home.