Judge Rules In Favor Of Prosecution In Casey Anthony Case

Well my faith in the justice system has been restored.  After reviewing all of Casey Anthony's defense motions to throw out Casey's initial statements about her missing daughter, Caylee, have been DENIED.  This means that the Prosecution will be able to tell jurors about how unconcerned Casey was about her missing daughter, and how she lied and lied and lied to the police about where she last saw her daughter.  


Casey's defense argued that these statements should be thrown out due to the fact that Casey was never informed of her Miranda rights by the police during that time when they were asking about Caylee's whereabouts.


As per WFTV.com's website:  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Chief Judge Belvin Perry issued his rulings Friday on motions from hearings earlier this month on whether jurors will hear the statements Casey Anthony made to investigators right after her daughter Caylee was reported missing.


Perry denied the motion (read it) to suppress statements that were made by Casey to George, Cindy, and Lee Anthony, as well as those made to pen pal Robyn Adams and correction's officer Sylvia Hernandez. The defense was fighting to have those statements blocked from the trial.

Defense attorneys had argued that her family members were acting as agents of prosecutors and detectives and the statements were obtained in violation of her right to an attorney. Prosecutors argued that her statements can be used, and the judge agreed.

"The judge's ruling has dealt a crippling blow to the defense of Casey Anthony," WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said.

Judge Perry also denied (read it) the defense's motion to suppress statements made to law enforcement. The defense team said Casey's Miranda Rights should've been read to her when she was questioned in mid-July 2008; they weren't because she wasn't a suspect at the time.


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Yup.  That's a blow to Casey's defense, that's for sure.  Whoops for her.  Yay for justice for Caylee.

Pretrial Hearings

On Friday, March 4, 2011, we saw the conclusion of three days worth of testimonies from people critical to the Casey Anthony case.  These people included Casey's parents, Cindy and George Anthony, Casey's brother, Lee Anthony and the lead detective, Yuri Melich.  A few other testimonies were also taken, but these were the critical ones.

After watching these testimonies, I'm starting to see how each side is going to work.  The prosecution appears to be all about getting to the truth, and the defense is all about throwing out the truth... I mean evidence.

What has shocked me is how police never read Casey her Miranda rights. Even at the time of her formal arrest (the 1st arrest for Child endangerment & 4 Counts of lying to police.   I don't know about the 2nd arrest yet).  I really hope there's a good reason for this.  Even more so, I hope that the judge does not throw out key evidence because of this. Or if he does, that the crucial evidence will be able to be entered into the trial for the jury to hear through a different way.

I'm sorry, but it looks like Casey Anthony killed her cute little daughter Caylee, and then partied like a wild single chick right afterwards.  Drinking & dancing at bars, playing house w/her new boyfriend, watching movies, getting a new tattoo reflecting her now Beautiful Life (Bella Vita), all the while remaining mum about her missing daughter (actually she was telling everyone that her missing daughter was find & with her nanny).  Now, her defense lawyers, Jose Baez & Cheney Mason, is trying to get all the evidence that shows her actions of doing this, thrown out.  I know that's his job, but it just pisses me off.

For more information, the best website for this case is provided by WFTV.com.
( Cut & paste link: http://www.wftv.com/caseyanthony/index.html)