TRIAL ~ 07/03 Closing arguments

[bbeba103]

Why is judge Larry even on television.
This man is out of his mind..

[Noor]

Sounds good - please make sure the coffee is strong and plentiful!

I wasn't going to bother getting up early to watch jury charging, but there is no way I'm gonna miss Linda's closer.

I've got some good strong dutch coffee here!
No way should you miss Miss Linda tomorrow morning, she'll be awesome.

BTW, court starts at 8:30 am est.
Don't forget!

[Noor]

Why is judge Larry even on television.
This man is out of his mind..

I'm not watching HLN now, hubby is watching the news.
But I saw him earlier on.

He is out of his mind.

Remember him during the Anna Nicole case.
My gosh, he's only worse now.

What a drama king.

[wanderer]

As I said some time ago, MR Baez will get Casey off the Death Penalty, which means that MR Baez beat ashton with one hand tied behind his back by Perry.

What a man !

What a Closing !

AWESOME !

[bbeba103]

Last quote does not exists!

Judge Larry has been on HLN giving his " garbage " I mean opinion..
For a few days now he said Casey shouldnt behind bars and that their is no proof she killed Caylee.

Which I thought unbelievable.

I didn't follow the Anna Nichole trial as closely, but what I did see he was to much to handle, and to crazy for me..

[CherokeeKid]

Awesome!

The jury and Linda will be rested and fresh, ready to listen.
Also now Linda has all evening to prepare for an awesome closing argument!

Then jury instructions and they are ready to go!

We might have a verdict at the end of the day.

JK.
I think it will take a couple of days...

I have no doubt she will be found guilty.
The defense's story made no sense what so ever.

Yes, great decision made by Judge Perry.

I guess the verdict could take a few days.

[CherokeeKid]

I like Judge Larry. I followed the Anna Nicole Smith case and he cracked me up many times. I think he is a judge with a huge heart. I believe he was mainly a family judge. Don't know if he actually handled criminal cases, I somehow doubt it.

I don't agree with the comments he made regarding this case. Maybe he did not follow the case closely and was only asked to comment on it. JMO.

[bbeba103]

I like Judge Larry. I followed the Anna Nicole Smith case and he cracked me up many times. I think he is a judge with a huge heart. I believe he was mainly a family judge. Don't know if he actually handled criminal cases, I somehow doubt it.

I don't agree with the comments he made regarding this case. Maybe he did not follow the case closely and was only asked to comment on it. JMO.

Hey is funny Ck...

Some of the things he comes up with are very funny.

[Noor]

Judge Larry has been on HLN giving his " garbage " I mean opinion..
For a few days now he said Casey shouldnt behind bars and that their is no proof she killed Caylee.

Which I thought unbelievable.

I didn't follow the Anna Nichole trial as closely, but what I did see he was to much to handle, and to crazy for me..

It wasn't a trial.
Judge Larry had to decide if Anna Nicole was going to be buried in the Bahama's or in the US.

It was just crazy.

He was "crying" during the duration of the proceedings.

Afterwards he was shopping to get a show on tv alla Judge Judy.
That never happened.
Unless it lasted 2 minutes and I missed it.

I'm done for today.

I'm going outside and water my flowers, take a long shower, have a glass of wine and get some sleep.

[wanderer]

His superiority over the Prosecution was so obvious in closing argument.

After this case, Mr Baez will probably be nominated and made a Judge in Texas.

[bbeba103]

Last quote does not exists!

You are correct it wasn't a trial it was to determine where her body would be buried.

I am not thinking right this moment LOL
It's been a long day..

[suraja]

His superiority over the Prosecution was so obvious in closing argument.

After this case, Mr Baez will probably be nominated and made a Judge in Texas.

Hi wanderer,

I have posted since March 2006 as suraja but I am finally telling everyone the truth. I am really Elvis Presley and I just left the building.

[CherokeeKid]

[CherokeeKid]

Hey is funny Ck...

Some of the things he comes up with are very funny.

Yes, he is, Bbeba.

I still remember some of his quotes.

I think he is also a very positive person, trying to bring families together, solving problems ect. I think that is what he tried to do as a judge.

[CherokeeKid]

Casey Anthony murder trial nears conclusion

July 04, 2011

Casey Anthony is seen before the start of court on the day of closing arguments in her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida July 3, 2011. — Reuters pic
ORLANDO, Florida, July 4 — The murder trial of Casey Anthony barrelled toward a close yesterday, with an angry judge reprimanding feuding lawyers and promising to throw them out of the courtroom for any more inappropriate behaviour.

Defence attorneys and prosecutors were expected to complete closing arguments yesterday and the sequestered jury was to hear instructions from Judge Belvin Perry and receive the case on Independence Day.

Tensions in the seven-week trial of the mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee boiled over as defence attorney Jose Baez’s closing arguments drew several objections from prosecutors.

Prosecutors objected to being characterised as “sneaky” and “pulling a fast one” and Baez in mid-sentence pointed at prosecutor Jeff Ashton, calling him “this laughing guy over here.”

Perry halted Baez’s closing argument, sent the jury on a break and after reviewing a videotape said that both attorneys had violated courtroom rules on behaviour.

Both attorneys apologised. Ashton conceded that he appeared to be smiling, but said that he was trying to prevent the jury from seeing his response to Baez’s remarks. Baez in turn apologised for “getting caught in the moment.”

Perry promised the attorneys they would be evicted from the courtroom and face a “quite, quite unpleasant” punishment for further behaviour in violation of courtroom rules.

The now seven-week long murder trial resumed after about an hour and Baez continued his closing for nearly another hour.

If convicted of the most serious charge, first-degree murder, Casey Anthony could face the death penalty.

In a closing argument lasting about 80 minutes, Ashton argued that Casey Anthony, now 25, killed Caylee on June 16, 2008, to eliminate what she saw as the biggest obstacle to her living the carefree life of her dreams.

“Casey Anthony decided on June 16th that something had to be sacrificed ... . She took (Caylee’s) life and put her in the trunk (of her car) and forgot about her,” Ashton said.

Baez, banned yesterday from arguing to the jury that Casey Anthony was sexually abused by either her father or brother, focused his closing argument on reasonable doubt. He argued that Caylee accidently drowned in the Anthony’s backyard pool and suggested Casey’s father George had something to do with the fact that Caylee’s death went unreported.

“This was an accident that snowballed out of control,” Baez told the jury. “Whatever happened afterward has nothing to do with the crimes charged.”

NO SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIMS

During opening statements, Baez had told the jury evidence would show Casey was abused by her father starting at age 8 and that was why she showed no remorse after her daughter’s death.

Perry ruled that Baez could not raise the sexual abuse claim and blocked prosecutors from telling jurors that the defense had failed to present evidence on it during the trial.

Prosecutors say Casey smothered Caylee with duct tape so she could live a life free of the demands of motherhood, stored the body in her car trunk for several days and then dumped the remains in woods near her family’s home.

Casey lied to friends and family about Caylee’s whereabouts for a month. Then on July 15, Casey’s mother Cindy called the sheriff’s department after finding Casey’s car at an impound lot smelling, to her, like a body had been in the trunk.

Casey told investigators Caylee had been kidnapped by a nanny, triggering a nationwide search for the toddler. Caylee’s skeletal remains were found in the woods on December 11, 2008.

Baez now maintains that Casey and her father, George, lost track of Caylee that morning at the house shared by Casey, Caylee, George and Cindy. Baez said Casey and George searched the house and yard before George found the toddler’s body in the pool.

GEORGE DENIED DROWNING STORY

Baez also told the jury that the reason Casey acted inappropriately after the death — lying about Caylee’s whereabouts, partying with friends and getting tattoos — was because she had a history of sexual abuse by her father.

The defence never produced evidence that Casey was sexually abused by George and George denied the allegation in testimony. George also denied Baez’s story about a drowning death.

If the jury finds Casey guilty of premeditated first-degree murder, the trial will enter a second phase in which the jury will make a recommendation on whether Casey should be executed or sentenced to life in prison.

To show premeditation, prosecutors presented evidence of Internet searches conducted three months before Caylee died on the desktop computer at the Anthony home.

Someone — the prosecution suggests it was Casey — searched for the keywords chloroform, how to make chloroform, neck-breaking, internal bleeding, ruptured spleen and death, according to experts who examined the computer’s hard drive.

Chloroform is an anaesthetic that can knock people out or even kill them. The chemical is also released by decaying bodies. A prosecution expert testified he found a large quantity of chloroform in Casey’s trunk.

In surprise testimony on June 23, Cindy said she was the one who had looked up chloroform while researching whether chlorophyll in bamboo leaves in the yard had sickened her dog. Cindy said she had skipped out on work and made the searches on the home computer.

However, records obtained last week by the prosecution from Cindy’s former employer showed she had been entering data at her office work station at the same time she said she was making the Internet search at home. — Reuters pic

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/worl ... onclusion/

[wildroses]

From what I have read the past 1/2 hour, I'm glad I had company this afternoon, and was unable to hear any more of Baez' drivel than I heard b/f the company got here.

From the sound of things he did drone on and on just like I thought he would.


At least I will be able to hear the rest of the prosecution's closing tomorrow.

[wildroses]

Hi wanderer,

I have posted since March 2006 as suraja but I am finally telling everyone the truth. I am really Elvis Presley and I just left the building.

[Noor]

His superiority over the Prosecution was so obvious in closing argument.

After this case, Mr Baez will probably be nominated and made a Judge in Texas.

Baez will be "made" a judge in Texas......

Okey dokey then..............

Dorothy I thought we were in Kansas.......or Florida?

[CherokeeKid]

Baez will be "all hat and no cattle" in Texas!

[CherokeeKid]

From what I have read the past 1/2 hour, I'm glad I had company this afternoon, and was unable to hear any more of Baez' drivel than I heard b/f the company got here.

From the sound of things he did drone on and on just like I thought he would.


At least I will be able to hear the rest of the prosecution's closing tomorrow.

Worse!

I took a nap, made a long-distance call for 45 minutes, fed the dogs - and Baez was still rambling on and on - I didn't miss a thing, I'm sure, as he kept talking in circles and repeating everything a hundred times.

[RatPatrol]

Worse!

I took a nap, made a long-distance call for 45 minutes, fed the dogs - and Baez was still rambling on and on - I didn't miss a thing, I'm sure, as he kept talking in circles and repeating everything a hundred times.

I listened to pretty much all of it and yes, you didn't miss anything interesting. It was just more disjointed rambling punctuated occasionally by him yelling at the jury. It looked like Ashton wasn't the only one in the room struggling to conceal laughter.

[Eliza]

I have heard some mention of how great Baez is because he did his closing argument without notes.

What the heck were all those notes, props, and pictures he used on the easels to manipulate the jury?

[CherokeeKid]

I listened to pretty much all of it and yes, you didn't miss anything interesting. It was just more disjointed rambling punctuated occasionally by him yelling at the jury. It looked like Ashton wasn't the only one in the room struggling to conceal laughter.

Yeah, when he noticed the jury started to look comatised!

PS: Another great siggy line of yours! Did Lee fall in the loop hole?

[Eliza]

Stinkasaurus stated that she thought some members of the jury liked Baez.

[wildroses]

Worse!

I took a nap, made a long-distance call for 45 minutes, fed the dogs ~ and Baez was still rambling on and on ~ I didn't miss a thing, I'm sure, as he kept talking in circles and repeating everything a hundred times.

I was having trouble following him b/f I quit watching. He kept going from one thing to another, and back again. Jeff Ashton was easy to follow, and he made sense besides.

From my reading, am I right to assume marble/mush/cotton mouth didn't talk long?