“The prosecutor is surely going to want to try the easiest case first so they get a conviction on the record,” he said. “That way, when they’re prosecuting the defendant, they’re now prosecuting a convicted felon.”
The prosecution will also be able to include more information in the criminal trial if her fraud trial is already on the record.
Of course, the defense doesn’t want this to happen and are pushing to postpone the fraud trial until after the criminal one. They want to make sure the evidence and testimony from the fraud trial can’t come back and bite them in the butt in the murder case.
BUT, because of a seldom used law that was passed in 2005, the prosecution may prevail. That law says that the victim AND the state have the right to a speedy trial in Florida!
And guess what? The prosecutors announced that Amy Huizenga, the fraud victim, and a key witness for the state in the murder trial, WILL invoke that statute in order to force the fraud trial to begin now.
The defense, of course, will counter, but NeJame says it will be tough for them to win this one.
“I think that it may be time to go to trial on the fraud case,” he said.
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Well, that’s interesting and good news if it happens! Good for Amy Huizenga! (Maybe Ms. Lyon should get her head out the school books and pay attention to what’s going on in Florida. JMO)
What this really says to me besides the obvious, is that the prosecution is on top of it all and they will be able to go toe to toe against the “Country Club” defense team Jose Baez managed to put together for Casey.
A request by the defense to push Casey Anthony’s trial back from the scheduled start date in October was granted today by an Orlando judge. It is expected that the trial will be rescheduled for sometime next summer, but the date has not been set yet. A status hearing has been scheduled for Jan 21.
The judge also ruled that news organizations can argue to have the video of Casey in the jail reacting to her daughter’s body being found made public.
“The October 12 trial date would, with the death penalty, would virtually be impossible. So, I’ll go ahead and strike that October trial date and we’ll set this status slash pretrial in January,” said Judge Strickland.
One reason for the delay is Andrea Lyon’s teaching schedule, which WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer says wouldn’t go over well with a lot of judges.”You cancel everything. You better be ready for trial. In the state system, we’re more flexible and especially in a case like this where it’s a capital case and someone’s life is on the line.” Sheaffer said that Judge Stan Strickland wouldn’t want to give the defense an argument they could use on appeal saying they weren’t ready when they had to go to trial. Lyon said she would be filing various motions after Labor Day.
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We all knew the trial would be delayed–interesting though that Ms. Lyon’s teaching schedule is taking precedence over Casey’s murder trial.
Tony Lazaro, Casey Anthony’s boyfriend at the time her daughter, Caylee, disappeared, has hired attorney, William Jay. Jay says he has heard from Zenaida Gonzale’s legal counsel that Mr. Lazaro will soon be deposed in the civil case against Casey. Lazaro was previously deposed in the criminal case , but expects to be questioned again now that a death penalty qualified attorney, Andrea Lyon is on the job. Mr. Jay will represent him in both cases.
Well, what took him so long, I say. Everyone else is lawyered up, Tony should be, too. I imagine he squirmed a little when Casey and the Anthony’s attempted to throw Jesse Grund under the bus. He’s probably worried he could be next.
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NOTE: Well, this post was originally written about an hour ago, and it disappeared! Very strange. Very strange indeed. I don’t think that’s ever happened to one of my posts before. I know it was published because I have comments from it. Weird! Anyway, I’m going to try and re-write it from memory, so bear with me if you already read it.
Teri Narsesian, the inmate that claimed Casey Anthony flipped out and had to be restrained when she found out that the prosecution was seeking the death penalty for the murder of her daughter, Caylee, is apparently back in trouble.
She tried several times to get Tom Sussi, and investigative reporter with Fox 35 to help her get her dog back from a local veterinarian. (Yes, you read that correctly, lol) She claimed the dog was dying and the vet was holding it hostage til she paid her bill of over $600.
When questioned, the doctor said this was not true, the dog wasn’t dying, and she could pick him up at any time. He said he told her he would be more than happy to work out payments for his services. Oh, and apparently Ms. Narsesian had passed him a hot check to cover the cost–a repeat of the same crime she was in jail for in the first place.
Tom Sussi agreed to interview her, and when she arrived he began quizzing her about Casey Anthony and the fact that she sold her story to the National Enquirer. Narsesian became agitated, said she was telling the truth, and accused him of setting her up to make a fool out of her. She then promptly left the interview.
See video of Narsesian with Tom Sussi here: LINK
It is unknown how much money she made on the Enquirer interview, but the county jail denies that the incident with Casey ever happened.
IMO, this woman’s story has been suspect from the beginning. (Would Casey really say, “I’m pissed! I’m pissed!” I remember thinking that was pretty comical) Now, with this latest incident, it makes me think she has the same problem as Casey–the lyin’ and denyin’ syndrome. Alas, she probably won’t be the last inmate that comes along claiming to have insider info on Casey. I imagine the circus will still be hiring long after this case is done.
Here’s the original video of Teri Narsesian telling how Casey was restrained in jail of you haven’t already seen it.
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I hope you all have a safe and fun-filled 4th of July weekend!
If you find yourselves with a few minutes to spare, I hope you’ll use that time to reflect on what this great country stands for. Give some thought to the tremendous sacrifices our forefathers made so that we might enjoy the freedoms we so carelessly take for granted today.
Please take a few minutes to listen to the video above.
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