Casey Anthony Trial Day 19: State Rests Case, Defense Wants Casey Acquitted

State prepares to rest case in Casey Anthony trial

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:04 AM






The prosecution says it expects to rest its case following a few housekeeping matters in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, the Florida mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter.

State attorneys say they only have to introduce a few pieces of evidence Wednesday that are left over from earlier in its case and then it will be done. The defense says it will be ready to call its first witness Thursday, but only if a standard motion asking the judge to throw out the case is denied.

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http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/june/262939/State-prepares-to-rest-case-in-Casey-Anthony-trial

State Expected To Rest Its Case On Day 30 In Casey Trial

Updated: 8:34 am EDT June 15, 2011

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- It's day 30 of Casey Anthony's murder trial and the prosecution says it expects to rest its case following a few housekeeping matters.

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http://www.wftv.com/caseyanthony/28241863/detail.html

Rendering of Casey Anthony by our very talented resident artist, TeeKay.

State rested it's case this morning, jury sent back out for the day.

Now will the Defense put on a case? And take the chance of the Prosecution blowing holes in it in Rebuttal? Or will they drop it and just hope the jury will think the Prosecution tried KC on a murder wrap knowing full well it was a accident but chose to ignore it?

Day 19: Prosecution rests, defense wants court to acquit Casey Anthony

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 10:26 AM




ORLANDO --
After 19 days and 70 witness testimonies, prosecutors have finished presenting their case against Casey Anthony.

Jurors were in and out of the courtroom in less than five minutes Wednesday morning, and the defense is expected to begin with its case Thursday -- unless it can get the court to acquit the 25-year-old defendant now.


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http://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/june/262939/Day-19:-Prosecution-rests,-defense-wants-court-to-acquit-Casey-Anthony

Defense Motion For Acquittal Denied In Casey Trial

Updated: 12:07 pm EDT June 15, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Judge Belvin Perry denied a standard defense motion on Wednesday, asking for Casey Anthony's case to be thrown out. Casey is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony.

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http://www.wftv.com/caseyanthony/28241863/detail.html

Judge Denies Motion For Casey Acquittal

Defense To Begin Presenting Case Thursday

UPDATED: 11:30 am EDT June 15, 2011



ORLANDO, Fla. -- After hearing from the defense and prosecution, Judge Belvin Perry denied a motion for acquittal Wednesday.

The state rested its case after entering two additional pieces of evidence, two cans containing swatches from the trunk of Casey Anthony's car.

Perry then released the jury for the day, and the defense entered the motion for acquittal.

Read more: http://www.wesh.com/casey-anthony-extended-coverage/28244545/detail.html

Defense Motion For Acquittal Denied In Casey Trial

Updated: 2:50 pm EDT June 15, 2011

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Judge Belvin Perry denied a standard defense motion on Wednesday, asking for Casey Anthony's case to be thrown out. Casey is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee Anthony.

Prosecutors finished presenting their case Wednesday morning against Casey. Wednesday marked day 30, including jury selection, in Casey's murder trial.

TRIAL DAY 30: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4
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IN COURT: Casey, Lawyers, Judge
DEFENSE WITNESS: List |Criminal History
MOTION: Out-Of-State Witnesses
VIDEO REPORT: Acquittal Motion Denied
FACES OF CASEY: Most Recent To Oldest
EVIDENCE ARCHIVE: Casey Anthony Case
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Read more: http://www.wftv.com/news/28241863/detail.html

Casey Anthony trial: Acquittal denied; defense introduces convict Vasco Thompson

The defense filing in court documents says Vasco Thompson is a 'recently discovered witness through the ongoing efforts of defense investigators'

By Anthony Colarossi, Orlando Sentinel

3:11 p.m. EDT, June 15, 2011

On the same day Chief Judge Belvin Perry denied a defense motion for acquittal, Casey Anthony's team introduced a new person to the murder case — an Orlando felon with a violent past.

The defense team's amended witness list now includes Vasco Thompson, an Orlando felon convicted on kidnapping charges in 1988.

Court documents show Thompson is a "recently discovered witness through the ongoing efforts of defense investigators."

Thompson, according to the filing, "was connected to George Anthony through his cell phone records." Records show four calls between Caylee's grandfather and Thompson on July 14, 2008 — a day before Cindy Anthony reported Caylee's disappearance to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-casey-anthony-trial-day-19-20110615,0,4375972.story

Wow! Interesting this Vasco Thompson guy.....well, certainly a phone number connected to this guy made its way to George's cell...but as the rest of the article says, it hasn't been disclosed who called who or the duration of the calls and from that article Thompson refused interview attempts by the defense and called law enforcement when questioned, the document shows.

Interesting but I'm not buying he took Caylee.

Back in the beginning when KC found her Baez so fast, I had wondered if she knew of him before she was arrested. She was indigent back then too, yet she went straight for a lawyer that was not pro bono for the indigent....and he took her case on a meager retainer fee (that of course KC didn't really have) but just the same he took the case on retainer for a small amount....and that's just wrong because of the charges against her when she was arrested that amount was no where near going to cover the legal fees associated with it.

Baez was clearly interested enough to not worry about the money....and I do wonder if it was the case or CASEy... he was interested in.

Anyway, it seems like Baez and KC have been ready to throw George under the bus for a long time...even though they just admitted it in Opening Statements, this has been their plan all along....and now for my conspiracy theorist mind to go wild! .....

If Baez or KC or someone somehow gave George's number to Thompson or vice versa....and the calls were made on July 14th....then Baez knew about Caylee before he was hired. And now Baez is bringing it up just in time? Well, actually no, Baez is silent on this one...it's Mason bringing it up. Hmmmm.....that's playing with fire but you never know.

I love guessing what's up with this multi-dimentional case....sorry.

Vasco Thompson? I wonder if he worked with George at one of his security jobs or the car dealership. It will be interesting to see how these two met and just what their relationship is.

Lottie - I'm wondering the same things....I don't believe this man had anything to do with Caylee. Casey did this on her own. Maybe George had a nasty little drug habit, who knows what the case is. It is interesting he wouldn't speak to the defense and called the law. And if there were only 4 calls on one day and one day only...hmmm. Or maybe George was going to hire him to kidnap Casey!

Maybe George or Vasco had a sexy party ad on Craigslist

Piper wrote:Maybe George or Vasco had a sexy party ad on Craigslist

Sheeesh! How many more things are they going to throw against the wall to see if something will stick? At this rate they may have the jury rolling on the floor peeing their pants from laughing at their theories!

Vasco=Zenaida Gonzalez

And NOW they are saying tonight that it just may be a number transposing mistake. OMG........if that's the case, they are dragging this guy under the bus as well!! I get calls for Domino's pizza all the time on my phone because of that. Drunks and all, at all hours. This is soooooo lame, FAIL!

maggieg wrote:

Vasco=Zenaida Gonzalez

LOL Maggie!

Piper wrote:And NOW they are saying tonight that it just may be a number transposing mistake. OMG........if that's the case, they are dragging this guy under the bus as well!! I get calls for Domino's pizza all the time on my phone because of that. Drunks and all, at all hours. This is soooooo lame, FAIL!

I get calls for the County Jail! My number is 4225 and theirs is 4335...over Memorial Day Weekend this one person called my phone 6 times in 3 minutes. We weren't home so I saw it on the caller ID...and called them back because I was thinking someone was desperate...but they said they messed up and meant to call the jail. It must have been a bunch of drunks missing their inmate family member that weekend because the I got 4 other wrong number calls that were meant for the jail.

Piper wrote:

Did y'all see Baez's production company he set up for when he makes his movie of himself bein' a big time Lohyer?

Justice is coming, Caylee....


J4A's beautiful video tribute to Caylee...

In true Bozo fashion, he just makes no sense.

I think this Vasco Thompson find was a way to get more money from JAC to pay the PI (and Baez,imo) to look up info on Websleuths where a poster named AZlawyer found this number on George's cell phone records which led to this guy-a research done in '09, I believe it was said. It led to nowhere and yielded nothing but how can a trial be delayed unless you make something out of nothing? Stall tactic-both sides have to depose the guy.

BTW, he let LE know because he is on a 30 year probation for kidnapping. This is not a good thing for him.

AZLawyer over on Websleuths said this... OMG!! Vasco Thompson!! Hilarious--I investigated him and these phone calls like CRAZY probably back in 2008/2009.

IIRC I finally after much frussshhhtration as Casey would say decided that his phone number contained 2 numbers that were transposed in some public records database to inaccurately match up with the number George was actually calling. And I THINK--but I have to go back and check if I kept those notes--that the actual number he called was someone from his work.


And the poster' sig was the following which I'd forgotten all about....KC's confession!


"I don`t want to be one of those thousands of parents that has to deal with the possibility ... of knowing that their child`s alive and that they`re with someone else. The thought of that every day makes me sick."

Casey Anthony , August 14, 2008

Here's my take on what she said without the Casey-speak...

I don`t want to be one of those thousands of parents that has to deal with the possibility that if my mom gets custody of Caylee ... of knowing that their child`s alive and that they`re with someone else and I have to pay child support to them. The thought of that threat being laid on me every day makes me sick. I'd rather Caylee was dead so I don't have to deal with this possibility.

Lottie M.! I was looking for that very post to paste on another blog! Heehee...you made my job tons easier, TYVM!

Love your interpretation of Casey-speak. It's so easy to learn~

Metro Detroit expert to testify in trial over Fla. child's death

Josh Katzenstein/ The Detroit News
June 16, 2011

A former Metro Detroit medical examiner who is expected to testify in the Casey Anthony trial this week said Wednesday that based on his findings, Anthony may be innocent in the death of her 2-year-old daughter in 2008.

"The medical examiner and the police (in Orlando, Fla.) determined that the cause of death was undeterminable and the manner of death was homicide," Dr. Werner Spitz of Grosse Pointe Shores told The Detroit News.

"If you don't know what she died of, how do you know it was a homicide?"

Read more: http://detnews.com/article/20110616/METRO/106160385

"If you don't know what she died of, how do you know it was a homicide?"

ummmm.....being dumped in the woods in plastic bags while your mother is telling lies and having a good old time with her b/f....maybe I am being silly, but that may be a clue?

You are so right on, Maggie...

Thanks for the info Lottie and Sherry.

Maggie, you are so right. And don't forget the duct tape!