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People are allowed to conduct business transactions while in jail. It would be terribly unfair if people who had not (yet) been convicted of any crime were not allowed to conduct business transactions while incarcerated awaiting trial. They can sell their homes, cars, rights of publicity, etc...

It is difficult to know what Casey's rights are with regard to the tax lien, because we don't know whether she filed ANY tax return for 2008 or what was on it. There are endless possibilities i.e. she could have filed no tax return, she could have filed a timely, accurate tax return but failed...

Debts resulting willful/malicious acts may not be dischargeable in bankruptcy. Additionally, if Casey has assets such as the value of her right to publicity then those assets are liquidated to the benefit of the creditors. Florida is the same jurisdiction where the publication rights re OJ's...

Some jurisdictions allow discovery concerning future collectability of civil judgments. In theory, this encourages parties to settle their claims. The plaintiff is allowed to discover what the limits of any insurance coverage are so they can make a policy-limits demand and/or evaluate...

There are trade publications available to collection agencies and collection law firms which list all name changes, bankruptcies, bulk sale transfers, etc. based on all new court or other governmental filings. Basically the same as trade publications reporting important new appellate decisions...

Yes, you are right, I meant Morgan. Too late to edit. Katprint Always only my own opinions

IMO this is a fairly common situation in civil cases: The witness is subpoenaed (or the deposition of the party is "noticed" which is the functional equivalent of a subpoena.) Something comes up that causes the subpoenaing attorney to reasonably believe the witness will not obey the subpoena...

Casey will probably be able to avoid formal IRS prosecution by paying the taxes due out of whatever huge pile of money she gets from media interviews, book deals, movie rights, etc. It is unlikely a person imprisoned in jail who never actually personally possessed the money/income creating the...

ITA. The check charges were completely unrelated to the false statements charges, so the time served in jail thus far should NOT be credited for both concurrently. There may be some "good behavior" type of credits factoring into this. Calculating credit for time served can be complicated...

I would LOVE to see Casey's sentence on the False Statement charges include an order to pay restitution to the State of Florida for the costs of investigation incurred as a result of those false statements. However, I don't know the specifics of Florida sentencing procedures. Katprint...

Well, Casey could try to appeal based on "actual innocence" especially if that "someone else" had some bonafide evidence to corroborate their confession. Also, Casey could seek a pardon from the Governor of Florida. That "someone else" could also be prosecuted. Convicting one person for a...

This is really two questions. Why killing someone while DUI is not felony murder: Normally, DUI by itself is a misdemeanor, not a felony. Unintentionally killing someone while committing a misdemeanor is involuntary manslaughter. Vehicular homicide, whether due to DUI or reckless driving...

Re: the information not ready until next week - I think this was about the defense complaining they need time to take the depositions of the prosecution's rebuttal witnesses. The prosecution basically said, You already know about these witnesses and what they will testify to. HHJP basically...

ITA. However, Ms. Finnell isn't going to sit behind them with a long stick and a pile of paper airplanes, so maybe someone could give them some hip-pocket edition of trial objections/how to meet them? Like the little promotional evidence admissibility guides that the bar review companies gave...

I envision CM groaning loudly, clutching his chest and keeling over, crawling to Baez, grabbing Baez' suit to pull himself up, and then as Baez puts an arm around CM to help support him, CM whispers in his ear "Stop asking questions about XYZ!" But seriously... I have passed notes to...

It's basically the honor system, like filing an income tax return or submitting a mortgage application to a bank. The sequestered witnesses who have not yet testified are excluded from the courtroom itself and are ordered not to watch the trial on TV nor to discuss the case with anyone. They...

I bet JA is going to cross about whether any other pigs tried to clean up the decomp of the dead pig. Katprint Always only my own opinions

This particular defense entomologist creeps me out in a way that the other "we work with dead people" professionals didn't, even the ones who testified for the defense yesterday. A large part of the creepiness is his choice of examples - like suggesting he would prefer to march a live person...

I truly don't mean to dog you, and you know I sincerely respect you, but... Tonight, when I went took tonight's leftovers/food scraps out to the green waste/compost bin, a bunch of flies flew out when I opened the lid and the bad odor knocked me back a few feet. I do know, for a fact, that the...

Because the only legal relevance of the cans containing pieces of carpet removed from Casey's car trunk is to establish chain-of-custody as foundation for the expert tests/analyses/opinions? Because the jurors are not supposed to experiment with the evidence? Florida criminal attorney Richard...