This is the best thing that has happened in the case to date.
Every one of their experts must prepare a report an may not testify to opionions that are not in that report or divulged in a depo. That is how it should be according to Florida rules, but with this defense team feigning ignorance to the rules, in so many ways for so long....now it is crystal clear that there will be no exceptions, even to these two.
I remember Mr. Diaz, the former client of Baez saying that baez wanted to hold things back to drop the big surprise on the prosecution at trial. Good grief.
Many of the other things were unnecessary, since the state was never ever going to go against the well settled rules.
I am overjoyed that the judge did award sanctions, I could not care less about the fine, I care that he gave the state the remedy to the problem. Now we can get serious and the state can properly depose the experts. The rest is a piece of cake.
I loved that the Judge let them know the canine issue is well settled as admissable, no matter how many times they tried to suggest otherwise.
I agree that Cheney was definitley danglind Baez over the hot grease, a few times. He gave a half hearted argument at best in response to Mr. Ashton's argument for sanctions.
The funniest thing to me was the judge trying to throw Baez a hint, and Baez still didin't catch on when the judge was asking you understood the dates on my order, you realized the clock on the wall ticked past that time period did it occur to you to pick up the phone....Jose answered no because I didn't think anyone was prejudiced if I ......
in other words I thought better of your ruling and I decided it was OK.
He proved Mr. Ashton's point in that one answer he willfully, knowingly disrespected the court's order. The judge decided at that second. Listening to Cheney was just for perfunctory reasons, but he had heard enough from Jose's one simple answer.
You just can't make this stuff up. His side grins are too, too funny!
