logicalgirl
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Unfortunately, they couldn't mention her stealing during the trial since it was too prejudicial. Ashton's hands were tied on that one, which really sucks to me. I'm guessing since the felony convictions couldn't be brought in, the SA decided to not even talk about the stealing at trial. Without the stealing, and knowing what she did to Amy, I can see at least there where the Pinellas 12 might have some trouble coming up with a motive (just a little bit, though, this is not excuse for their verdict). I guess I'm saying it was a lot clearer to a lot of us who knew what a thief Casey was that Casey was guilty. All the Pinellas 12 saw was a girl who did not work and lied about it, but was supported fully by her parents and so was her child. Little financial motivation to kill Caylee there (in the Pinella's minds).
I believe the reason the SA couldn't bring up the felony convictions is because the convictions occurred after she was charged with this crime, not before. She was already in custody without bail when she pled guilty to the check fraud charges.
Had she been convicted of the felony charges before her trial, I don't know if even then prior charges are allowed in. Does anyone remember from the legal thread?