Defense What is their strategy? #1

[kathyn2]

Right Cheshire. Only problem is, JB's opening and closing statements are NOT evidence so they don't help her case. In fact, if he is just blubbering away like he usually does, it could hurt her case unless he puts on some witness that backs up whatever he is saying and I don't see that happening.

:clap: Well said kathyn2. I'll add that the way JB will be telling Casey's "story" to the jurors will be in his opening and closing statements, and as he attempt to "poke holes" in the prosecution's fact & expert witnesses, one typically hears questions designed to echo the storyline he began developing in his opening statement.

 

[Dejablue]

You don't let your client sit in jail when you have proof of her innocence. You meet with the SAs.

Of course her lawyer is going to proclaim her innocence. Why is anyone surprised about this? Unless he is going to continue to say "no comment" for the duration of media onslaught through trial, "my client is innocent" is the next best thing. Of course, he also hints at evidence, but his client is still in her 9x12 a fact which speaks for itself.

If they had REAL proof of her innocence, they would be singing it from the mountian tops!! They wouldnt let her sit in Jail until the trial.

 

[sharpar]

KC is done - no matter which way the defense goes -

the SODDI is not going to work .... no evidence of any other person
and all the items at the scene that tie back to the A home

the foresenics wont work - even if they poke holes or get some of it
excluded - there is tons of foresnic and other evidence that points directly to KC and no one else - playing the battle of the foresnic experts
will backfire for the defense.

the jury will never be able to get past her actions for 31 days - the pros
will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt she was not looking for
her missing daughter

Nor will the jury ignore or excuse her complete refusal to assist them in locating her daughter .

The defense cant present anything that is going to put her in any favorable light - she will be seen for her real self . A lazy lying stealing
imposter of a human being who murdered her child.

 

[ziggy]

Well done Kathyn2! You are correct, JB can only insure at this point that she gets a fair trial and he will attack the evidence. She will never take the stand. It will be a battle of the experts, period. I don't think the jury will be able to get past KC's behavior and since the experts will probably cancel each other out, they will got with KC's lack of panic when her daughter goes missing, the clubbing, not reporting and etc. etc.

KC will be convicted.

 

[Chezhire]

Right Cheshire. Only problem is, JB's opening and closing statements are NOT evidence so they don't help her case. In fact, if he is just blubbering away like he usually does, it could hurt her case unless he puts on some witness that backs up whatever he is saying and I don't see that happening.

No, of course they're not "evidence," but opening and closing statements allow attorneys to put real parameters/stories/CONTEXT around physical/scientific evidence, and they can be verrry compelling if done properly, which means that the context in which the evidence is viewed can change depending upon which attorney gives the jurors the most compelling "context" for the evidence they're viewing/hearing.

 

[Searchfortruth]

I can't see JB providing any kind of "ah ha" moment in this trial. I don't know how on earth JB is going to address the "nanny", a nanny noone has seen or spoken to, will he address it at all ? The only choice I see that he has available is the one Defense Lawyers have been using forever, attack the evidence, attack the evidence collector, attack the police, attack anyone who can take the spotlight off of his client's obvious and well deserved place in that defendant's seat. I don't think he has much to work with and for all of the whining from the defense, that I have heard ,about the state and their lack of evidence, the amount of evidence in this case is, IMO, insurmountable !

 

[kageykaren]

What would be the reasons behind JB requesting all KC's myspace accounts? I think they are going to try to implement someone or someones of" Dark Veiled " caracter references to the reason of the death of Caylee other than KC. Just a thought not backed up by facts yet! I think this do to GA's suicidal babble and what was rumored that CA feels KC is posessed by demons. This puts blame on others for KC's actions.

 

[Searchfortruth]

What would be the reasons behind JB requesting all KC's myspace accounts? I think they are going to try to implement someone or someones of" Dark Veiled " caracter references to the reason of the death of Caylee other than KC. Just a thought not backed up by facts yet! I think this do to GA's suicidal babble and what was rumored that CA feels KC is posessed by demons. This puts blame on others for KC's actions.

I wouldn't be one bit surprised if JB blames or try's to place blame on someone else. In one of his most recent trials he blames the mother for the daughter's death, when it was the boyfriend that was responsible for the crime. I will be sickened if he does this, KC's friends have been put through enough. :furious:

 

[awakewriter]

"Also, Casey has another new lawyer. Todd Macaluso, an attorney from San Diego who specializes in plane and car crashes, has joined her defense team."


Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/18841582/detail.html



What does this mean for the defense? Are they going to say Casey was in a car accident?

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[SoSueMe]

"Also, Casey has another new lawyer. Todd Macaluso, an attorney from San Diego who specializes in plane and car crashes, has joined her defense team."


Article:
http://www.wftv.com/news/18841582/detail.html



What does this mean for the defense? Are they going to say Casey was in a car accident?

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It is my understanding that he is a specialist at recreating the cause of accidents. IMO they need someone who is adept at plea bargains.

Sue

 

[FightTheOstrich]

Just 1 juror is all they need. That is going to be their ploy.

I continue to read this. My question is, have any of you who think this about how the defense only needs 1 juror, ever been on a jury? A hopeless deadlock in a case like this is unlikely. Chances are those 11 other jurors will be of like-mind and very persuasive to the holdout juror. It takes a whole lot of gumption to stare 11 other people in the face and tell them they are wrong regardless of the evidence.

I would imagine for a hung jury to happen 4 or more of the jurors would have to be in cohesion with one another. That seems even less likely with the preponderence of evidence in this case. If so, the DA will go down in history along with the Simpson prosecutors.

 

[KenoshaKid]

"Also, Casey has another new lawyer. Todd Macaluso, an attorney from San Diego who specializes in plane and car crashes, has joined her defense team."

What they need is someone who specializes in train wrecks.

 

[awakewriter]

Anyone think the defense is going to try to throw another family member under the bus?

 

[awakewriter]

What they need is someone who specializes in train wrecks.

HA!:clap::laugh:

 

[HRCODEPINK]

What does this mean for the defense? Are they going to say Casey was in a car accident?

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Snipped by me

If they are going to make things up, they seem better off with plane crash from what I have found on Todd M.:

Website for Firm (bunch of videos here on other cases):

http://www.macalusolawsd.com/

His page on their site

http://www.macalusolawsd.com/TMA_Pg_Attorneys.html#

Website for Todd M firm Lexis Nexis:

http://www.macalusolawyers.com/

http://www.macalusolawyers.com/Firm Info/Lawyers/251927.aspx

Lawyers.com

http://www.lawyers.com/California/San-Diego/Todd-E.-Macaluso-251927-a.html

Avvo.com

http://www.avvo.com/attorneys/92101-ca-todd-macaluso-291374.html

Facebook (I think this is him, because of the plane in the background):

http://www.facebook.com/people/Todd-Macaluso/1106880286

Campaign Contributions:

http://www.newsmeat.com/fec/bystate_detail.php?zip=92121&last=MACALUSO&first=TODD

Todd M on O’Reilly Factor:

http://www.billoreilly.com/show?action=viewTVShow&showID=1239

Todd M recognized by UDM School of Law:

http://www.law.udmercy.edu/about/dist_alumni_bios.php

Practices law in Carlsbad, California. Been doing so for 21 years. According to NG last night he is an accident reconstruction expert.

He apparently owns a jet fighter. Not that it is relevant. Just weird.

http://www.courtesyaircraft.com/hotnews.htm

And this was in the OS:

The new face belongs to Todd M*******, a California trial attorney who specializes in cross-examining witness, especially technical experts.

"This is my world. I deal with the best experts in the world and I deal with the best attorneys in the world," Macaluso said.

"And on a case such as this where I believe that she is innocent, I'm going to fight as hard as I can to prove that in a court of law."

http://mobile.orlandosentinel.com/i...&feed:c=topstories&feed:i=45358178&nopaging=1

Perhaps they are going to use him for most of the cross examination?

 

[snow_walker]

ah yes.. a new lawyer! I was expecting one to show up, and there he is, right on cue! They will need him to try to refute the expert testimony, although it isn't going to help a whole lot. Even if they get half of it thrown out or cast doubt on it's relevance, that leaves a whole lot of evidence that no lawyer in this world can adequately explain.

 

[Macushla]

does anyone know if this new lawyer is replacing LKB or is in addition to LKB. I am just wondering if LKB took off as fast as she could after seeing the last doc dump. I know she commented on it and then "poof" she sort of disappeared.

 

[Macushla]

I wish I had kept track, but it seems JB's office has a revolving door when it comes to attorneys. Did anyone keep track of how many have been involved. It just seems like very time I turn around, one lawyer is gone and another pops up. I understand the death penalty lawyer being gone as the DP is not on the table, now at least. Is this usual in a high profile case?

 

[disappear]

Wondering about the DP. A while ago, maybe 2 or 3 weeks, I was listening to the Battle of the Attorneys on FoxNews. One said that the DP is no longer a viable option, that time has run out for them to put it on the table. Am I understanding this wrong? Can they still put it back on the table, or has time for this action run it's course?

 

[Marina2]

I think Baez has finally convinced KC to go with the accident defense in light of this new attorney. He's said to be an expert in accident reconstruction. I will be waiting to see how he reconstructs that duct tape and heart sticker accidently landing on
Caylee's mouth.