Will Casey Testify?

[LiveLaughLuv]

I agree with you all...

ICA is dying to tell it, she must have clarity on things stated for when she scribbles angrily, she is telling her defense, NO, that didn't go down like that. Or, No, that's not what he said...it was this way....I'm wondering if she will be adamant about testifying on her own behalf but Baez would strongly urge against it. She thinks she can beat these charges but I truly feel, she will be found guilty...No one will be able to get over the 31 days of not reporting Caylee missing...that is the dagger in her back. Her evading her parents, her never mentioning anything to anyone other than these people that don't exist.

I just hope and pray, His Honor sees that LE was trying desperately to get credible information on Caylee and her whereabouts. I hope he sees that it was the family who reached out to LE asking for help in finding Caylee and also with LE getting the ball rolling for them to meet with ICA and that nothing nefarious was behind it. The A family love to play the greiving grandparent when it suits them, they can't hide behind that greif and continue with their mistruths, halftruths about these fine detectives who did all they could, until ICA tied their hands with her being represented by an attorney. Then they were left with trying to keep that communication open with the grandparents still in an effort to find Caylee..but evidence led them to ICA and only ICA as the perpetrator of Caylee's demise...

I still feel Baez made a huge mistake by not strongly urging ICA tell the truth and get a deal made with the prosection. That would have been his best bet but he went on and on with, it does my client no good to show her hand when actually, it could have...even though Caylee was found with duct tape, she should have told the hows and whys before she faced the DP and in doing so, the DP would have been off the table...Now she faces her worst fear and is really playing russian roulette and His Honor has no problems handing down death sentences, he even is there at the execution...big mistake, IMO


Justice for Caylee

 

[Intermezzo]

You all took the words out of my mouth. Watching her scribble furiously, and reach across the desk to smack Baez'z arm like a crazy person really makes me wonder.
But she has to know the OPENS THE DOORS to everything. All her ridiculous stories and Timer 55, ALL OF IT.

Ohhhhh...I really hope she does take the stand. I just don't see how they could allow it.

After watching her react during this hearing...I am thinking ahead to when people like TonE, Jesse, Mark H..Amy etc...take the stand..IMO she may not be able to contain herself and the need to fight back will be strong...
:twocents:

 

[faefrost]

I can almost see JB petitioning the court to have his client trussed up like Hanibal Lechter in order to prevent her from saying anything during the trial. :floorlaugh:

 

[ecs5298]

I can almost see JB petitioning the court to have his client trussed up like Hanibal Lechter in order to prevent her from saying anything during the trial. :floorlaugh:

I'd pay a $1.00 to see that! :floorlaugh:

 

[mitzi]

You all took the words out of my mouth. Watching her scribble furiously, and reach across the desk to smack Baez'z arm like a crazy person really makes me wonder.
But she has to know the OPENS THE DOORS to everything. All her ridiculous stories and Timer 55, ALL OF IT.

Ohhhhh...I really hope she does take the stand. I just don't see how they could allow it.

Bold mine

Her attorneys can advise her, but if little ms. CEO wants to get on the stand, they cannot stop her. I think she just might do it.

 

[mobius99]

I dunno...(imo) she knows how much her mountain of lies has damaged her case. So, on the one hand, I can see her thinking she best shut her piehole. On the other hand, I can also see her thinking she can jujutsu her brilliance at the jury and walk out a free woman. But she'd have to get past LDB first...and I just don't see that happening. She hates LDB because she is scared of her.

 

[lisalei321]

I can almost see JB petitioning the court to have his client trussed up like Hanibal Lechter in order to prevent her from saying anything during the trial. :floorlaugh:

I'd pay a $1.00 to see that! :floorlaugh:

I got one too!

Who do we petition for that?

 

[TotallyObsessed]

NO WAY, NO WAY, NO WAY. She COULD have testified at these last hearings as to when, how, where she was hancuffed, etc. She would then have opened herself up to questions about "did she ask if she could leave?" "did she feel she was free to leave". Notice, nobody addressed those issues. They just put forth that she was "in custody". Nobody can answer the question of whether she felt free to leave but her.

 

[debbie0604]

While I believe wholeheartedly that KC is running her defense, I don't think she will testify. I don't think she would be able to get through LDB's or JA's cross examination. No way.

IMO, it would be much worse that the day Wayne W. testified.

 

[LyndyLoo]

i agree with everyone here and their thoughts on the whys and wherefores. ...I happen to vote she will NOT testify..however such decisions arent really made until the entire CIC is completed..and see's just how many holes the defense can poke....I do however she will testify IF the case presented is clear and obvious (even to Casey's Team)..and her testifying would then be a last ditch effort to try and convince at least ONE juror of her innocence...Other than that..Casey will remain defiant..bristling away in her chair...BUT lacks the conscience or soul to tell the truth...Im afraid the truth will go to the grave with her...Talking about selling souls to the devil..I believe Casey did just that many many many years ago..She is filled with hate, and disgust for anyone who doesnt go along with HER WANTS and NEEDS!! I very selfish indulgent entity..Dont even consider her human after these past few years :loser:

 

[LolaMoon08]

After watching her react during this hearing...I am thinking ahead to when people like TonE, Jesse, Mark H..Amy etc...take the stand..IMO she may not be able to contain herself and the need to fight back will be strong...
:twocents:

THAT, imo, is where this trial is going to get interesting. She has control over Cindy and George (even Lee) and she knows they are going to lie for her. Tony? Jesse? Amy? No! She is going to LOSE it when they testify. She has no control over them telling the truth and it is going to KILL her to sit there and have to listen to it. KILL HER!

Sometimes I wonder that if what she is writing is the answer she would give to the question being asked? Is she keeping track of what everyone is saying so that she can spin it in her own way for when she does testify?

Again, I first thought that she would not testify, but now I am not so sure. She just may.

 

[Curious Me]

I'd pay a $1.00 to see that! :floorlaugh:

You're in. Just don't get too close, and don't provoke.

:basementpeeps:

 

[Intermezzo]

THAT, imo, is where this trial is going to get interesting. She has control over Cindy and George (even Lee) and she knows they are going to lie for her. Tony? Jesse? Amy? No! She is going to LOSE it when they testify. She has no control over them telling the truth and it is going to KILL her to sit there and have to listen to it. KILL HER!

Sometimes I wonder that if what she is writing is the answer she would give to the question being asked? Is she keeping track of what everyone is saying so that she can spin it in her own way for when she does testify?

Again, I first thought that she would not testify, but now I am not so sure. She just may.

Casey will be coming face to face (and IMO she will have the GLARE going on) with those she betrayed..though I am sure she sees the reverse..they betrayed her....

bbm
Same here...I think she is furiously writing down "her version" of events to contradict what the person testifying on the stand was saying..

And probably also wrote things like...their lying...it's not true..didn't happen...

 

[Schmerty_Jones]

I think she is writing her replies to other's testimony & she thinks how brilliant they are. I think it is just a way of calming her frustration at having to be there and to hear negative things about her. She probably thinks Caylee was her child & what transpired is hers & only hers to decide & accomplish. I makes me want to puke when I think about her attitude and her rights ,yes HER RIGHT ,to kill Caylee.
God takes care of little Caylee ! Sooner or later her life with Casey would have ended.

 

[ynotdivein]

THAT, imo, is where this trial is going to get interesting. She has control over Cindy and George (even Lee) and she knows they are going to lie for her. Tony? Jesse? Amy? No! She is going to LOSE it when they testify. She has no control over them telling the truth and it is going to KILL her to sit there and have to listen to it. KILL HER!

Sometimes I wonder that if what she is writing is the answer she would give to the question being asked? Is she keeping track of what everyone is saying so that she can spin it in her own way for when she does testify?

Again, I first thought that she would not testify, but now I am not so sure. She just may.

Lola, you just might be right there (BBM above)! Maybe Jose's "aha" moment will be putting his princess on the stand to give her version of events? At any rate, I do think you're on to something here. (ETA: And now that I've finished the thread, I see OPs think so too!) And you make me think that at the very least, the DT has tasked her with listening to testimony at these hearings and documenting her version of events described. To keep her occupied? To use when she testifies? What use they will make of it, possibly not even the DT knows....

I hadn't heard of mock cross-examinations done in the OJ and Peterson trials, so thank you to the posters who got me digging into those!

 

[logicalgirl]

You all took the words out of my mouth. Watching her scribble furiously, and reach across the desk to smack Baez'z arm like a crazy person really makes me wonder.
But she has to know the OPENS THE DOORS to everything. All her ridiculous stories and Timer 55, ALL OF IT.

Ohhhhh...I really hope she does take the stand. I just don't see how they could allow it.

Apparently there is no such thing as "not allowing her to". If she wants to testify, she will. Jose can only say she is taking the stand against the advice of her legal counsel if he feels he needs to save his own skin. And knowing Jose, I'm sure he will want to.

 

[LCoastMom]

I dunno...(imo) she knows how much her mountain of lies has damaged her case. So, on the one hand, I can see her thinking she best shut her piehole. On the other hand, I can also see her thinking she can jujutsu her brilliance at the jury and walk out a free woman. But she'd have to get past LDB first...and I just don't see that happening. She hates LDB because she is scared of her.

After this week I'm thinking she will have to get past Jose too!

At first I thought No No way will she testify...but having watched her scribble furiously on the notepad today and the shaking of the head and hand gestures...I now think she will have to be sedated or duct taped to the seat.

I'm squarely on the fence too - maybe instead of testifying she plans to fire JB at the last minute and represent herself. She cannot keep quiet, for sure!

Sedation will wait till they start the drip, drip, drip... I vote for duct tape - 3 pieces wrapped... well you know.

 

[Macushla]

I am gain leaning towards not testifying after watching her this week. She has transformed herself into a defense attorney! She was very busy reading transcripts, taking notes, double checking everything. She has forgotten she is the defendant! She is probably going to be looking around for the 'defendant in this case', to consult with them on what she wants done. Since she has now morphed into an attorney, she won't testify, not unless she can ask herself questions!

 

[LolaMoon08]

I also believe that Casey sees herself as part of the defense... actually, she probably thinks of herself as the "lead attorney", but there has to be moments when she snaps out of it and realizes this is Casey Marie Anthony vs. The State of Florida, in the First Degree Murder trial of Caylee Marie Anthony. She has to!

I think she is very aware of everything going on around her as much as she likes to act like she is ignoring it. Her facial expressions give her away. Do I think she realizes exactly what she is up against? No. I think she has NO idea how bad things are for her and not because people haven't told her (I believe Cheney Mason has told her).... I just think she has her mind made up that she is going to get that mistrial... just like Jose promised her.

 

[luvmygarden]

She definately thinks she is one of them thumbing through and handing papers to JB.
Hitting his arm to stop him from talking and one time she hit his arm to show him a note and he waved her off. The last day all she had was her yellow pad, they kept all the other stuff away from her. I really think she is shadowing the female lawyer of JB. How does she get her ears to wiggle up so high I just can't figure it out. It isn't of course noticeable when her hair is down.
I am glad CA cut her hair she looks so much better. I guess I happen to like this style better.