2008.09.14 Casey Enters No Guilty Plea On Fraud Charges - REVISITED

[watcher9]

Since this is a motion to get the fraud trial scheduled now and does not include any new charges, does KC's plea of not quilty from last year still hold or would she have to resubmit her plea?

 

[okiedokietoo]

I am puzzled at why the SA is bothering with these charges, not that I fault them for going ahead with them, at this or any other time, but I don't understand what good it will do.. facing a life sentence, an additional 5 years, or whatever they might throw at her, is not going to bother KC too much...

KC stole checks, wrote bad checks, emptied another persons checking account - KC needs to be forced by the court to pay restitution. This shouldn't be dropped by the SA just because there is "bigger, worse" charge against KC - an innocent person had her money stolen...

 

[impatientredhead]

KC stole checks, wrote bad checks, emptied another persons checking account - KC needs to be forced by the court to pay restitution. This shouldn't be dropped by the SA just because there is "bigger, worse" charge against KC - an innocent person had her money stolen...

In an ideal world yes, but the courts are overburdened and people are victims of crimes everyday that if they don't come to a plea deal easily never see the light of a courtroom. People who kill multiple victims frequently are not tried on all counts. At some point it becomes poor use of limited resources. She can only serve on LWP or one death penalty. If they need the fraud case to work out an issue they see coming up in the murder case then I am all for it. If they are confident they have LWP or DP without it is really just costing the county even more money.

 

[Macushla]

I have been wondering why the state is moving forward with the check charges. After reading this thread and another one, I have to agree with the posters who feel the state wants to have this trial first so testimony in the murder trial can be allowed in. The theft and forgery is so wrapped up in regards to Casey's actions after Caylee went missing that if ALL reference to these matters were not allowed to be raised at the murder trial, it would lead to a disjointed and 'jerky, jumping around approach' which the State obviously doesn't want. They want to give the jurors a clear concise timeline and step by step layout of exactly what went on in May, June and July. I can see jurors getting confused if the state has to jump from here to there with no reason for their abruptly changing course. Even if the judge allows a delay, it is going to be a long time before the murder trial and I don't think the defense will get away with delaying the fraud trial forever. I do think the State is going to run into some major problems if the judge chooses to put the fraud trial off until after the murder trial. This is one motion I am going to follow closely - I think it could have a 'huge' impact on this case!