Will the FBI and Secret Service Soon Write Judge Perry a Letter About Jose Baez Lying to the Court?

On the 16th of February, 2011, defense attorney Jose Baez filed a motion explaining why he filed a defense supplemental witness list after the deadline imposed by the court.  The defense motion may be found at the following link.

http://www.wesh.com/pdf/26889140/detail.html?utm_source=manual&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=casey+updates

“1. Despite being in daily contact, including the day before her filing, counsel for the State of Florida has made no attempts to contact the undersigned in order to resolve this dispute or make inquiry of the supplemental witness list filed by the Defense.”

Mr. Baez fails to identify the specific “dispute”.  The State of Florida is requesting the court strike Mr. Baez’s latest witness list because it was filed after the deadline and without the proper supporting paperwork.

“counsel for the State of Florida has made no attempts to contact the undersigned” – Mr. Baez believes “counsel for the State of Florida” has a duty and obligation to contact him prior to filing court documents, especially when they will request one of his motions to be stricken.

Mr. Baez seems to feel he is owed special treatment by the State of Florida regardless of the number of court rules and orders he breaks and ignores.

“Despite the obvious date of 2003 on the diary the State has at tax payers expense, spared no expense in utilizing both the FBI and Secret Service to date this diary to fit their timeline.”

“Despite the obvious date of 2003 on the diary” – If the date was truly “obvious”, would Mr. Baez feel the need to utilize the extra word to describe it as such?  The date is not “obvious” as it is “’03” and not “2003” as Mr. Baez claims.  It is not even “obvious” the numerical reference is a date.

“the State has at tax payers expense, spared no expense” – Commas and apostrophes are not the strong suit of either Mr. Baez or his legal aides.  “Expense” is extremely sensitive to Mr. Baez as he uses the same word twice within a four word stretch.  Mr. Baez is sensitive about “tax payers expense”, about which Kathi Belich often queries him.  Does the payer of the “expense” have anything to do with the outcome of the tests?

“in utilizing both the FBI and Secret Service to date this diary to fit their timeline.” – Mr. Baez accuses “the FBI and Secret Service” of conspiring with the State of Florida to skew scientific test results to support a prosecutorial theory of a crime.  This is a very serious accusation.  Mr. Baez goes beyond claiming the test results are inaccurate or misinterpreted to an outright allegation of impropriety in professional, ethical, and moral standards on the parts of three separate law enforcement organizations.

“The State has also failed to establish; How they are prejudiced by the timing of defense supplemental witness list?” – Grammar and punctuation are not the strong suits of Mr. Baez.  The State is not required to establish how they are “prejudiced” as they need only object based upon the court deadlines.

We have learned Mr. Baez thinks court deadlines do not apply to him because he is so special the prosecutors must request his permission to file a motion asking he be compelled to comply with court orders.

We have learned Mr. Baez does not understand the legal process as evidenced by his inability to grasp the legal requirements for a motion to strike by the State of Florida.

We have learned Mr. Baez does not read Bullstopper or does not wish to take seriously the multiple comments about his misuse of grammar and punctuation.  Mr. Baez may not understand his poor writing skills force others to view him as a fool.

Does Jose Baez Know All the Answers?

In August 2010, Mr. Baez spoke to the press concerning his feelings about his client and a possible death sentence resulting from her trial.  The comments of Mr. Baez may be found at the following link.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-casey-anthony-death-penalty-20100815,0,6307759,full.story

Jose Baez: “This case falls far from being a death case.  They don’t know how she died. They don’t know when. They don’t know why. Before you take someone’s life, you should have all the answers.”

“This case falls far from being a death case.” – How far is “far”?  Mr. Baez explains the distance between “this case” and “a death case” with his following statements.

“They don’t know how she died.” – Who is “they”?  Those other than Mr. Baez.  “They” do not know, but Mr. Baez implies he does know.  Mr. Baez knows “how she died”.  How does Mr. Baez know?  Presumably, his client told him.

“They don’t know when.” – “They” do not know the date or time of Caylee Anthony’s death, but Mr. Baez does.  If Mr. Baez does not know, would he not have phrased his statement more along the lines “Nobody knows” or “No one but the killer knows”?

“They don’t know why.” – “They” do not, but Mr. Baez does know “why”.

Order is important.  Most important to Mr. Baez is their lack of knowledge concerning “how”.  Next most important is “when”.  Of least importance is “why”.  The relative level of importance of each item from the viewpoint of Mr. Baez seems to correlate with the legal importance of each piece.  Prosecutors will first define Caylee Anthony is dead and the results of the medical examination followed by an approximation of the time of death based on best available evidence including plant growth and insect life cycles.  Prosecutors may attempt to explain the “why”, but do not have to establish motive to prove guilt.

“Before you take someone’s life, you should have all the answers.” – If all the “answers” are not known, is Caylee Anthony less dead?  Is her murderer less guilty because the state could not completely define every aspect of the crime?  This statement is a summary of the legal strategy of Mr. Baez who hopes a lack of physical evidence will result in a not-guilty verdict with no effort on his part.

Notice Mr. Baez makes no statement as to the guilt or innocence of his client in regards to the death of Caylee Anthony.  Mr. Baez does not say the prosecution will fail because his client is not guilty of the crime of which she is accused.  In fact, Mr. Baez admits there is a worthy criminal case against his client with the term “this case”, he only denies it reaches the level of a possible death sentence.

We have learned Mr. Baez believes he knows the how, when, and why of Caylee Anthony’s murder.

We have learned Mr. Baez believes the prosecution will fail to convict his client based upon the evidence presented in discovery, even though he continues to file motion after motion attempting to discredit and supress evidence which should not be able to affect the outcome of the case as he claims it does not show the how, when, or why of Caylee Anthony’s murder.

We have learned Mr. Baez believes his client should be prosecuted for a crime, although he feels a death sentence is too harsh a sentence for her crimes.

Is Jose Baez Too Famous to Seat an Unbiased Jury?

In late 2010, the legal defense team for Casey Anthony requested extra funds from the state of Florida to secure the release of transcriptions from the depositions of the Oakridge Laboratory experts which were taken in Tennessee.  The extra funds were needed because the transcription service utilized by the defense team refused to accept the rates established by the JAC.  During court hearings and in court documents, the defense team presented the transcription company as tricksters who initially agreed to accept the JAC payment schedule, then changed their minds once payment became due.

The owner of the transcription service company, Gerald Tyke Stogsdill, does not accept this characterization of his actions and decisions by Jose Baez and Cheney Mason.  He wrote a letter to Judge Perry which included the e-mail chain between his company and the offices of Mr. Baez and Mr. Mason.  His letter and attachments may be found at the following link.

http://www.wftv.com/pdf/26875662/detail.html

“I had Sara look over our upcoming and past appointments to see whether we had done or were going to be doing any work for Michelle Medina and/or anybody named Baez or some connection to The Baez Law Firm.  Nothing could be connected to those names.  Sara asked each reporter with my office whether those names meant anything to them.  Nobody could recall ever dealing with a “Medina” nor a “Baez”.  I verified as best I could through Sara that we had not signed any contract.  It appeared to be something that could wait until I returned from vacation.  In light of the fact that at least once a month we get a request to fill out forms to facilitate payment of an invoice that had already been sent, it didn’t seem to be urgent.”

“I had Sara look over our upcoming and past appointments to see whether we had done or were going to be doing any work for Michelle Medina and/or anybody named Baez or some connection to The Baez Law Firm.  Nothing could be connected to those names.” – The names “Baez” and “The Baez Law Firm” are unknown to Mr. Stogsdill even though he interacts daily with legal professionals.

“Sara asked each reporter with my office whether those names meant anything to them.  Nobody could recall ever dealing with a “Medina” nor a “Baez”.” – The name “Baez” is meaningless to an office full of court reporters.

“I verified as best I could through Sara that we had not signed any contract.” – Mr. Stogsdill did not sign a contract with Mr. Baez.

“It appeared to be something that could wait until I returned from vacation.” – The concerns of Mr. Baez are of less importance to Mr. Stogsdill than his own vacation.  Mr. Baez if not more  important than other attorneys.

We have learned Mr. Baez failed to secure a contract with Mr. Stogsdill specifying payment at the JAC rates.

We have learned the name “Baez” does not entitle the bearer to special treatment or reduced rates by vendors.

We have learned despite constant national television appearances for more than two years, professionals connected to the legal industry are unaware of Mr. Baez, his defense of Casey Anthony, and his defense dream team.