Multiple depositions in the Casey case

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - "35 depositions today? How is that going to work?" That’s what FOX 35 asked Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez as he walked into the State Attorneys office Friday. "Very methodically," replied Baez.

A few of the 35 subpoenaed had scheduling conflicts, so there were just more than two dozen of the state's witnesses that had to answer questions under oath from Casey Anthony's defense team.

They all work for the Orange County Sheriffs office and had some involvement with the Caylee Anthony case. Friday we watched crime scene investigators, uniformed patrol deputies, a civilian homicide analyst and several detectives go in and out of the courtroom.

Robbery Detective Peter Marino says he was questioned for just five minutes. "What kind of questions did they ask you?" asked FOX 35. "Can't get into that," said the detective. "Do you think you'll end up being a witness in this case?" asked FOX 35. "No." "Why not?" "Can't go into it," said the detective.

Casey Anthony's attorney Jose Baez told FOX 35 after getting through half of the witnesses that he doesn't think anyone he questioned today will be called at trial. Why? He says not one of them played significant roll in the case.

"These are people who maybe collected something, an item of evidence and then turned it over to someone else, people who showed up and conducted one interview. People who sat in while someone else did an interview," said Baez.

FOX 35 asked why the defense would take an entire day to interview so many people. Attorneys Jose Baez and Cheney Mason pointed out that prosecutors listed each one of their 300 plus witnesses as a Category "A" witness. "Which under the rules means we have to take their deposition," explained Baez.

"A category "A" witness is one that purportedly has material evidence that they're likely to use in trial," added Mason. FOX 35 called the state attorneys office to ask why all of their witnesses are listed under "Category A".

Their spokesperson told FOX 35 they never list witnesses as Category B or C.
 

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