We spent some time looking over the statements signed and turned in to the defense team by Joseph Jordan and Laura Buchanan here. As stated in that article and the subsequent discussion that took place, there are many unanswered questions about these statements and their veracity, or maybe we should say accuracy. During the ensuing discussion it was brought out that maybe Joseph Jordan intended to testify differently once on the stand than he was presenting in his statement to the defense. My contention is that would not be an act of integrity on Mr. Jordan’s part, if it is true. Also, I feel that if he intentionally misled the defense and they are now using his statement, in conjunction with Laura Buchanan’s, to try to get the information of 4000 volunteer searchers who otherwise might have their privacy protected, it would be a true, and totally avoidable, tragedy.
Subsequent to the defense’s motions, the State filed a Motion for Protective Order regarding an audio tape Joseph Jordan made of a phone conversation with one of the defense team members. In the state of Florida, both parties must be informed that they are being taped, so this tape was obtained illegally. Mr. Jordan, upon meeting with the state, divulged he had made the recording. So the State’s protective order is to seal that recording from ANYONE hearing it and subsequently using it for any reason, because that would be a felony.
Both in the motion the State filed, as well as in today’s hearing Linda Drane Burdick has stated she has not listened to that tape since it was illegally obtained. But in both the motion and the hearing today she stated that in the conversation with Mr. Jordan it came out that “the illegally recorded statement may materially conflict with the subsequent interview” Joseph Jordan had with Linda Drane Burdick. Since LDB did not listen to the tape, one is left to surmise that Joseph Jordan admitted he stated something differently to the defense team.
This is an unfortunate turn of events. I am unsure how this will play out. Since the subpoena duces tecum is between the defense team and Texas Equusearch, represented by Mark Nejame, and Ms. Burdick cannot legally turn the illegally obtained audio over to Mr. Nejame, I am unclear how this admitted discrepancy will be brought out short of Mr. Nejame getting Joseph Jordan on the stand and asking him what the material differences were between the statements he made to the defense and those he made to the State. I do not know if Mr. Nejame has the freedom to request from the State the transcript of an interview that has not (and may not) be requested by the defense and therefore is not part of released discovery.
If what seems apparent is true – that Mr. Jordan made misleading statements to the defense and then admitted it to the state – it appears he has created quite a mess. I hope it does not end in the release of information of thousands of well-intended volunteers who cared enough to look for Caylee.
Valhall.
Related posts:
- Looking at the Statements of Joseph Jordan and Laura Buchanan – Wind map corrected
- The Searchers: Richard Creque, Joseph Jordan, and Danny Ibison
- Caylee Anthony case: Hearing today – 01/05/11
- Caylee Marie Anthony case: NeJame says…bad faith, bad bad faith! And smacks defense’s nose with a newspaper.
- The Anthony Encycliepedia: Laura Buchanan’s Magic Kingdom
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