ORLANDO, Fla. -- The next chapter in the case against Casey Anthony will play out in an Orange County courtroom on Friday -- the one-year anniversary of the discovery of Caylee Anthony's remains.Anthony's defense team plans to argue six motions during a hearing, which began at 9:30 a.m.
Attorneys for Anthony, who is in court, are working to get the death penalty removed from the case.
"If their goal is to get the death penalty, they need to come up with that evidence ... It's way too weak," Attorney Richard Hornsby said.
Another motion from the defense seeks to destroy jail tapes made during visits to see Anthony.
Baez said Anthony has little to no privacy because jail officials steer him and his client into a room with cameras when they meet instead of a room without cameras, which would be expected based on attorney-client privilege.
Baez is expected to ask a judge to prevent jail officials from recording Anthony's visits with her lawyers and parents and destroy all recordings made in the past, but administrators said that would be destruction of public records.
Jail officials admit to assigning Baez a room for the visits, but they said he could request a different location.
Anthony is in the Orange County Jail awaiting trial in 2010 on a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the death of her daughter, Caylee.
Anthony said a nanny took Caylee, whose remains were found in a wooded area near the Anthony home one year ago -- on Dec. 11, 2008.
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