After millionaire developer Bob Ward was found guilty of second degree murder Saturday in the killing of his wife in Isleworth, Fla., His defense seemed to blame the verdict on backlash from the Casey Anthony acquittal, which occurred in the same state in July. "Certainly what happened to Casey Anthony makes it more difficult for any defendant in, probably anywhere in the state of Florida, to get a fair trial and that 'sa concern," said Ward ' s attorney Kirk Kirkconnell. A jury found Anthony not guilty in the murder of her daughter Caylee. But former prosecutor and defense attorney Susan Filan completely disagrees. "I don 't think the jurors are going to take it out on this particular defendant if they happen to disagree with the Casey Anthony verdict," Filan said on "Good Morning America" this morning. The defense team is threatening to appeal the verdict. "Everybody appeals their verdict if they lose, it 's the defendant ' s right. They 're going to just look for some kind of legal error. They can ' t say 'I think the jury got it wrong . 'They have to find some kind of evidentiary error, something that was introduced that shouldn ' t have been, "said Filan. But Filan didn 't think Ward had any chance of succeeding in an appeal." I think the defense made a mistake by saying either accident or suicide. If he was there in the room with her and he really didn 't have anything to do with it, I think he would know which one, particularly if she was shot between the eyes, he would have seen her raise the gun to her head. "If it was in fact a suicide, it would be out of the ordinary for a female to shoot herself between the eyes. (Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com …
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