CASEY ANTHONY SENTENCED TO 4 YEARS: OUT IN DAYS

SMILING

CASEY Anthony will serve just four years behind bars for lying to police, but with credit, she could be released within days.
How much credit she gets will be determined Thursday,  but it won't be announced in court.
The sentence which also includes four $1000 fines for each of the counts was imposed by Judge Belvin Perry who gave her the maximum allowed under the jury's decision.
Anthony who appeared relaxed and happy as she arrived at court, showed no reaction as the veteran lawman gave his decision.
He said: "As a result of those four separate and distinct lies law enforcement spent a lot of time looking for young Caylee Marie Anthony.
"The search for her went on from July through December over several months trying to find Caylee.
"Just as the jury spoke loud and clear on counts one, two and three, they also spoke loud and clear to the remaining counts."
Clearly wanting to punish her, he disagreed with her attorney Lisbeth Fryer, who had argued that the four convictions should be consolidated into one count, because all of her false statements stemmed from a single incident.   
Perry said he would need to meet with attorneys for at least an hour today to determine how much time Anthony will serve, based on how much credit she will receive for the three years she has already spent in jail.
They will run consecutively with each other. 

NO VERDICT YET IN CASEY ANTHONY TRIAL

GUILTY?

DAY one and the jury who are potentially going to decide whether Casey Anthony gets the death penalty, took their time and ended with no verdict.
From about midday they debated for almost six hours following the prosecution's closing speeches and instructions from judge Belvin Perry.
Before sending them out the justice reminded the jurors that it is not up to the defendant to prove their innocence, adding that a defendant choosing not to testify it is not an indication of guilt.

"Whatever verdict you render must be unanimous,"he told them.
They will start deliberating again today on the high profile case in which Anthony is charged with murder in the first-degree, second-degree murder, manslaughter, third-degree felony murder, aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse and four counts of providing false information to a law enforcement officer.

CASEY ANTHONY 'TOO UNRELIABLE' FOR THE STAND

TOO UNRELIABLE

CASEY Anthony's defense lawyers spent hours deliberating whether to put her on the stand but ultimately decided against allowing her to testify because she was "to unreliable."
A insider close to the legal team, led by Jose Baez said they thought long and hard and spent hours training their client for  possible last minute testimony, they felt that she may jeopardize their case too much if allowed to speak.
When the defense announced that they were going to be resting their case without putting Casey on the stand Judge Belvin Perry took a moment to ask the Florida mother if it was her decision not to testify.
"It was," she said, adding that she has had time to discuss the matter with her attorneys.
The source revealed: "Ultimately they decided that Casey was too much of a liability to be allowed into the witness box. She was just too unreliable."
"They knew that given half a chance the prosecution would tear into her and under pressure she may well have cracked, causing immeasurable damage to their case."
Instead Baez called Cindy and George Anthony to the stand for a fourth time, this time to ask them about the family's pet burial traditions reports WKMG.
Both admitted they had in the past, buried pets after their deaths in plastic bags wrapped with duct tape.
Two-year-old Caylee's body was found in a similar fashion.

CASEY ANTHONY JUDGE DENIES MOTION FOR ACQUITTAL

WITNESS

THIRD ANNIVERSARY

CASEY Anthony's judge has denied a defense request to have the case against her thrown out of the Orlando court.
Defense attorney Cheney Mason blasted the prosecution's case which ended Wednesday morning, telling the court that the prosecutors had failed to show a murder had taken place.
He said: "There is no evidence to establish when the child died, where she died, how she died, or if anyone was in attendance when she died."

Attacking their case from all angles he said that the prosecution had no witnesses who saw the killing, and no one saw Anthony with the body. 
He continued that there was no there is no absolute proof that the child was suffocated and the tape remnants on her skull, proved nothing because the body was so decomposed.
But Orlando Judge Belvin Perry said in his ruling that this case was for the jury to decide.  
He said: "The state has presented substantial competent evidence for this jury to decided this particular issue," according to WKMG.
Anthony's defense team said they will be ready to call their first witness today, on the third anniversary of Caylee's disappearance.
It is still unknown whether they plan to call her as a witness.