Judge Denies Casey Anthony Request For Mistrial And Acquittal
Posted on Jul 01, 2011 @ 04:00PM
By Alexis Tereszcuk - Radar Senior Reporter
The judge in the Casey Anthony trial denied a defense request to grant a mistrial or acquittal in the case against the 25-year-old mother who is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
As all of the testimony concluded on Friday, Casey Anthony's defense attorney, Jose Baez, requested a mistrial and then an acquittal. When Judge Belvin Perry turned down the request Casey lowered her head and sat looking down for a few moments.
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Another of Casey’s lawyers, Cheney Mason, argued that "there has yet to be any evidence as to how this child died, when she died," which was what the prosecution needed to prove in their case. He also said "the defendant Casey Anthony told many falsehoods for various reasons, but the child is dead."
"The state did not prove their burden of proof,” Mason said, claiming that there was "no evidence that the child died from chloroform or poisoning."
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"There is no proof to when or how the child died," Mason continued and ask the judge "to enter an acquittal."
Judge Perry then denied the requests and set the closing arguments for Sunday, July 3 at 9am ET.
Casey Anthony may face the death penalty if she is convicted of first-degree murder. The prosecution claims that Casey murdered her daughter Caylee Marie Anthony and lied about her death for months. Her defense maintains that Caylee accidentally drowned in the family pool and George Anthony helped her cover-up the death.
Stay tuned to RadarOnline.com for complete coverage of the Casey Anthony trial as we live stream the closing arguments on Sunday.
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Aug 03, 2011 @ 03:00
She won't be flirting, laughing etc when she becomes someone's b**ch in prison. Her whole family is sicko.
Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:24pm
I don't know why HLN allows Nancy Grace to be on the air. I know she's an advocate for the victim but she scares me. It doesn't help when people phone in and put her on a pedestal. It just makes her head swell.
Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:43am
I really get concerned when I read comments of a sexual nature, especially what a person would like to do sexually to a person. What is your point? I'm concerned about the kind of people who write these comments. I thought radar screened everyone.
Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:05am
FL juries are notoriously hard on killers. And now that Cindy Anthony's testimony about Googling Chloroform has been disproven, I think that Casey's looking at spending many, many, many years behind bars, at the very least.
Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:52am
there are some pictures of Casey partying topless posted at doiop.com/pic-gallery
Posted Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:31am
I hope Im wrong about nancy grace, because we need advocates trying to do right,and help people that cant help themselves. But there is something witchy about her.
Posted Fri, 07/01/2011 - 10:09pm
And that Nancy Grace charachter is so fake.She reminds me of that loser Chris Hansen who so "crusader" like goes after people, and then turns out to be so phoney.I believe somethng crazy is going to come out about this woman one day.
Posted Fri, 07/01/2011 - 10:04pm
this trial has (like all these media raided trials)become so stupid. It is so obvious that this is just a super stupid girl with VERY indulging parents that accidentally killed her kid.These media people are the real ones that should be ashamed.
Posted Fri, 07/01/2011 - 10:00pm
Please , whoever runs this universe, Dont give us another dopey O.J. jury so we all have to endure another murderer running around,and laughing it up.
Posted Fri, 07/01/2011 - 9:43pm
She's going away for a very long time. She will NOT be the center of attention in prison. She deserves to die but I won't make that call. She can rot in jail.
Posted Fri, 07/01/2011 - 9:07pm