Case file · Ninth Judicial Circuit Court, Orange County, Florida, United States

Casey Marie Anthony: charges, verdict and sentence

Casey Anthony was tried in Orlando, Florida, over the 2008 death of her daughter and was acquitted of murder and the other major charges in July 2011. The jury convicted her of four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law enforcement, for which she was sentenced to time served. In January 2013 the Fifth District Court of Appeal set aside two of those four convictions on double jeopardy grounds.

Charges and outcomes

Sentence

Time served on four misdemeanor counts. Two of the four convictions were set aside on appeal in 2013.

Court record, stage by stage

1. July 2011
   verdictJury acquitted her of murder and the major charges and convicted her of four misdemeanor counts of lying to law enforcement^2,3

   Orange County Circuit Court
2. 7 July 2011
   sentenceSentencing hearing on the misdemeanor counts, with a sentence of time served^2,3

   Orange County Circuit Court
3. 25 January 2013
   appealFifth District Court of Appeal set aside two of the four false information convictions and upheld the other two^1,2,3

   Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal

Notable rulings

• Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal, 25 January 2013. Two of the four false information convictions violated double jeopardy, but statements given in separate interviews with a sufficient time break were separate criminal episodes.^1,2

Sources

1. ABA Journal, Appeals court reverses 2 of 4 Casey Anthony convictions, cites double jeopardy (25 January 2013)
2. WUFT (Associated Press), Two Casey Anthony convictions overturned by court (25 January 2013)
3. NBC News, Casey Anthony case: Florida court throws out two of four charges (25 January 2013)

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