The Casey Anthony murder trial on Wednesday will be a shortened session, according to media reports.
Judge Belvin Perry said the trial on Wednesday will be half-day as he must attend a judge's meeting, AP reported.
Casey Anthony , 25, is charged with the murder of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee on June 16, 2008, and then storing her body in the trunk of a car. If she is found guilty of first degree murder, Casey Anthony could be sentenced to death by lethal injection.
Casey Anthony denies the charges that she murdered her toddler daughter. She contends that Caylee drowned accidentally in the swimming pool.
The prosecution says Casey killed the little girl by suffocation and kept the dead body hidden for several days. She then dumped the body in the woods near her parents' home.
Casey Anthony (L) and her attorney Dorothy Sims Clay talk during a recess at her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, June 20, 2011.ReutersAn image displayed on a courtroom monitor shows a photo entered into evidence in the Casey Anthony trial showing the late 2-year-old Caylee Anthony with her mother Casey at the Orange County Courthouse on Friday, June 10, 2011. Celebrity medical examiner Jan Garavaglia testified on Friday that bones scattered in woods near Anthony's home were positively identified as those of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee.ReutersCindy Anthony wipes away tears while testifying during day 18 of her daughter Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida June 14, 2011.ReutersCasey Anthony watches the jury arrive in the courtroom during day 19 of her 1st -degree murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse, in Orlando, Florida, June 15, 2011. Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Casey Anthony had barely settled into their seats on Wednesday when the prosecution wrapped up its case, and the judge dismissed the jury until Thursday when the defense team will begin its presentation.ReutersCasey Anthony sits during a break during her murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, June 9, 2011.ReutersTony Lazzaro uses hand gestures to explain his position relative to a car during the second day of testimony in Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, May 25, 2011. On the day her 2-year-old daughter died in June 2008, Anthony moved in with her boyfriend and gave no indication that anything was wrong, Lazarro, the now-former boyfriend, testified on Wednesday.ReutersForensic expert Dr. Werner Spitz testifies in the trial of Casey Anthony, talking about autopsy results of the remains of daughter Caylee Anthony at the Orange County Courthouse in Orlando, Florida, June 18, 2011.Reuters
