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ORLANDO -- Saying there were "four distinct separate lies," Circuit Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Casey Anthony to four consecutive one-year sentences and a $1,000 fine on each of four misdemeanor counts of lying to police.
Asked if she wanted to say anything before sentencing, Anthony, through her defense counsel declined. That's consistent with her silence during the high profile trial that led the jury to find her not guilty of capital murder or any of the lesser included felony charges in the death of her toddler daughter, Caylee.
The judge handed down the maximum possible punishment of four consecutive one-year sentences for each of the four misdemeanors for which the the jury found her guilty. The misdemeanors were for lying to police. Anthony was also slapped with a $1,000 fine on each of the counts. In reality, she'll be out of jail before summer's end.
Casey Anthony is all smiles before the 9 a.m. sentencing hearing in Circuit Judge Belvin's Perry's Orlando courtroom.That's because she's already logged in jail, which will be applied to shortening the sentence as gain time. And after that is calculated, she only has to serve 85 percent of what's left before she's freed.
Just minutes before the 9 a.m. sentencing got under way, a relaxed Casey Anthony played with her hair, which she let down as opposed to the conservative bun-look during the trial.
Once the judge began hearing arguments from the attorneys, her demeanor was stern with a pronounced frown.