Casey Anthony Appealing Convictions for Lying
By: NBC News
Updated: January 8, 2013
ORLANDO, Florida -- Lawyers for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2011, will be back in a Florida court on Tuesday to appeal her four convictions for lying to the authorities.
The convictions stemmed from claims Anthony made after her toddler disappeared in 2008, triggering a nationwide search that drew widespread media attention.
Caylee Anthony's body was eventually found dumped in the woods near the Anthony home.
Anthony, 26, was convicted of lying to lead detective Yuri Melich when she said she left Caylee on or about June 9, 2008, with a nanny named Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez at the Sawgrass Apartments in Orlando.
She was also convicted of lying when she claimed she was employed at Universal Studios, had told Universal co-workers that Caylee was missing, and later received a phone call from Caylee.
According to an appellate brief, Anthony's lawyers will argue that the four lies should have been considered one offense, because the statements were made during an extended interrogation by detectives.
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