Anthony’s postings can be used at trial
ORLANDO (AP) – Lawyers prosecuting a Florida woman charged with killing her 2-year old daughter will be able to present to the jury information about her MySpace postings and her tattoo.
Circuit Judge Belvin Perry in Orlando ruled Thursday that prosecutors can tell jurors about Casey Anthony’s tattoo as well as her postings on the social networking site. Her trial is set to begin in May. Anthony got the tattoo around the time her daughter went missing.
Anthony has pleaded not guilty in the death of her daughter Caylee and said a babysitter kidnapped the child.
Her attorneys had argued the tattoo and her MySpace postings were irrelevant to the case. But prosecutors say the information shows her state of mind at the time Caylee disappeared.
Anthony’s attorneys on Friday also asked the judge to prevent a carpet sample from the defendant’s car trunk from being introduced as evidence during the trial. Prosecutors claim there was a smell of body decomposition in the trunk, but defense attorneys say it was the smell of rotting garbage. Defense attorneys also say law enforcement destroyed carpet from the car’s trunk that would have allowed them to refute prosecutors’ contention.