Judge: Jury can consider chloroform evidence in trial of mother - CNN

Judge: Jury can consider chloroform evidence in trial of mother
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 27, 2011 7:51 p.m. EDT

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(CNN) -- A Florida judge ruled Wednesday that the jury in the upcoming trial of Casey Anthony can hear testimony that chloroform, a potentially fatal substance, was detected in the trunk of the woman's car.

Prosecutors contend that Anthony used "a substance" to kill her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

Anthony, 25, faces a capital murder charge in the death of her young daughter, plus six other charges including aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement. The girl was reported missing in July 2008, about a month after she was last seen. It wasn't until five months later that investigators found her remains.

Orange County Superior Court Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. wrote that Arpad Vass, a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will be allowed to testify about whether and how chloroform was found in Anthony's car.

Perry said testimony on chloroform will be admissible as long as prosecutors can establish a proper foundation for it.

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