Casey Anthony Murder Trial: Jury Selection Day 8 - T & T

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Casey Anthony Murder Trial: Jury Selection Day 8

Excerpt:

We started the day with 17 jurors selected. Judge Perry said last night that they would interview about three more jurors and the attorneys could then exercise their peremptory strikes. The question as we started was: How many jurors would be left standing at the end of the day? Perry also said he would add one peremptory strike for each alternate.

Judge Perry also indicated last night that they may not seat 8 alternates. I always thought that was a larger number than necessary, since this trial is supposed to last 6-8 weeks.

Casey Anthony entered the courtroom wearing a pastel pink sweater-blouse combination over gray slacks. She seemed very chipper as she prepared for Day 8 of jury selection.

The session was called to order at 8:32.

Judge Perry asked if the state wanted to strike any jurors. Jeff Ashton said the name of the juror in seat number 6. Ashton accidentally said the person’s name, but didn’t help us much by not using the four digit number!

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