ORANGE COUNTY, Fla.,None — It has been an emotional day in Casey Anthony's murder trial on Friday. Casey, her mother and brother were brought to tears during testimony. Friday marks day 38, including jury selection, of her trial.
Casey and Cindy Anthony cried as pictures of Caylee Anthony were shown in an Orange County courtroom on Friday, during Cindy's testimony.
Casey entered the courtroom just after 8:50 a.m., wearing a white button-down shirt and pants. She had her hair pulled back in a tight, braided bun.
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Cindy's took the stand a day after surprising prosecutors with testimony that she had conducted Internet searches on chloroform, and not her daughter, Casey.
Defense attorney Jose Baez began questioning Cindy on Friday about a pair of shorts found with the remains of her granddaughter, Caylee, in December 2008.
Casey, who's accused of killing Caylee, wiped away tears while a video of her playing with her daughter was played for the jury during Baez's questioning.
The defense showed photos of Caylee climbing a ladder into an above-ground pool at the family's home as Cindy supported her from behind.
From the witness stand, Cindy testified that Caylee was able to open a sliding glass door that led to the backyard pool.
"Even at that point, she could even climb into the pool," Cindy said when shown a photo.
Judge Belvin Perry questioned Baez about the defense's theory.
"If your theory of defense is ever-changing, maybe you just need to tell me what your theory of defense is," Perry said to Baez. "At least somebody try and explain it to me."
Casey's attorneys contend that Caylee drowned in the pool and that her mother didn't kill her.
Cindy said she swam with Caylee the day before she died, and afterward, she took the ladder down. Cindy also admitted that when Casey bonded out of jail in the summer of 2008, she never said Caylee had drowned.
Lee Anthony was also called to the stand on Friday, right after Cindy's testimony and began crying as he was questioned about the not being at Caylee's birth. Casey also cried as Lee testified.
Lee said he was "hurt" because he felt that his mother and Casey did not want him at the hospital.
"I was just angry at everyone in general that they didn't, that they didn't want to include me," Lee stated.
Judge Perry had to stop prosecutor Jeff Ashton from repeatedly interrupting Baez.
"Let him finish asking the question. Sit down," Perry said."Ask your question Mr. Baez."
That was just one of many interruptions and sidebars on Friday. In fact, there were eight sidebars before the case even broke for lunch.
Now that Lee and Cindy are testifying for the defense, it seems as if they're giving inconsistent statements to try to help her Casey.
Cindy's testimony on Thursday directly contradicted prosecutors' theory that Casey was the one who made the Internet searches on chloroform.
Chloroform is a chemical compound that can be used to knock someone unconscious and also is found in human decomposition.
Cindy said she had run the queries on chloroform while looking up information on chlorophyll, a green pigment found in plants. She believed her dogs may have been eating bamboo leaves containing chlorophyll. Cindy also said she ran searches on other chemicals, such as hydrogen peroxide, after she was informed about a hand sanitizer scare.
During cross-examination on Thursday, prosecutor Linda Drane-Burdick suggested that Cindy never mentioned the searches during depositions and that work records show she was at her job during the time the searches were made on the family's home computer.
Cindy responded that she could leave work when she needed to and that the work records might not have reflected her absence.
"You were aware that computer searches were an issue?" Drane-Burdick said.
Drane-Burdick asked Cindy whether she remembered denying that she conducted the searches during her 2009 deposition.
"I did not look up how to make chloroform. I looked up chloroform," Cindy Anthony said. "I did tell the detectives, and I did tell the state attorneys about the searches."
Cindy told Drane-Burdick she did not run searches on household weapons, chloroform habit or neck-breaking, although she said she remembered a YouTube video involving a skateboarder, whose trick was described as a "neck-breaking feat."
Caylee's remains were found almost six months after she disappeared in Orlando.
Prosecutors believe Casey Anthony suffocated her daughter in June 2008. She didn't report the Caylee missing for 31 days. Earlier in the trial, a medical examiner testified that even a small amount of chloroform would be sufficient to cause a child's death.
Cindy also said stains in the trunk of Casey's car were present when the family bought the car in 2000. Prosecutors claim the child's body was in the car trunk and then dumped in a wooded area near the Anthony home on Suburban Drive. Prosecutors have presented extensive evidence of human decomposition in the car trunk, including stains.
Sgt. Kevin Stenger of the Orange County Sheriff's Office also testified Thursday about deputies' investigation of the Anthony family computer. Prosecutors say someone in the Anthony home ran searches on chloroform as many as 84 times. But Baez asked Stenger about discrepancies in the data showing how many times someone searched about chloroform.
During cross-examination, Drane-Burdick presented evidence that someone in the Anthony home conducted a search on how to make chloroform.
Casey is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and four counts of lying to law enforcement. She has pleaded not guilty and faces the death penalty if convicted.
Previous Stories: June 23, 2011: Cindy: Searched Web For Chloroform, Car Stain Was Old June 22, 2011: Casey's Defense Team Tries To Tear Apart State's Case June 21, 2011: State: Casey May Have Used Inmate's Child Drowning Story June 20, 2011: Judge Perry Scolds Attorneys, Court Recessed Until Tuesday June 18, 2011: Casey Cries As Expert Talks About Caylee's Skull In Trial June 17, 2011: Casey Court Drama: Sparring Lawyers, Fighting Spectators June 16, 2011: Mistake, Objections Spark Fireworks In Casey Trial June 15, 2011: Defense Motion For Acquittal Denied In Casey Trial June 14, 2011: WFTV Duct Tape Video Used As Evidence In Casey Trial June 13, 2011: Prosecutors Almost Finished In Casey Murder Trial
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