Judge Orders Casey Anthony To Serve Probation

ORANGE COUNTY (CBS4) – Casey Anthony is expected to be ordered to serve probation in Central Florida stemming from her check fraud case.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Orange Circuit Judge Stan Strickland signed amended court documents Monday morning which require Casey Anthony to serve one year of supervised probation as he originally intended back when he sentenced her in her check fraud case.

"From my reading of this, she should be reporting to probation in Orlando probably within 72 hours," Strickland said. "I suspect she's going to be required to report to probation," reports the Sentinel.

Anthony pleaded guilty in January 2010 to 13 counts in a check fraud case.

Judge Strickland sentenced her to $5,517.75 in court costs and also ordered her to serve a year of probation in Orange County. However, the State Department of Corrections interpreted Strickland's order as meaning that Casey Anthony could serve her probation while still in jail awaiting trial in connection with the 2008 death of her daughter Caylee, but the judge said he intended the probation to be served after her release.

When Casey Anthony was released from the Orange County Jail on July 17, there were no restrictions following her acquittal in the murder case. While she was convicted of lying to detectives, she was released from jail because of time served. She then disappeared from public view.

The sentencing document, with the amended wording, was signed by Judge Strickland Monday.

But it's still not over.

It's likely Casey Anthony's defense team will challenge the amended sentencing document and say that Anthony should not serve probation because she already did that while in jail. An argument claiming "double jeopardy" is expected.

If that happens, the defense would have to make that argument before Chief Judge Belvin Perry in some kind of emergency hearing.