Casey Anthony: Florida Judge to Review Probation Sentencing Friday
Casey Anthony will not have to immediately return to Orlando after Judge Belvin Perry, newly assigned to her probation case, ruled Wednesday that Anthony did not have to abide by another judge's order to report to Florida probation officials Thursday.
Perry issued a stay on an order by Judge Stan Strickland for Anthony to return to Orange County to begin her one-year probation.
The decision does not affect Anthony's probation, only when she needs to start serving her sentence for check fraud.
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A hearing on her probation is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET Friday but the 25-year-old will not need to attend.
The delay comes after Strickland recused himself, without giving a reason, from Anthony's check-fraud case Wednesday.
Judge Strickland, who had ordered Anthony to immediately report for probation within 72 hours of his Monday order, stepped down amid accusations from Anthony's attorneys that he was biased. Last year, he also recused himself from Casey Anthony's murder trial.
Anthony was given one year probation for check fraud after admitting in January 2010 to stealing her friend's checkbook and writing checks in her name.
In July, a jury found Anthony not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony.
Since her release from prison, Anthony went into hiding and her exact whereabouts have been unknown.
A TMZ report this week said she was last spotted in Ohio, publishing photos of her shopping at an Old Navy over the weekend.
