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Clearwater, Florida (CNN) -- Jury selection is expected to resume Tuesday morning in the case of Casey Anthony, who is charged in the death of her 2-year-old daughter.
The goal is to have everything finalized for opening arguments this week.
Anthony, 25, is charged with capital murder in the death of her daughter Caylee. The young girl's body was found in woods near her family's home in 2008.
Anthony has pleaded not guilty.
She faces six other charges, including aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement.
Jury selection, which began last week, is taking place at the Pinellas County courthouse in Clearwater, Florida.
In allowing the five candidates Monday to pass to the next phase, Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. of the Orange County Superior Court and attorneys increased the pool of potential jurors who have not been dismissed to 17, although attorneys still have until the jurors are sworn in to seek their dismissal.
The five jurors retained Monday included four men and one woman, making the gender breakdown of potential jurors 10 men and seven women.
Perry had said previously he would begin swearing in jurors once the number of unrejected candidates reached 15.
Twelve jurors and eight alternates were expected to be seated on the jury, which will be moved to and sequestered in Orange County, where the alleged crime happened and where the trial will take place.
However, Perry on Monday raised the possibility the trial could move forward with fewer than eight alternates.
"We will have what we will have," he said.
Jury selection was moved from Orlando to Clearwater amid intense media coverage of the case, which could make it difficult to select an impartial jury.
Perry said Friday it was imperative to seat a jury as quickly as possible before more potential jurors are swayed by the media coverage.
"The longer we wait, the more dangers there are," he said.
Prosecutors have said they plan to show Anthony used "a substance" to kill her daughter. The girl's skeletal remains were found in December 2008 in woods near the Anthony home after she went missing for six months.
The goal is to have everything finalized for opening arguments this week.
Anthony, 25, is charged with capital murder in the death of her daughter Caylee. The young girl's body was found in woods near her family's home in 2008.
Anthony has pleaded not guilty.
She faces six other charges, including aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter of a child and misleading law enforcement.
Jury selection, which began last week, is taking place at the Pinellas County courthouse in Clearwater, Florida.
In allowing the five candidates Monday to pass to the next phase, Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. of the Orange County Superior Court and attorneys increased the pool of potential jurors who have not been dismissed to 17, although attorneys still have until the jurors are sworn in to seek their dismissal.
The five jurors retained Monday included four men and one woman, making the gender breakdown of potential jurors 10 men and seven women.
Perry had said previously he would begin swearing in jurors once the number of unrejected candidates reached 15.
Twelve jurors and eight alternates were expected to be seated on the jury, which will be moved to and sequestered in Orange County, where the alleged crime happened and where the trial will take place.
However, Perry on Monday raised the possibility the trial could move forward with fewer than eight alternates.
"We will have what we will have," he said.
Jury selection was moved from Orlando to Clearwater amid intense media coverage of the case, which could make it difficult to select an impartial jury.
Perry said Friday it was imperative to seat a jury as quickly as possible before more potential jurors are swayed by the media coverage.
"The longer we wait, the more dangers there are," he said.
Prosecutors have said they plan to show Anthony used "a substance" to kill her daughter. The girl's skeletal remains were found in December 2008 in woods near the Anthony home after she went missing for six months.
