A decision is expected later tomorrow in the bribery trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
A panel of three judges has retired to decide a verdict after the chief judge in the trial, Mr Francesco Castellano, told the court a decision would not come until tomorrow afternoon at the earliest.
Mr Berlusconi, a billionaire media mogul, is accused of bribing judges during the late 1980s and early 1990s to win favourable rulings for his Fininvest business empire.
State prosecutors have demanded an eight-year prison term and called for Mr Berlusconi to be barred from public office for life.
The prime minister has denied the charges and says he is the victim of a politically motivated judicial witchhunt.
