Francesca Pascale, left, girlfriend of Italian former Premier Silvio Berlusconi, leaves his residence in Rome, Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Berlusconi is waiting in his home in Rome for the decision that will change his political fate as Italy's highest court hears arguments in the former premier's fraud conviction. Berlusconi has been convicted of tax fraud in a complex TV rights transaction for his Mediaset network, and sentenced to four-years in prison with a five-year ban on public office. This is his final appeal. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)