Posted on 07/11/2013 4:59:59 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Today, July 11th, is DAY #23 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
Yesterday the defense rested its case. A legal analysis via Professor Jacobson HERE.
From my perspective the entire case ended, as expected, early in the day yesterday when Judge Nelson gave George Zimmerman his personal Platinum Express DCA Acquittal Card. The ruling, and more importantly the legal determination she used on the ruling, regarding the Trayvon Martin phone evidence was an immediate Nuclear DCA option. Nelson essentially ruled against admissibility based on ”authentication”. She could have kept it out under other legal reasoning, but no, she chose the one without the slightest chance of being upheld by a District Court of Appeals. IMHO this was intentional and aligns itself with the way she has ruled during the pre-trial discovery phase, and during the case itself. She’s a rigid ideologue, but she’s not stupid – this was intentional.
By ruling the phone records (texts and pics from Trayvon) cannot be “authenticated” to have originated by the specific personage of Trayvon Martin just gave the dismissal of the case to George Zimmerman with a bow on it.
As it was carefully explained to me, the phone is like a bucket. The data inside the phone is like marbles in a bucket. Some marbles from calls, others from pictures, others from texts, etc. The State brought the bucket into court – and validated the bucket contents with their own witness from the phone company – Both the State and the defense then began arguing their case around the phone call marbles in the bucket – Primarily with Rachel Jeantel. But no-one challenged the bucket itself. The State authenticated the bucket and the content of the bucket during the introduction.
The defense picks up the same bucket the state hands them, and now begins to use the contents – texts and pictures – and then Nelson rules the bucket itself cannot be authenticated. It doesn’t work that way.
If the state authenticates evidence, it cannot be divided and only authentic when the state holds it, but not the defense. Flawed logic – ABSOLUTELY positioned to give such a prejudicial outcome, the appeal would result in dismissal, not retrial. Nelson gave the case away to George Zimmerman.
She could have ruled on relevance, admissibility, or other factors – but she chose the one destined to fail, “authentication”. She gave it away.
In other news, people are catching on to the Eric Holder, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Community Relations Service – being the actual puppeteers behind the entire construct of the false case. To them we say “welcome to the party pal“.
which photo is he using of TM? as an infant?
Funny how he’s talking about how all these elements of Zimmerman’s behavior are perfectly fine and legal; but evidently his “wrong assumptions” were a crime.
Here we go..
Bernie softened his voice right before he said F’in punks
YES! “F’n PUNKS”
He keeps showing autopsy photos of the junior gangster to the ALL female jury...
“Why is he screaming?”
Cause he’s a profanity-loving drama queen. There he goes again (f’in punks).
all emotion...no facts and even supports Z’s rights...legal gun...legal neighborhood watch....this is seriously like watchin a 3 year old play in the Masters.
There is No. 1: a—hole, cracker etc.
Besides, you can get sued if you try to 'help' and the 'patient' dies or is injured through your 'help'.
Juror E6
Interesting. Might Baldy have a credibility problem???
Yes!! I was wondering hos long before he did the profanity act.
so far, he has said it twice
5’11” — that is not how tall he was in life, Bernie.
Even your own state ME said that that is how long he was on the ME table — not height.
good point.
And, of course, if the very relevant evidence had been allowed, it would demonstrate that both of Zimmerman’s expletives were right on the money.
ditto
“I feel sick. I detest BDLR with every fiber of my being. I despise those who use the law as a weapon to ruin a fellow human being.”
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Amen!
If they convict I will probably have a little depression for a few days until I decide how we can fight back.
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Tony Pipitone@TonyPipitone
Juror 5 smirked a bit at BDLR saying #TrayvonMartin was unarmed, unless you consider Skittles and drink ...
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