Sorry, I couldn't resist reposting.
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“.
Sorry, I couldn't resist reposting.
That’s the first thing I heard when I turned on the TV - I thought did something accuse Martin of stealing - what’s going on? It was unreal.
As of 1526 EST:
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say hello to Holder for us .....
That’s exactly what he said...”Thank God”
LOL
Dispatcher told Z, “We don’t need you to do that.”
Next dispatcher should be more blunt, don’t you think?
Read all the thousands of documents you want, if Zimmerman had waited for the cops, outcome might have been quite different. Both males might be alive to tell their version of events.
But wait . . . the kid is dead. He can’t tell his version.
Maybe Zimmerman wanted to see if Martin was just going home or going into someone else’s home. If Martin was entering his own home, there would be no need for the police to respond.
So, it'll be Bernardo (today), O'Mara (tomorrow morning), Guy (after O'Mara), jury gets instructions read to it, jury is sent to deliberate on the evidence.
I left the room this idiot prosecutor is STILL talking..good God if I were a juror I would stand up and say SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY
And that is EXACTLY what Zimmerman did. Unfortunately, your premise is false because Zimmerman was indeed attacked as he waited for the police.
there going to be PO’d about a lot and if they go guilty they wont be able to live with themselves for being bamboozled
Thank you!
good day cboldt, all. nice to see you all fighting the good fight. haven’t been around in awhile. had to log in to say
racehorse you are an ignorant tool. at least educate yourself on the basic facts of the case before commenting.
WHAT EVIDENCE?!
Juror E6 is one that Bernie tried to get rid of
Good thing we’re not playing the drinking game!
Maybe the Justice Brothers are holding up Holder’s plane? Better have all the race riot organizers together.
Pray for America to Wake Up
No rigid time allotment. Judge asked how much time they thought they would need, but they aren’t strictly held to that. They said 3 hours each side. I won’t be surprised if it goes to 4 each side, but I doubt it’ll go as long as 5 for each side.
Why are you trolling this thread? Are you trying to get good people angry?
Try learning the facts of this case lest you continue to come across as an uninformed fool channeling his inner liberal.
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