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“.
You better start thinking....if this happened to me, what would I do.
What's the sense in carrying a gun if I can't defend myself?
This case goes to the heart of the Constitution and to all the rights that EACH of us is entitled.
And all the while that he is accusing Z of lies to police, the jury is remembering what they were instructed to forget.
stalking is a specific crime in FL.
did bernie say the word “stalking?”
>> I love and adore both my cats and my two dogs. I’m a conservative.
How did you feel about DiMaio’s gunshot wounds on live animals then? Did that turn you against the Dr’s testimony at all?
Serious question. Because I’ve heard it said that’s why Bernie brought it up — to discredit DiMaio with the animal-lover juror.
3:43
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
BDLR tells jury - Why did #ZimmermanOn9 lie? Because he didn’t want the police to know that he was following an innocent 17 yr old boy.
Dispatcher was pointing out that one prowler more or less wasn’t worth risking getting attacked. This was not “an order” and the dispatch had no authority to issue “an order”.
Zimmerman did agree though and was headed back to his truck when Skittles jumped him.
Chubby soft guy
Not aggressive
Many failures as to his aspirations but still and always
trying
Bad credit
Suits bought by friend for trial
Good neighbor
Soft spoken always helping people
Alter boy as young person
Volunteered for causes that protected the powerless from the powerful
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In Florida it's NOT against the law to follow a person. The only reason it was stupid to follow Trayvon WAS BECAUSE HE MIGHT become violent. Had Zimmerman been 'following' a local innocent neighbor it's unlikely the person would have even noticed.
Remember when Je$$e Jacka$$ used the word “reparations” back in the day? I remember my Italian as blood pressure going UP like crazy...I was soooooo PO’d about that word...went on and on about it for months. Damned if this whole mess isn’t exactly that: reparations. GGGGRRRRRRR!
I’m confused...are you just a bitch or just bitchin ?
Counter Question to States pleading to Jury:
If Trayvon hadn’t been a f****n punk, would he still be alive ?
Thanks, for your scorekeeping.
It must be very difficult to stomach BDLR’s ranting.
Stay safe.
Sorry, this took a while to look up. Someone may have given you this, but anyway, here is a quite precise one.
Trayvon Martin: Timeline of February 26
http://www.logarchism.com/2012/04/02/trayvon-martin-timeline-of-february-26/
A less precise account is here:
Mapping the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman Story
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/03/30/mapping-the-trayvon-martingeorge-zimmerman-story/
You will see that there is no record of when George started to walk back to the car. There is only his testimony.
BUT, it has also been twisted for people to describe that the dispatcher "told him to stop following the perp." That is a gross error. George had said that it was cold. It was raining. When the dispatcher said "You don't need to do that" the sense was "You don't need to stand out in the cold rain until the officer arrives."
The idea of getting back to the car was that of getting out of the rain. This was known and commented on back a year ago, but this point has been ignored by those who wrongly have wished to get us to believe that George defied an order from the 511 Not An Emergency dispatcher.
This dispatcher has no authority to tell a citizen what ti do, and in fact, would be assuming authority he knows he does not have.
It is impossible to listen to his bellow. If I were a juror, I'd cover my ears with my hands. Seriously, I cannot listen to that belligerent shouting without removing my earplug every minute or so.
This isn’t CLOSING STATEMENTS, BDLR is trying the whole case over again.
Z’s demeanor in the video is the same as in the non-emergency call. He’s cooperative in both instances.
Over two hours now.
These guys know these judges. It's like football players watching the films of their opponents.
These tapes were introduced into evidence by the prosecution team - not the defense team. It is not sworn testimony offered by GZ in his own defense.
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