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“.
Right. Gotcha. Understand.
Thanks for the entertainment.
Any count on 17 y o boy?
Thanks for the counts...I’ll be looking you up after I get home so I can see how tall the glass needs to be.
It has already been posted to you that 911 dispatchers are not sworn officers and thus cannot issue commands. It has also already been posted to you that Zimmerman was on his way back to his truck to wait for the police when he was accosted by Trayvon Martin. So yes, 'the kid' is dead. By his own action.
Corey rueing the day she brought in Baldo
BDLR seems convinced all the evidence the jury needs in “17 year old boy.”
I'm thinking maybe he's "chemically impaired." :-)
One of the newer junior managers here is a bleeding heart liberal said this morning this whole case is B.S. The punk got what he was after...a fight.
Weak end for Bernie?
GREAT NEWS:
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
E6 has 2 notebooks going. Looks as though she’s comparing notes. #Zimmermanon9 - @RHughesWFTV
As someone here pointed out..if he wasn’t a f’in punk..he would be alive today
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understood one of the jurors was married to a lawyer.
If so, maybe she can de facto lead deliberations on fact, not on the blithering, emotionally charging DA.
on that note. i was outside of work on.FR when a black co worker of mine came out ranting n raving on.T. after a few minutes i asked her a coule of questions like do u know Z’s background?
she became unglued incessant yelli.g. wouldnt.answer question and ended up telling me i was i. the same camp as all the other racist.
i was speechless. i told her the conversation was over.
she ranted for another 5 min.
not good folks
Post of the Day!
Good one.
This is all rehashing of testimony and prosecution theory. They got nuttin.
he’s Holder’s folk and we should be honored they recognize we ain’t gonna be trifled
Wet grass..attacking sprinkler..it’s all the same..
If the prosecutor blows it any more Nancy Grace will be declaring him innocent.
Pray for America to Wake Up
Bernie’s dead in the water with this close. His peers must be laughing their asses off.
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