Did you ever speak to anyone outside of the department about this case during that time???
Despite all the discussion back and forth for all these months, the police report of that night still stands as the most reliable unalterable document pointing to an assault followed by a self-defense shooting. And yet you Serino with all of this evidence of self-defense still file for a Capias???
He's smart to have an attorney. He will need one. He may plead the 5th on several occasions during his deposition.
He's smart to have an attorney. He will need one. He may plead the 5th on several occasions during his deposition.
One would think that if there was a real possibility that a particular cop involved in this did anything "criminal"...or even if said cop did something to seriously jeopardize the case in a *non* criminal way...the DA would take him aside and get to the bottom of it.Although I'm no lawyer and didn't even stay in a Holiday Inn last night I would think that this key witness for the prosecution having hired a criminal defense lawyer would cause the DA some sleepless nights...at the very least.It seems to me that any prosecution witness,particularly a cop,taking the 5th might cause the judge to immediately declare Zimmerman to be not guilty.
If he needs to rely on the 5th during his deposition he should not be working in LE and should be fired.