I thought the jury was not the when she asked zimmy iknow they were not there the send and final time she asked, but not certain about the first time she grilled zimmy
Ah. She asked him twice. From what I've read, it's FL law to formally ask the defendant, if he hasn't been called as a witness, if he's sure he wants to do that, EN LIMINE!. It's SOP. That happened, as is required, the second time. She asked twice! The first time she asked, though, it appears the jury was there to see it.
I don't know for sure, I could not see the streaming video because I was at work. I followed threads instead. I did see the proper questioning en limine, and I got that part (I was able to open a stream for just that couple of minutes). But all the accounts I could find reported she did it in full court (with Jury) before she did it without the jury present, and West went ballistic.
I asked a couple of time on the "live thread" where people are watching, and nobody seems to remember the first instance. I may as well have two heads. Maybe they're too desensitized to see the biggest reversible error of the entire trial (and that's saying a lot).