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Zimmerman Bail Hearing - Transcript Section 3

O'Mara did a very good job. The prosecution has no evidence that Zimmerman started the fight, no evidence that he did not abide by dispatch suggestion to not follow. No evidence for some of the critical assertions in the affidavit.

O'Mara did a good job, and the prosecution, honestly, sounded a bit bumbling at times. (That actually may not personally reflect on the attorneys so much as on the fact that they've been charged by their boss with prosecuting a very weak case.)

I found it very interesting that in making the ruling, the judge commented on the prior arrest of Zimmerman suggesting that run-ins with alcohol agents in the "UCF corridor" are "run of the mill" and that the particular case involving Zimmerman was a mild one. This was specifically in response to the prosecution's request that he consider Zimmerman's "history of violence."

Both sides seemed to tip their hands a bit. The prosecution pretty clearly suggested that they are going to focus on what they believe to be contradictions between different statements that Zimmerman gave.*

The defense, I thought, hinted that they will focus on how the timeline does not support the pursuit and confrontation theory that the prosecution has put forth (along with, of course, witness statements.)

None of those transcripts from CNN are complete. When they went away to breaks, they didn't pick up where they left off. For example, the CNN transcript misses entirely the testimony about the woman on the perimeter who saw 2 people running that night. No more info was given. It may or may not have been George and Trayvon. Who knows?