Posted on 06/14/2013 1:30:45 PM PDT by servo1969
Potential juror previously had been caught posting on anti-Zimmerman Facebook page and was upset his name was reported in the media.
Readers will recall the curious case of prospective juror E7 that occurred this past Wednesday, Zimmerman Prosp. Juror E7: “no conclusions,” but posted on pro-Trayvon, anti-Zimmerman site containing threat against Zimmerman.
That prospective juror since has been identified in the media as Jerry P. Counelis.
Here is the message he posted on a Facebook page belonging to the “Coffee Party Progressives” which was the subject of court questioning:
Counelis was dismissed from the jury pool for obvious reasons after he was confronted with his posting in open court.
In a strange twist, Counelis showed up at the court house today, where he was escorted away for trespassing:
Image via CF News 13
As reported by Central Florida News 13:
A potential juror in the George Zimmerman trial who was dismissed earlier in the week over a Facebook post has been escorted from the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center after showing back up to the courthouse Friday.
According to news reports, Counelis had come to complain that his anonymity had been violated, and that he was hiring an lawyer, Deputies escort dismissed George Zimmerman juror from courthouse
A previously dismissed potential juror in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial was escorted off courthouse property by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office on Friday and warned he could be arrested for trespassing if he returns.
SCSO tells Local 6 they “trespassed one of the dismissed jurors” from courthouse property.
The potential juror, 55-year-old unemployed painter and guitar player Jerry Counelis, was eliminated from the jury pool on Wednesday after defense attorneys found a posting from him on a Facebook page from 2012.
Counelis was at the courthouse on Friday during the lunch hour complaining about his anonymity and saying he is hiring an attorney. He was trespassed by authorities after about 30 minutes.
This highlights the problems of jury selection in a high profile case, where the jury pool is tainted by media publicity and predetermined opinions.
Counelis also is likely to experience the Streisand Effect, whereby his protests generate even more notoriety than the initial publicity.
Follow our Zimmerman trial coverage for all the details.
RT @WFTV: Dismissed juror in #Zimmerman trial returns to court, escorted out: http://t.co/oQQ3GP6h28 #Zimmermanon9 pic.twitter.com/TylufwlzES
— Kathi Belich, WFTV (@KBelichWFTV) June 14, 2013
#Zimmerman: E7, dismissed for facebook post, returned demanding to know how his post was made public. Escorted off for trespassing. #Trayvon
— Andrew Branca, LOSD (@LawSelfDefense) June 14, 2013
SCSO confirms former juror was tresspassed from courthouse today. Several outlets report it's E-7, the one dismissed over Facebook posts.
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) June 14, 2013
E7 trespassing on courthouse after demanding to know how his FB post, disqualifying him from service, was made public #zimmermanon9
— Dana Chaaban (@sheafferlegal) June 14, 2013
#Zimmerman: E7, who was dismissed for facebook post 2 days ago, just escorted by security out of building. http://t.co/piQd2bOGSW #Trayvon
— Andrew Branca, LOSD (@LawSelfDefense) June 14, 2013
Cropped pic to conceal E7's identity but here's deputies escorting him off property pic.twitter.com/FETRISvyFE
— Natalie Tolomeo (@NatalieTolomeo) June 14, 2013
ummm if it was on facebook it was already public
there will be no justice for Zimmerman if the case is tried anywhere near where the incident took place.
move the trial up to the panhandle.
guarantee that this turd was not a native but moved down ehre bringing his usual ignorant views with him
move it to my county St Johns
“E7 trespassing on courthouse after demanding to know how his FB post, disqualifying him from service, was made public”
Moron.
You cant move trial to Panhandle......way too black....some of the Panhandle counties are over 50% black. Tallahassee Leon County also White Guilt Liberal
But of course.
OK, I thought that was redneck country up there....
apologies.
YOU SANK MY BATTLESHIP!!!
my parents lived in Pinellas county on more than one occasion and they told me that the old white southern types live up north and in the panhandle...so I went with that.
Mom and Dad are no longer with us, to clarify the story.
Walton, Santa Rosa and Escambia may have a better demographic for Zimmerman...
This stupid liberal maggot doesn’t have the sense to STFU. The judge should have cited him for lying to the court and thrown his miserable a$$ in jail where it belongs for attempting to pervert justice.
How can Zimmerman be judged by a jury of his peers when the only ones likely to serve are so flatlined they haven’t formed an opinion prior to the trial?
FL counties by percentage of black population.
http://www.us-places.com/Florida/Black-percentage-population-comparison.htm
Citrus County, a couple counties north of Tampa Bay, is 2.8%.
Gadsden County, just outside Tallahassee, is 56.8%.
There is a bigger issue here. The lefties now think it is OK to lie to get on juries so they can convict people they dont like. That means the end of fair trials for anyone who opposes them. If the idiot leftist didnt make that post or it wasnt found he would be on the jury and never vote to acquit no matter how much evidence there was.
“...demanding to know how his FB post, disqualifying him from service, was made public....”
NSA did it because they don’t like you and are going to hound you for the rest of your life, or some sane person that has had to put up with your crazy sh!t for years turned you in ... I’d bet on the latter.
That is why we have voir dire
Seminole is 12% black, Escambia 23%.
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