If the jury finds self-defense for the 2nd degree murder charge, that same self-defense applies to the manslaughter charge.
True. What the prosecution and judge are hoping for at this point is that the jury will still find Zimmerman criminally culpable in Martin’s death, just not under depraved and indifferent circumstances. They know they haven’t made a murder 2 case, but maybe there are one or two jurors who’ll hold out on murder 2 to get a compromis conviction on manslaughter.