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As evidence her statement has no value...it is unsubstantiated hearsay.

There we go again...

So, you're saying that when she's called to the stand to testify about what she said and heard on the phone, then this is hearsay.

Is that what you're saying?

Of course she would be allowed to speak on the stand about the conversation. Her statements of what Martin said fall under the legal definition of hearsay but there are numerous exceptions to exclusion in 803. This may be one of them.

But, without third party corroboration anything she deduces from the sounds she heard, such as her statement that it sounded like martin got pushed down, would not be allowed or would be challenged by the defense along the lines of; "couldn't the sound also be martin punching zimmerman?

That is what I mean by it being without value.

Your post triggered another thought...

If Martin's GF did record the call and it does say that which she says it does then Zimmerman is toast. Zimmerman's statement that he was on his way back to his truck and got jumped would go out the window. Since his last comments about Martin on his recorded call were that he ran and that Zimmerman didn't know where he was, then why would martin say to the girl that he was being followed again?

Now, if the call was not recorded, I would be interested in learning the timing of two things...when did the girl call the lawyer with her account of the call...and when did the Martin family first hear the Zimmerman call?

Here's why...

What the girl says very closely mirrors the Zimmerman tape. If the girl gave her rendition to the lawyer before she could have heard the tape then it will be considered as factual, corroborated by the tape.

If her conversation with the lawyer took place after the tape was heard by the Martins then it would be argued that her rendition was tailored to fit the tape's narrative.

The phone logs (supposedly) validate her timeline ~ to wit, that she was on the phone with Trayvon.

That part is certainly evidence. What she says she said is certainly evidence. What she says Trayvon says can be challenged depending on what she says he said.

What I wonder is when this young woman will be invited to the Nancy Grace show ~ they have something in common ~