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To: Vendome
"Aggravated stalking: willful, malicious and repeated following or harassing another with credible threats with the intent to place person in reasonable fear of death or bodily injury; or willfully, maliciously, repeatedly follows or harasses minor under 16; or after injunction for protection or any court-imposed prohibition of conduct, knowingly, willfully, maliciously and repeatedly follows or harasses another person."

This is the Florida statute on Aggravated Stalking. Now, they would have to prove that Zimmerman either repeatedly followed Martin, or the that he made "credible threats with the intent to place the person in fear of death or bodily injury". Just proving that he followed Martin is not sufficient. So unless they have a recording of him threatening to shoot Martin before the fight started, I don't see how they meet the burden of proof. Especially since the mere fact that he called the police in the first place would argue against the idea that his intent was to harass Martin.

114 posted on 04/11/2012 4:04:12 PM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: CA Conservative

Every way you look at this the state Florida doesn’t have squat of a case.


121 posted on 04/11/2012 4:06:42 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: CA Conservative

Wasn’t Martin very close to the father’s girlfriend’s house. If he had been in fear, why not run home or use phone to call 911?


130 posted on 04/11/2012 4:09:19 PM PDT by pnz1
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To: CA Conservative

I don’t thinking has anything to do with it. The charge falls under the basic section.


138 posted on 04/11/2012 4:12:22 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: CA Conservative

I don’t thinking has anything to do with it. The charge falls under the basic section.

The unlawful killing of a human being, when perpetrated by any act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind regardless of human life, although without any premeditated design to effect the death of any particular individual, is murder in the second degree


141 posted on 04/11/2012 4:13:00 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: CA Conservative

” Especially since the mere fact that he called the police in the first place would argue against the idea that his intent was to harass Martin.”

Throe Zimm to the wolves and race pimps, while Obama destroys the economy....


151 posted on 04/11/2012 4:18:41 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: CA Conservative

Zactly!

I just can’t get there based on what I know at this time.

I don’t see him stalking nor based on anything else I’ve read or heard that he “Zimmerman” was confrontational or the aggressor.


153 posted on 04/11/2012 4:19:58 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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