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To: moehoward
-- ... if I'm understanding this correctly, the Court possibly lacks sufficient authority to revoke bail by simple misinformation of fund amounts. Which would explain Lester waiting for the Prosecution's motion regardless of how upset he was. --

Assuming he was suspicious and "angry" since April 26th, Lester waiting is explained by the lack of evidence on the record that Shellie knew there was substantial funds coming to George/Shellie Zimmerman via the website, if not immediately available.

Lacking the legal authority to revoke bail, absent a finding that justifies revocation, isn't changed by the state asserting otherwise. O'Mara didn't have time to research the law on this point; and neither did the judge. Lester seems to be well disciplined in following what law he is aware of, so I don't think this is an example of deliberate over-reaching.

-- It now appears that the Paypal account is shut down and all monies have been deposited into the " George Zimmerman Legal Defense Fund" trust. --

Yes, and now that Zimmerman has been jailed, the fund is experiencing an uptick in donation rate.

-- ... there is no ready access to the funds. I think it takes a little of the stink off that 135 since it was clearly destined for the Trust. --

It doesn't take any stink off the events of April 20th, because at that time, O'Mara was unaware of just how much money had come in. He probably assumed a few hundred or a few thousand bucks, not one or two hundred thousand. So, "clearly destined for the trust" is probably not on his mind or on Zimmerman's mind in April 20th. On April 26th, both are wondering how to handle a couple hundred thousand dollars - but neither seems inclined to be hiding it, and in fact, O'Mara disclosed the money on the 27th, and gave a full accounting of timing of receipts, expenditures, etc. in May.

What wasn't disclosed to the court until June 1 is the jailhouse conversations between Zimmerman and his wife. That's what has Lester in a snit; that Shellie Zimmerman and George Zimmerman didn't make any effort on April 20th to inform the court of a hundred thousand dollars that was either in their hands or coming to them, and the jailhouse conversation is evidence that both of them knew of approximately that amount of money.

Fast forward to now, the effect of the money being out of Zimmerman's reach is that the court, in order to get its hands on the loot, has to order the trustee to relinquish control.

That wouldn't and doesn't prevent Zimmerman from starting another fund raising effort, outside of the court's reach. But, I think he's better off playing along, provided the court permits him to maintain the ability to pay bills and maintain security for himself and his wife, out of those funds.

213 posted on 06/04/2012 10:47:03 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt
"Lacking the legal authority to revoke bail, absent a finding that justifies revocation, isn't changed by the state asserting otherwise. "

Good point...

"What wasn't disclosed to the court until June 1 is.........the jailhouse conversation is evidence that both of them knew of approximately that amount of money."

Yes, and what is also shown is that they knew they were being recorded. That removes any notion they were trying to hide anything discussed.

216 posted on 06/04/2012 1:32:50 PM PDT by moehoward
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