Posted on 06/25/2013 9:59:18 AM PDT by MNDude
Prosecutors in the Florida murder trial of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman will reveal a star witness for the first time on Tuesday, the girl Trayvon Martin was talking with in the last minutes of his life.
The teenage girl, known as Witness #8 until now, was due to testify about what Martin, the unarmed black 17-year-old shot and killed by Zimmerman last year, told her what he saw that night.
Identified in court on Monday only as Rachel, a friend of Martin from Miami, she received a running account about what was happening, starting when he noticed a man, Zimmerman, watching him in the gated central Florida community he was visiting.
Zimmerman, 29 and part Hispanic, was a neighborhood watch volunteer in the Retreat at Twin Lakes community in Sanford at the time of the February 26, 2012, killing. He has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and could face life imprisonment if convicted.
The racially charged case triggered civil rights protests and debates about the treatment of black Americans in the U.S. justice system, since police did not arrest Zimmerman for 44 days.
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The media WAITED FOR ZIMMERMAN’S WOUNDS TO HEAL before publicizing this case. Bastards they are.
I’m sure she’s been under wraps, being coached on what the story is and how to give it convincingly. Another “Tawana Brawley” in the making...
Sounds like hearsay. They may try to grab Trayvon’s comments as “dying declaration” but I don’t think it would qualify at all. On the other hand, she might testify as to his emotional mood — “Did he sound frightened?”
[[the next question would be is there an exception?]]
Only IF it supports the black person- ie: Not geroge zimmerman- We’ll see how hte court handles this which should tell us whether hte court is honest or not
Hearsay that occurs during the commission of an alleged crime can be allowed by the judge (Res gestae). There was a post about it yesterday, otherwise I never would have known about it.
Can we have the NSA confirm her account of the phone call?
It’s because there are a bazillion exceptions to the hearsay rule.
Perhaps the defense will open cross-examination with a knock-knock joke ...
[[Can we have the NSA confirm her account of the phone call?]]
Mysteriously that info went missing
George Zimmerman’s Lawyers Should Embrace Racial Profiling Rather Than Run From it.
I’m stuned!! ‘Mystery Girl’ in the title and NO PICTURES from FReepers trying to cast some humor????
How can the judge dis-allow other parts of a cell phone call and allow this witneess to testify on cell phone convo?
I would also want to see the record of the phone call from her phone to T phone at time of non-crime>.
The defense is the John Boehner of criminal attorneys.
Dee Dee?
Knowing that she is a friend of Martin’s, her testimony will not be reliable at all.
Another point of appeal.
Who is the "he" here?
If it was Martin, was he talking to this mystery girl before or after he died? Or was he on the phone with her the whole time the alleged murder was taking place from start to finish?
Isn't this just "hearsay" anyway, if no one can corroborate what the alleged conversation was about.
AEMILIUS PAULUS ~:” Thus, her proposed testimony is Hearsay. Granted her proposed testimony is Hearsay the next question would be is there an exception? There may be a “Spontaneous Statement” exception that applies to what she is saying thus allowing escape from the Hearsay Rule.”
All telphone communications are hearsay .
The fact that she is testifying about a phone call makes it even less legally binding ~ it is “second-hand hearsay”.
The credibility of her statments is only as accurate as her character .
One question I would want to ask ‘Dee Dee’/Rachel : Did Treyvon ever give you some jewelry ?
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