I don’t think those who have followed this case are really surprised by this stuff coming out. It’s been known by those on the internet but just not presented in court of law format. West and O’Mara have done that masterfully.
I’m trying to figure out who and what the state has left. Will they put Serino, Tracy, Sybrina, Crump on the stand???
How can they put either of the parents on the stand when they’ve been sitting in the front row.
>> I don’t think those who have followed this case are really surprised by this stuff coming out.
I guess I knew a lot of the bits and pieces, but seeing them all integrated together is awesome to behold.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts, and all that.
There was also that nagging question of what the prosecution had up their sleeve; couldn’t figure out what it might be, and yet, if they didn’t have SOMETHING, they wouldn’t bring a case against Z. Right?
WRONG. Pleasant surprise! They have NOTHING!
Thanks again for all your efforts!
Good question. The State will presumably keep digging a deeper hole, since all legit evidence points to self-defense. Someone above my post suggests more house-keeping witnesses, e.g., the Medical Examiner (and there was rumor of some second ME, but who knows what became of that). Funeral Home guy? Serino, Martin, and Fulton (for finale) might well be called. Can’t see Crump.
1. Serino trades the fact that he wanted to charge GZ with something, but that lets in the dispute within SPD/local SA on even charging GZ, which opens up the fact that no Grand Jury ever heard evidence or indicted GZ (the Defense needs to get that in front of the jury);
2. Tracy Martin might evoke sympathy, but he also has a bad temper and no self-control. Get him riled on cross and he either spills some beans or reminds the jury about acorns and trees. Questions in cross about why he didn’t supervise suspended TM, why he didn’t notice he was missing, why TM was in Sanford, etc., open lots of doors. So far, the State seems to be focusing only on the incident (except for GZ’s prior calls). Tracy wasn’t there for his son, so he’s irrelevant as a State’s witness;
3. Crump has nothing except hearsay. Unless BdlR has blown his last brain cell, I can’t him see calling Crump.
4. Sybrina will take the stand, performing not so much for the jury as for the media stooges and Traybots, but only if Nelson lets her place love-offering cans in court.
Will BdlR go so low as to call SZ and claim they hid funds and were going to flee on an expired passport; fake jailhouse snitches; etc.? You betcha.