Posted on 07/11/2013 4:59:59 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Today, July 11th, is DAY #23 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
Yesterday the defense rested its case. A legal analysis via Professor Jacobson HERE.
From my perspective the entire case ended, as expected, early in the day yesterday when Judge Nelson gave George Zimmerman his personal Platinum Express DCA Acquittal Card. The ruling, and more importantly the legal determination she used on the ruling, regarding the Trayvon Martin phone evidence was an immediate Nuclear DCA option. Nelson essentially ruled against admissibility based on ”authentication”. She could have kept it out under other legal reasoning, but no, she chose the one without the slightest chance of being upheld by a District Court of Appeals. IMHO this was intentional and aligns itself with the way she has ruled during the pre-trial discovery phase, and during the case itself. She’s a rigid ideologue, but she’s not stupid – this was intentional.
By ruling the phone records (texts and pics from Trayvon) cannot be “authenticated” to have originated by the specific personage of Trayvon Martin just gave the dismissal of the case to George Zimmerman with a bow on it.
As it was carefully explained to me, the phone is like a bucket. The data inside the phone is like marbles in a bucket. Some marbles from calls, others from pictures, others from texts, etc. The State brought the bucket into court – and validated the bucket contents with their own witness from the phone company – Both the State and the defense then began arguing their case around the phone call marbles in the bucket – Primarily with Rachel Jeantel. But no-one challenged the bucket itself. The State authenticated the bucket and the content of the bucket during the introduction.
The defense picks up the same bucket the state hands them, and now begins to use the contents – texts and pictures – and then Nelson rules the bucket itself cannot be authenticated. It doesn’t work that way.
If the state authenticates evidence, it cannot be divided and only authentic when the state holds it, but not the defense. Flawed logic – ABSOLUTELY positioned to give such a prejudicial outcome, the appeal would result in dismissal, not retrial. Nelson gave the case away to George Zimmerman.
She could have ruled on relevance, admissibility, or other factors – but she chose the one destined to fail, “authentication”. She gave it away.
In other news, people are catching on to the Eric Holder, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Community Relations Service – being the actual puppeteers behind the entire construct of the false case. To them we say “welcome to the party pal“.
I think that is correct.
Someone posted earlier that Wesh said that notes were left in each of the jurors chairs asking if they want to be interviewed by the media after the verdict.
This seems highly inflammatory to me and also seems like a fishing expedition; if the jury says no, they’re probably leaning towards acquittal; if they yes, guilty.
This is like watching a typical Shakespearian Farce.
“A pound of flesh but not a drop of blood”
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I was giving my 90 year old dad a brief update on some of the highlights from the farce and his response; ‘it sounds like a comedy’. This is pitiful and honestly for me, heartbreaking. I’ve prayed for George since the day this story broke.
I am guessing there will be at least 3 f bombs and 6 a$$holes.
any news on bomb threat and/or rioters gathering?
Jar jar always has a duh look on is face!
I do not know how to do screen shots or I would have put it up there for all to see.
In a sane and logical world, yes. This courtroom is not located in either a sane or logical world, so who knows?
They gonna use them bad words...the same bad words that these women know that their kids likely use...just not in their presence. They shouldn’t have used it so much...it’s ineffective....It’ll be like....we gotta hear this cr** again??
I missed yesterday, did the defense request a “directed verdict” or whatever it’s called?
Fortunately, O’Mara presents the closing argument for the defense tomorrow. Should be a significant advantage to go last since the jurors will have made up their minds before hearing the jury instructions.
At first GZ called the NON-EMERGENCY number...talked with a woman about the suspicious guy. That’s when she said, “We don’t need you to follow him.” He didn’t.
Then GZ caught sight of TM again, and TM appeared to be looking into windows, so GZ call 911 EMERGENCY...now he’s talking with a male cop who asks him where TM is. GZ now tried to give the police a location but lost TM. Because he felt the police were on their way, he went back to his car. That’s when TM confronted him.
So, in other words, TM could have walked or ran to his father’s house, but instead, surprised GZ at GZ’s car. It went down from there.
I agree
I pray the jury senses all this BS and acquits him....
I don’t know but I stole this blurb from wikipedia real quick. Gives you real insight into Corey’s prosecutorial methods:
In 2011 Corey’s office oversaw a case in which 12-year-old Cristian Fernandez was accused of killing his two-year-old brother. Corey sought and received a grand jury indictment of Fernandez on charges of homicide and aggravated child abuse, and decided to try him as an adult.This move, which made Fernandez the youngest person ever to face a murder charge in Jacksonville’s history, drew criticism and protests to send the case to juvenile court instead.
Kid copped out to a manslaughter charge in the end.
One’s that are heavily televised perhaps?
Yes. It was denied, as expected.
Even if you find such texts on their phones, can you authenticate who sent them, and who read them? Hmmm?
Why not just also give them their new names in witness protection if they find “not guilty”. Geez. That should be given as instructions to the jury AFTER they find.
I’m not gonna watch I’m gonna follow this thread. This case probably won’t get to the jury until late tomorrow afternoon because the reading of the instructions can take up to an hour.
Verdict on Tuesday if not a hung jury? I would have said Monday but with breaks and another charge added the jury will want to go through everything. Especially since they’ve been taking notes.
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