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“.
It also looks like other Latinos are there in support. Hopefully, the Florida Latino community is behind George geographically as well as being present in the courtroom.
Leni
“...Murder 2, Manslaughter...”
Yes. We all knew those would be in. Fortunately that’s all that’s in.
Stand by for the mother of all BS closings by the prosecution.
This guy makes funny faces.
“Should be a significant advantage to go last since the jurors will have made up their minds before hearing the jury instructions.”
MOM doesn’t go last. The Prosecution gets a one hour rebuttal after MOM’s final arguments.
We need to start a drinking game
THANK YOU!
I’m sorry, but Mark Fuhrman once said the word, “N****r,” so what he says must be ignored. One of the reasons OJ walked (all the way to Vegas, huh?).
I don’t think it was intellectual honesty at all.
She probably went out on some of the legal discussion boards over lunch and realized that even most of her peers in the legal profession would immediately consider her a laughingstock if she allowed it.
I’m with you on that. I can’t take the high blood pressure.
Yes
...I struggled to get to sleep last night, I was so angry with this ridiculous trial...
..and my heart goes out to the Zimmermans and all the good people who testified in George's defense.
....I'm praying praying for him....but can't watch the lying prosecutors and irrational judge one more second.
I plan on viewing tomorrow.....
But obviously I'm reading your comments now.
CBS announced the local NAACP is holding a prayer vigil for the jurors tonight...and I do believe that the jurors know they and their families lives could possibly be in danger...during voir dire, it was asked by potential jurors if their names would remain anonymous...after concern was shown, the judge then decided the jury would be sequestered and a "cooling off" period would be allowed following the verdict...length of time to be determined after trial...
Yes. Finally.
I’m getting ALL my information here. This way I don’t have to actually SEE or hear that insanity go on.
FReepers rock out loud! There is more intelligence here than in all of south Florida...on a good day!
I am guessing there will be at least 3 f bombs and 6 a$$holes.
You must scream them...
thx again and that tells me Bernie will do just that to incite the defense
so it doesn’t matter what they have on the assailant.....what assailant? Have they introduced someone else?
You’re probably right. I gave her more credit that she’s due especially after this farce of a trial. I suppose if she was an impartial and honest judge she would’ve granted defense motion to dimiss long ago.
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