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“.
wtf tv went down for me
too many users
had to go to WESH
You are probably going to find pieces of that for years...some under frig, cupboards....lol
Until the verdict watch and finding......
If they get the case Friday, I'd bet they deliberate over the weekend. No reason not to. If I were a juror, I would demand to.
as state prepares want to be they have their own computer animation?
also,
how many times will they say:
stalking (assumes a crime of stalking)
was a child
was 17 year old child
grieving mothers
grieve mother
“no MOTHER should out live her CHILD!”
little trayvon.
“the defendant”..
“cop wannabe...”
:)
You leaving the room allowed me to enter...lol
Are MoM and West doing this pro bono? Anyone know?
Man, that Judge must have a tough time looking in the mirror each morning.
2 charges. 2nd degree murder and manslaughter.
I will be praying right along with you Mom :)
What exactly does that mean anyway? Are you saying he said they threw that in on their own?
A$$hole punks
The appear to be resting their facial muscles so they’ll be fresh when the time comes to make faces during closing arguments.
You are assuming she casts a reflection...
They’re going to be flabbergasted by the child abuse charge. Like since when. Will send up a flag? and a “That’s not child abuse”...Are they nuts??
Unanimous Not guilty on all charges in less then 3 hours.
Lets hope they have the sanity and fortitude to come to that conclusion
In all seriousness, it’s why we opted against granite countertops.
“You are assuming she casts a reflection...”
LOL. Hope MOM and West have some garlic on them.
if you go to the donation site ...it appears they aren’t being paid but misc staff and office rent etc are..experts..etc
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