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“.
This is rhetorical (I know), but why the heck hasn’t Barry, the DOJ, the MSM, and the race baiters come out on TV telling those calling for deaths of crackas that they will be prosecuted in full for hate crimes. Something to calm this circus down. They could care less if innocent people die, or are injured or lose property. Each one of them advocating for RIOTS should be made personally responsible.
HA!
Bernie’s lying. I’m pretty sure GZ told the neighbor to tell his wife that he shot someone, NOT that he killed someone. GZ was surprised to find out that TM was dead.
Bernie just told a lie. GZ didn’t tell Manolo to tell his wife he KILLED a man. He said “tell her I shot someone.”
I hope the jury hears those exact words
“just tell her I killed him”...I remember that testimony and it was “just tell her I shot someone”.
No professional EMTs place their mouth on a patient’s mouth. CPR is done with compressions only by bystanders, no one is advised to place their mouth on another’s. A compression moves enough air into the lungs to provide for life, if it’s possible. An EMT would intubate and provide oxygen. This guy is silly.
Bernie just misquoted Zimmerman’s statement after the shooting, substituting “killed” with “shot”
Man, if his lies become a drinking game, there are going to be a lot of plastered Freepers.
I feel sick. I detest BDLR with every fiber of my being. I despise those who use the law as a weapon to ruin a fellow human being.
Yeah, let me get this guy back on his feet to beat me some more.
Why would you let the weekend pass?
That’s good to know. I hope defense makes that clear too.
If the NSA can read you messages then what is to stop them from editing(inserting) what they wish?
NSA= National Spy Agency
NSA upurs! FUBHO & equine YROIO!
he did that on purpose..he then said..
or something like that..
I can’t imagine what GZ must feel like. At this point I’m not going to listen for a while—just can’t take it. I pray for our country and for justice.
What feed are you watching? Mine is several seconds behind yours. You had your comment up before I even heard it.
The dead guy was the assailant was he not?
It’s why neither charge can possibly stick unless the jury has been compromised.
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