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“.
look like bernie is going to keep pointing and saying “man there”
as in “manslaughter.”
judges should not have discretion to exclude self defense when ask for by defendant. same for stand your ground.
also
law should allow for “dumb punk” background info.
He’s doing little b@st@rd boy proud, ain’t he?
FUBDLR!
This has Spielberg written all over it.
“Oh yeah — she IS the “special prosecutor” appointed to prosecute the case. She, in turn, hand picked her “best” assistant DA Bernie de la Rionda to actually shovel the coal into the locomotive boiler.
Which is an interesting point to ponder. Moe de la Riondo, Larry Guy, and Curly Mantei are the *best* of what she has to pick from. What does that say about the rest of the DAs in her region? Truly disturbing.”
How the hell did I miss that? Selective reading comprehension, I guess... lol.
I recall the exact words were, "tell her I shot someone". I don't think it was "killed him".
7:16 55 seconds...but occurred "months before", prosecutor playing angles.
Replaying tape at police station.
Zim;
Man, that Judge must have a tough time looking in the mirror each morning.
So far these is are weak closing argument, sounding totally scripted...
He wanted to start a neighborhood watch program after repeated robberies!
Boy, what a hardened criminal Zimmerman is..
Andrew Branca, LOSD @LawSelfDefense
#zimmermantrial Guess BDLR going to do the “Zimmerman a liar, therefore murderer” pitch http://www.lawofselfdefense.com
There is nothing convincing about this man.
If I was one of those female jurors I would’ve tuned him out the second he started speaking.
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It’s going to be a long 3 hours. This is one time I’m glad I don’t have steaming video available
When Zimmerman is eventually free of this (assuming he isn’t murdered) he should garner enough from civil suits to compensate them properly.
Skittles and ice tea? Suggesting this is the worse thing Martin did...
// //Verdict on Tuesday//
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.//
Considering NAACP in O’do Sat>Tues, I’m surprised judge didn’t give the trial more time — easily accomplished by granting defense requests for more time.
[Did no one realize about the NAACP convention when trial was scheduled?]
Related, she did grant pros request for break.
Ohhh Bernie — you said it — “WATERMELON” — get the hook out.
That’s why I’m following along here- cannot handle watching it live.
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