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“.
You will be surprised how much they have in memory...those trigger words.
George was stunned from the head injuries and shaken up. Who thinks clearly then? He was in shock. He had had to fire his gun and he never had before.
5’ 11” ??? I thought he was over 6’ tall? Per Jeanelle, he was being followed by a sex predator? (I still say she said; “lay some whoop ass on that cracker”)
Z is a wannbe cop...
I had to tune Bernie out. He also reminds me of my ex-husband.
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Oh, you poor girl. I hope life has improved. Bernie as a spouse....shudders.
*’nother drink*
if Martin was so scared and that he was a pervert..he would have stayed in his house
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or used that cell phone to call nine-one-one...
I can hardly hear him.
Thank God for small favors.
You are right about that. It was found to be more beneficial to keep up the compressions. (EMT’s used to train to “Staying Alive” by the Bee Gees, or so I’ve heard)
Skittles Boy had plenty of opportunity to go straight home so he could watch NBA and suck on his Skittles.
He didn’t.
He was a thug, and he wanted to find some trouble.
He wanted to beat up a white guy.
I'm wondering however, if no verdict is what happens, can the judge dismiss charges against Zimmerman and prevent the repeat obscenity she has presided over being dumped on some other Floriduh judge?
Had to turn the TV down. Can’t listen to Bozo the Clown and his hollering at the jury.
*SSHOLES
F*CKIN PUNKS
Everyone take a drink.
The state presented no evidence to prove that Zimmerman continued to follow Martin after the dispatcher said "we don't need you to do that." And regardless of your personal opinion in the matter, the state must provide PROOF, not mere speculation.
Frankly, people call others punks, assholes, or f’in something or other.......that doesn’t mean they will cold bloodedly kill them. (yeah, I know it’s not a real word)
here is the info on the jurors as reports are being made if anyone wants to see it
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/06/meet-the-zimmerman-trial-jurors/
Called Zimmerman a liar for saying TM walked around his car.
Z is a profiler and wanna be cop...
Martin was a choir boy on his way to watch a ball game...
Take a SECOND DRINK.
Boring, vulgar, hysterical lawyer.......screaming at jury.
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