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Day 23 (Week #5) Zimmerman Trial – Closing Statements
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | July 11, 2013 | Sundance

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“.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; livezimmermantrial; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: novemberslady
He's accusing Zimmerman of assuming, while he assumes Zimmerman was assuming..

This is a liars trick to distract away exactly from what they are actually doing.

1,421 posted on 07/11/2013 11:10:52 AM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: MaxMax
Now he flat out called Zimmerman a liar, without ANY proof Zimmerman lied about anything!

This is what government does...

Anyone they don't like they do anything they can to discredit them in public....

Those in government are pros at this.

1,422 posted on 07/11/2013 11:10:58 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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BDLR is a complete asshole whose approach, in my opinion, will NOT play well with 6 women who are mothers and professionals. I don’t know of a single one who enjoys being YELLED at by anyone, especially a state attorney. O’Mara comes across must more “in control” and respectful.


1,423 posted on 07/11/2013 11:10:59 AM PDT by Solson (The Voters stole the election! And the establishment wants it back.)
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To: Racehorse

“All that Zimmerman had to do was stay put and wait for the police.”

I’ll follow your advice and cower behind my curtains and avert my eyes as some thug commits prowls my neighborhood. I will bet the life and well being of my neighbors on the chance some thug prowling in the dark, in the rain, looking in windows is just some poor little innocent kid and just meekly call the police and hide.

Heaven forbid, anyone takes action to protect the community, to look out for your neighbors. . .even you.

By the way, m,any people here will provide to you the link of the transcript between George and the dispatcher. Dispatcher asked him where the thug was/going and George was providing that info. Most importantly, when George gets out of his truck to answer the dispatchers question, a dispatcher is NOT a police officer by the way and cannot issue orders, the dispatcher only advised George “we don’t need you to do that.”

George killed a thug that was trying to kill him. One hit, one strike is enough. . .especially when having your head bashed into concrete.


1,424 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:02 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Fresh Wind

He will get to 10 easily.


1,425 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:04 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: Uncle Chip
CURSE COUNT:

As of 1410 EST:

"A**Hole": 5 (4 verbal, 1 powerpoint)
"F***ing Punks":5 (4 verbal, 1 powerpoint)

1,426 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:20 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Toespi
Boring, vulgar, hysterical lawyer.......screaming at jury.

It has been my experience, both on the talking or listening end of a conversation that the LOUDER ONE SPEAKS, the less others listen.

TAKE ANOTHER DRINK. BDLR said the A word and the F Punks words.

That's three in five minutes.

1,427 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:24 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: SteveH
I wonder if the defense can file an appeal before the closing arguments are finished. If so, I wonder if some legal scholars would be sending in draft appeals to the defense team as I type.

The defense does not want a mistrial. They want a verdict. They have more than enough ammunition for a later retrial, but if an appeal were granted at this point the only remedy would be a new trial.

1,428 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:29 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: snarkytart

That was just a stupid argument. TM laid in rain, had CPR, laid there longer. Z had continuing blood flow, taken to police car.


1,429 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:37 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: All

so the defense will have the My Cousin Vinny response.. “everything this guy just said is bull——”


1,430 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:50 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: All

1,431 posted on 07/11/2013 11:11:58 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Toespi

There it is no doubter...... 5th fn punk


1,432 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:09 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: Williams

Z should have talked nice to junior gangster to avoid being sucker punched and attacked.


1,433 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:13 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: machogirl

Andrew Branca, LOSD @LawSelfDefense

#zimmermantrial BDLR: “GZ believed victim was about to commit a burglary.” Sheesh, hadn’t been one of those at Twin Lakes in, like, 20 min.


1,434 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:19 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: showme_the_Glory

“Never the less, Corey had a little fun.”

I must have had a mental block re: Corey. I think I tuned her out cause she’s just so damned ugly. But now I recall seeing something about her and some mock citizens grand jury thing. Didn’t bother to read it, but somewhere in my subconcious, I noted it...lol.


1,435 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:29 AM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: Sacajaweau

The Jury knows he is making most of this crap up. If I were on that jury I would be fuming!


1,436 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:52 AM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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Andrew Branca, LOSD‏@LawSelfDefense3m #zimmermantrial Man, I would love to see BDLR's grades from law school. Not a bright guy. http://www.lawofselfdefense.com

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Grades mean nothing, he is a GOVERNMENT LAWYER who probably has always had a steady job with the state. He probably has hundreds of cases under his belt and after all these years of experience his best effort is:

ambush tacktics,
concealing witnesses,
win at the expense of the truth,

if anything he should retire.

I bet he tried to run or be appointed judge.
1,437 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:53 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: DCBryan1

Good Job — we’re relying on you for the official count.


1,438 posted on 07/11/2013 11:12:53 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: UCANSEE2

I think Bernie has said at least once

PUNK..not PUNKS


1,439 posted on 07/11/2013 11:13:08 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: MaxMax

The jury knows Bernie is lying and twisting the evidence.


1,440 posted on 07/11/2013 11:13:13 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (You can't eat Sharia)
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