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“.
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Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
Juror B 29 is avoiding eye contact with the prosecutor. She’s in the front row. #Zimmermanon9
MUST AMEND: Z's alleged colorful language; those words were not clear.
checking out now. good to be here for a while.
If I were a juror, I would side with the defense just because this clown has sucked a valuable hour out of my life.
I predict the biggest problem the defense will have is the Latina from Chicago on the jury.
What jurors do during closing arguments don’t mean much. I remember during the Casey Anthony trial one jury seemed pro prosecution the entire time, according to witnesses, but then at the end seemed pro defense, we all know how that turned out..sometimes you just can’t read these people
Oh I thought if someone smirks it’s a negative thing like they’re being a smartass or sarcastic.
Ah we’ll never know until the verdict.
Juror B-29: Originally from Chicago, she’s been married for 10 years. The woman — who is either black or Hispanic and is the only juror who isn’t white, according to prosecutors — has eight kids, one of them older than 18. This is her first time serving on a jury. The woman has been at her current job for three months, and when asked by prosecutor Bernie De La Rionda if she belonged to any organization, she said “my house is my organization,” eliciting laughter and understanding from the courtroom.
I am hoping the smirking the jurors are doing means that they are not buying this drivel.
Yep.
No, it’s (damn *sshole three times in a row, i’ll vevver make ther rst of this clsngf agrument.
Rachel lied, to BLDR, to Trayvon’s Mom, to the police, and to the court.
IT was there best witnes.
Salient points!
Wait..I just got text from friend saying Bernie is quoting MLK?!
I have no idea what he’s talking about..was busy here for few mins.
I heard she was very attentive to Zs mother and uncle. Heard she nodded in agreement during testimony.
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
Juror E 40 is leaning her head on her hand. #Zimmermanon9
// Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
Juror B 29 is avoiding eye contact with the prosecutor. She’s in the front row. #Zimmermanon9 //
Why is Trayvon referred to as the victim?
He is deceased, but that does not make him a victim. I could easily argue that Zimmerman was the victim.
No, you cannot change the truth Mr. Prosecutor,, and the Jury knows you're LYING!
She’s the black Hispanic juror from Chicago who has heard BS like this from Chicago politicians before
How come I haven’t heard you’re gonna die tonight mother f-——r over and over , what Trayvon said to Z before the gun was pulled? I saw several good spots during the trial where it could have been inserted.
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