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“.
“The state keeps saying #Zimmermanon9 told his neighbor to tell his wife he killed someone. That is not the testimony. The defense let it go.”
They can’t object during closing arguments. You can bet they’ll address it during their close.
Those 'holes' were the only evidence in this case. The rest of the state's case is speculation, circumstantial evidence, and emotion.
Diana Tennis @TennisLaw
DEFENSE lawyers use questions during closing. And don’t qualify with my recollection- tell them what to believe!!
thanks for posting the photos. travesty in progress
Unless I missed something why does BLDR say “you’ll hear the facts of this case”...? Haven’t they done that already or is he now admitting that his case is weak to non existent?
>> BDLR is the biggest Asshole in Florida.
That prosecution is like the Olympic asshole team. Any of them could be All-State Asshole in their own right, and my goodness! When you put ‘em all together — Gold, Silver, AND Bronze!
Their mommies must be SO proud.
It ain't no picnic for the mirror either...
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
The state appears to be trying to create doubt about #Zimmermanon9 ‘s story rather than proving the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
“And I’m thinking, there SHOULD be an aquittal but if the jury is hung, instead of convicting, that’s better than nothing.”
While a hung jury would be better than nothing, as you state, I think that it would depend largely on the actual jury count.
5 to 1 to acquit, totalitarians may not want to retry.
5 to 1 to convict? They would probably retry again.
Split vote? In this travesty they would probably retry.
He’s repeating himself a lot now.
Mantei is one of the goblins, they get free passes.
Now he’s holding up Janteal as believable.
Two of the 6 jurors stated during selection they get their news from national and local NBC. One is an avid “Today Show” watcher.
“Tell the prick to f&vk off.”
Yeah - and maybe if Martin had only done that, he would still be alive today.
Bernie’s all over the place
They didn’t photograph TM hands, Prosecutor! And stop calling him the Victim!
Oh goodie, she gets her news from Kathie Lee Gifford, thats not good
I guess they know what they’re doing but a 6 woman jury scares me.
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