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“.
Bernie — security cameras aren’t the only cameras at the complex.
Think cell phones
Be interesting to see if she makes eye contact with MoM.
Back to shrieking to misrepresent testimony. Refers to when Serino told GZ that TM may have recorded on his phone. Dumass Bernie says GZ KNEW the property security camera was broken.
Apples meet oranges.
And from all the evidence that has been submitted so far, that is what he was trying to do when TM confronted him.
Bernie just can’t help himself from doing that falsetto kind of voice..means we will probably have to up the Curse count again.
Bernie lying about GZ reaction to possible video of incident.
Every time they play GZ voice, they mess up. He sounds very young, a soft voice.
Which is worse, another hour of BDLR or another hour of Obama ?
I hope not.
The jury probably wouldn’t mind either since they didn’t come in until 1:00.
“Got a bottle of champagne in the fridge for the first time BDLR’s closing is referred to as “trainwreck” by TV commentators”
Hah! Not from CNN who are gushing how brilliant baldy is.
Why does Bernard keep referring to ‘what GZ said’ considering that GZ did not testify?
Just noticed that sybrina has the same neck as dee dee...ewwww
Bernie forgets himself and calls St Skittles “MAN” and then changes it to teenager
first objection from MOM
Judge says instructs to law
Is this what HELL is like ?
Wow — O’Mara just objects during Bernie’s remarks
You think self-defense is deranged?
Kansas58 and I do not agree on much, but I give Kansas58 kudos for naming you accurately ... maroon. The timeline shows that George followed the thug-wannabe to see where he was going for the police who were on their way. Whne the dispatcher said ‘we don’t need you to do that’, George turned back and started for his vehicle. THEN traytable ambushed him and got in the fiorst blow (playing knockout games no doubt). When traytable kept pounding on George, George shot the little thug.
>>>Bernie lying about GZ reaction to possible video of incident.<<<
IIRC, the interview vid in as evidence and in that interview isn’t it obvious what his reaction was? Something like “thank G-d?” I mean really!
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