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“.
3:26
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
BDLR: How did #TravyonMartin see the gun when it’s tucked in, behind #ZimmermanOn9 - in the dark?
Sadly, I agree with you.
Ok, he didn't say this but he may as well because this Idiots whole closing
is based on ASSUMPTIONS without Facts of a crime!
no, he SOUNDS like Kevin Costner.Kind of looks like Andy on the Office
RACIST!
the internet posters have seen everything.
the jury only sees what the jury is ALLOWED to see.
juries did not see the sleaze, did not see the judge storming out, did not see hearings going til 10, did not see the crump hiding game, did not see hiding jenteel, did not see the altered audio junk science experts.
This isn’t CLOSING STATEMENTS, BDLR is trying the whole case over again.
Martin asks him what his problem is, so GZ walks towards him to talk....that sounds reasonable.
Exactly.
did BDLR blow it?
Prediction: BLDR will end his statement with a prayer that the evidence fairy will arrive and somehow make his case for him.
“Did the dispatcher tell Zimmerman not to follow T?”
No. He did not.
“What did dispatcher tell Z?”
“We don’t need you to do that”
And again, the dispatcher is not a police officer and cannot issue commands. Dispatcher said that for legal reasons.
Done.
No more.
Go back and read the thousands of previous threads and posts and educate yourself on the facts of the case.
You owe everyone that if you insist on commenting. . .at least be informed and dispute opinion if you wish, but don’t misrepresent or omit facts.
Trying to attach a racial sterotype in Z’s mind that doesn’t exist.
I was just thinking that. Is he going to present ALL of his evidence all over again? (or lack thereof)
BLDR threatening the Jury with the GUN.
“Don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard a doctor had to called into the jury room because they were complaining of loud ringing noise in their ears.”
That’s so funny! His voice really is annoying. I have the trial on mute. I can’t listen, although watching him is annoying, too.
Bernie is a racist punk white ass cracker. His screaming closing is pathetic.
Bottom line is: No criminal calls the police before stalking and killing someone. They even act like it was premeditated to the point he took classes at Seminole Comm. College to be able to know the law before he did this. LOLOL!
Defense is and has been scheduled for tomorrow, since yesterday.
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