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“.
While you’re at it, please pray for the jurors, that the Holy Spirit fall on them, come to rest in their minds and hearts, and wisely distinguish between the truth they have heard and the distortions they are now hearing.Indeed, sir. We can do nothing about the corruption, the political agenda, the intimidation, the lies, the riots, the race-baiters. What we can do is pray that Our Lord will send His Holy Spirit to intervene. If we put our hope in Him and not in the justice system, we can trust that He will use this for His glory, not ours or theirs, but His glory.NOW IS THE TIME TO PRAY HARD FOR THE JURORS! Now!
But we have to engage the Lord with our fervent requests. Those of you who are Christians, whatever denomination, please pray for this jury, their families, their friends, for George & Shellie, their parents, friends, and families. Ask the Lord to put his hand of protection upon each of them.
Ask the Holy Father to reveal His justice and glory to those whose lives are directly affected by this trial. Ask Him also to provide peace for Trayvon's parents and to assuage the anger they feel and the revenge they seek.
I'd been under the impression that the judge had ruled that the defense couldn't bring up evidence about his character unless the prosecution “opened the door” by asserting that the dead thug punk was actually a little angel, that the prohibition on the defense was at least partially contingent.
Thus, mama thug punk and thug punk daddy were careful not to make assertions about dead thug punks sterling character.
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That is a ludicrous statement backed up by ZERO facts. I’m a conservative and ALL of my friends and family are conservatives and almost all have dogs or dogs and cats. It’s the homo libs that love their kitties.
Thanks. I’ll have to look at that.
Amen.
when n where is evidence that T went home first. i mentioned this fact to insane apparently racist coworker and she went nuts
“This nutbag is unreal! Skipping???”
It seems he overdosed on caffeine. I could not sit there as a juror without asking him to stop. lol
Which prosecution theory? Because I have seen their theory evolve as the trial has dragged on. In the beginning, they insisted that the larger Zimmerman was on top of Martin beating him badly. But lately, they acknowledge that Martin was the bigger one on top trying desperately and frantically to get off of Zimmerman to avoid being shot.
didnt GZ go on to say he wished Martin wasnt dead or something like that
she may be the foreman of the panel.
Naw, gay men love those little dogs. Mostly the little white fluffy kind.
Wow..all I see is pure evil in her eyes!
OMG - Bernie’s starting to sound psycho.
Every one of these jurors heard things prejudicial to George early on...even to editing his calls. The pictures of St Tray were also prejudicial. Etc, etc.
They now know how the media "infected" this case. The defense did a good job.
But I pray for George and his family and friends and hope God will watch over them all.
George is you or me. Are we not entitled to defend ourselves?
Prosecutor coming off extremely desperate with his demeanor, hand motions, running and high pitched voice...giving his own word by word version...Attempting to tell jury what Z really meant. Repeating the same thing over and over...now yelling...lol
Very desperate...
Now B has a little roll around with the dummy/doll.
ARMPITS!!!!
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