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“.
Tracy Martin opened the door to a question when he said he first called juvie. A question is all the defense needs on this one...
Bernie waited a looong time to be able to straddle that doll.
Boy.......judgeCrazyAssCracker or coreyBelle........man, they will need a man in drag to play both their roles in the movie.
Ryan Hughes - WFTV@RHughesWFTV Retweeted by Kathi Belich, WFTV
NOW: Prosecutor claims #GeorgeZimmerman said “he’s skipping away. La...la...la,” as he skips through #Sanford courtroom. #ZIMMERMANon9.
Oh no......oh no.........please don’t do the dummy
Just starting? I keep having to make sure I’m not watching a movie with all the dramatics.
Tell them to listen to RACHEL JEANTEL's TESTIMONY. Trayvon's bestest gurl frend.
She said that Trayvon stated he was in his 'Daddy's back yard'.
See what they say.
Beautiful, and the prayers are constant.
“HOW DOES HE GET THE GUN OUT?!!”
Good point, Bernie. You win. He couldn’t get the gun out. Therefore, he couldn’t have shot Trayvon. Case dismissed.
I think it’s great they’re reshowing the video. The jurors get to see the tree the prosecution said Zimmerman may have run into to get the injuries to his head...LOL.
How does he manage a “perfect shot”? Close range?
“ow..all I see is pure evil in her eyes!”
‘Same as our LIAR -In-Chief!
It used to be that we didn’t even lock our houses. We didn’t need to. We didn’t need a neighborhood watch, either.
Had to walk the puppy, did Bernie get to the evil trees yet?
Guy might get jealous...
No he did the dummy.
Where ya been? Haven’t seen ya around lately?
IIRC, earliest report said he contacted LE...not specifically juvie. Betcha juvie was never called.
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