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“.
Some,... but ever been to Key West? All those rump rangers have kitty cats.
Bland, too much info on most slides
Typos!!! e.g. Calll
“Why do we have such RULES” bernie’s voice goes into the high voice at the end.
Can’t stand the way he is talking
Wrap it up, Bernie — the audience is unable to withhold their yawning and smirking.
>> always trying to sell his books
I’d BUY his Law Of Self Defense book, if it wasn’t, like, forty bucks or thereabouts.
Ten or fifteen, I’d do it. It sounds interesting, especially after following this trial. But he wants too much dough.
That was classic! Thanks.
It’s true, always be armed when approaching wet grass.
I assume so.
LOL! Haven't seen that in ages...
Though, in Ash's defense, he might have been liberal, but he wasn't duplicitous. He would actually try to use logic and admit if he got a fact grossly wrong. We'll see if this guy can at least be as honest and forthright as a decent liberal... (not holding my breath)
Has anyone kept up with how long he’s been talking? I hope he keeps going so they don’t have much time in their rebuttal tomorrow.
His voice is like nails on a chalkboard.
// But according to Z’s statements, he was immediately on the alert because he knew TM *didn’t* live in that house //
To clarify: in the beginning video re-enactment, Z explains that TM was loitering/slowly walking IN THE YARD (not on a sidewalk or a cut-through) of a house that WAS NOT HIS.
lol
We didn’t have a Biiiiigggg animation of how it happened. Poor Eeyore.
“The point Bernie’s trying to make is that GZ had the gun out before TM punched him to the ground.”
Yeah, I know. So that means that GZ, gun at the ready, was willing to let Trayvon get the first punch, and second, and third... break his nose, bang his head on the concrete (or convenient tree), cry for help in front of witnesses, and then decided to be angry and spiteful, and commit 2nd degree murder by shooting... once.
Sure, Bernie. Let’s go there.
I think West said MOM was polishing his closing for tomorrow.
Lame visuals, Bernie.
I’ve got a good wire-brush to loan her. . .
Why exaggerate the injuries??
Why are you minimizing them??
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