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Day 23 (Week #5) Zimmerman Trial – Closing Statements
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | July 11, 2013 | Sundance

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“.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; livezimmermantrial; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: Donnafrflorida

If you value your job, you need to shun that racist coworker for a few weeks.


2,221 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:28 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: fatima

2,222 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:30 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: Hulka

ROFLOL!!!


2,223 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:33 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Romans 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,)
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To: Uncle Chip

Someone wrote the jurors are taking notes and standing during the doll demo. At least he has their attention.


2,224 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:35 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: gov_bean_ counter

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/sanford-police-throw-pot-at-trayvon-martin/2011/03/04/gIQA4eEgcS_blog.html


2,225 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:49 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: DBrow
The point Bernie’s trying to make is that GZ had the gun out before TM punched him to the ground.

That makes sense. Zimmerman must have forced Martin, at gunpoint, to beat his head into the concrete.

2,226 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:50 PM PDT by BykrBayb (Somewhere, my flower is there. ~ Þ)
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To: DCBryan1

Thanks for keeping a running total.
He needs to up the cracker comments, c’mon baldo, you can do it!


2,227 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:53 PM PDT by AllAmericanGirl44 ('Hey citizen, what's in YOUR closet?')
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To: Conservative145

I don’t think the misjudge gave them a specific time, did she? She enquired how long Pros would take as an estimate. Could be wrong.


2,228 posted on 07/11/2013 1:15:57 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: Brad's Gramma

Thank you, BG. I appreciate it very much. I think prayer is our most powerful response to this injustice.


2,229 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:21 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: william clark

THINK about this........silence.......

THINK about this...........silence.......

Corey looks furious LOL


2,230 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:24 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Marcella

OMG! The noise from that wet grass must have been deafening.

I’m sorry you had to go through that.


2,231 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:37 PM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
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To: JoeProBono
GZ's dad looks like that pic the freepers always post:  photo awjeezjpg_zpse0b58b2f.png
2,232 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:46 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: DCBryan1
What is an “overloaded” gun? Just saw it on top of powerpoint.

I believe it refers to GZ having a round loaded in the gun's chamber, like police are required to do, and like anyone with any sense would do.

The pros is trying to make GZ look overly aggressive or some such nonsense.

2,233 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:47 PM PDT by Bronzewound
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To: maggief

to a person on this jury...they know Z did not lie as described by this maggot....if even one juror was on the fence, they ain’t now


2,234 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:47 PM PDT by advertising guy (Phoenix...........where a prick in the butt ain't sexual.............it's a cactus)
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To: P-Marlowe
"This argument is so disjointed one would have to conclude he is just arguing in the fly with zero prep."

We can all be thankful we don't have to watch Corey do the closing arguments

2,235 posted on 07/11/2013 1:16:59 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: SE Mom

Corey looks furious LOL


More than normal????

wrapping it up


2,236 posted on 07/11/2013 1:17:03 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: JoeProBono
This PowerPoint quality is like circa 1997.

And reading slides of text in any presentation is deadly. It just makes the audience hate you.

2,237 posted on 07/11/2013 1:17:17 PM PDT by Semper911 (When you want to rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Conservative145

“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.”

He’s been filabustering for over three hours now, hasn’t he? I dunno. I had to take a catnap. Just woke up. His antics put me right to sleep. I can only imagine how the jury must be yawning off.


2,238 posted on 07/11/2013 1:17:21 PM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: Toespi

Bernie knows this has gone nowhere...It’s why he rambled so damn long...


2,239 posted on 07/11/2013 1:17:21 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: SE Mom

Actually, I don’t think Corey has an option with her face, it’s just frozen on furious.


2,240 posted on 07/11/2013 1:17:37 PM PDT by Toespi
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