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“.
If you think Bozo the Clown likes to cuss over and over and over again, stayed tuned for the dwarf Guy. First words out of his mouth at the trial was these ***** punks aways get away with this. He will start the State’s rebuttal of MoM’s close with the same cussing and end it an hour later by looking straight at the jury and cussing again.
I used PayPal to donate this time. Last time I wrote a check. This was during the initial demonstrations for Trayvon a long time ago.
It's the "Federal Government Taking Away Your Gun" Day.
After the lead in with Sandy Hook (God bless those children), there are reports of common violence stats in Chicago, DC, etc.
Maybe that is why Rahm is mayor of Chicago...to keep anti gun rights ginned up.
Good question.
It’s difficult to polish a turd, Mythbusters notwithstanding.
Bernie did the best he could with nothing.
So digusted this was brought to trial.
Bill Shaeffer slamming the prosecutions closing arguments. He says it is long on emotion. Short on fact. “Tell my wife I just killed someone..” is the prosecution misstating facts. One juror was thumbing through her notes to double check that and it is never good to do this.
Bill S -never good to misstate evidence...once let alone many times
talking about misleading jury about I killed someone
Come on. I want to do cellar on patrol as much as the next guy or gal. But, I’m not going to tackle punks by myself. Even one on one.
I’m calling the cops and waiting.
If I wait for SAPD . . . no chance of attack. Is that so hard to understand?
Zimmerman had called the police. He was in his truck when the operator asked him for the address. No address- no cops? Get it?
So, he gets out of his truck to find out the address, and is approached by Trayvon.
You say that you would wait for the police- well, what if they don't know where you are, and you don't know exactly where you are? Wait for them to just happen to come upon you?
Per the expert witness, this is a normal thing.
“I’ll admit I didn’t listen to all of it today, myself. His voice and lies just get under my skin. Only listening now to find out when they return tomorrow and just heard 8:30 am.”
Oh, I was trying to listen to it all. But it just put me to sleep. And that’s after two heavy duty mugs of strong coffee earlier. I guess tomorrow will be the “big” day then, barring something unforseen.
Me too. I am not watching the closing arguments. I am too emotional about what is happening to a good man and how he is being railroaded.
WTF TV BS. Bernie misstated evidence several times. “Tell her I killed someone”. It was tell her I shot someone.
What is his site for donations? Thanks.
Z didn’t break any laws after the confrontation either. Self defense is not illegal.
Thanks for caring. :O)
Ash was a nice guy.
WTFTV going to talk about Bernie’s voice next
I think the prosecution answers the defense closing statement tomorrow for one hr. after defense is done.
“I think an “overloaded gun” is one with a full magazine *and* a round in the chamber.”
Yeah, you know....kinda like the LEOs all have “overloaded guns”. Cause it’s the smart thing to do.
Bernie’s got nuthin.
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