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“.
Repeat of Bernie about profiling.......can a person really profile? I thought that was a legal term about police actions.
Is anyone keeping track of how the talking heads are rating the closing argument by the prosecution?
She was a low-information voter before there was such a thing. All emotion, no thought. Heck, she'd be weeping on the floor at BDLR's closing for poor little Trayvon. God, I hope she never gets called for jury duty. But she was from Seattle, wasn't she? There's no crime in the People's Utopia of Seattle, right? (Hehehehe...)
Thanks to all who stuck up for me.
I am not “deranged” at all.
:)
However, I have to go sell insurance to a Black family and I hope they do not bring up this case.
If they do, I will politely listen, tell them that the best way to protect people is to teach everyone the laws of self defense, and teach kids that we are not obligated to take a beating. We can shoot them!
If I lose the sale, I don’t care. I might gain some respect, but I will not pander.
MSNBC is a given..surprised by FOX...but our local guys here in Orlando are far from impressed.
Sometimes.... Wisdom is in knowing and not saying.
But wait . . . the kid is dead. He can’t tell his version.
1,946 posted on Thursday, July 11, 2013 3:38:18 PM by Racehorse
He is dead. IHMO deservingly so. Raised on the streets and tutored by his Gansta DNA Donor, he attacked a man in the dark, he sucker punched him and took him to the ground and didn’t stop until a bullet went thru his heart. He was a punk that liked to street fight, he was a thief and a drug head.
Society is better off without him and on a positive note there will be a few less victims of his future crimes.
Bye Bye
“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.”
Oh I wish something unforeseen and unexpected would come up; like the jury gives each other knowing looks immediately after the closing and acquits GZ there on the spot, due to lack of evidence.
LOL.
Now, could you take that same photo, and do a Weekend at Bernie’s theme? He really looks like he’s dancing to the music!
go look
Go Kansas and good luck.
Thanks for the thread
“Sometimes.... Wisdom is in knowing and not saying.”
Now those are true words of wisdom! :)
Other than the SCREAMING and total fabrications, Bernie did a rather good job considering he had no real case to present.
The best he could do is DEFEND against the EVIDENCE that the DEFENSE had.
To state what you did completely changes the story That does not help perception of George's motivation an actions in the public's eye. I'm interested not only in George but in the truth.
Bill Schaeffer WFTV: “Reasonable doubt for the defense is GOOD. Reasonable doubt for the prosecution - BAD.” The prosecution created reasonable doubt today with their closing statement.
**placemark**
Obviously, not.
Outcome of this trial means nothing to me. Means a whole lot to posters in this thread.
Been interesting to watch and participate.
Thanks to everyone . . .
LOL!
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