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. Shes a rigid ideologue, but shes 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 doesnt 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.
Roflol
From the comments at Ace’s blog:
His closing was a terrible thing to watch...he began to click through his bullet points rapidly without comment and then just quit. With clearly more to go. People in the courtroom said it was clear he had lost the jury’s attention and sympathy. Angela Corey sat scrunched down behind the bar, her hooded eyes flicking nervously back and forth like a Gila Monster on the lookout for a passing bug.
>> they get to punch holes in the defense and theirs will be the last words heard before the judge sends them into deliberations.
If they had anything real to work with, I’d be really concerned about that. But they don’t.
ah, yes. Trayvon is from Miami after all.
“Probably not Detroit.”
Or Chicago I suppose. Sad, but I suppose when you have such a high murder rate, mostly black youth, it isn’t newsworthy anymore.
Gila monster.... Very appropriate
Did anyone else notice BDLR went at least a half hour into his closing before thanking the jurors for their service, time and attention?
I’ve only been involved in civil, but I’ve only ever seen the lawyers thank jurors thee second they start the closing, before saying another thing.
>> To leave off his MJ and blunts? If so, why not his Watermelon and Skittles?
When you’re carrying contraband — not that *I* ever have, but some of my friends used to — you’re concerned with ditching *that*.
You may not even remember you have the legal stuff on you.
Would Chicago even notice if they had a riot. Particularly the south side ?
LOL.
She’s not getting away with her outrageous bias on Face Book.
I agree. “Rehabilitation,” I think is the operative term. The prosecution is on the defense: They spent the whole time today trying to shoot holes through the defense’s case, instead of restating their own. That is very telling.
Agreed. Do not interact with the crazy lady. YOU WILL LOSE.
In a conflict between a white employee and a black employee, the company will fire the white employee rather than risk a lawsuit from the black employee.
You are at work to make a living, not to change the world.
>>>>No, but I was fantasizing that MOM would close by only telling that joke, everyone would be shocked, and the 5 minutes later the jury returns a full acquittal.<<<<
Hmmm. My fantasy ends the same as yours, but begins with MOM gently and lovingly picking up the dummy’s dummy...and...whoops...wrong fantasy! I want to hear a closing argument that will bring a tear to the eyes of Atticus Finch and make Americans stand up and cheer!
ROFLMAO!!!
Bernie reeked of desperation. I imagine the sweat soaked his arm pits under his jacket.
>> If there are one or two actual thinking human beings on the jury, surrounded by low information types, it will be a hung jury.
That depends on the persuasive skills of the thinking ones. Leaders in groups sway followers.
Please pray boldly for those “thinking jurors” tonight and tomorrow — that GOD grant them the words and strength of character to sway the others.
God bless you, and FRegards
Did judgeCrazy get a facial? She looks so much better.
>>>>...Corey...her hooded eyes flicking nervously back and forth like a Gila Monster on the lookout for a passing bug.<<<<
Uh oh! bwa...bwa...BWAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH*snort*LOLOLOLO
HEHEHHEHAHAHAHALOLOLOL*sniff*LOLO*stopityourekillinme*LOL
No wonder your friends have a Nervous Tick....
the defense should play Z screaming for a straight 45 seconds
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