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.
How long does it take to type a meme out and hit the send button of an e-mail list of compliant lip
Okay, thanks. I knew they were keeping his folks out and
also his brother Robert too. I just never heard the same
explanation about his wife.
The way this man has been pushed around is really a
disgrace. I pray God sheds a little extra grace on George.
Hell ... I would’a shared some tortellini with YOU ... but if you’re gonn’a be THAT way about it ....
Prayers up and continuing.
Hey, you’re not going to go all Avant-Garde on us, are you? Should I be on the lookout for melting clocks and swarms of ants pouring forth from my hand? Chained Rabbis? Crap, keep the razor away from my eye.
Hi knarf...I’m probably not the best one to answer since I worked today and missed quite a bit myself, but here’s a start:
Charges are Murder 2 and manslaughter...not sure about aggravated assault.
The persecutor tried to get something like a felony child abuse charge, which the judge would have probably gone for, but “something” (no one really knows) happened and when she came back from recess, it was out.
I saw a few posts saying “bomb threat” and “rioters gathering nearby,” but heard nothing after that.
Persecuter gave boring pitiful closing...he was screaming apparently...sounded from posts here like he was just slamming the def rather than summarizing his case. Used the cuss words over and over and over AGAIN amen. Started out the gate with a flaming lie, but now I can’t remember what it was.
Wicked Witch of the West Corey stretched out her Gila Monster tongue and sucked a fly off the judge’s chambers’ wall.
Def closing up tomorrow morning, I believe.
HTH
I’m not picking up very good vibes for Z with the few replies I’ve read ...
I think George is a man of faith (certainly after all this). Whatever happens, the Really Big Guy will be closely involved.
I feel better now
The whole damn thing was political....just like the Duke case.
No!!! Mine....Here, have some BS.
This will be truth and emotion...Perry Mason at his best!!
Obviously ... you ate them all.
Must'a LIIKED 'em .. eh ?
/8^)
It’s a long thread. You will be forgiven to take a few hours to catch up. Live thread, you know the drill by now. It’s worth the dig, I always find it so.
I am sure that West and O'Mara are disgusted with what the State has done...but they don't let that infect their emotions.
They have bigger fish to fry.
I’m 70, 5’4” 107 lbs. I told my son I was going to try gold mining next....Just a small one at first until I get the hang of it.
911 45 SECONDS not minutes. ooops
Heck yeah. MREs are good eatin. If you steam ‘em a few hours. Except for the crackers. Then it’s a few more hours.
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