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.
This crap about child abuse from Jar Jar really hacks me off
“>> letters have been placed in jurors chair to see if they want to be interviewed by media after verdict
Thats an outrage, putting that in the jurors minds just prior to hearing closing arguments.”
If that can be done where their appearance and voice are disguised, it would be fine imo.
laying = lying
Prosecutor now wants to charge Zimmerman with Child Abuse.
They want a conviction...ANY conviction. Doesn’t matter.
All we can do is pray at this point.
I would hope that he is at the 5th DCA as we post --
This is outrageous
I believe that is also known as 3rd degree murder? My goodness - they are piling it on. BS had said only two lesser included would be asked for.
Comment From Counterfriction
Thisa seems like the equivalent of being able to file a civil case without naming all of the possible counts in your complaint and waiting to see how the jury likes your case to then decide what claims you want to ask the jury to find for your client on. It’s a bit of a moving goalpost for the defense.
This is BS, stacking the deck against Zimmerman.
Me, too! They couldn’t prove their case so they’ve really had to stretch to find child abuse! So, in their minds, if a child who is larger and much stronger than an adult is battering the adult, the adult should just lie there and take it rather than defend himself by “abusing” the “child”? What a crock! PS: Shouldn’t this theory have been explored in the trial?
Surely you have been here long enough to figure that out.
OK I won't call you shirley anymore. :]
Just as much as they can put in to further inflame the race baiters. Why don’t they add rape, after all Jeantel suspected GZ was a creepy ass Cracka rapist.
So when are the Martin’s scheduled to go to Washington to meet with the Obamas...kneel before the Martin Luther Statue....etc etc
I doubt he came up with this idiocy by himself.
Child abuse? Dear, God, the prosecution is desperate for ANY conviction. This is not child abuse. This is a black thug attacking the wrong man. One who could defend himself. With all the evidence judgeCrazyAssCracker didn’t allow, it is known what a thug he was.
“Matei sniffs a lot. It’s pretty gross - maybe he doesn’t even knowing he’s doing it.
Sometimes it seems to happen most when he obviously thinks he has stated something that he thinks is pretty awesome.”
I’ve noticed that, too. He reminds me a lot of Barney Fife, except that Barney Fife was endearing and this guy is beyond disgusting!
Jar Jar “requesting abuse”.
I offer my services....
Andrew Branca, LOSD @LawSelfDefense
.@GJPinkansas It’s ridiculous. When was GZ’s opportunity to contest allegation of child abuse? Due process? FUHGETABOUTIT!
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