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“.
Can the Defense tell the jury of the penalty for Manslaughter?
comment on WTF tv blog said there was a gasp in the room when Jar Jar brought this up...
wasnt paying attention so I dont know
West is getting revved up.
Comment From Stephen
Doesn’t “child abuse” imply there is a relationship between the child and adult that existed for a length of time more than a few seconds? Also, doesn’t child abuse necessarily excludes that the child physically assaulted and might have intended to kill the adult? Mantei’s nuts.
This is beyond ridiculous! I’m so disgusted and near tears over this lynching of GZ! Sickening! The prosecutors and judge and the higher ups pulling the strings should all be under the jail!
OUTRAGEOUS.
This is unbelievable — West is pissed —
Is this why they have emphasized the 17 year old claim
West: Just when I thought this case couldn’t get any more bizarre. Now the Prosecution wants to charge 3rd degree murder based on CHILD ABUSE ?
West is expressing his outrage at the “lessor charge” of 3rd degree murder via child abuse BS. And rightly so.
Go West!
Nancy disGrace was accusing him of wanting to rape St Martin. She was spitting mad last night and wanted him hanged.
Pray for America to Wake Up
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West brings up Corey..LOLOLOL
What next? They’re going to bust George for failing to card Trayvon before capping him?
And now the low infos will chant, GZ child abused.
Judge TOOL doesn't care that the info was only provided to defense this morning with multiple supporting cases to support the argument for 3rd degree murder based on child abuse.
The two prosecution benchwarmers trying HARD to remove the self defense instruction..
West is expressing his outrage at the “lessor charge” of 3rd degree murder via child abuse BS. And rightly so.
Go West!
And this B*** of a judge is going to go along with the state. OMG Undamnbelievable!
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