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“.
West didnt find out about this until this morning buried in an email
“Corey is sitting right there approving this.”
WOW — West points out that Corey is sitting right there approving of this
Is this court serious
Child abuse as Martin was straddling Zimmerman at the time he was shot
“West is PISSED!!!”
So am I! So are we ALL!
I’ll betcha anything she’s going to allow it! Unbelievable!
This is it. West won’t budge. The Judge wants to ignore him, and carry on with the charge of Child ABuse, even though it wasn’t brought up until today.
I think she is going to let this in...
You bet she is......she is arguing for the prosecution.
The jury will laugh at a Child Abuse charge.
This judge is lying through her teeth. She knew damned well what the state was planning to do. She’s “in on it”.
West: Is vehicular homicide next??
Judge: I don’t have any evidence of that [yet]
Judge using her laptop to get direct legal instruction from Holder and crew.
OMG..she is going to let this in..
I suggest that everyone who is outraged send money to GZ..even if it is a $5.00 money order or buy the book
I am hacked off
A legal travesty.
Yep. “we’ll come back to this one” after I get my text marching orders....
Damn right I am!!! So a second category lesser offense including vehicular manslaughter, aggravated assault, third degree murder, child abuse and anything under the sun can be thrown at the defense at jury instruction time before closing arguments. This is INSANE!
West didnt find out about this until this morning buried in an email
Judge Injustice doesn’t seem so shocked by this nonsense, does she?
This trial is an absolute farce.
I do believe MOM should use this in closing arguments to prove that the state KNOWS they did not prove their case. Can he do that?
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