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Day 23 (Week #5) Zimmerman Trial – Closing Statements
The Conservative Treehouse ^ | July 11, 2013 | Sundance

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“.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; livezimmermantrial; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: All

You know what really infuriates me and scares me? What if George goes to prison immediately after sentencing...and he is killed, as is very likely? Can this evil judge be held responsible? I am beside myself now with the horrific possibilities of harm to an innocent man, solely due to evil racists and party operatives!


421 posted on 07/11/2013 7:39:13 AM PDT by MomofMarine
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To: NautiNurse

I don’t think they can talk about stuff that happened out of the earshot of the jury


422 posted on 07/11/2013 7:39:16 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: RummyChick

I suggest that everyone who is outraged send money to GZ..even if it is a $5.00 money order or buy the book

With you 110%


423 posted on 07/11/2013 7:39:18 AM PDT by Conservative145
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To: XenaLee

This Judge is a real whiz.

Judge: The jury instructions sometimes have Zimmerman’s name in all CAPS, and sometimes in .....uh....uh....uh.......uh.......uh....


424 posted on 07/11/2013 7:39:38 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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To: JPX2011
Spitting mad is right....

Here's what I just heard the prosecution attorney say...."At the request of the Court (Judge Nelson)......

425 posted on 07/11/2013 7:39:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: UCANSEE2

And Corey, sitting right there in the front row.


426 posted on 07/11/2013 7:40:04 AM PDT by MomofMarine
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To: Williams

Huh? Now the Prosecution is arguing FOR justifiable deadly force instruction?


427 posted on 07/11/2013 7:40:12 AM PDT by moehoward
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To: gov_bean_ counter

MoM should get the 5th DCA to shut these kangaroos down.


428 posted on 07/11/2013 7:40:20 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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To: SE Mom

The people of Floriduh should be on the phone to their state representative immediately to stop this fiasco —


429 posted on 07/11/2013 7:40:32 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: AppyPappy

Judge Nelson is that one person in the world a pit bull would not bite


430 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:01 AM PDT by advertising guy (Phoenix...........where a prick in the butt ain't sexual.............it's a cactus)
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To: Uncle Chip

I was wondering if they will charge him with jaywalking? /SSSSSSSS


431 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:29 AM PDT by biff (WAS)
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To: MomofMarine
"You know what really infuriates me and scares me? What if George goes to prison immediately after sentencing...and he is killed, as is very likely? Can this evil judge be held responsible? I am beside myself now with the horrific possibilities of harm to an innocent man, solely due to evil racists and party operatives!"

That is EXACTLY what the racist, anti-whitey aholes are counting on.

432 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:29 AM PDT by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: XenaLee

>> Wouldn’t THAT alone be grounds for a mistrial? Jury tampering (intimidating, threatening, etc.)

IMO, you could make a case for that.


433 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:31 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: AppyPappy
The Manslaughter might stick under the “Should have tried to wound him” defense that so many idiots use these days.

Absolutely. "Hey Roy, Gene and Hoppy all shot the bad guys' guns out of their hands. How hard can it be to just wound someone?"

434 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:35 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: moehoward

If they go for too many, it will confuse the jury. Maybe that is their intention.

Hung jury most likely


435 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:51 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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To: don-o

if I was on this jury it would be Not G on every and any chg


436 posted on 07/11/2013 7:41:51 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: MomofMarine

If GZ goes to prison, there are those that will have his back.


437 posted on 07/11/2013 7:42:03 AM PDT by Toespi
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To: AppyPappy
I don’t think they can talk about stuff that happened out of the earshot of the jury

Um, to date, there was no discussion of child abuse within earshot of the jury.

438 posted on 07/11/2013 7:42:05 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Now we all have Obama phones.)
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To: JoeProBono

Totally looks like...


439 posted on 07/11/2013 7:42:19 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: MomofMarine

“You know what really infuriates me and scares me? What if George goes to prison immediately after sentencing...and he is killed, as is very likely? Can this evil judge be held responsible? I am beside myself now with the horrific possibilities of harm to an innocent man, solely due to evil racists and party operatives!”

Not only her, but the prosecutors, and all others involved in this lynching!


440 posted on 07/11/2013 7:42:22 AM PDT by Conservative145
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