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“.
Mantei arguing that he should be able to keep in the ‘wrong’ jury instructions. Admits they are wrong.
One night he got real mad and...he cut one of them off. He's got a real baaad temper.
Sorry, I was too vague.....the defense claimed that Casey Anthony was abused by her father — that’s how she walked.
following (as in pursuit) and trying to keep track of him is two different things
This is such a travesty.
Either the “judge” is biased ab initio
OR the “judge” does not want to be audited or
have her family exterminated by ObamaCARE.
That is the key to Mantei's argument. Even if the Jury Instruction is WRONG, let the JURY DECIDE.
Did Judge TOOL just side with the defense for one jury instruction?
“After the final buzzer, the state wants to change to the game of golf, where low score wins.”
Reminds me of a pool game I was playing with a female co-worker of my then husband. We were both drinking and having a good time and I was winning and had sunk most of the solids. Mid-way through the game she suddenly switched to shooting the solids and claiming that she was winning. It was hilarious! (and she was drunk) I then proceeded to shoot stripes and STILL beat her. Good times.
But I fear that this last minute ‘switch to solids’ will not result in “good times” for George Zimmerman.
And it is not illegal to follow someone.
Thank you for clarifying that. What an injustice!
LOL......that’s what you get for playing pool with a drunk liberal.
very good
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“This joke of a trial is frightening.
We are all George Zimmerman.”
That’s exactly my thinking.
11:04
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
In a similar case in Pinellas County last year, the state did not charge finding following is not illegal or improper. #Zimmermanon9
She’s concerned about a reversal based on a comma. SERIOUSLY???
Punctuation is the least of her worries.
Hahahah...I’m sorry, the pic didn’t load on my phone...happens when the network here gets overloaded...
I assumed you were referring to what you would do. Not sure why I leaped to that conclusion... I was asking, just in case anyways, because that’s what I think they would do, but, hearing from someone in that position also just adds credence to my own assumption.
Plus, it would have been good to know if you were in case I need out of a ticket ;0)
KIDDING!
maybe.
I do appreciate you responding though... and either way, you answered my question so THANK YOU!
I just looked it up, and there were apparently twelve 17 year old soldiers killed in action in the Vietnam war.
YOU misjudge are the infamous comma.
I always do that but I erred when I posted to Pro Joe #88 sooooo I'll correct that.
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