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“.
“LOL......that’s what you get for playing pool with a drunk liberal.”
Exactly. But I still ‘beat her hose’ off. She walked away with a “what just happened?” look...lol. I used to be pretty good with a stick back then...hehe.
Andrew Branca, LOSD @LawSelfDefense
#zimmermantrial Rumored: Nelson to consolidate jury instructions to read simply: “You must find the defendant, George Zimmerman, guilty.”
Don’t cloud the issue with facts
Someday someone this judge cares about is going to end up in front of a judge just like her...
LOL!!
“This trial has set race relations back 80 years.”
No, it was obama and holder sending in their army of race baiters paid for by US taxpayers in getting him charged that has set race relations back. The show trial is the icing on the cake.
Sorry...don’t know what (if?) I was thinking...
How about "following someone while talking to police on the phone" is not illegal?
Didn't some enterprising legislature someplace make a law about things that are not unlawful.
The "Not Unlawful to Drink Tea" law. "C'mon, O'Mara, where's the "OK to drink tea law? and the "OK to people watch law?" and the "OK to keep track of people in your neighborhood law?"
Bill Sheaffer:
Emily; Don West continuing to argue once the court has made a ruling goes against the code of professional conduct which is utilized by courts to maintain courtroom decorum
I’m going to enjoy that day.
I thinks that's the crux of the matter.....(as you all surely have figured out)
It's not just a racist matter....it's another extension of gun control.
“Her attitude puts a whole new meaning to the ‘justice is blind’ motto. She is blinded to any logic.”
No, blind would be at least understandable, since she represents the left and government. This is insufferable and goes way beyond just blind. It is willful corruption and bias and evil.
LOL--yep.
But she's gone nuts....and is under orders. Must be the riots are to begin at a specific time....and she will have just enough time to get to her plane.
Thank you Mr. Holder and Mr. Obama.
Schaeffer makes me hurl.....talk bout a tool
Sounds about like what this cow might try ... sadly, most Americans are so ignorant of Justice that they cannot see that this is a kangaroo court opened up before our eyes! The little barry bastard boy regime, via eric the racist commie holder, demands that George Zimmerman be sacrificed to the blood lust of radical blacks, so Floriduh has set out to offer him up regardless of the law.
“It’s not just a racist matter....it’s another extension of gun control.”
It is also an expansion of behavior control. (See: Cass Sundstein’s “nudge” comment).
The Holder and Obama regime seeks to nudge all of us “creepy ass crackers” into being afraid to defend ourselves from “their people” henceforth.
Does anyone know the name (and address if available) of this threatening thug (”This Butthole is MINE George Zimmerman”)?
It would be nice if it were “out there”.
Is Corey in the court room again?
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