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“.
I use firefox and have multiple tabs open. (Right click > open in new tab)
“Someday someone this judge cares about is going to end up in front of a judge just like her...”
Either that or dead/murdered by someone like Trayvon. Karma will catch up to her ....sooner or later.
Point taken, I agree.
I fear I am getting numb to the piling on that is happening all around us. This trial just seemed to highlight every thing wrong in one fowl swoop.
West is arguing, so right now she's not making law, she's doing a crossword puzzle. The camera was on her for a few seconds, she got this EUREKA look on her face and took pen down to paper. It wasn't because she's listening to West. We know that.
That’s exactly what she is doing —
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
Bomb threat at CIVIL courthouse in #Sanford across from City Hall. Not #Zimmermanon9 courthouse. Evacuations happening. @KRayWFTV otw.
That’s what I thought.....thanks
“Someday someone this judge cares about is going to end up in front of a judge just like her...”
Either that or dead/murdered by someone like Trayvon. Karma will catch up to her ....sooner or later.
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And not many tears would be shed for this monstrosity of a judge.
That picture looks like a photoshop.
don’t be so damn scarce....your add is priceless
It’s lunchtime there anyway —
What about her just now ruling that “it is not illegal to follow someone” should be removed from the jury instructions? She wanted “case law” to show things that aren’t law....like a law that says “it is not illegal to follow someone.”
How about a law that says, “it’s not illegal to eat an ice cream cone in your car.”
Lots of legislatures out there writing laws on what isn’t illegal. /sarc
window up while reading the FR thread?
Judge announces she will not give the circumstantial evidence instruction. Now moving on...
Very perceptive! IF this kangaroo court can drag this illicit prosecution out and end up sending George to jail for ANY length of time, then the message that carrying and using your lawfully concealed weapon opens you up to another kangaroo court because these sonsabitches never take less, they always take more and more authority to themselves. What we may be seeing is the Obama regime work to control the value of a concealed carry without addressing the law itself. In a sane America, the prosecution and judge would be in as much after case danger as the black radicals are openly asserting George Zimmerman is in from them. The prosecution and judge are every bit as treacherous as the black panther contingent of the Obama regime, perhaps more so since they are working to nullify the rights of Floridians via a kangaroo trial.
A big part of this trial is saying if you protect yourself from physical attack, you could be thrown in jail for years or life...
The governemnt here wants to kill or destroy people who protect themselves from violent human animals.
I could not believe what I saw."
And ironically....we Freepers just 'thought' we had seen flagrant violations by this judge before today. This beats all, IMO.
Was that two table bangs I just heard?
As in
When the facts are on your side, argue the facts
When the law is on your side, argue the law.
If neither the facts nor the law are on your side, bang the table.
It is just a matter of time until the lunatics figure out location. I wonder whether the jurors can see the other building from the window in their waiting room. Rough times ahead.
Racism is just the tool being used to effect gun control to ensure the coup d'etat.
It's a pretty popular tool, in use all over the planet.
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