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“.
She wanted a list of laws about things that are NOT illegal.
>> Even if the Jury Instruction is WRONG, let the JURY DECIDE.
Oh. Same way the jury was allowed to decide whether the emails/pics on the cellphone were Trayvon’s?
Double standard on parade!
I’m just getting started...at work...cannot read all posts...sorry, but BEGGING any and all for a sentence or two of what has transpired this morning. TIA
Yes. But it’s done after the defense has presented it’s last witness. This so-called judge makes up law or ignores the law. Not instructing the jury that it is not illegal to follow someone is just one of the reasons this so-called
judge should be kicked off the bench.
All pictures are photoshop.
It’s coming to that.
I think I did actually figure it out........BOTH windows need to be small screen. I had FR at full screen.
Thanks
“The governemnt here wants to kill or destroy people who protect themselves from violent human animals”
Yep. It’s a shame when the savages win over civility.
“Yes, when you click on the sites, right click to drop down menu and click on ‘open in tab’. That will allow you to click back and forth to view them.”
Thamks, I wondered about that, too.
regardless of whatever new stuff the state and judge sends the jury’s way, what it really comes down to is “are there 6 idiots on the jury or not?”
There’s already ample evidence of what the truth is. A jury that would convict based on the evidence would probably do the same with recorded videos of TM beating the tar out of GZ.
Look at Nancy Grace. Is there possibly any kind of evidence that would change her mind?
Same as every other day...defense getting screwed
Now they are bringing up Child Abuse
Still waiting on the ruling on that one
except the prosecution/judge team can do this with impunity
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Saw it....
BOMB THREAT AT SANFORD CIVIL COURTHOUSE! EVACUATIONS
DAMN straight!! Historical milestone. I’m going to be sick.
Up right now.
Thank you. I figured out how to view both at the same time. I feel so high tech! LOL
Which is prima facie evidence of 'reasonable doubt'.
PFL
“Is Corey in the court room again?”
Probably. If not, she’s no doubt getting her nails sharpened for the impending riot celebrations.
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