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“.
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
The defense says #Zimmermanon9 ‘s injuries are irrelevant. Martin would not have had to lay a hand on him to argue seld defense.
Did she actually rule on this? I’ve been away.
Went with an attorney for 10 years. The attorneys and judges all go to the same meeting hole..and drink to each others health.
Prosecution wanting a definition of ‘great bodily harm’.
Judge asking for case law.
Defense stating that the Supreme court uses those words and doesn’t provide a definition because.... it’s common sense.
Judge and Prosecutor claiming that can’t be true because they don’t know what ‘common sense’ means.
I don't know
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Bomb threat called in to Seminole County Civil Courthouse
No evacuations made
Some of us have to work. :-)
Child Abuse has not been decided yet. Judge said she had an issue with the word intent.
Unclear how she is going to rule on it..though it seemed as JAR JAR was arguing that she was going to give it to him.
Rule on what? A simple paste would add some sense to your post
Which mistake are you referring to?
Thanks.
JUDGE busy GOOGLING ‘common sense’.
Yes he did, remember the father called juvenile detention and the police first when trying to find Trayvon. If my kid had not come home one night, I wouldn't automatically call juvenile detention or police. I'd check with other family members first since Trayvon was living with one family member after another.
Kathi Belich, WFTV@KBelichWFTV
The defense says that #Zimmermanon9 didn’t die and didn’t have his skull cracked isn’t relevant.
Little know FACT. Lawyers have the highest rate of alcoholism of all professions.
Wondering now about judges.
Yes, I too ‘went with’ an attorney for a number of years.
Score one for Zimmerman...Finally. Strike the jury instruction about defining “great bodily harm”
Don’t forget that there are more than a few self hating Whites that are after Zimmerman’s scalp also.
“Words cannot express how evil this entire fiasco is.”
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Agreed , and where is the outrage? All the dopey Republicans sided with “justice for Trayvon” initially and still are silent, and even now the dopey ass white liberals side with putting away Zimmerman. They don’t understand this is a government out to get those who are non-black and non-criminal. Another push against the working tax payer who supports this corrupt beast.
Praying Mantis describing a fight between some X-MEN.
One had ‘common sense’, the other had ‘no sense’.
Jeff Weiner @JeffWeinerOS
Nelson denies state’s request to define “great bodily harm” for jury. #ZimmermanTrial #GeorgeZImmerman #TrayvonMartin
Thanks for the reply. I too am beyond concerned. During the trial, I had some hope. Now, I see nothing but a full steam ahead railroad using any means available.
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