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“.
Don’t know status of Z’z parole, if he even has it. What are chances he can be left on parole (if he is) pending a new trial if the lawyers immediately get a stay on ruling(s)? I am a legal no nothing, so if anything I posted sounds stupid, I apologize. I am SO ANGRY!!!!!!!!!
I can tell you this, most reasonable people on a jury, if after a conviction found out the hidden evidence of TM prior acts, (especially the jewelry he claimed he was holding for a friend) would feel blindsided and lied to.
Thats the travesty of this whole circus.....
(EXPLICIT) Trayvon Martin supporters lash out at Zimmerman, threaten to kill him, ‘white boys’
http://www.news965.com/news/news/local/explicit-trayvon-martin-supporters-lash-out-zimmer/nYYNC/
Why did it take you so long to wise up? ;-)
Ugh - my boss came in to discuss some work issues
Well I guess it all depends. How often does a jury follow jury instructions? I’m sure they try to (if they’re a decent jury—if such an animal exists).
I believe it is possible but with judge Dread here probability is not high
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bookmark for me to catch up
You know what, I’ve gotten to the point where I truly hope these morons flood the internet with their threats. Kind of like the boy who cried wolf. Let them scream louder!
Not that I believe they wouldn’t make good on their threats, but the louder they get, the more eyes would be opened. I can hope right?!
I was glad to hear her clearly say the extent of Zimmerman’s injuries is not the issue; it was his fear of severe bodily harm.
A while back Nelson mentioned “infomercial-like testimony”; prosecution immediately responded “Yeah, that’s right, judge! like Vincent DeMaio...”
Amen. AMEN!!!
Well said.
If you keep this up, you will find yourself tied to a stake and a fire lit. (You didn't put a period at the end of that sentence and it was confusing). :o)
Judges are much worse.
then snippets as you can please....thx
If I understand the judge correctly, she is saying that fearing great bodily harm is a crime.
Hey judge, innocence before guilt you dumbass
Wow, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. We are truly a mess aren’t we?!
So what’s a no nonsense judge mean?
Move to where? The Feds ship ghetto trash into nice areas under social engineering programs.
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