Posted on 07/10/2013 5:15:07 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
Today, July 10th, is DAY #22 (of 5th week) State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
Yesterday began with a boom as defense expert witness, world renowned Dr Vincent Di Maio took to the stand to validate the forensic evidence supporting George Zimmerman’s version of the encounter with Trayvon Martin. However, the day ended with an even bigger THUNDERCLAP in an epic 10pm showdown as Don West took on both the State prosecutors and trial Judge Nelson after the jury was released. Ending with Judge Nelson, turning her back and walking out of court. Unreal. A great analysis of the events from yesterday is available HERE.
The late night argument, not by the State, but by Judge Nelson herself, regarding phone evidence authentication, is so weak and insufferably devoid of legal analysis it is absurd on its face. Then again, this is the same judge who said a few days ago, flippantly in open court, that evidence should be “shredded” (Dr. Bao notes) after use. D’oh
Essentially Nelson argued that the phone records (texts and pics from Trayvon) cannot be authenticated to have originated by the specific personage of Trayvon Martin (despite two security codes) because anyone could have sent them. Whiskey*Tango*Foxtrot !!
How can an email be used in a sex offender case? How can phone records be used in RICO cases? How can GPS evidence be used in Insurance Cases? How are photographs taken by perps used against them? Think about it.
You can’t argue that evidence cannot be admitted because someone else might have made the actual phone call; Someone else might have physically sent the email; Someone else actually accessed the website; Someone else might have been the driver of the car; Or, someone else could possibly have been behind the viewing lens of the camera etc.
No, that argument does not mean you can arbitrarily exclude evidence. And this was the basis for her argument (watch the video).
Sure, that’s an argument which can be presented to the jury by the other side, as a counter point to create doubt with the jury, but it can’t be a reasonable consideration for total evidence exclusion. Then again, this is Judge Nelson – who in multiple prior cases has a high historical propensity of being overruled by the 5th District Court of Appeals.
It should be noted the NAACP Annual National Convention starts in Orlando on Friday; Additionally, preparations are being made in/around Miami-Dade for a Wednesday defense wrapped up with a community/LEO preparation meeting yesterday.
In!
In.
Let’s roll....
Did they push it back to 9AM for the arguments and 10AM for the jury?
What time do the fireworks begin? I seem to recall 0930.
I heard they did last night, judgeBitch probably had a major meltdown and needed the extra hour to change her panties and clean herself up.
She is trying not to get reversed based on Ferrer V State
Don’t think pushing this back an hour is sufficient
bookmarked
just before Nelson stormed out @ 10PM she told MO see you at 8AM,not sure what time the game starts?
Last nights phone record will show she was on with Cory for a long time...Guaranteed
btw, in case anyone missed it
St Skittles mother kicked him out of the house and he had to go live with his dad. One message from the dad tells him not to be a DONKEY
Correction: She is trying hard to throw the case to the prosecution without getting caught red-handed.
While we wait; sorry for digression.
As the live chatting occurs on this thread progresses, is there a way to ‘auto-refresh’ the thread so that I don’t have to keep clicking ‘last post’ and when that doesn’t work, I have to click the ‘1900-1950’ (for example) hypertext, then choose ‘last post’.
Thanks and apologize if this is in a FAQ.
phone sex?
The NAACP convention runs until the 17th.
What's the over-under that The Verdict will be announced before the convention's over? They'll want to take advantage of the extra manpower being in town...
Concerning the outrage over Judge Nelson:
I’ll go devil’s advocate - She has a stinker of a case. Both she and the State know that. NEVER should have come to this. America is not (well we used to not be) the USSR. We do not do show trials.
But, this is a show trial, pure and simple. It’s a poop sandwich they have been handed and no one to pass it on to.
I won’t let my contempt for the prime mover of this fiasco (hint - Kenyan Muslim) spill over on the poor schlubs who drew this crap detail.
bkmk
Four Live Stream Links:
http://www.wftv.com/s/zimmerman-livestream/
http://wildabouttrial.com/george-zimmerman-live-stream.html
Here are some additional *possible* Links to the Hearing:
WFTV http://www.wftv.com/s/zimmerman-livestream/
Click Orlando http://www.clickorlando.com/news/trayvo … index.html
Orlando Sentinel (Fox 35 live stream) http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/loc … on-martin/
WESH http://www.wesh.com/news/central-florid … index.html
cfnews http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cf … artin.html
MyfoxOrlando http://www.myfoxorlando.com/category/23 … von-martin
CNN http://edition.cnn.com/US/
TruTV/InSession link: http://www.superusvoxtv.com/index.ph
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