Posted on 09/20/2012 12:40:38 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
SANFORD - Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman case suggest defense attorney Mark O'Mara is trying to "chum the waters" by digging up Trayvon Martin's school disciplinary records.
In a new pleading, they ask the judge to seal whatever those records show and in the future to keep O'Mara's subpoenas a secret.
O'Mara is entitled to go on a fishing expedition to find out about Trayvon's past, according to court paperwork filed Wednesday by Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda, but "he is not allowed to chum the waters and then, by innuendo or otherwise, to publish irrelevant items (such as the aforementioned subpoenas) to the media in an attempt to influence public perception or otherwise curry favor with potential jurors."
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He accused O'Mara of using his law firm's website to publicize the subpoena and implied O'Mara was trying to damage Trayvon's reputation.
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Yep I seem to remember a video of a fight with him in it, that was out shortly after the story broke.
Seems the prosecution is trying it’s damnest to keep Zimmerman from getting a fair trial. In this case, it is important to show why a kid was aggressive enough to go after Zimmerman. With those records, the defense can possibly show that Martin was affected enough to be somewhat irrational at the time of the attack. Those records should be released. If anything, it may bolster the case against Zimmerman if it doesn’t help him. My guess is the prosecution already knows what is in them and that is why they are fighting to keep them private.
Seems the prosecution is trying it’s damnest to keep Zimmerman from getting a fair trial. In this case, it is important to show why a kid was aggressive enough to go after Zimmerman. With those records, the defense can possibly show that Martin was affected enough to be somewhat irrational at the time of the attack. Those records should be released. If anything, it may bolster the case against Zimmerman if it doesn’t help him. My guess is the prosecution already knows what is in them and that is why they are fighting to keep them private.
Based upon this DNA evidence they believe that two other people were accomplises of GZ that night. Everyone over there is all excited about this new evidence and have finally found the swabbing gun that TM was ganged up on.
Yes -- it took three people to lift the gun out of the holster and then hold the gun and pull the trigger. How the three managed to do that would be an amazing contortionist feat.
Wow never heard that one.
No, O'Mara is merely trying to correct the Democrat newsrooms' disinformation campaign about Trayvon. His "reputation"? Really? Who determines that? Just yeaterday I saw a Democrat newsroom story about Trayvon and, naturally, they used the old photo of Trayvon as a smiling, innocent 13-year-old to accompany the story. Heaven forfend they should use any of the thug photos of Trayvon that are available all over the place.
It was reported and verified that Zimmerman had attacked a LEO. This is true and it is pertinent in that it shows that Zimmerman is violent and uncontrolled.
There is nothing to argue.
The defense has every right to subpoena Trayvon Martin's school and social media records and to use them to rebut the prosecution's claim that TM was just going to the store for Skittles and Tea for his little bro when they were actually the ingredients for a street concoction that he enjoyed and that had probably caused the degradation of his liver at his young age as is found in his autopsy report.
The defense has every right to subpoena those records to rebut the prosecution claim that TM was not the aggressor that night with evidence that he enjoyed MMA fighting.
The defense has every right to rebut the family's claim that TM was a good student on his way to airline pilot training by pointing out that he had missed 53 days of school over 6 months and was suspended 3 times and that his grades had suffered because of it.
The defense has every right to rebut the image that TM was a 12 year old looking cherub at the time of his death with pictures from his facebook and twitter accounts that show him as a older teenager with a thuggish gangsta appearance that he relished.
The defense has every right to rebut the saintly innocent good student image of Trayvon with the reality of his school suspensions, vandalism, marijuana possessions, truancies, possession of jewelry that was not his, and whatever else the chum brings to the surface.
Obviously, the school records are very incriminating.
The judge will have a hard time not releasing Martin’s records when the court has already released Zimmerman’s. Zimmerman’s records actually more protected by law...had he law been followed.
The prosecution knows Trayvon Martin was a Ghetto Thug
There are 3 serious school related incidents with Martin leading up to his attack on Zimmerman. Yes, that info is relevant for this trial. The prosecution knows it
Holy crap. Each FRiend is adding more and more to the reason for the records. I am so on board getting the records now. I just thought it was typical oh the guy was a bad student and was absent 10 days during the Fall or something. No this sounds different and needs to be known so the jury gets the entire well rounded story of this punk kid (if he indeed had that many altercations).
LOL! I'll bet you haven't seen the Trayvon Fight Club videos.
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Fight Club: A+++
Bluebelly thugs are a bunch of candy-*ssed crybabies these days.
Did you see that story about the two 'roided-out "heroes" who beat up the little nurse out in California while "arresting" her? AND they high-fived afterwards.
They lied in their police reports, but there was a video...
Too bad, so sad for the JBTs.
"Attacking a LEO" could be accidentally sneezing near him. Grow up.
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An example of his irrational folly starts at this post I made to him. He makes baseless accusations and refuses to back ANY of his claims.
An example of his irrational folly starts at this post I made to him. He makes baseless accusations and refuses to back ANY of his claims.
I have seen video of TM “boxing” in the yard wering pink gloves. When I was a kid many of us were encouraged to learn how to defend ourselves by our parents. Part of that was boxing in the yard...how were you raised...roll over or defend yourself?
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