George Zimmerman: Motion to disqualify judge

Central Fla News 13 ^ | July 13, 2012 | Staff

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SANFORD --

George Zimmerman's attorneys want to disqualify the judge who is presiding over his second-degree murder trial.

The motion filed Friday says Zimmerman "has a reasonable fear that he cannot get a fair trial or a fair stand your ground hearing by this court."

The motion specifically mentions the new bail Judge Kenneth Lester set for George Zimmerman earlier this month. The motion says Lester made disparaging remarks about Zimmerman's character, says he should be "prosecuted for additional crimes," and is holding the threat of future contempt proceedings over Zimmerman's head.

The judge revoked Zimmerman's first $150,000 bond, and had him rearrested after he allegedly misled the court as to how much money he had available in a fund for his defense.

The motion also says the court is not weighing any evidence of Zimmerman's innocence in the case when determining bond, other than to say "the only issue is the viability of the defendant's self-defense/Stand Your Ground claim" but they also accuse the judge of not discussing that issue either.

The motion also says:

"The court departed from its role as an impartial, objective minister of justice when it stated on two occasions in its order that in the court's personal opinion there is probable cause to believe that the defendant committed a violation of Florida Statute 903.035(3), a third degree felony punishable by five years in prison. This is tantamount to instructing the state that Mr. Zimmerman should be prosecuted for this offense."

George Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin last February.

[goseminoles]

My friend Jose Baez is doing pretty good on a pro bono case. When the dust settles, this may be another trial of the century when all said and done considering racial and second amendment implications..

[Cyber Liberty]

When the “judge” found out Zimmerman had $200K from donations, he upped the bond to $1 million. Zimmerman had to pay $100K non refundable to a bail bondsman, so that’s how the judge took away Zimmerman’s money. IMHO, the purpose was precisely to deny Zimmerman sufficient legal counsel.

[Cyber Liberty]

Jose got Anthony off, right?

[jurroppi1]

Except it shouldn’t be a SYG case. By all accounts available and certainly what appears to have occurred by listening to the audio tapes, Zimmerman was attacked while en route back to his vehicle. At that point he was unable to retreat, which he was trying to do at the behest of the police dispatcher / 911 operator. SYG doesn’t even come into play here because he has (and you and I have) the right to defend ourselves when being attacked - nobody can take that right away, it is a God-given right and has always existed.

This really should have nothing to do with the SYG law because he wasn’t “standing his ground” in some public place, nor was he (per his side of the story) brandishing his weapon or attempting to stand his ground. The media in its zeal to damage various SYG laws made this into a SYG case...

[Cyber Liberty]

Mixed Martial Arts. In this case, it’s unique style of punching that reduces damage to the assailant’s hands.

[Cyber Liberty]

SYG is the only way to immunize Zimmerman from the civil suits sure to follow from Sharpton, et al.

[House Atreides]

IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What does “MMA style” mean?

Mixed Martial Arts.

[Uncle Chip]

That biased 8 page abomination that Lester wrote on July 5th was his resignation letter. Those things are usually 2 pages long and he took 8 pages to excoriate a defendant whose crime was keeping his mouth shut in his courtroom.

That document was a disgrace to the judicial process and the common sense of those who watched the June 29th hearing. One would have to think that his head was in an alternate universe that day to have written such an irrational mindless order. No objective judge should have penned the assinine things he did.

I think he wants off this case and that order was proof of it. He sent a message to the defense and was hoping that O'Mara would get the message and he did.

He should thank Mark O'Mara and West for giving him the opportunity to recuse himself. He should take it and the opportunity to resign from the bench as well for the sake of all of Florida.

[Trailerpark Badass]

"MMA" = "Mixed Martial Arts," like "ultimate," "extreme," or "cage" fighting. A mix of kickboxing with wrestling and other grappling styles.

Trayvon was on his knees on top of a supine Zimmerman, straddling some part of his torso, punching Zimmerman in the face, which drove the back of Zimmerman's head into the sidewalk with each blow.

This particular position/action is commonly referred to as "ground and pound."

[Elle Bee]

we would be no worse off or perhaps even better off if judges were selected for each trial in much the same way as jurors

we’d see a lot more common sense and less egomania and a lot more justice

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[Uncle Chip]

The motion also says the court is not weighing any evidence of Zimmerman's innocence in the case when determining bond, other than to say "the only issue is the viability of the defendant's self-defense/Stand Your Ground claim" but they also accuse the judge of not discussing that issue either.

The law requires that the judge weigh the evidence for an acquittal at an SYG hearing in this case in its determination of bond. But this judge mocked the defense's evidence -- mocked it and laughed at it and threw it back at the defense.

He then said that this evidence should have been presented 2 months earlier at the initial bond hearing in April for bond consideration. And yet he knew full well that the prosecution was holding onto all the exculpatory evidence at that time -- all of it -- and only began to release it beginning in May.

Lester is a disgrace to the bench.

[goseminoles]

Yes. Pro bono.

[patriot08]

While the Zimmerman/Martin ‘white’ on black killing is covered 24/7 on the MSM with an outpouring of rage and charges of a racial hate crime, where is the concern- where is the rage about the home invasion, torture, beating, rape and murder of the elderly white couple by a gang of feral blacks in Tulsa,Oklahoma just a few months ago?

The 90 year old war veteran husband was beaten and his jaw broken. He was shot in the face numerous times with a BB gun and sent to the hospital in critical condition.

The 85 year old partially blind wife was RAPED and then BEATEN TO DEATH.

Can you just imagine the pain, the humiliation, the horror that dear old lady experienced being gang raped by that pack of feral animals?

(the autopsy states she was raped. Don’t think all of these animals didn’t all participate)

And can you imagine the pain, the horror of that dear old husband having to witness this?

Mr. Strait died from his injuries last week.

There’s a lot more involved here than a home invasion and robbery.

WHERE ARE THE CHARGES OF A RACIAL HATE CRIME??

90 year old husband’s jaw broken and shot in face with a BB gun numerous times?

85 wife year old semi blind wife RAPED and BEATEN to death??

Why does it take a foreign press to enlighten America as to this henious crime?

WHERE IS THE NATIONAL OUTRAGE?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117695/Brutal-home-invasion-Oklahoma-couple-ends-65-year-romance-meeting-blind-date.html

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Have they caught the rest of the gang of feral blacks who raped, tortured and murdered this elderly woman? Are they even looking? Not a word about it in the media.

[DustyMoment]

He was pretty blatant.

Then he has compromised his impartiality and he needs to be bounced.

[cableguymn]

By setting the bail at 1 million dollars. A bond has a 10% NONE REFUNDABLE fee.

[Godebert]

"Travon, the violent son of Obama, got the justice he so richly deserved when he was killed by his victim that he was trying to murder."

Worth repeating.

[SeminoleCounty]

SYG is the only way to immunize Zimmerman from the civil suits sure to follow from Sharpton, et al

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YES...and that is why the SYG hearing

Little disturbed that people are quoting the gun-grabber liberal media “this is not a SYG case”. It is

This case should have never been brought this far. It is only Black Racism, only Black Racism, that has gotten this case this far

And Judge Lester is committing Criminal Judicial Misconduct....he took this case knowing full well his wife prosecuted GZ on another case

[SaraJohnson]

Lester, the zimmerman molester, and the DA are playing a tag team bout with Zimmerman from the get go. The DA grossly overcharged the case and Lester is doing everything he can do to extract some kind of plea from him.

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And I sensed they expected MOM to go along with them from the way the judge and prosecutor have interacted with MOM and him with them up to this point. This was supposed to be a back slapping good ole boy Liberal political railroad thang. A plea deal for manslaughter.

I think if MOM was not being watched like he is, he would have gone along the path of least resistence. Someone put a firecracker on his seat after his squishy and submissive performance at the bail hearing. Probably George’s dad.

[musicman]

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