This is not on-thread, but I have been wondering how common it is in Florida for the State’s Attorney to indict someone for murder directly, bypassing a grand jury. Do you recall any discussion of stats about this when the indictment was first made? I bet it is a rarity.
Jurors for this trial might presume that there had to be evidence against GZ to get this far. They need to be disabused of that notion, and given to understand that the State knew a grand jury would never indict GZ for defending his life. Since there is no logical explanation, anything BdlR tries to sell will just deepen the hole. The jurors need to be angry with the State for putting GZ and them through this farce.
No I don’t know. But this case is certainly proof that all such cases should first go to a grand jury first bypassing the wallabies.
The Motion to visit the scene should be interesting especially now that the defense has some cell tower ping logs on Martin’s phone. Those logs will likely show that Martin never went to the “mail thing” as DeeDee claimed — another infamous DeeDee lie.
Note in this walkthrough that GZ parked at the clubhouse and TM just walked right by. He didn’t go there at all. I’m sure the cell tower ping logs will show that — and more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PX1sxARNq_c
One way or another I think this tape will be entered into evidence. Meanwhile the prosecution has nothing but spends its time harrassing Shellie.