I don't think so. Other sources have indicated that the jury saw the whole thing.
If the jury was out of the room, I don't have much of an objection. It makes the Judge looks like an idiot, but that ship has sailed a loooooong time ago on this trial.
But if the jury saw it, it is a huge problem.
I believe the jury was NOT in the room during all of this..they had already left
Well, I tend to get everything wrong, lol. At least GZ’s lawyers finally got him to stop saying “Yes, sir!” to her questions. He did it at least twice which caused my beer can to shoot across the room. Someone has pointed out that she bears a startling resemblance to John Goodman.
The jury was NOT in the room!
The jury was out of the room both times the judge asked Zimmerman about testifying. The big issue about the first time was that the defense still had more witnesses to call, and the defendant can wait until the last minute before the defense rests to decide whether or not to testify. So she was out of line to try to badger him into making a decision at that point in the trial.