Posted on 08/10/2013 10:37:32 PM PDT by OL Hickory
Trying to go around Zimmerman’s double jeopardy protection.
Can Z file a harassment suit or other legal charges?
The Amicus Brief is now posted. http://www.flcourts18.org/PDF/Press_Releases/Amicus_Brief_July_23_2013.pdf
It was filed by convicted sex offender Cleve Molette.
And as others have pointed out, it doesn't matter any more whether or not there was probable cause, because the case went to trial and it is over. The only responsible thing a judge can do with this attempt is to throw it out immediately and put heavy sanctions against whoever filed it.
Frankly, the issue of probable cause should have been decided long before this case went to trial. Maybe some skunks are realizing their error about now.
The cliff notes:
Molette is claiming that the jury did not receive instructions regarding the "Aggressor" statute, or considered whether Zimmerman committed a forcible felony against Martin, or initially provoked the use of force against himself. So, a new trial is required.
Frankly, this is a waste of paper. There is no evidence that Zimmerman initiated the use of force. There's no conclusive evidence against it (because the forensic investigation was botched), but circumstantial evidence points clearly to Martin. If he was indeed near his father's girlfriend's house as he reported to Jenteal, Martin would have had to circle back during that 4-minute gap to confront Zimmerman.
Furthermore, following a suspiciously-acting person at the behest of a police dispatcher isn't a "provocation".
I am so sick of this Martin/Zimmerman thing, I can only imagine how Zimmerman feels.
I find it amusing that Molette claimed that the jury instructions prejudiced the case against the State of Florida. The case was not against the State of Florida, it was against George Zimmerman. Erroneous jury instruction could be used to overturn a conviction, but you can’t overturn an acquittal. The motion is laughable.
Zimmerman is a “Dead Man Walking.”
He has been stripped of every right he ever had under the Constitution and Political Correctness will finally get him either in the courts or by a black thug or a white liberal.
Actually, being drunk probably gives you a much better chance of deciphering this than the rest of us.
And since the predicted riots and burning of ghettos never happened, why bother?
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