[rarestia]

Are they doing this to discredit her or show that she’s an unreliable witness? It says that they found she lied about where she was for Trayvon’s funeral. That has nothing to do with her whereabouts or if she was on the phone with him the night he was killed.

I’m confused.

[chesley]

I don’t know about this stage of proceedings, but I believe (I’m not a lawyer), that if the jury determines that a witness has lied in one part of the testimony that they don’t have to believe any of it.

Somebody that knows correct me, please.

[wideawake]

If she testified under oath in a deposition that she did not attend Martin's funeral because she was hospitalized, and it turns out that she lied, then she has perjured herself and her other testimony can be impeached.

Moreover, the Martins refuse to allow their son's phone records to be released - so her testimony is the only evidence the prosecution has to corroborate their claims about the telephone call without giving up the phone records.

[Gay State Conservative]

Are they doing this to discredit her or show that she’s an unreliable witness?

Both.By proving that she lied about *anything* the defense can hammer her relentlessly on everything she says...if she testifies.Seems to me that the state might now refrain from calling her.