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Posted by Andrew Branca on July 13, 2013 433 Comments
The Zimmerman trial jury paused their deliberations at around 6:00PM EST to present Judge Nelson with a question: “May we please have clarification on instructions regarding manslaughter?” Nelson announced the question to the parties in open court, and has now recessed court 30 minutes to...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 13, 2013 1,040 Comments
Well, here we are: Verdict Watch. The jury has been charged in Florida v. Zimmerman, and have begun their deliberations. The verdict form is here. Final Jury Instructions here. Last night they asked for an inventory list of the evidence–which makes sense given the dozens...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 12, 2013 435 Comments
All the closing arguments are now completed, and in a few moments the jury will be instructed, and then sent into deliberations. We will be covering the jury charge live here on streaming video, along with our usual twitter feed. Once the jury goes into...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 12, 2013 980 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, below. This morning Mark O’Mara is to present the defense’s closing arguments, striving...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 11, 2013 375 Comments
NOTE:  Streaming video of the entirety of the State’s closing argument is provided at the bottom of this post. Today, the State presented their closing argument to the jury in the matter of Florida v. Zimmerman. After 14 months of investigation and discovery, weeks of...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 11, 2013 704 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, below. The State is scheduled to begin its closing argument at 1:30PM today,...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 11, 2013 591 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed, below. This morning is the charging conference, in which the State and defense...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 10, 2013 355 Comments
The defense team continued on what is expected to be the last day of their presentation of their case. The day began and ended with a bang.  This morning Judge Nelson denied the defense’s request to introduce their animated movie as evidence, although they will...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 10, 2013 745 Comments
Today we will again be covering the Zimmerman Trial live, all day, with streaming video. Continuing commentary will be posted in the Twitter feed of selected contributors below the first video feed. We have brief summaries of the previous day’s events (including last night’s fireworks!)...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 07, 2013 298 Comments
Immediately following the close of the State’s case on Friday, Mark O’Mara, the lawyer leading George Zimmerman’s defense team, stood before Judge Nelson and made his oral motion for a judgment of acquittal for his client (a parallel written motion was also submitted to the...
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