Breaking – Jury will not get to see Trayvon fighting texts
Also, Animated Video Not Evidence...
Also, Animated Video Not Evidence...
In my post last night I noted a near shouting match between defense attorney Don West and Judge Debra Nelson over whether text messages on Trayvon Martin's phone regarding fighting were "authenticated." Judge Nelson stated that there was no evidence that Trayvon typed the texts even...
By far the biggest news of the day came mid-afternoon when defense attorney Mark O'Mara informed Judge Nelson that his next witness, Elouise Dilligard, would be his last of the trial, and that he expected the defense to rest their case tomorrow. Given the expectations...
Also, Trayvon pot smoking to come into evidence via toxicology report...
The defense team of Mark O'Mara and Don West began their first full day of presenting their case to the jury today, although so far this morning it's been nothing but O'Mara. Rumors are that the defense plans to call ~25 witnesses, and they moved...
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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...
Zimmerman was not, in fact, in his vehicle at the time the police said "we don't need you to do that"...
Considering the wonderful job Andrew Branca has done covering the George Zimmerman trial, I've been relegated to something approaching potted plant status here. It ain't broke, so I ain't gonna fix that. But I will weigh in with my own thoughts on the case and the...
Prior TV interview contradicts current claims of certainty...
(NOTE: If you do wander over to the LOSD blog, be sure to come back to Legal Insurrection to comment, as nearly all my time is spent here for the duration of the trial.)
As the State prepares to rest its case against George Zimmerman as early as tomorrow, I can’t help but juxtapose where we ought to be in terms of the weight of evidence of Zimmerman’s guilt of second degree murder, and contrast it with where we...
First things first--Legal Insurrection presents yet another of our class-leading internet polls on Florida v. Zimmerman. Vote to lend your voice to whether George Zimmerman should be called by the defense to testify: Should George Zimmerman testify? Trial Day 8: Nearing the Close of the State's Case We...
Today seemed to begin with a rare and much needed "win" for the State prosecutors. Unfortunately, what followed was a relentless unraveling of that win into a snatching of defeat from the jaws of victory. First, however, we should start with what little good news...
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