Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Continued tweets of court hearing posted earlier today-- Please begin reading from the bottom.
https://twitter.com/KBelichWFTVKathi Belich, WFTV @KBelichWFTV 1h
Robert Zimmerman Jr just called for the state to drop the second degree murder charge against his brother. #Zimmermanon9
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The judge will allow the defense to challenge state's expert winesses next week and continue fight for sanctions. #Zimmermanon9
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Judge says no to defense request for a delay of trial. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense now arguing for a delay in the trial because it says prosecutors are withholding evidence. #Zimmermanon9
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Judge denied state's third motion for a gag order. #Zimmermanon9
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The IT director said prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda was involved--he is special prosecutor from Duval County. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense witness says the Duval state attorney's IT director who is his client provided the information. (1/2)
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Former Duval County prosecutor told defense that state might have withheld photographs and deleted texts.#Zimmermanon9
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Defense is calling a witness to show state lied to the judge about not having more information about Trayvon Martin's phone #Zimmermanon9
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Judge will hold a hearing Friday to hear a media attorney's argument that showing jurors is legal. WFTV is not involved. #Zimmermanon9
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Judge won't let jury to go to scene. She says it would be confusing as to where witnesses were.
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Defense says the jurors could go in a van with dark windows. State says conditions can't be recreated.
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Judge believes it would be a logistical nightmare and difficult to protect jurors identities.
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Defense wants to try to emulate conditions at the scene possibly at night. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense wants the jury to go to the scene. #Zimmermanon9
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Jurors will be numbered not named, jury selection won't be sequestered but will consider sequestering the seated jury. #Zimmermanon9
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Media object to a permanently anonymous jury. #Zimmermanon9
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Benjamin Crump has called the trial the most significant civil rights trial of the century. Defense disagrees. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense wants jury to be sequestered despite the costs and logistical challenges. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense says jurors might fear making a decision one way or the other because of possible repercussions. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense says people are facebooking about how not to get kicked off the jury. Wants the jury to be anonymous. #Zimmermanon9
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Judge is restricting much of defense evidence from being mentioned during opening statements and reserve. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense says it's relevant in conjunction with Trayvon Martin's behavior on the 7/11 video and George Zimmerman's statement #TrayvonMartin
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State says Trayvon Martin was not impaired by pot and jury should not hear that it was in his blood. #TrayvonMartin
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Judge won't allow defense to call officers involved in initial investigation and judge agrees unless the door opens #Zimmermanon9
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Judge says Trayvon Martin's text messages won 't come in unless defense can prove that they're authenticated and relevant.#TrayvonMartin
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Judge will allow Trayvon Martin's past fights to come in if defense can authenticate the evidence. #TrayvonMartin
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Defense says it has video of Trayvon Martin videotaping 2 friends beating up a homeless guy. #TrayvonMartin
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Judge says the defense cannot mention Trayvon Martin's prior drug use. #TrayvonMartin
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Defense wants to tell jury about Trayvon Martin's marijuana use to support George Zimmerman's statement that he could have been on drugs.
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State is arguing that the jury should not hear about Trayvon Martin's school suspensions for fighting and/or drugs. #Zimmermanon9
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Defense can't tell jury George Zimmerman passed a "lie detector" test unless the state challenges his credibility. #Zimmermanon9
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Court ruled that state can depose Shellie Zimmerman. She can take the fifth. The court will decide whether she must answer. #Zimmermanon9