06-30-2013, 01:05 PM
The prosecution had to call the neighbor witnesses, even though none of them can say for certain what they saw or what they heard. If the prosecution hadn't called them, the defense would have called them. It was the right thing to do and I don't think de la Rionda was under any illusions that it would go any better than it did. At times, it felt like the witnesses were defense witnesses, imo.
I think that the two strongest neighbor witnesses cancelled each other out and DeeDee is kind of a wild card.
Jayne Sardyka is the woman who said she heard a boy crying for help and then saw Zimmerman walking around after the shooting as if he was asking himself what he'd just done. She couldn't say for sure whose voice she heard, but she held strong with her perception that it was the boy and didn't let the defense put words in her mouth on cross. Good for the prosecution.
John Good is the neighbor who says he saw the guy on top pummeling the guy on the bottom (in red) MMA style. He presumed it was the guy on the bottom who was screaming for help. He didn't let anybody put words in his mouth either. He was good for the defense, imo.
I do think that the defense was able to make self-defense seem reasonable during the prosecution's case so far, not good at all. But, next week should look more like a standard prosecution case; with the uncertain and conflicting neighbor witness accounts out of the way.
The prosecution should be moving on to the implications of the gun shot wound, blood spatter, time line of the incident and 911 calls, George's state of mind (including previous 911 calls which prosecutors will connect to "profiling"), etc... At least, that's what I've been waiting to see and think will make or break their case for either Murder 2 or Manslaughter.
The prosecution has a long way to go in disproving self defense to the jurors, but there's still a long way to go in this trial.
I want to hear Zimmerman directly explain the inconsistencies in his versions of events. I want to hear his story from his mouth under oath and subject to cross-examination. Judging by how the trial has gone so far, O'Mara would be a fool to put Zimmerman on the stand. Disappointing.
I think that the two strongest neighbor witnesses cancelled each other out and DeeDee is kind of a wild card.
Jayne Sardyka is the woman who said she heard a boy crying for help and then saw Zimmerman walking around after the shooting as if he was asking himself what he'd just done. She couldn't say for sure whose voice she heard, but she held strong with her perception that it was the boy and didn't let the defense put words in her mouth on cross. Good for the prosecution.
John Good is the neighbor who says he saw the guy on top pummeling the guy on the bottom (in red) MMA style. He presumed it was the guy on the bottom who was screaming for help. He didn't let anybody put words in his mouth either. He was good for the defense, imo.
I do think that the defense was able to make self-defense seem reasonable during the prosecution's case so far, not good at all. But, next week should look more like a standard prosecution case; with the uncertain and conflicting neighbor witness accounts out of the way.
The prosecution should be moving on to the implications of the gun shot wound, blood spatter, time line of the incident and 911 calls, George's state of mind (including previous 911 calls which prosecutors will connect to "profiling"), etc... At least, that's what I've been waiting to see and think will make or break their case for either Murder 2 or Manslaughter.
The prosecution has a long way to go in disproving self defense to the jurors, but there's still a long way to go in this trial.
I want to hear Zimmerman directly explain the inconsistencies in his versions of events. I want to hear his story from his mouth under oath and subject to cross-examination. Judging by how the trial has gone so far, O'Mara would be a fool to put Zimmerman on the stand. Disappointing.