walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[HairOfTheDog]

The defense already stipulated to this evidence being entered, a week or so ago. Then they object during the trial? The Judge is just being judicious. Giving the defense the opportunity to present case law so as to not give them an Appeal issue. Same goes for the previous NE911 calls.

The defense is, successfully, breaking up the flow of the States case in chief. It is a brazen planned attack.

The Judge will allow the college stuff, just as she did the NE911 calls.

It is what I would call playing foul, but it is what it is. And the State will move on.

I know, O'Mara has also objected to evidence that he previously stipulated as well. But, Nelson still has to consider the arguments and rule. Which she did. And, you're right, the evidence is in.

O'Mara argued using the same rationale that he did for the previous 911 calls, that the prosecution is trying to subtly introduce this evidence as "seething bad acts".

Case law supports that the coursework and rejected police application can be used towards state of mind. The judge ordered that personal information be redacted from paperwork. Prosecution agreed.

The prosecution will be using this circumstantial evidence to argue that while Zimmerman outwardly projected an image of concerned citizen, his actions and mindset were those of a frustrated wanna-be cop turned vigilante. The fact that a construction worker (Stucco man) helped catch a burglar in the neighborhood made Zimmerman feel "upstaged" and he was even more desperate to catch bad guys. This is my opinion of the prosecution's strategy based on the arguments made and the prosecution's case so far.

Here are the slides Prosecutor Mantei presented at the hearing. "D" stands for the defendant, Zimmerman.