Funny thing is, is myself and others spent quite a bit of time explaining patiently, in detail, using the law and the evidence to demonstrate why the case is so weak. If they're still ignorant as to why there's no chance of a conviction sticking, it's entirely by their own choice.

IMO ALERT!!! IMO ALERT!!! IMO ALERT!!! IMO ALERT!!!

I guess the concept of "Justifiable Homicide" is still a ship passing in the night. That they can't see the Defense can raise reasonable doubt for basically every issue is beyond me. The Defense has witnesses, they have injuries, they have the ballistics, they have the angle of entry for the bullet, they have George Zimmerman's DNA on the cuff of a sleeve worn by Trayvon Martin.

It defies logic that the person winning a one-sided fight would be calling for help for over 38 seconds. After the shooting and Zimmerman was in the patrol car he said "I was yelling for help and no one would help me." Long before anyone knew that the "helps" were recorded. That is HUGE to me.

And then there is W8. The APC is based primarily on her deposition. The State has a lot riding on her testimony. The Fulton-Martins have a lot riding on her testimony. The mere fact that their very own lawyer injected himself into the case by his handling of her is going to do serious damage to her credibly then anything MOM can come up with. She wasn't "produced" until after the lawyers and the family had heard the NEN call from GZ and the incoming 911 calls. And she wasn't taken any where to give a statement. Instead he chose ABC and Matt Gutman to introduce her. His agenda became more important than their case, IMO. He chose publicity over "Justice For Trayvon" and the proper way to get evidence in Martin's favor into the system.

That young woman didn't want to come forward. She resisted the pleas of Sybrina Fulton while they were walking in the yard at SF's house. It is safe to assume she most likely resisted the efforts of Tracy Martin, too. He is the one who had her contact information so I am assuming that he forwarded that information to SF. They were desperate to move the case forward towards an arrest. If W8 had come forward in a timely and proper fashion that arrest warrant would have been issued weeks before it actually was and much of the unrest would have never happened.

To say that she was frightened to come forward, I don't understand. There was no hue and cry until after March 8th. Nothing to be frightened of for over a week to ten days, IMO. This was her good friend who was shot and killed. Why would she refuse to help his family? She knew their position. And nothing. The SAO had to go look for her and bring her to SF's apartment because she didn't show for her scheduled deposition. She didn't want to come forward. She didn't want to help. Period.

Or she was manufactured by Crump. The timing is highly suspicious to me.

In any event, if this case falls apart because their Class A- "Star" witness is compromised no one need look further than Benjamin Crump to point a finger. He will no doubt say the SPD dropped the ball. Well, it was his advice that kept Tracy Martin from turning over that PIN for investigators. Why didn't Tracy Martin want to help his own cause? Why would he force the State to get a search warrant?

How often does a lawyer, representing the interests of the victim's family, get put on notice that he will be deposed by the Defense? I don't follow a lot of trials so there may be some out there but I don't recall any off the bat.

The Legacy of Trayvon Martin will be that race was made a factor in a case where there was no racism. He will fall into the ranks of Tawana Brawley and the Duke Lacrosse Players. And for a family who says that they want to do good things by awarding scholarships to other youths, I think that is a shame.

It is a terrible tragedy that the young man is dead. Poor choices were made all the way around in this by both individuals. No one is going to come out ahead. One life is over and another is changed irrevocably. There are no winners here. There is no justice.

Perfect Storm.

Tony Pipitone @TonyPipitone

George Zimmerman defense says next week's motions hearing has been cancelled, as there are no motions pending. #TrayvonMartin #Local6
3 Jan 13

on 02 January 2013.
On October 12, 2012, the Zimmerman defense filed a Motion to Schedule Standing Hearings to Address Discovery and Other Case Management Issues. In response to our motion, the Judge has pre-scheduled a number of hearings that can be used if the defense or the state has motions to bring before the court. The next pre-scheduled hearing was set for January 8; however, the defense and the state have agreed that there are currently no matters that can be appropriately addressed by the Court on that date, so we have chosen to waive the January 8 hearing. The next hearing is scheduled for February 5, and we anticipate there will be new motions put before the court in advance of that hearing date.

It's somewhat obvious that this case has taken a turn toward true justice for those who have actually read the discovery documents and examined the circumstances of the events on the night of February 26th. I've been posting on this forum since May, and before that on another forum that shall remain unnamed (not over there, heavens forbid). As more and more was revealed of the prosecution's evidence it settled into reasonable people's minds who was solely responsible for this murder. One by one the ridiculously convoluted and abjectly absurd arguments in favor of George Zimmerman were presented, discussed, debated and eventually decided. Unfortunately for George Zimmerman, the facts in discovery evidence do not support his various and sordid tales of the events of that night. Therefore, all those supporting his alleged innocence eventually tucked tale and ran, or were forced to either put up and support their theories and hypotheses with facts, or just shut up.

This is called winning the debate.

Now we have arrived at this juncture in the case, just waiting for the course of justice to be served. In nearly everyone's mind here, George Zimmerman will be convicted of his crime in some degree, barring some crazy quirk of a stuffed jury or another Pack of Pinellas Pitifuls.

I am overjoyed my participation here has afforded others the opportunity to see the true facts, and the overwhelming indicators of guilt in George Zimmerman's horrific crime. I'm pleased to be part of the path to justice for Trayvon Martin.

Thank you Justice Quest, and most of all thank you Trayvon Warriors!

Retention of Cases:
The interest of justice may require that a judge retain assignment over one or more cases that would customarily be transferred to another judge at the time of the annual rotation of judicial assignments. Any Circuit Judge may elect to retain assignment of individual cases and shall accomplish this by entering an order directing to the Clerk not to reassign the case.

MJW says:
January 2, 2013 at 11:46 pm

Marlene Alva was a public defender before she became a judge, so conventional wisdom says she’d be a good choice from the defense’s perspective.

There have been some differing claims.. eg Nelson will keep the case.. but Jeralyn is a very reliable source, so I'll run with what she says.

It does explain why Nelson might have remained ANNOYINGLY uninformed about the facts of the case. Lets hope the New Judge has done some advanced study and/or is a bit sharper and quicker on the uptake than Nelson.