oops! Saw it was posted earlier! Sorry! Carry on...

O'Mara is in Bahadoor-pissed-off mode.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

2:58 p.m.
O’Mara asks her which bruise she is connecting with the swelling. She points to one and says use of the photo is extremely unscientific.

“I find it difficult when half the photograph is cut,” Dr. Rao says.

O’Mara asks if she has a better photo, but she says she has the same ones.

He asks her to compare her copies with one of his.

She doesn’t seem to find it.

O’Mara asks her for a maximum number of hits.

She says three, but O’Mara points out that was the minimum.

O’Mara asks her for a maximum and then point out the different bruises possibly caused by a strike.

She says she doesn’t know, but says O’Mara can give her a scenario and she can say consistent or not.

2:49 p.m.
O’Mara asks to examine Dr. Rao from beside her at the witness stand.

O’Mara hands her a photo of the top of Zimmerman’s head and asks if there is bruising about his left ear.

She says she just sees the punctate abrasions and moles on his head.

She doesn’t think there is swelling, but is just the shape of the head. She calls the camera angle “funny.”

O’Mara shows her the photo of the back of Zimmerman’s head.

She says if it is swelling, the bruise should be marked so she wouldn’t question it.

O’Mara shows her another picture from the other side. She says she sees a bruise on the right side. Impact from concrete could cause it.

She points out another small, pink bruise.

It could be from impact and a different one that the other bruise.

She says she also looks at the contour of the head.

O’Mara asks why there is one long injury.

She says the force used may not be the same in another part of the head.

O'Mara shows her another picture of Zimmerman's head, looking down at the top left of his head.

She says the same bruise is visible.

O'Mara asks her if she is acknowledging swelling on the right side. She says correct, but there is a bruise. She says there is no bruise on the left side.

2:42 p.m.
Rao says she would need to look at her own photographs.

O’Mara gives her the opportunity to look at them.

She says she printed them from the computer. She says very fine little abrasions can be seen.

O’Mara says he would like to go over them more formally and asks for a moment from the court.

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Corey's poodle... what a farce

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3:07 p.m.
Guy asks her about her appointment and if she slanted her testimony because she was appointed by the governor.

She says, “Absolutely not.”

Guy asks if the defendant ever described his head being hit on the edge of concrete.

She says no.

Dr. Rao is excused.

Richard Mantei asks to approach Judge Nelson.

3:06 p.m.
“It’s so impossible to get a bruise and swelling and say that was separate,” Dr. Rao says.

O’Mara asks her about swelling below the lacerations.

“The head would have to be really contorted to give you all those injuries from different impacts,” Dr. Rao says in response to O’Mara asking about the head and different injuries.

O’Mara suggests the injuries could have come from the edge of the concrete.

“It’s possible,” she says.

O’Mara asks about Guy’s focus on life-threatening injuries and if the state attorney’s office prepped her about it as an element of the case.

She says no.

O’Mara asks her if she understands the extent of injuries on Zimmerman have nothing to do with the case.

Guy objects. O’Mara is asked to rephrase.

O’Mara asks if she was prepared to testify there were life-threatening injuries. She says no.

O’Mara asks about the “next injury,” calling it the one he didn’t have to survive.

O’Mara finishes questioning.

Guy re-directs.

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Next witness not available. Did he/she hear this cross through the door and run for the hills?

Weasel's next witness not available... side bar then Recess


DRINK

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Thanks, everyone! Easy to get back up to speed with your comments and Rumpole's recaps. I totally agree this ME is coming off as a hired opinion; would have testified to alien abduction for the right price.

Is anyone else wondering if the apparently-anything-for-a-price ME's state provided packet/disk contained limpy's videos? Or are we pretty certain at this point?

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Rao's personal definition of "slammed" is irrelevant.

Per the jury instructions, members of the jury must put themselves in the circumstances of the accused at the moment he used deadly force. In that case, "slammed" must be defined in the context of contact to the face and head after just having one's nose broken, being knocked to the ground and mounted, and being beaten.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

Schaeffer says bought witness was combative and trying to avoid answering MOM. Hurts credibility.

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LOL!

I know. I have said that when people minimize Mr. Zimmerman's injuries.

Let's have one of the prosecutors lie down and have a volunteer (I'm sure many will volunteer) hit them and let the prosecutor tell at what point they feel it is necessary to do anything to have them stop.

Well, speak of the devil... noted earlier she hadn't been in court:

Alisha is at it again...Hannity interview showed no remorse, God's plan...ME was good for state.

I hope there's no evidence of George playing cops and robbers at age 4 or 5. That would definitely prove 2nd degree murder.

If Nelson lets in the college transcripts and police applications/ride-along garbage, that it will constitute yet more reversible error on appeal. This information is simply not relevant to the events surrounding the charge.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

How do criminal justice courses help the State prove that Zimmerman committed second-degree murder.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)