Witness: John Donnelly - Friend of Zimmerman

11:28 a.m.
John Donnelly takes the stand. He is married to Leanne Benjamin and is a friend of Zimmerman.

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We've gone from the state team presenting witnesses that believed George is innocent to now the defense team presenting witnesses that believe he is innocent AND they like him too!

A PA trained in trauma. Medic in Viet Nam!!!!! Did he see GZ's wounds by any chance?

No mo money for them.....

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Bernie objects and Nelson begs (please approach) them to side bar!

Sorry, delete last post.
Done!

Bernie has not done so well on planting that reasonable doubt of Trayvon's guilt.

Will Bernie make the medic a bad guy because the screams he heard in a war were coming from men that wanted to kill others ...an entire company of depraved minds?

The defense case has not gone like the state's at all, has it? So far, no witness turned or impeached on cross, imo.

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Why is it the defense has to beg for a sidebar and denied and the state says appro......and Nelson says come on up....

11:43 a.m.
O’Mara asks how long Donnelly was in Vietnam. He says about a year.

He says 2-4 medics were there depending on a mission.

O’Mara asks if Donnelly talked to the other men or heard them yelling or screaming.

Donnelly says sometimes they had conversations, but once in combat the voices changed.

He says he tended to people in combat he knew during the day.

De la Rionda asks to approach the bench.

The attorneys go into sidebar.

11:36 a.m.
Donnelly says the friendship started with his help doing insurance policies for his real estate customers.

He says Zimmerman would come and sit and talk with them about business.

He says Zimmerman once asked him how to tie a Windsor knot for a tie.

Donnelly says he took Zimmerman to buy three suits, ties and shirts.

He says he has been in and out of the courtroom many times.

He confirms he has donated to the defense fund.

Donnelly says he has heard Zimmerman’s voice in casual conversation, laughing, and yelling during a political campaign.

Donnelly says he did not hear the 911 call with the screams until recently.

He says he was a combat medic in Vietnam.

O’Mara asks him to describe it.

De la Rionda objects to relevance.

Judge Nelson asks the attorneys to approach.

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Missed a couple of sidebars

DRINK

DRINK

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CALL SECURITY..... Trent lurking in the back!!!

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Nelson invites state but we've known all along that she's part of the state's team.

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BDLR going to push crying grampa off the cliff?

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11:50 a.m.
O’Mara asks if the yelling for help of a medic could be compared to how he heard them during regular conversation.

Donnelly says in battle, the screams can be distinguished and the job is to run to them where they are at and because you know the men you’re with, you know who it is before getting there.

O’Mara asks about the 911 call with the screams in the background.

Donnelly says he heard pieces of it in the news and tuned it out and walked away.

He says he didn’t want to hear it because it can be distressing to hear a friend yelling for help.

He says he listened to it this past Saturday while alone in his office.

O’Mara plays the recording.

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Leave it to a Vet to help send more rounds across the prosecution's bow.

Looks like the defense is doing a little imprinting of their own, the best part is their imprinting rings true.