Leading is allowed on cross.

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2:29 p.m.
Singleton says she overheard Serino ask Martin if he recognized the voice.

She says Martin was crying and wiping his face with tissues. She says Green was rubbing his shoulders.

Singleton doesn’t remember Green saying anything.

Singleton says she remembers Martin saying it wasn’t his son’s voice.

O’Mara finishes questioning.

De la Rionda cross examines.

She says Martin was crying while listening to the recording. She says she was choked up herself and felt horrible for him because she has children of her own.

She says to know he was hearing the sound that ended his son’s life made it tough to watch.

Singleton says she saw him wipe tears from his eyes and could see he was upset.

“I can’t imagine having to go through that because I have children. I couldn’t imagine,” she says.

O’Mara redirects.

He asks if there is any doubt Martin said it wasn’t his son.

She says there was no doubt he said that.

Singleton is excused, but subject to recall.

2:23 p.m.
Singleton retakes the stand. She points out the approximate distance in the courtroom with the help of O'Mara.
Witness: Chris Serino - Sanford investigator

2:23 p.m.
O’Mara asks if it was significant in the investigation that Martin didn’t identify the voice as his son.

Serino says it became significant in the investigation because it wasn’t in dispute at the time.

He says statements from initial responding officers, Tim Smith, and the statement of Jon Good supported it was Zimmerman yelling for help.

Serino says it was for his own clarification that the information he had was correct.

He says when Martin said no he thought he was answering the question about the voice being his son’s.

Serino says Martin never contacted him to listen to it again or change his mind.

Serino didn’t question Green. He says she didn’t counter or disagree with Martin.

Serino says there was no concern Martin didn’t understand the question.

De la Rionda re-cross examines.

He asks about the prior information Serino mentioned. De la Rionda points out that when he played the call for Zimmerman, he said it didn’t sound like him.

De la Rionda asks about Green consoling Martin.

Serino says he has never had the voice or sound of the shooting on a recording before.

He says the circumstances surrounding the incident are also emotional.

O’Mara redirects.

He asks about the statement Zimmerman saying it didn’t sound like him.

Serino says that is typical for someone hearing their voice on a recording. He says a lot of people don’t recognized their own voice.

“I didn’t take it as denial,” Serino says.

Serino is excused, but subject to recall.

The defense recalls Doris Singleton.

2:15 p.m.
Serino says he doesn’t remember specifically telling Martin there would be a gunshot.

He agrees that Martin reacted appropriately to hearing the audio.

De la Rionda asks if Martin was having a hard time dealing with it.

“In my opinion, yes,” Serino says.

De la Rionda asks Serino if he prefaced the recordings that they would be difficult.

Serino says he believes he did.

Serino calls it a “very emotional moment.”

De la Rionda points out there was also a gunshot in the recording.

Serino says his judgment was to share all the information he had with Martin.

De al Rionda asks if there was any dispute that Martin understood that was the death of his son.

Serino confirms there was none.

He agrees he was trying to be sensitive.

Serino says Martin was looking away from him and the computer.

He says Martin’s response was under his breath, and he interpreted it as saying no.

De la Rionda asks if the no was directed at the audio just played or the identification of the voice.

O’Mara objects to speculation.

De la Rionda asks if Martin was hearing for the first time the death of his son.

Serino confirms it was before the audio was released.

De la Rionda asks about people's reactions to hearing about the death of a loved on.

Serino says they have extreme grief.

"It could be construed as denial," Serino says in answer to some people saying no.

De la Rionda finishes questioning.

O'Mara redirects.

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Bernie needs a violin too. Cry me a bucket Bernie...

Doris back

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The coppers keep calling Brandy Green the "girlfriend".
The defense is calling the Gym owner to the stand. Soon we will have the blood splatter guy. All the witnesses who were supposed to bring it home for Bernie, Guy and Weasel.

He already has a automatic thumb violin and it plays "My heart bleeds purple peanut butter for you"

What Bernie wants.... Bernie gets.......

DRINK

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Tracy was upset not only because his son was dead, but because he knew his son caused his own death. IMO

If MOM doesn't call Tracy, can the state call him on rebuttal? I think MOM should avoid calling Tracy. He made his point, but, I will say Bernie did put an emotional spin on it.

Witness: Adam Polluck - Gym manager

2:30 p.m.
Adam Polluck takes the stand. He owns Kokopelli's Gym and Fitness Center and is a trainer.

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This Adam would just continue with a story if he is not caught with the next question as he pauses ...which Bernie will probably never witness!

Witness demonstrates "Mounting" MOM

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A Demo on Bernie would be good... smash his head into the floor and see how he reacts?

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This guy does not play around.

http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/lon ... sch/nWsC9/

I agree, plus I would imagine he felt guilt. He knew that his son didn't want to be there and he left him there by himself. Couple that with the way he behaved when he found out that Mr. Martin didn't return home would make anyone feel like they weren't the best parent.

2:41 p.m.
Pollock describes his athletic history and competitions.

Pollock describes mixed martial arts fighting. He says different disciplines can fall under the term.

Pollock says a “ground and pound” is mounting the opponent on the ground.

He says it requires some means of getting them on the ground and keeping them there while striking them from the top downward.

Pollock says the reason to do that is to control the opponent and potentially end the fight immediately.

O’Mara asks about the benefit of a first blow.

“On occasion those first blows end a fight,” Pollock says.

He describes the positioning of a “ground and pound” maneuver.

He says a mounted position would have their legs above the other person’s hips.

O’Mara asks Pollock to demonstrate the position.

O'Mara lays flat on the floor while Pollock demonstrates describing the availability of the person's hands to defend.

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I've said that from the beginning for anyone who said Mr. Zimmerman wasn't in danger. LOL

Let someone lie there and take the punches and let us know when the correct time to react is.

Gym manager just testified that Zimmerman lost a lot of weight, but never progressed - at all - as a fighter; also, that Zimmerman's focus at the gym was to lose weight.

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Hey, let's take up a collection to get Pollock to show each of the prosecution team, Corey first, what GZ went through at the hands of TM™ -- who's in?

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3:55 p.m.
Pollock says Zimmerman trained for about a year at the gym, but did put his membership on hold for some time.

Pollock says he did grappling and boxer training, and also used the facility on his own.

He says Zimmerman asked his account be on hold in November and December 2011.

He rated Zimmerman a “1” out of 1-10 and says it takes a tremendous amount of work. He says Zimmerman was diligent and approachable, but he didn’t have the history and background to create an athlete.

Pollock says the training starts with becoming proficient in their own body. He says Zimmerman started at .5.

He calls Zimmerman a hard worker, but says some people take time for development.

2:48 p.m.
Pollock says the position is powerful for the person on top, who also has gravity working for them.

O’Mara asks about the term “shrimping,” which is the attempt to maneuver away from the person on top.

Pollock says the benefit for the person on the bottom is moving to the guard position is having the hands and legs available.

Pollock says a trained person that gets someone on the bottom usually knows how to keep them there.

Pollock confirms he knows Zimmerman.

He says he met him in October 2010 when he went to the gym to lose weight and get in shape.

Pollock says the exercise regime started with grappling due to his availability. He says he picked classes based on his school and work schedule.

Grappling is like wrestling only the purpose is submission.

He says a move with grappling includes positioning moves like shrimping, side control, and submissions like chokes, arm locks and leg locks.

Pollock says grappling classes were offered four days a week and a normal training session was two hours long.

He says he supervised all of it. He says Zimmerman was a beginner and not accomplished in grappling.

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