Zimmerman is screwed

[knkali]

when your defense attorney opens up with a knock knock joke your screwed. The man's life is at stake. Are you kidding me?

Did you see the look of Z's attorney when the prosecution said his last few words to the jury(".... because he wanted to...")? His mouth was agape. He was thinking how is he gonna thwart this and then comes up with a joke?

Opening round went to prosecution. They better get their act together if Z is going to have a chance


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBSer_rmZUg

[getsome]

Yep, if you are the pitcher in a baseball game and your first pitch beans the batter in the head the rest of the game usually doesn't go so swell for your team....Real dumb move to use a very stupid joke that insults the jury as the opening statement....Too bad Zimmerman's gotten so chubby, those horizontal stripes really do make you look fatter....

[ltxi]

when your defense attorney opens up with a knock knock joke your screwed. The man's life is at stake. Are you kidding me?

Did you see the look of Z's attorney when the prosecution said his last few words to the jury(".... because he wanted to...")? His moth was agape. He was in thinking how is he gonna thwart this and then comes up with a joke?

Opening round went to prosecution. They better get their act together if Z is going to have a chance


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Not gonna happen. Zimmerman's toast. At least he'll be able to cite incompetent representation at appeal.

[jocko]

poor move on his attorneys part and also n the prosecution into to. the foul language wasnot good either. Zimmerman will be OK in this trial. Last resort if the trial seems to be going sounth is that zimmerman can take the stand. I don't see the judge allowing the prosecution to bring into thecase the past phone calls of their choosing either, as I think wthis owuld opent he door for zimmermans attorney to bring in the cell phone photos of the doper and his bad looking photos also..

[Sage]

If I'm a defense attorney and my client is guilty I want a not very intelligent jury. I may be abel to feed them BS and make them believe it. If my client is innocent I want an intelligent jury. They can usually sort through the BS and get find the truth. I believe Zimmermans jury is fairly intelligent.

[jocko]

agree, by next week they will have forgot allabout the opening remakrs as stupidf as they were on both sides. the facts will clear zimmerman.

[ltxi]

agree, by next week they will have forgot allabout the opening remakrs as stupidf as they were on both sides. the facts will clear zimmerman.

Maybe, but when you hit the wall or blow an engine in practice and have to start at the rear of the field you need to be good to come out on top. My impression of Z's attorney is that he's not all that great. Could be wrong of course. We'll see.

[jocko]

He's no slouch attorney. He will be OK..

[JohnR]

I agree with Jocko, the joke was dumb, but the prosecutor's moves were dumber.

[Ikeo74]

One benefit for Zimmerman about the opening knock, knock joke. If the jury finds him guilty, he will have a clear cut motion to ask for a new trial because of an inefficient Lawyer.

[knkali]

the opening statement by the prosecutor with the profanity was excellent in my opinion. It got the jury's attention quickly. Also, since it was Z's words used on the 911 call, it made Z look like a monster.

I do not think it will be easy to recover from this for Z. Not impossible but they have some work to do.

[muggsy]

agree, by next week they will have forgot allabout the opening remakrs as stupidf as they were on both sides. the facts will clear zimmerman.

+1 Were readin' this case with the same glasses, Jocko. No jury in it's right mind is going to jeopardize their own right to self defense. The prosecutor seems to be able to read minds. He claims to know what Zimmerman was thinking. Zimmerman will walk. It's his word against a dead man's word and the dead man ain't talkin. The evidence so far is in Zimmerman's favor. He wasn't even initially charged with a crime by the police.

[Glock23]

I personally see a conviction, if only due to the fact he didn't return to his truck when the dispatcher said he didn't need to be following him. To me, this implies he kept looking, in which case he becomes the aggressor.

Plain and simple, self defense no longer applies if you are the aggressor and you suddenly find yourself in over your head.

[jocko]

glock 23: ur opinion. he broke no laws by following him,. It might imply that to you but I don't see it that way. Gonna take more than that to convict on a 2nd degree murder charge. Mansalughter might have gotten an easier conmviction but 2nd degree,IMO not gonna happen.That fact that the prosecutor and police felt there was no charges to befiled are in Z's favor. By the phootos of Z's head and nose, I would have to say that Trevor was the agressor.

[Glock23]

Regarding the fight that ended with a gunshot, I would agree that Trayvon was more than likely the aggressor.

And I'm not saying that Zimmerman broke any laws by following Trayvon.

Trayvon ran. Zimmerman followed. That makes him the legal aggressor in the situation, and removes Zimmerman's legal right to use deadly force in self defense of that situation.