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Mark O’Mara engineers snipe hunt to avoid responsibility for publicizing...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Good afternoon: NBC News reported late yesterday: A Florida judge ruled Tuesday that George Zimmerman’s defense team cannot mention Trayvon Martin’s suspension from school,...
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Mark O’Mara should be sanctioned by the Court
Thursday, May 30, 2013 Good morning: Bad character evidence about the victim of a homicide is not admissible in a self-defense case unless the defendant knew it before the encounter that ended with the...
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Zimmerman case is simple: Trayvon Martin acted in self-defense
Friday, May 31, 2013 Good morning: I hope to forever put to rest the following argument: Since the defendant had a right to get out of his vehicle and a right to follow Trayvon, those actions cannot be...
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HLN reenactment falsely portrays shooting
June 4, 2013 Good afternnoon: Vinnie Politano and his “expert” death investigator, Joseph Scott Morgan, stumbled badly out of the HLN starting gate with a false reenactment of the shooting that is...
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Get a load of LLMPapa’s latest
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 Good evening sports fans. Here’s Papa’s latest. Yikes! Are you ready?
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What to expect tomorrow at the hearings in the Zimmerman case
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 Good morning: Except for RZ, Jr.’s unsupported claim that Dr. Alan Reich’s opinions are based on voodoo science, nothing new has been reported in the press today about the case....
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Watch and Comment: Zimmerman Frye Hearing Livestream
Thursday, June 6, 2013 Good morning: Judge Nelson set aside today and tomorrow for a Frye hearing regarding the admissibility of expert testimony about the death shriek and a hearing on the defense...
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If I were the judge l would admit expert opinion evidence regarding who...
It’s important to remember that every scientific principle, law, or methodology that is generally accepted in the scientific community today was once a novel theory or new methodology. The process by...
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Prosecution experts exclude the defendant as the source of the death shriek
Friday, June 7, 2013 Good evening: The Frye hearing is developing much as I expected it would, although I am surprised by how far afield the testimony has wandered. The scope of the hearing should be...
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Expert opinions about the death shriek are admissible at trial
Saturday, June 9, 2013 Good afternoon: The defense presented the testimony of two expert witnesses yesterday, Dr. Peter French from the UK and George Doddington from the United States, who agreed with...
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Opening Statements completed and four witnesses testify in Zimmerman trial
Monday, June 24, 2013 Good morning: We have completed the first day of trial and it was bizarre. Jim Guy’s opening statement was unlike any opening statement that I have ever heard. Focused and...
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How to prepare a winning closing argument
Saturday, June 29, 2013 Good morning: My opinion of Don West continues to plunge. What can I say about a soporific opening statement that began with a knock-knock joke? What can anyone say about a...
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Welcome to liveblogging day 7 Zimmerman trial (morning session)
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Good morning: Court will resume this morning at 9 am EDT with Mark O’Mara’s cross examination of Chris Serino, the man who was in charge of the Sanford Police Department’s...
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Prosecution delivers in seventh day of trial in Zimmerman case
Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Good afternoon: This was a strong day for the prosecution. Today’s session began with Judge Nelson instructing the jury to disregard Investigator Chris Serino’s testimony that he...
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Welcome to liveblogging day 8 Zimmerman trial (morning session)
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Good morning: Court will resume this morning at 8:30 am EDT with a hearing outside the presence of the jury regarding the admissibility of testimony by a professor at the local...
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Prosecution hammers defense with DNA evidence in eighth day of trial in...
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 Good afternoon: The State hammered the defense with DNA evidence today. FDLE laboratory analyst Anthony Gorgone testified that the defendant’s DNA was not found on Trayvon...
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Defendant faces Hobson’s Choice
Thursday, July 4, 2013 Happy Independence Day to everyone! I write today to allay concerns regarding the sufficiency of the State’s case. First, we know they are going to call the Dr. Bao, the...
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Welcome to liveblogging day 9 Zimmerman trial (morning session)
Friday, July 5, 2013 Good morning: Court will resume this morning at 8:30 am EDT. The prosecution probably will rest is case today. I am expecting the Assistant Medical Examiner, Dr. Bao, who did the...
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Judge Debra Nelson denies defense motion for judgment of acquittal
Friday, July 5, 2013 Good evening: Judge Debra Nelson summarily denied a defense motion for a judgment of acquittal this afternoon after the State rested its case. The first witness called by the...
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Will the defendant testify or not testify?
Saturday, July 6, 2013 Good afternoon: I write regarding whether the defendant should testify. I advised my clients not to testify, unless there was some specific reason why I believed they had to...
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