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Zimmerman is asking for a delay in trial
January 30, 2013 16:58 EST

...........Attorneys for George Zimmerman filed a motion Wednesday, asking that his second-degree murder trial be pushed back from its scheduled start in June.........

Spokesman Shawn Vincent says Zimmerman's legal team would like the trial moved to November.

More at link.....

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/30/3208715/zimmerman-is-asking-for-a-delay.html
 
Reader forgot to include her link, so here is one:

George Zimmerman's Attorneys File Motion To Delay Trayvon Martin Trial

By MIKE SCHNEIDER 01/30/13 06:30 PM ET EST Associated Press

"ORLANDO, Fla. — Attorneys for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting Trayvon Martin to death on Wednesday asked for more time to prepare his case, saying prosecutors had been slow to turn over evidence.

At the same time, Zimmerman's lead attorney, Mark O'Mara, renewed his request for donations to Zimmerman's legal defense, which he said could cost up to $1 million."

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"A hearing in which Zimmerman will argue he was acting in self-defense is scheduled for April. The judge has said that hearing will be at least 45 days before the trial."

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This Orlando Sentinel article details where some of the money has gone:

O'Mara: We've spent $300,000 on George Zimmerman and are desperate for more donations

January 30, 2013|By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel

"Defense attorney Mark O'Mara and client George Zimmerman have spent their way through more than $300,000 in donations and are desperate for more funds.

"The case is out of money," O'Mara said Wednesday, just hours before he filed court paperwork asking that the trial, currently scheduled for June 10, be delayed."

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Prosecutor against delaying Trayvon Martin case

http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/3de996f2-www.weartv.com.shtml?wap=0&

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The prosecutor in the case of the former neighborhood watch leader charged in the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin is asking the judge to deny a defense request to delay the trial.

In a written response to the motion to postpone the trial until November, state attorney Bernie de la Rionda said that George Zimmerman's attorneys weren't following the judge's suggestions for obtaining wanted discovery documents faster..........

Little more at link.....
 
Hearing to set schedule in Zimmerman case
February 14, 2013 06:54 EST

http://www.weartv.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.fl/31ea6713-www.weartv.com.shtml

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- A judge presiding over the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is holding a brief hearing to discuss scheduling and the jury selection process............

O'Mara also wants to nail down the scheduling of Zimmerman's "stand your ground" hearing in which the judge will decide if there is enough evidence to go to trial or if the case should be dismissed. That hearing must be held by the end of April............
 
What’s Happened In The Trayvon Martin Case Since You Stopped Paying Attention

By Judd Legum on Feb 14, 2013 at 12:00 pm
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...since-you-stopped-paying-attention/?mobile=nc
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Quick synopsis with links to much more information. Of particular interest is a link to:
Forensic evidence both supports, casts doubt on Zimmerman claims
Review of evidence finds good and bad for Trayvon Martin's accused killer
Published On: Feb 10 2013 09:44:44 AM EST
http://www.news4jax.com/news/Forens...aims/-/475880/18487206/-/2eb0sgz/-/index.html

WS members had already reached many of the same conclusions a long time ago!
 
http://touch.orlandosentinel.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-74422816/

Judge denies George Zimmerman's request to delay 'stand your ground' hearing
By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel
3:10 pm, February 14, 2013

"SANFORD — The judge in the George Zimmerman murder case on Thursday rejected his lawyers' request to delay the start of his "stand your ground" hearing in April and ordered 500 potential jurors – more than the fire marshal allows in the Seminole County Courthouse jury room – for his June trial."

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"She gave attorneys the option of starting it a week early – April 15. Attorneys for both sides settled on April 22, and if a second week is needed, roll into the week of April 29."

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Thursday's hearing was quick affair, announced just the day before and requested by O'Mara, who last week lost a request to delay Zimmerman's June 10 trial.

Thursday's hearing quickly morphed into a catch-all of pending and upcoming business.

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The next hearing is Feb. 22, when Zimmerman's attorneys will ask the judge to order Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Trayvon's family, to appear for a deposition.

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Key deposition sought in Trayvon Martin case

http://www.centurylink.net/news/rea...org>&news_id=19334200&src=most_popular_viewed

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — A judge says the attorney for Trayvon Martin's parents does not have to give a deposition to George Zimmerman's attorney.

Defense attorneys for the former neighborhood watch leader accused of fatally shooting Martin are seeking to obtain a deposition from a witness who says she was on the phone with the teenager before he was killed.

Zimmerman's lead attorney, Mark O'Mara, wants to question the woman known as Witness 8..............

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State Task Force Sticks By 'Stand Your Ground'

http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/State-Task-Force-Sticks-By-Stand-Your-Ground-192639271.html

........The 45-page report ultimately recommended to keep the law. In it's core findings, the panel stated "All persons who are conducting themselves in a lawful manner have a fundamental right to stand their ground and defend themselves from attack with proportionate force in ever place they have a lawful right to be."..........

The report did recommend some tweaks. They would like to see legislators review standards for neighborhood watch groups, including telling volunteers not to pursue potential suspects.
 
Teenage witness in Trayvon Martin case 'lied' about hospital visit, lawyer says

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/0...dmits-misrepresented-herself/?intcmp=trending

The case of the Florida man accused of fatally shooting unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin last year took two twists Tuesday at a monthly hearing attended by attorneys on both sides of the case.............

MyFoxOrlando.com reports defense attorney Mark O'Mara, who is representing the alleged shooter George Zimmerman, was seeking medical records for Martin's girlfriend.................

"And that [prosecutor] Mr. [John] Guy represented there would not be hospital records confirming her sworn statement, because, in fact, she lied."

Guy confirmed there were no hospital records for Witness 8............

O'Mara also said he won't need the two weeks a judge previously set aside for an immunity hearing under the state's controversial self-defense law, though the issue could be folded into the trial.

O'Mara previously stated that he hopes to wrap the "stand your ground" hearing into Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial, scheduled for June 10. He said that could still possibly happen and the judge has said she is open to it..............

More at link.....
 
Chief witness in Trayvon Martin case lied under oath

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/06/us/florida-trayvon-martin-case/index.html?iref=NS1

The state's chief witness in the Trayvon Martin murder case lied under oath, prosecutors say.

The young woman who says she was on the phone with Martin when he encountered George Zimmerman lied about her whereabouts at another time, the prosecution told a judge Tuesday.

The woman, whose name has not been released, had told prosecutors that she was in the hospital on the day of Martin's funeral. The defense then sought her medical records.
 
Jose Baez: Evidence 'so weak' in George Zimmerman case

By Hal Boedeker, Staff writer, 9:02 a.m. EDT, March 10, 2013

Jose Baez turned analyst on the George Zimmerman case and gave viewers of preview of what they might see in coming months.

“I have never seen a high-profile case that is so weak as the Zimmerman case,” Baez told Lauren Rowe on WKMG-Channel 6’s “Flashpoint.” The program aired Sunday morning.

Baez said he based his view on the evidence and not on his representing Chris Serino, the lead Sanford police investigator in the case. “I just think looking at the overall case, it’s extremely weak,” Baez said. “I had that opinion from very early on in the case.”

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Baez cited several reasons for his take on the Zimmerman evidence: The only eyewitness says that Martin was on top during the fight, and Zimmerman told law enforcement he was screaming for help during the fight, a point backed up by a 911 tape.

But Baez refused to predict an ending. “You can’t call this one without letting it play out,” he said. “You just never know what’s going to happen. You can’t call it. Trials are not scripted events.”

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/ente...-on-george-zimmerman-20130310,0,6429443.story

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'Flashpoint' talks to attorney Jose Baez (VIDEO - 22:18 --- after about 7 min or so .. it becomes this case related "talk")

Published On: Mar 07 2013 09:28:37 PM EST Updated On: Mar 08 2013 07:52:56 AM EST

http://www.clickorlando.com/-Flashp...Baez/-/1637238/19230058/-/e0pn6d/-/index.html
 
Trayvon Martin Case: George Zimmerman's brother compares slain teen Martin to alleged Ga. baby-killer on Twitter

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_...-martin-to-alleged-ga-baby-killer-on-twitter/

On March 24, Robert Zimmerman, Jr., tweeted an image of Martin alongside one of De'Marquise Kareem Elkins, the 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting one-year-old Antonio Santiago in his stroller on March 21.
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Trayvon Martin Case: Handwritten letter from girl reportedly on phone with slain teen made public

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_...ortedly-on-phone-with-slain-teen-made-public/

(CBS) - A handwritten letter sent to Trayvon Martin's parents by the girl who says she was on the phone with Martin just before the teen was fatally shot has been made public, as part of new filings in the case against George Zimmerman.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, the letter was attached to prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda's response to a defense request for sanctions against the state for not revealing that the girl, known as Witness 8, had made false statements.
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Trayvon Martin targets: Fired cop fires back, saying it's a conspiracy (+video)

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justic...cop-fires-back-saying-it-s-a-conspiracy-video

First, a police sergeant in a Florida department only an hour away from where Trayvon Martin was killed gets fired for allegedly bringing targets that resembled Trayvon to a shooting range.

Now, the officer has responded in an online video, suggesting that he brought the pictures as a "no-shoot training aid," and that he might be a pawn in a broader conspiracy to bring down the chief of the Port Canaveral Police Department...............

More at link......
 
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