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Circuit Judge Debra Nelson will be hearing testimony today as to whether or not to allow a voice expert to testify in the George Zimmerman - Trayvon Marin murder trial. Zimmerman is charged with first degree murder of Martin. In question is whether voice experts will be allowed to testify as to whether the screams on the 911 tape the night of the altercation between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin are that of Zimmerman or Martin. The hearing will resume again at 9 a.m. Friday, will be whether or not to allow the testimony of a state audio expert who says he heard Martin screaming and saying “I’m begging you” in the background of the same call.
The judge made rulings on other issues and heard other testy squabbling between attorneys. From going by the pre-trail hearings, this is going to be one ugly, ugly murder trial.
For a second day in a row, a Florida judge is weighing whether to allow certain voice experts to testify at the trial of a neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teen.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson is listening Friday to testimony from voice experts about whether witnesses with expertise in speech identification should be allowed to testify when George Zimmerman’s trial starts next week.
An FBI speech scientist, Dr. Hirotake Nakasone, a senior audio engineer, testified in court today that current technology cannot categorically determine whether a voice heard on a 911 tape screaming for help moments before Trayvon Martin was killed was that of Martin or George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering him.
Hirotaka Nakasone testified that he dissected the 45-second sample and found only three seconds in which the screams were not at least partially obscured by other sounds.
That’s too little for a proper analysis, he said.
“It’s not really feasible and not possible,” he testified, saying he was “disturbed” that other scientists had made identifications anyway.
Some of those other scientists are scheduled to testify Friday at the continuation of a hearing that will determine whether Circuit Judge Debra S. Nelson lets jurors hear anyone’s opinions about who made those cries for help.
Three audio experts have concluded that they either came from Trayvon, the unarmed 17-year-old who Zimmerman shot last year in Sanford, or ruled out Zimmerman.
In other rulings, George Zimmerman defense witnesses have been denied the request to testify confidentially and that they must do so publicly.
The trial is scheduled to begin June 10, 2013.
Posted June 7, 2013 by Scared Monkeys Crime, George Zimmerman, Legal - Court Room - Trial, Murder, Trayvon Martin | 7 comments |
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This case should never been prosecuted.
Both sides have experts that say the exact opposite. Play the tape for the jury, and let them decide, with no experts.
I think the only thing that is ‘proven’, is that you can get an expert to say anything, if the money is right.
This entire case should not be in the court. This has been caused because the radical blacks screamed loud about a little boy being shot.
Trayvon Martin was not a little boy. He was 18 years old and was bigger than George Zimmerman. This is also the result of the President of the United States showing his bias and doing we don’t know what behind the scenes.
The media is guilty of pushing this story with all kinds of false information.
Even a trained musician cannot determine the origin of the sounds on a 911 tape.
The state of Florida should be ashamed of themselves for allowing this case to take up the time of a court.
Agree with #1. I won’t be watching this one, it’s a waste of taxpayers dollars.
Agree also with #3—-this is more about the media pushing this story and keeping it in the headlines at this point.
It was an unfortunate altercation, and while it is terrible and tragic that Trayvon Martin lost his life, I really don’t think Zimmerman should be convicted of Murder.
Nor should Zimmerman have gotten out of his car.
So, IMO, this case is such BS and it turns my stomach to even watch it.
It’s BS! The more time that elapses, and the more information that has been slowly coming in to light over this case, the more it is obvious Zimmerman did fear for his personal safety, and in the State of Florida, anyway- the Stand Your Ground Laws should mean Mr. Zimmerman should walk away from this trial a free Man.
I was not so convinced of this initially, but again now that more facts are slowly being leaked, I am certain of it now.
If George Zimmerman is convicted of ANY TYPE OF MURDER, and a jury returns a guilty vote- WHEN THERE IS REASONABLE DOUBT AND FACTS WHICH PROVE OTHERWISE, then I will once and for all have lost ALL faith in the American Judicial System.
Not to mention, it would be a complete violation of George Zimmerman’s Rights.
All, IMOO.
New Girl Boston
My last gripe and comment about this case is also that Zimmerman uses poor judgement.
How are you STUPID ENOUGH, with your LIFE ON THE LINE, to stand in front of a Judge and LIE about your finances?
Also, Old Georgie Boy is going to milk the system for the rest of his life. You watch—he is blaming his inability to work and earn an honest living on the Publicity of his case, and his mental anguish and suffering, yadda yadda.
I don’t appreciate his mentality or his Wife’s after this point who have claimed “poor mouth” from the beginning.
So, George—take accountability and responsibility for your actions and Man up if you are lucky enough to avoid Prison time.
You were a victim of a Crime, and a young Man who assaulted you is dead because of it.
Move on, and stop your part in contributing to the dumbing down of America!
Trayvon Martin was NO ANGEL, and out of the only two people on the planet who know what was said, and exactly what happened —one of those is dead. Martin’s gf on the phone for part of the altercation has already lied about her “story” to the police.
There are no real winners here, in the end.
But Zimmerman’s lazy ass attitude pisses me off, too. He is all about taking and sucking off the system and his Wife and he are going to be litigating with Martin’s family for years. They are all trying to “cash in” off this tragedy and coast like George and SINdy Anthony for the rest of their natural born days. Seliing pics to the press, books, interviews, etc. I’m sick of you all and I’m so over you all. Get off my TV Screen and Computer!
BIG WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!
Thanks, NG Boston
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Judge Nelson should be taken of the bench for her behavior even if the jury was not in the courtroom. I have never seen such a disregard for what she is supposed to represent. Judicial Qualification Commission in Florida should be getting flooded-Write a letter