Source: Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel The Fifth District Court of Appeal in Daytona Beach today ruled that second-degree murder suspect George Zimmerman should get a new judge. A three-judge panel of that court concluded that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. in Sanford went too far when he wrote that Zimmerman is a manipulator and [...]
Source: Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel SANFORD – The judge in the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case agreed this morning to let the defendant travel to Orange County but only to go to his lawyers’ offices. Defense attorney Don West this morning asked Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester to let Zimmerman, 28, move out ofSeminole County. Lester said no, that that entailed [...]
Source: Rene Stutzman / Orlando Sentinel George Zimmerman today asked a judge to let him to move out of Seminole County. In a two-page motion, defense attorney Mark O’Mara said requiring him to live there and not leave its borders has made preparing his defense more difficult. Zimmerman needs to be able “to travel to meet with his lawyers,” O’Mara [...]
Source: Rene Stutzman and Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel Zimmerman and his wife, Shellie, are out of work, living in hiding in Seminole County, and spending a great deal of money on security because they fear for their lives, O’Mara said. “Seminole County is unquestionably the most dangerous county, most expensive county for him to be in,” O’Mara said. [...]
Source: Elizabeth Hewitt / Slate It looks like George Zimmerman won’t use the much-debated “stand your ground” defense after all. Zimmerman’s defense attorney, Mark O’Mara, said Monday that he will instead likely try to use a traditional self-defense argument to have the second-degree murder charge against his client dismissed, the Associated Press reports. Last week, the defense [...]
Source: Frances Robles / Miami Herald George Zimmerman went through almost $36,000 of contributions in 18 days spent mostly in jail, spending a bulk of his newfound cash on telecommunications, newly filed court records show. Using funds donated from the public on the short-lived www.therealgeorgezimmerman.com, Zimmerman and his wife spent $6,500 on Internet and phone [...]
Source: AP / CBS News George Zimmerman has been given a new bond hearing, tentatively scheduled for June 29, reports CBS affiliate WKMG in Orlando. The former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Florida teen Trayvon Martin will now sit in jail for at least a few more weeks. Mark O’Mara, Zimmerman’s attorney, told WKMG he is [...]
Source: Jamie Novogrod / NBC / MSNBC SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman’s legal defense team said Tuesday it would hold off for “a couple of weeks” filing a motion for a second bond motion for its defendant in the Trayvon Martin shooting case. The delay announcement comes a day after defense attorney Mark O’Mara acknowledged on his case’s [...]
Source: Frances Robles / The Miami Herald SANFORD — George Zimmerman’s defense attorney says he will not comment on a Myspace page that portrays his client in a “less-than-favorable” light, because the racially charged social media postings could come up at his murder trial. But he hinted that if Zimmerman’s postings will be scrutinized in [...]
Source: Trymaine Lee / The Huffington Post The defense team for George Zimmerman, the man charged with murdering unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has launched a new website, Facebook and Twitter account designed to dispute misinformation and provide “a voice for Mr. Zimmerman.” “We understand that it is unusual for a legal defense to maintain a social media presence [...]
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