Thanks! This link is working wonderfully!

11:40 a.m. ET: Rionda has finished has cross examination of West. O'Mara is now asking West questions. West said some of the new witnesses disclosed by the defense are people that were victims of burglaries in the neighborhood that Martin was shot.

11:36 a.m. ET: Rionda wants to know why it took the defense so long to disclose some of the witnesses they intended to call. West said it was not intentional, and discovery is on going process and fluid process.

I DID warn that HLN was not the place of choice

Court TV may be worse

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Wow, look at her! Think this case is getting to Nelson??

11:44 a.m. ET: O'Mara has finished his redirect examination of West, and now Rionda is asking West questions. The judge stopped the questioning because it is not relevant to the issue of whether the prosecution committed a discovery violation.

Nelson asks for the defense to define any prejudice caused by potential discovery violations, and what sanctions would resolve that prejudice.

I think O'Mara is going to ask for a continuance here, maybe?

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

So now that the information about the police report was talked about in court can Tony Pipitone investigate it?

annnnd here we go.......... with Judge Nelson excusing Prosecution's "alleged discovery violations"...........

11:48 a.m. ET: Judge Nelson is asking how O'Mara how Zimmerman's defense has been hindered by the prosecution's alleged discovery violation. O'Mara said if the judge doesn't tell the prosecution to play by the rules they will not be ready for trial. Nelson said she doesn't understand what damage has been done, because every problem has been cured.

The violations are so numerous that EVERYBODY has trouble listing them all...

I think the point is BDLR has been playing games with a lot of the discovery for a year... and there are too many instances to list easily.

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HLN during a commercial break "You are watching the GZ case and there is some important stuff that you will not want to miss, we will be right back"
?????? You are right I don't want to miss it, stop telling me about male enhancement and having your "experts" talk about worthless things and let me hear the freaking hearing.

O'Mara can't explain this any more clearly to this obtuse judge.

Nelson appears to be leaning toward State discovery violations not causing a procedural prejudice against the defense.

O'Mara needs to say here that, due to the discovery violations, we will not be ready by trial date, and need a continuance.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

11:50 a.m. ET: Judge Nelson is walking through all the prosecution's alleged discovery violations and how they have been resolved.

Also: Nelson instigated an impromptu Richardson hearing in response to a motion to sanction for a specific discovery violation, but then didn't seem to want to allow introduction of other discovery violations that weren't referenced in the motion to sanction for a specific violation.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

He came close to saying just this when he first began responding to Nelson. Isn't she due off the bench for this kind of court soon?

This could be a reason she refuses to delay the trial further?

minute updates from the proceeding (Best read from the bottom up):

11:58 a.m. ET: Rionda said he didn't tell O'Mara about the Witness 8's lie, because he forgot, and it was a mistake on his part.

11:55 a.m. ET: O'Mara said the Rionda's failure to tell the defense that there were no hospital records for Witness 8 for 4 or 5 months was unethical.

"expert" on HLN just said that Nelson might not be the judge in the actual trial? First I have ever heard about that.

Nelson: "The Court does make a finding that a discovery violation occurred."

(Did I hear that correctly?)

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

I thought it was just me??