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10:03 a.m.
Guy begins his opening statement with an expletive he says Zimmerman said. He repeats it again saying they were the words in the defendants head before using a “pistol” to shoot Martin.
Guy points at Zimmerman, describing that he was “upright” and preparing to tell police why he “profiled” and “murdered and unarmed teenager.”
Guy says Zimmerman used hate-filled words to describe an unknown person.
He says he will describe in detail the end of Trayvon Martin’s life, which he says was the product of two worlds colliding.
He says in one world, Martin went to the store to get something to drink and skittles for a 12-year-old friend.
Guy says that day, Martin spent the day playing video games and watching TV with Chad Joseph, 12.
Guy says they jury will see the 7-Eleven surveillance video.
Guy says Martin walked home talking on the phone with a young friend in Miami.
Guy says Zimmerman was riding around in his car with a Kel-Tec 9 mm pistol, ready to fire.
Guy says Zimmerman didn’t see a young man walking home, but someone “real suspicious” and “up to no good.” Guy says the jury will hear the tape and how Martin is described.
Guy says Zimmerman mentions there has been “a bunch of recent burglaries,” and the door chime of the car door can be heard.
Guy says Zimmerman said under his breath the expletive phrase.
Guy says at the end of the phone call the defendant made the decision that brought all of them there today.
“Tell the officer to just call me and I’ll tell him where I am,” Guy quotes. Guy says Zimmerman wasn’t going back to his car, but after Martin.
Guy says four minutes later the girl on the phone heard Martin say “what are you following me for?”
Guy says Martin was face down with his hands clutching his chest.
Guy says the ear buds from his phone were next to his head.
Guy says Sgt. Romano will admit to not following SOPs with the police department. Guy says the officer put his lips on Martin’s lips to try to resuscitateMartin, but those efforts were too late.
Martin’s parents are wiping their eyes.
Guy says Zimmerman was able to answer and understand questions. He says Zimmerman had a bloody swollen nose and two lacerations on the back of his head.
He says the defendant was asked if he wanted to go to the hospital.
Guy says more than 30 photographs were taken of Zimmerman at the police station. He says the jury will also see video of him in the police station.
Guy says police videotaped Zimmerman explaining walked happen, calling it a “tangled web of lies.”
He says Zimmerman told police that Martin approached him, but that did not happen.
Guy says phone records dispute that claim.
Guy says Zimmerman told police that at one point while he was in his car, Martin circled his call.
Guy says the non-emergency call proves that is physically impossible.
Guy says Zimmerman told police the reason he got out of the car is because he needed an address.
Guy says Zimmerman claimed Martin straddled Zimmerman and covered his mouth and nose. Guy says there was no blood on Martin’s hands.
He says Martin’s cuffs were examined and no blood or DNA was found. He says Martin’s blood was on the defendant’s clothes.
Guy says Zimmerman claimed that Martin told him he was “going to die tonight,” but no one else heard it.
Guy says Zimmerman claimed he spread out Martin’s hands, but a witness took a photo showing Martin’s hands under his chest.
Guys says there is irrefutable physical evidence.
Guy says Zimmerman claimed Martin went for his gun, but Martin’s blood or DNA is not found on the gun.
Guy says an expert will tell the jury all about the gun, and that there were eight rounds in the gun because there was a bullet ready to fire in the chamber.
Guy says the gun has a longer trigger pull to ensure there are no accidental firings. He says the shot was a contact shot. He says the jury will see the burn marks.
Guy says the jury will see evidence from the scene and the first thing will be how “remarkably dark it was.”
He says the crime scene technician will go over the evidence there, mentioning Zimmerman’s flashlight, a bag used by the officer to keep air in Martin’s chest, the drink and skittles, the shell casing.
Guy says the people there will testify, including residents.
Guy says no one heard or saw the incident from beginning to the end. He says they all got “slices.”
Guy says the witnesses also contradict what Zimmerman said.
Guy says Zimmerman said he was knocked down, but a witness says she saw them upright.
Guy says nobody heard Martin say the “die tonight” phrase.
He says a witness thought he saw kids playing, but saw it was more serious and saw Martin’s hands on the defendant’s body and didn’t see or hear a fight.
A physician’s assistant who examined the defendant the next morning, Guy says, will testify that Zimmerman needed a note so he could go back to work.
He says she thought his now possible could be broken, but everything was aligned and longest injury on the back of his head was two centimeters, not needing sutures.
Guy calls the 911 call “bone-chilling.”
He says they will hear screaming in the background and asks the jurors to listen carefully.
He says Trayvon Martin was silenced immediately and after the gunshot the screaming stops.
Guy says they will learn more about the defendant, the person riding around in a car with a gun.
_________________  Do not go gentle into that good night.___________ Rage, rage against the dying of the light
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