Kruidbos almost looking like "Risky Business" Tom Cruise there!

1:40 p.m. ET: The judge is on the bench, and O'Mara has called Zimmerman's defense attorney Don West to the witness stand.

1:45 p.m. ET: The defense received several reports on the evidence off Martin's phone according to West.

1:42 p.m. ET: West is walking through all the communication the defense had with prosecutors and investigators about Martin's phone. It seems the defense got information and evidence from prosecutors in a piecemeal fashion.

What I'd like the defense to do is break out Jose Baez's favorite courtroom toy, the giant easel, and write down in big bold words what the defense did and didn't get from the schemers, and when they got it. Then make another separate big bold list of the stuff they should have received but did not. Because there is no way in hell Doubtfire is following this.

1:53 p.m. ET: West said the defense got a copy of the phone's source file from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in February 2013. He says as of Feb 22, 2012, they had no knowledge of new information, but they did have the source file.

1:50 p.m. ET: West is walking through all the differences between the reports the defense received about the evidence on Martin's phone.

Jan - the easel idea, I think, is a necessary tool for the jury that will hear this case.

But as far as Nelson goes.....oh, she knows about the dirty dealings of the State - she will just refuse to acknowledge - the railroading must go on as scheduled!

1:59 p.m. ET: West said the defense hired an expert to examine the source file from Martin's phone, but he is unsure if he was able to get all the information off the phone.

1:56 p.m. ET: "We did not get the source file, until after we made several requests for it," said West.




HAHA, West made a funny - when asked how much his hourly rate paid by the court is, he answered and when asked how much MOM's hourly rate is, he answered (it was $50 per hour more than his) - and then West added: "and I don't know why that is...."

2:04 p.m. ET: West said the defense has not been able to go through the latest FDLE report on the phone, and he doesn't the firm will have time before the trial starts to process and investigation the information in the report.

2:01 p.m. ET: The defense recieved another report on Martin's phone from the FDLE on June 4, according to West.

MOM will ask for a continuation (again)

At least now we know why the Judge will not grant this (the necessary delay) yet again!

2:06 p.m. ET: O'Mara has finished his direct examination of West. Rionda is now asking him questions on cross examination.

Is Bernie nuts? Calling them out for not providing the information until 3 weeks ago when he held on to it for months and then turned over other data 2 days ago?

So his defense is, you are almost as bad as me?

Bernie cant find Conor Report... looks and looks...

MOM helps.... "...there..... it's under "c"......."

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Excuse my french, but Bernie is shit-show and a bag of chips!

2:09 p.m. ET: Rionda wants to know why the defense waited to disclosed to prosecutors they had hired an expert to examine the source file from Martin's phone until a few weeks ago.


Seriously, Bernie??

2:13 p.m. ET: West said in one of the intial reports regarding Martin's phone did show text messages about guns.

west finally unloads on bernie

Lol, West laughing at Bernie. Going on the attack, woohoo!!!

2:17 p.m. ET: "We caught you hiding the information," West raising his voice at Rionda.

I love how West pauses after Bernie is seemingly done, seems like it gets Bernie frustrated then he starts flapping his arms