Audition ensemble pour les dossiers de médias sociaux de Trayvon

George Zimmerman‘s attorneys will ask a judge to allow them to subpoena Trayvon Martin‘s school and social-media records at a hearing next week.

Zimmerman’s defense has asked for subpoenas for records from the teenager’s middle and high schools, as well as his Twitter and Facebook accounts. A hearing has been set for Oct. 19.

immerman, 29, fatally shot the Miami Gardens 17-year-old Feb. 26 à Sanford. Authorities allege he profiled and pursued the teen.

Zimmerman says he fired in self-defense after Trayvon attacked him. Zimmerman’s defense is also asking for a continuance. In a motion, the defense team writes that “at least 50-75” witness depositions must be completed in the case before it will be ready for trial.

L'équipe de la défense a également présenté sa réponse à un dépôt par l'Etat, qui se réfère à des demandes de dossiers scolaires de Trayvon comme un “expédition de pêche.”

Benjamin Crump, un avocat pour la famille de Trayvon, a déclaré lundi soir que les dossiers scolaires et la page Facebook ne sont pas pertinents pour le meurtre.

Dans l'un des plusieurs nouveaux dépôts, avocat de la défense Mark O'Mara écrit que les demandes font partie d'un “plan bien pensé pour se concentrer sur des informations potentiellement pertinentes et recevables.”

O'Mara a également noté que l'Etat a recueilli les dossiers de haute école de Zimmerman de Manassas, Virginie. “Pourtant,, lorsque les mêmes documents exactes sont demandées au sujet de Trayvon Martin, l'État dénigre la demande comme une expédition de pêche,” O'Mara écrit. “L'ironie est riche.”

Dans une troisième nouvelle motion, O’Mara asked to be allowed to review the court’s copy of a recorded law-enforcement interview of a woman identified as “Witness 9.” That witness, in two interviews made public in the case already, accused Zimmerman of disliking black people and of molesting her when they were both young.

O’Mara writes in his motion that the state failed several times to provide him with a working copy of a third Witness 9 interview, and he wants to know whether Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. received a bad copy, trop. Zimmerman “requests the opportunity to review, with the court, the recordings … to ascertain whether or not the Court received an accurate recording as finally disclosed by the State … or if the Court received an inaccurate or inaudible recording, as the defense has received up until” the latest evidence exchange on Sept. 19.

The motions will be heard by Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, who recently took over the case. Lester was forced to recuse himself after he wrote in an order that Zimmerman had showed “blatant disregard for the judicial system.”

Source: orlandosentinel.com