05-22-2013, 09:02 PM
(05-21-2013, 05:34 PM)Adub Wrote: Zimmerman's attorneys want the jury to know that Trayvon smoked marijuana.
http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0513/052...cology.pdf
Just saw that the Huffington Post is carrying this story today.
George Zimmerman's attorney filed a motion Monday claiming that Martin likely was under the influence of marijuana at the time of his death in February 2012. Attorney Don West says that could be relevant to a jury evaluating Martin's actions the night he was shot.
From the legal doc that you posted, it says that Trayvon "swayed" when he was buying what I think the defense would like to depict as munchies (and they may have been) on the 7-11 video. The doc also states that the THC found in Trayvon's system would be lower than the legal definition for intoxication and that the test result could be from toking before the killing or residual from longer back. It's uncertain.
And, that this "could be" relevant to the jurors.
This seems like a transparent attempt to disparage Trayvon in the eyes of the jurors; it's not related to the killing and purely prejudicial, imo.
However, if the state plans to present the various "medications" that Zimmerman was taking that night (per his medical records) and suggests that they impaired George's judgment, maybe Nelson will let it in?.
IDK. I hope Nelson denies O'Mara's motion on this one. George can hypothesize about whether Trayvon was stoned because Trayvon's blood testing was part of standard autopsy protocol, giving the defense a door. However, George walked away from the killing and wasn't given a tox test because standard police protocol was bypassed, IIRC. Rubs me the wrong way.