The George Zimmerman Legal Case defense team has filed additional motions in advance of the April 30th scheduled hearing:

• Defense demand for the details regarding the contents of Trayvon Martin’s phone
• Defense demand for the “enhanced audio” claimed to be in existence by Martin Family attorney Benjamin Crump of the 911 call tapes.   Previously Crump claimed a “cleaned up and/or enhanced copy of the calls led to Tracy Martin reversing his original statement about the screams for help NOT being Trayvon Martin.
• Defense notification of additional witness testimony which “might” be used at trial.  An enlarged supplemental witness list of unknown persons.   M-DSPD (?)
• Defense Reply to States response regarding sanctions for discovery violations and a copy of reimbursement expenses demanded.
• Defense amended Notice of Hearing 

Notably absent is any Defense/O’Mara reply to the States response regarding the Writ of Certiorari.   Apparently the hearing will continue forward while the substance of the Writ Request looms as an undetermined Appellate Court Decision [regarding the deposition of Benjamin Crump].

Florida Attorney General, and friend of Benjamin Crump, {{*INSERT LOUD CONFLICT OF INTEREST FLAG HERE}}  Pam Bondi, has filed the State’s response to the Defense request for a Writ of Certiorari surrounding deposition of Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump.

AG Pam Bondi has previously outlined, at great length -and effort for political capital-  her close personal friendship with Benjamin Crump.   During the Martin Lee Anderson Case Pam Bondi worked as prosecutor on behalf of the State of Florida, while Ben Crump was family attorney for the Andersons.

In addition, current special prosecutor, Angela Corey, was a campaign manager and advocate for Pam Bondi during Bondi’s 2010 campaign for Attorney General.

Here is the response pleading filed with the 10th District Court of Appeals: (more…)

So where do things stand?   

What happened to the release of the Martin Family VS. RTL Homeowners Association Settlement?     Wasn’t that supposed to be released around April 15th?…..  Or did O’Mara’s filing mess up that determination?

Next scheduled hearing date still scheduled for April 30th?

FYI, we will be following up with the M-DSPD Public Information Records request (FOIA) on Thursday if we do not hear anything over the next two days.

Gylmar Ochoa was a Detective in the wrong place at the wrong time.   It’s as simple as that.   The guy was just walking through the property room when Yvette Wilson was bringing in the stolen jewelry recovered from Trayvon Martin’s backpack.

Yvette Wilson, Property Room Specialist, was retrieving the Jewelry so that Detective Hadley could photograph the evidence as a supplement to the previous file, “Criminal Mischief”, complaint.

Ochoa was walking through when Wilson and Hadley were lining up the jewelry and screwdriver on an open cubicle.   Hadley asked Ochoa if he had a camera, he did not.  However, Ochoa took photographs of the jewelry and screwdriver with his cell phone and then sent the pictures via email to Detective Hadley.

What follows is the affidavit from Gylmar Ochoa answering the allegations of his Police Chief Hurley’s complaint alleging a department leak of criminal reports and information about Trayvon Martin. (more…)

Sergeant Lourdes Hodges was the person who opened the “Supplemental report” on the Dashboard of Detective Hadley after he completed sending the information requested to Sanford Sgt. Randy Smith.   Hadley sent Smith an 8 page report on Trayvon Martin from a Criminal Mischief complaint filed by School Resource Officer Darryl Dunn.

However, at the behest and instruction of Police Chief Hurley, the Mischief Complaint was only part of the behavioral issue from that day. The second aspect from the incident was Trayvon’s backpack containing stolen jewelry and a burglary tool. This part of the incident was intentionally mislabeled, and misreported, by SRO Dunn to eliminate the need for a criminal investigation. (more…)

Here is the sworn affidavit given by Commander Deanna Fox-Williams (pictured above second from right) to the internal affairs division of the Miami-Dade School Police Department.   The redacted name in all the documentation is Trayvon Martin, or the initials “TM”.

Within the affidavit you will find even more information about the specifics surrounding how statistics were manipulated and how officers were given specific instructions to conceal student encounters with law enforcement. Generally in favor of diversion programs intended for one purpose, to improve statistics.

The M-DSPD, under the leadership of Police Chief Hurley was attempting to inflate the appearance of their effectiveness by changing how police officers were permitted to engage with School Students and uphold the law.

Police officers were pressured and given instructions to falsely classify behavior, at times even invoking the “Baker Act”, so the criminal justice statistics could be artificially improved. By all appearances Trayvon Martin was one of those “diversionary” students. (more…)

(Hat Tip RecoverydotGod)  On Friday February 3rd 2012 the following News article appeared in the Tampa Bay Times:

Juvenile delinquency in Florida’s public schools declined dramatically during the last six months of 2011, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) announced today.

Delinquency referrals in schools throughout the state declined 16 percent compared to the same period the year before.   School referrals declined in 46 of Florida’s 67 counties, with Miami-Dade recording the biggest numeric decline (353 cases or 60 percent) in school-related delinquency.  A school-related referral is an arrest for a juvenile misdemeanor or felony committed on school grounds. (link)

Two weeks later,  February 15th, 2012, the following Press Release:

Another two weeks later, Sunday February 26th, 2012, one of those improved Miami-Dade statistics decided to confront a hispanic man named George Zimmerman, in Sanford Florida.  The high school junior, a diverted statistic from Krop High,  punched Mr. Zimmerman in the nose, knocking him to the ground, and straddled him MMA style. (more…)

On February 26th Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in a claimed self-defense shooting.   The claim by George Zimmerman would be bolstered by, forensics, witness statements, and subsequent Sanford Police investigation.

On February 29th as part of the investigation, according to investigative affairs within the Miami-Dade School Police Department, Detective Steven Hadley received a phone call from Sanford Police Dept Randy Smith.  [internal documents note Smith as both a Lieutenant and a sergeant – some confusion there]

Smith was requesting background information on shooting victim Trayvon Martin to complete a victimology report.   Hadley told Smith the Miami-Dade School Police dept fax number and asked him to submit his request in writing on letterhead from Sanford PD.

Upon receipt of the request in Miami Detective Hadley told Sergent William Tagle of the request who instructed him to access the Record Management System (RMS).   Hadley input Trayvon Martin’s information into the RMS system and located a police report.   Hadley informed Tagle of the report and was told to provide it to [Lieutenant/Sergeant] Smith. (more…)

An interesting ideological dilemma now exists regarding the 5th District Court of Appeals (DCA) about who should respond to their request for “Position” – ie. “order to show cause“.

The DCA is requiring “The State” be the respondant – they have to, there is no other way for the DCA to ask for an affirmative position to Nelson’s ruling.

Remember, the integral aspect to Judge Nelson’s ruling (essentially no deposition for Crump) was based in large part on the position that Benjamin Crump represented “Opposing Counsel” against Don West/Mark O’Mara and George Zimmerman. Subsequently she used the phrase “co-counsel”, a position from which the State of Florida, via Bernie De La Rionda, never distanced themselves from. (more…)

At 8:01 am this morning the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Florida gave Benjamin Crump 20 days to respond to the request for a Writ of Certiorari filed last week by George Zimmerman’s defense attorney Mark O’Mara – before they make a ruling.

After reception of Crumps response – O’Mara will have another 10 days to submit a reply.

At stake is whether or not Trayvon Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, will be deposed during the discovery phase surrounding the State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.

The judge, Debra Nelson, ruled twice that Benjamin Crump would not have to present himself for questioning by the defense surrounding the discovery, in March 2012, of a witness he named “Dee Dee” (Witness #8). (more…)