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Happened in the moments before trayvon martin was killed. this 3-d computer animation of the confrontation between trayvon martin and george zimmerman. the reenactment video comes from daniel shoemaker, a witness for the defense. his company claims to be the only company in the united states with wireless motion capture technology for crime scene and accident reconstruction. he uses a motion capture suit to track the movements. on the companys youtube channel, we found this re-enactment from ano...

Wants to put forward. the sophistication is pretty remarkable as our randi kaye shows in this behind the scenes look. >> reporter: this someone picture of what might have happened in the moments before trayvon martin was killed. this 3-d computer animation of the confrontation between trayvon martin and george zimmerman. the reenactment video comes from daniel shoemaker, a witness for the defense. his company claims to be the only company in the united states with wireless motion capture technol...

Video in their argument today, did the judge rule on whether or not that would be admissibladmi? >> essentially the guy that put this video together, this animation together, hes out of california and used technology similar to what would have been used in avatar. you suit people up with these high-tech suits, it all goes back to a computer, where theyre able to see the exact movements, they wanted to show a computer animation of trayvon martin and george zimmerman meeting at the t that we all k...

To tell and actually the judge mentioned that theres no way to tell exactly when those text messages were sent or who may have sent them, who may have access to trayvon martins cell phone. theres no evidence that it was trayvon martin himself, the judge said, sending those texts or pictures. the prosecution saying no evidence of exactly when those pictures of trayvon martin, when a picture of a gun was taken, exactly who was in the photograph. then the defense countered, saying that he was exhau...

Video in their argument today, did the judge rule on whether or not that would be admissibladmi? >> essentially the guy that put this video together, this animation together, hes out of california and used technology similar to what would have been used in avatar. you suit people up with these high-tech suits, it all goes back to a computer, where theyre able to see the exact movements, they wanted to show a computer animation of trayvon martin and george zimmerman meeting at the t that we all k...

Earlier in these lengthy happens when the defense complained about the prosecution tactics, they fought about a computer animation of the struggle. the judge said shes going to weigh the arguments tonight, rule tomorrow, the text, the photos, tomorrow and make her ruling. its unclear whether tonights hearing will derail defense plans to rest tomorrow. a lot to talk about tonight. sunny hostin and jeffrey toobin join me. on the defense table, danny savalos and mark geragos. and dr. lawrence kobal...

Trial of somebody screaming in the background of the 911 call was the voice of his son. shep? >> shepard: the day began with two very important rulings that went the way of the state. >> yeah, judge debra nelson really agreeing with the states objections here. first, she told the defense they were not allowed to show as evidence their computer animation showing the fatal final minute. also showing martin as the aggressor. but the defense can use this as an exhibit during its defense closing argu...

Gregg: we are live back inside the court room in the george zimmerman murder case. but the judge made a couple key defense motions rulings. phil, tell us about these two rulings. computer animation and text messages. >> reporter: the defense for george zimmerman invested hours upon hours to persuade the judge to allow their defense animation depicting martin behind the town homes. but george nelson issuing her ruling, the defense will not be allowed to enter as evidence this animation. the state...

Rulings the judge made on the computer animation as well as the text messages on trayvon martins phone. >> the key word is essentially. there are two ways evidence can come into a courtroom before a jury. either it can come in as demonstrative, or it can come in as evidence. the interesting thing is while the judge said the video cannot be evidence in this case it can nonetheless be shown to the jury. which means the defense gets to play it which is all they need. this is a powerful piece of evi...

Through him the computer animation that was disallowed. >> reporter: that would seem to be the case. judge nelson deciding the animation, again at this point, our understanding, was elaborate animation, has been reduced to stills, part of the stills are animated. its not nearly what it was in the beginning. but thats going to be something that the jury can see in the closing. not going to be something, though, that the jurys going to be allowed to take back in the jury room with them since it ac...