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If he had gotten it in as substantive evidence, good for him. it would be tremendously compelling. now hes in a place he would like to be. we saw that with the thc. that was admitted, they didnt even use it. but mark omara said we want to be the ones to decide whether or not to introduce evidence. thats our decision to make. again, zealous. he fought for it to get it and he made a decision were not going to use it. >> lets remember something, though, about the cartoon. the prosecution did not ob...

Its going to be played, uncross-examined and the jury will watch it. i think its a wonderful way to break up a closing argument which may sometimes go on too long. >> this is an example of zealous advocacy. mark omara earlier in his interview with you, you could hear it in his voice, i dont think he ever thought it would come in as substantive evidence, but, again, that is the adversarial process. he shoots for the moon, and he gets somewhere in the middle which is where he wanted. if he had got...

Court judge and the host of judge alex. judge alex, this is getting down to the real anytimety gritty, isnt it? >> yes. >> this animation video, its pure property begg property -- isnt it? >> they want to tell the story they believe happened. so for the prosecution to get in and say well, this doesnt have the parts we think happensed, of course it doesnt. if you create our own animation, you want put in trayvon martin zimmerman because thats the defense theory, not yours. still i think it should...

To bring in a demonstrative aid to do their cross-examination. mark omara seized upon it pretty quick and decided if youre going to use the dummy and im going to show this jury what i think this went on and how physical this altercation was. all of this coming through this witness who is considered to be a use of force expert. de dennis root. do we have that sound? lets play it so youll see the difference in the hman handling of this dummy. >> were the injuries on mr. zimmermans back of his cons...

Judge will -- >> that was the judges ruling. the judge specifically said that shes not going to allow it in as substantive evidence but come in as a demonstrative aid if the judge wants to use it. the jury is still going to see this animation. the defense can use it, perhaps, with a witness. but more importantly in closing argument when they try to tie together all their pieces of evidence and try to let the jury see what george zimmerman saw that day and it is going to be real effective in a cl...

If you create our own animation, you want put in trayvon martin zimmerman because thats the defense theory, not yours. still i think it should come in as a demonstrative aid. there are holes to be filled because some things havent been testified to. >> this evidence from vincent demayo, hes obviously incredibly experienced but there were holes i thought the prosecution got into right at the end there, very skillfully. take it in totality, what did you think of it? >> i thought it was devastating...

We saw the video and saw george zimmerman walk the police through the whole thing and this is where he laid me down. do you agree it should not be entered. it will have gaps filled that may not be testified. how did he get to where he was struck to where it was found. is the animator filling in the gaps on his own. and they could use it as a demonstrative aid. the fight is about move nothing evidence. >> once you have shown it to the jury. >> it is a benefit for the defense. the jury can see it ...