questioning, he just said it. right. but the idea is the presumption from the prosecution is that he is a criminal. that s the presumption. they re going into this case with. it s not shocking that they would present the case that wayç the defense is trying to mitigate at every turn what was in that proffer from prosecutors. they were trying to say that confrontation was problematic. it should have been that zimmerman met trayvon martin rather than confronted. isn t confrontation isn t confrontation a loaded term? absolutely. but it s also what the prosecution is trying to accomplish. they are trying to prove second-degree murder so each side wants to present evidence in their best light. gotcha. mr. coffey, kendall, let me ask you this question. is this the normal thing in a bond hearing that you try to establish the credibility of a witness, the credibility a defendant, i guess? what the prosecutor was trying to do is take the opening he had and be as aggressive with geo
the oh thing that was interesting he didn t cross-examine him. he said you are a criminal, you committed a crime in hisç questioning, he just said it. right. but the idea is the presumption from the prosecution is that he is a criminal. that s the presumption. that is not shocking. the defense is trying to mitigate at every turn what was in that proffer from prosecutors. they were trying to say that confrontation was problematic. it should have been that zimmerman met trayvon martin rather than confronted. isn t confrontation isn t confrontation a loaded term? absolutely. but it s also what the prosecution is trying to accomplish. they are trying to prove second-degree murder so each side wants to present evidence in their best light. mr. coffey, ken, let me ask you this question, is this the normal thing in a bond hearing that you try to establish the credibility of the witness, credibility of the defense, i guess? what the prosecutor was trying to do is take the ope
rein on him. he didn t cross-examine him. he said you committed a crime. he just said it. the idea, of course, is the presumption from the prosecution is that he is a criminal. that s the presumption. the defense is trying to mitigate at every turn what was in that proffer from prosecutors. they were trying to say that confrontation was problematic. it should have been met rather than confronted. isn t confrontation isn t confrontation a loaded term? absolutely. but it s also what the prosecution is trying to accomplish. they are trying to prove second-degree murder so each side wants to present evidence in their best light. let s look at this further. he said he didn t change his story. here he is denying that he s been giving conflicting accounts. here s zimmerman again on the stand. isn t it true that in some of those statements when you were confronted about your inconsistencies, you said i don t remember. outside the scope of direct examination.