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Help out with. thats why he walked over and didnt say, im going to go get this guy! no. thats why he said, heres a lock for the back of your door. heres my telephone number. and here is my wifes number. you need her help, this is what we do, we help. dad. you know? he said it early. give you this much. he said it right away. he went down to sanford police department to talk to him. they put him under oath. they put him under oath and said, okay now. youre under oath. you got to tell the truth. i...

Because the jury has heard his side of the story from him, but they havent had a real cross-examination of him. >> sunny, what stood out to you today in court? watching them work with that dummy, that model, it was interesting and wondering how it played in the courtroom? >> it played well in the courtroom. jurors love demonstrations. they love these courtroom demonstrations and it was powerful, especially with john guy using it. a lot of the courtroom watchers are calling him prosecutor mcdream...

You can say that zimmerman threw the first punch. you can say that trayvon martin was pulling away and thats when he was shot. you can construct a scenario where zimmerman is the aggressor, even though hes on the bottom. but thats, i think, its a tough sell. >> and sunny, thats not where the prosecution started out this trial doing. >> not all the witnesses are saying that george zimmerman was on the bottom and trayvon martin was on the top. there are several witnesses that say they saw george z...

Lets get you up to date on what happened in court today. martin savidge begins our coverage. >> reporter: its been the question dominate thing entire trial. would george zimmerman take the stand? and today judge nelson asked him directly. >> have you made a decision? >> yes, your honor. >> what is your decision, sir? >> after consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. >> is it your decision not to testify in this case? >> yes, your honor. >> are you making that decision freely and volu...

You saw john guy do. and i think thats very, very effective. so to say that the government is somehow conceding something i think really is misrepresenting what happened in the courtroom today. >> do you agree that thats -- >> i agree with sunny on this point. >> you do? thats shocking. >> of course i agree. thats how i know youre right. with the prosecutors, if we asked them, why are you doing this? i dont think they would say theyre conceding at all. they would say what sun sesaying, look, zim...

During one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate the conflicting arguments as to what happened the night trayvon martin was killed. prosecuting attorney john guy argued that it would have been difficult for zimmerman to shoot at a 90-degree angle had trayvon martin been on top as presented by the defense. >> would it be consistent the 90 degrees if trayvon martin had been backing up and the defendant raised his gun and shot at 90 degree...

Martin almost reduced to a foam mannequin. this was critical for the prosecution. john guy brought a gray foam dummy to the front of the courtroom and in the well of the courtroom he put it down on the ground and he straddled it to show what he thought happened and how it couldnt have been the way george zimmerman suggested but on the right-hand side of your screen, mark omara took that same demonstrative prop and used it to his advantage by demonstrating just what george zimmerman said happened...

>> i object to the court acquiring of mr. zimmerman as to his decision whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >> reporter: but after a tense exchange between judge debra nelson and zimmermans lawyers, he made his choice. >> after consulting with counsel not to testify, your honor. >> reporter: there was also proof in court wednesday you can learn a lot from a dummy. during one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate th...

Counsel, not to testify, your honor. >> reporter: there was also proof in court wednesday you can learn a lot from a dummy. during one of the most surreal moments in court, both sides straddled a foam dummy in attempts to illustrate the conflicting arguments as to what happened the night trayvon martin was killed. prosecutors john guy argued it would be difficult for zimmerman to shoot at a 90-degree angle had trayvon martin been on top as presented by the defense. >> would it be consistent the ...

That could end up in the court of appeals. let me go to -- today they had a dummy in court. >> i wasnt there, greta. >> one of the lawyers? >> lets watch this. >> you consider a piece of concrete a weapon if i hit you on the head with it? >> if you hit me in the head with concrete, yes. >> how about if i took your head and smashed it on the concrete? may i use your doll for a moment? i want to follow up on some of mr. guys questions. so george zimmerman, trayvon martin. were the injuries on mr. ...