coming from her son. watch. prior to your son s death, had you heard him cry or yelling prior to his death? ever heard him while he was growing up, while you were raising, ever heard him crying or yelling? yes. okay. i want to play a recording for you, ma am. 911, do you need police, fire, medical? maybe both. someone screaming outside. what is the address? 2211 23 blaine. is this the townhomes in sanford? male or female? sounds like a male. you don t know why? i don t know why. i think they are yelling help. i don t know. does he look hurt? i can t see.
and do you recognize any voices on that tape? yes. whose voice do you recognize? my brother. trayvon s? yes. what parts of the recording do you recognize as your brother s voice? the yelling and the screaming. have you ever heard trayvon martin scream or yell as the two of you were growing up? i ve heard him yell, but not like that, yes. your honor, that s all i have. thank you. morning, sir. good morning. you actually were not as certain that it was your brother s voice when you heard it though, correct? correct. matter of fact, you had talked to a reporter about whose voice it may have been, correct? yes. and you told that reporter on
you were asked about hope did you hope your son wouldn t be dead, trayvon martin. you were asked by defense counsel, were you hoping he was still alive? i was hoping he was still alive. did you enjoy listening to that recording? absolutely not. thank you, no further questions. ma am, i don t mean to put you through this any more than necessary. but you certainly would hope that your son, trayvon martin, did anything that would have led to his own death? what was your question, again? you certainly hope as a mom, you certainly hope that your
played for the jury. number one, his equivocation right now the best evidence is his own words that he spoke to the reporter. it shows his inflection, it shows his hesitation instead of just having t is there another legal basis for playing that recording? the best evidence of the recording that happened back then. even if he testifies to it now, he s testifying, quite honestly, in a very different attitude and inquiry. that s not a legal basis. i understand the court s concern. so, for impeachment purposes, no, it may not be played because his answer is the same today as it was then. that s not impeachment. his not remembering the reporter s question is a collateral matter because it s not the question that matters, it s the answer that s given.
grandmother and great grandmother s name. that s the first tattoo. they were praying hands and they had pearls going through them. do you know where the other tattoo was? the other tattoo was on his left wrist. he had me name there. okay. prior to your son s death had you heard him crying or yelling prior to his death? had you ever heard him while he was growing up crying or yelling? yes. i want to play a recording for you, ma am. 911. do you need police, fire or medical? maybe both. i m not sure. there s someone screaming outside. what s the address?