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Come. back to you. >> all right, jim maceda for us there in moscow. were going to take a quick break right now. just to update you, judge nelson here infer sanford, florida, just moments ago ruled that the five pieces of evidence, these five pieces of evidence, these five pieces of evidence, the transcripts of zimmer pans courses at college, his course work that discussed semifinal defense law, the application to become a cop and his application to ride along winning sanford police, the judge ru...

Cross? >> no, thank you very much. >> may she be excused? >> yes, your honor. >> thank you very much, maam. you are excused. >> i would move to admit states exhibit 209 into evidence. >> that was sonja boles melvin. but she is the registrar at seminole state college. the state wasting no time pursuing this line of questioning that judge nelson just decide was, in fact, admissible. lisa, did we get anything there? what did we get there? >> that was the quickest witness so far, wasnt it, craig, we...

From the jury being brought back into the courtroom here in florida. theres a ten-minute recess. lisa bloom is monitoring the trial for us from burbank. veteran prosecutor paul henderson joins us live now from san francisco. and again, guys, im sure as you just heard there, judge nelson deciding to admit all five of the pieces of evidence that the state was trying to get in there. lisa, how significant of a win is this for the state? >> well, its a small win for the state. i dont think any of th...

Prosecutor can present to the jury to give them a perspective or insight as to why he did what he did, it makes their case that much stronger or that much better because it gives them a foundation if they dont have -- they cant force him to come onto the stand which they cant. we just dont know if hes going to take the stand yet. >> you know, and mark omara talked about that dhgeorge zimmerman could take the stand. omara saying at this point, the defense still hasnt decided. take a listen to som...

It shows george zimmerman took the criminal litigation course. thats about it. the sum total of her testimony. no cross-examination. >> she was quicker than the latent fingerprint expert from yesterday. the state calling witness number 30 now, walking into the courtroom. were waiting to find out precisely who he is. lets take a listen. >> please go ahead and spell your name for us, tell us who you are, where you work and what you do. >> lieutenant lieutenant scott kerns, police, last name spelle...

With floridas semifinal defense laws hoping that will help them bowl center their thoroughly zimmerman was a quote, wannabe cop. theyve been at it for about 308 minutes now. the state as you can see perhaps using om power point slides to try and make their case. the defense, of course, wants to exclude the evidence including coursework and transcripts of classes that zimmerman took in college as well as his job application to the prince william county police department and there was an applicati...

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