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A barrier. >> right. im talking between the skin and the muzzle. >> okay. now, have you ever worn one of those hoodies, those jacket sweatshirts? >> not that type, no. >> okay. have you seen people wearing them? >> yes, sir. >> dont they normally wear them a little big? >> yes, sir. >> okay. dont they kind of hang down? >> yes, sir. >> and if i had -- if the person wearing it has it hanging down and has something in it, wouldnt it hang down? >> objection, speculation. outside the scope of this p...

Bullet, so dont forget, the powder is behind the bullet. so the gas tears from the cloth and the bullet makes sure is there a hole there. then the powder comes through there. now if you had -- the gun will say six inches away from the clothing, the clothing, youll have just a little hole. the clothing will filter out the powder to a degree. but in this case, the clothing didnt filter out the powder because the clothing wasnt there. you had a hole there. and you had the muzzle against the body an...

Welcome back. lets take a look at the testimony thats taken up much of the day today in court. dr. vincent di maio, a physician in forensic pathology. here are some highlights. >> what you know is the muzzle was in contact with the clothing at the time of discharge. the gun was not against the skin. it was not a half inch away. it was more than an inch. based upon the concentration of the marks and the size of the pattern, its my opinion that the muzzle of the gun in this case was two to four in...

Somebody, you notice the clothing tends to fall away from the chest. if, instead, youre lying on your back and somebody shoots you, the clothing is going to be against your chest. so the fact we know the clothing was two to four inches away is consistent with somebody leaning over the person doing the shooting and that the clothing is two to four inches away from the person firing. >> lisa bloom, this doctor testified he was paid about $2,000 for his testimony today. did the defense get their mo...

The level of nipples and what you had was a circular punched out wound which is an entrance, but it lay in an area of powder tattoos measuring two inches by two inches. powder tattoos are marks on the skin due to powder brains that come out the muzzle of the gun. they are not powder burns. people use the term powder burns but it means a whole bunch of different things. this is very specific. when the powder grain comes out of the barrel and the barrel is close enough to the body, that grain of p...

So the barrel of the gun was against the clothing, the muzzle of the gun was against the clothing, but the clothing itself had to be two to four inches away from the body at the time mr. martin was shot. >> now, according to di maio, thats consistent with zimmermans account that martin was over him at the time of the shooting. >> if you lean over somebody, you would notice that the clothing tends to fall away from the chest. if instead youre lying on your back and somebody shoots you, the clothi...

Who, in my opinion, gave a rather amateurish testimony, bringing his notes into the courtroom. he didnt want to provide those notes to the attorneys. he thought that they were his own notes. experts know, they should know, that when you come into the courtroom bringing your own notes, youve got to turn it over. and dr. bao flip-flopped on a number of issues, changing what he said during the deposition. you heard today somebody with great confidence describing cause of death, manner of death, and...

Quite clear that this particular animation is a cornerstone of the defenses strategy. this particular animation. we havent seen it, obviously. judge nelson saw it this morning. the attorneys for the state saw it as well. jurors obviously have not seen it. no one else in the courtroom saw it for that matter. but this, is this particular animation, this is how they would like to end their case to the jury. >> craig melvin, thanks for your report, as always. >> thank you, sir. >> for more on todays...

A fragment of the bullet left in the heart, but the rest goes completely across. really a right to left -- im sorry. a left side to right discharge. with his right hand and helps construct better the two positions of whether martin, trayvon, was on top of him, punching him, or trying to get away. >> what does the evidence tell you as you tried to reconstruct it? lay it out? >> trayvon, many inches away at the time it discharged, and the gun could be in the hand -- against zimmermans chest, where...

Chest cavity. a fragment of the bullet left in the heart, but the rest goes completely across. really a right to left -- im sorry. a left side to right discharge. with his right hand and helps construct better the two positions of whether martin, trayvon, was on top of him, punching him, or trying to get away. >> what does the evidence tell you as you tried to reconstruct it? lay it out? >> trayvon, many inches away at the time it discharged, and the gun could be in the hand -- against zimmerman...