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Contention that he acted in self-defense. that includes, of course, the most recent witness, mr. root. it includes dr. di maio and his expert testimony in regard to the gunshot. also other injuries my client suffered. we also have a number of voice witnesses, if you will, those witnesses who have come back and testified before this court that they had no issue whatsoever of affirming their pgs and belief and testimony under oath that it was my client who was screaming for help. again, i dont wan...

Responsible gun owner and, two, about other options that mr. zimmerman may have had. so keeping those two questions from mr. guy in mind, was there anything in mr. stimzimmermans of his firearm that you would consider to be reckless? >> no. >> why not? >> because the use of the firearm -- >> judge, im going to object as to a motion previously heard. >> i might be heard on that? this question was -- >> then approach. >> yes. >> okay. so we see the attorneys here approaching the bench for a side b...

>> right. i think it cuts both ways. with what you see the prosecutor trying to do with this witness is is show that, one, george zimmerman was acting sort of like a cop when he comes to her house, questions her about the incident, gets a description of the perpetrators. and, two, its more likely that george zimmerman would have viewed trayvon martin as one of those bad guys on that night. and more likely to have been aggressive toward him. >> now, it also seems though, eleanor odom, that this i...

Judge and the defense. everyone wants to know, is george zimmerman going to testify? and she got pretty testy with him. what did you think, eleanor? >> i was a little bit surprised. usually judges will let the defense attorney answer for their client and not press the defendant right away. she really wanted to get an answer. do you intend to testify? what is your intent? a defendant can always change his mind. which is the beauty of that. what do you intend to do right now and do you need some t...

The stand, it really looked like the defense seemed to be having a better day. but looking at today, and even just the body language of mark omara, they dont seem to be quite as confident. this defense witness doesnt seem to have served george zimmerman ea zimmermans case particularly well. >> yeah. this was a mistake by this defense. and let me make it clear, the defense has been doing a really good job. these are excellent attorneys. no question about that. but sometimes when youre in the thic...

>> did any of your interactions with mr. zimmerman in this regard leave you with some impression that he was just -- just too involved in trying to help you out? >> no. >> did you think that his behavior was helpful to you? >> very. >> still have the dog? >> yes. >> thanks very much. nothing further, your honor. >> thank you. may ms. bertalan be excused. >> she may. >> yes, your honor. >> thank you very mufch. youre excused. please call your next witness. >> defense would call robert zimmerman s...

It. >> and the person wasnt caught until after you moved out of the retreat at twin lakes, right? >> he was arrested in december. then he was released because he was a minor, and he was arrested again after we moved out. >> after you moved out? >> i believe so. we got a letter after we moved out. im not sure of the exact date of his arrest. >> another thing you and george zimmerman discussed was where he believed that particular suspect lived, right? >> im sure we discussed that. >> and you disc...

Testified previously for the defense. >> lisa, to that point, though, have you not noticed the number of people who have been called by the defense who have continuing relationships with the defendant? i mean, olivia bertalan who just testified, she follows the lead defense attorney mark omara on twitter, hes appeared on various television programs. >> right. >> john done ellie, who gives $5,000 to a fund and assists in the clothing of mr. zimmerman. it seems that virtually all of these individu...