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Against concrete at least several times. that type of injury in and of itself, the way it was presented by my client, that injury and the ongoing nature of that injury supports the right my client under 776 to reasonably believe that hes in fear of future bodily injury because it was ongoing. the states own witness, captain carter, said one really good indication of future bodily injury is when youve already been injured. and its still ongoing. you can presume that its going to continue to occur...

Behalf because i dont have facts. >> you didnt go to the scene yourself? >> yeah, so i dont have opinion. >> if the evidence showed photographs there at the scene by the police department that the body was covered in a tarp -- a tarp was covered over the body. would that in some way protect the body? >> yes, before i came here i did review the same photos. not because i went to the scene but because i reviewed photos. >> you reviewed photos taken by the investigator? >> yes, a few days ago. even...

Or ten minutes. i say one to ten minutes. i give myself plenty of margin of error. >> so thats really ten times, isnt it -- >> yes. >> one to ten minutes is a huge -- >> yes, okay. let me tell you -- >> is that as accurate as you can be? >> yes. >> okay. lets then talk about something else you said in connection with that. if i heard what you said earlier in direct, that you said that immediately following the shot, trayvon martin would not be able to move. did you say that? >> yes, i did. >> is...

Was important? >> yes. >> and there wasnt any blood or injury to the palms of his hands? >> i look at myself every case. i believe in this case i do something. >> okay. all right. in other words, youre saying when you die, your body kind of curls up. >> yeah, yeah. its standard. everybody do that after they die. >> okay. and you also mentioned the injury, states exhibit number 97. since you did find something there, you documented that by photograph, correct? >> yes, yes. >> okay. thank you, you...

>> is it part of your protocol not to photograph the entire body, all of the body surfaces? >> the protocol is we take photos as a whole body. we take three photos to cover all the body because we dont have space to get a camera too high, very high to get one of the whole body. other than that, we take the photos as needed. for example, if i found something i thought might be significant such as the injury, a tumor, a disease on skin, we will take photo. >> are you saying it was a conscious deci...

Forth. here we are now. why are his personal notes relevant, and why is it perceived as being a benefit to george zimmermans defense somehow? >> well, its important. when a witness testifies, they are supposed to have turned over all the information they used in order to give their testimony. if theyre testifying at the time and theyre reading from them, the other side has a right to know what theyre reading from. you are supposed to testify from memory. i dont believe, unless there was somethin...