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Issue in this case. >> where where in your proposed instruction does it have the definition of great bodily harm? >> it doesnt. i gave the language that the supreme court used. thats the standard instruction. the supreme court did not define great bodily harm in the standard instruction for justifiable use of deadly force. >> but the state is saying that this authority as previously cited, cites to owens versus state, and c.a.c. versus

Supports that requested instruction, mr. west? >> it is an accurate statement of the law. >> show me where thats codified. good morning, this is thomas roberts in new york and were going the back and forth between the attorneys on both sides talking with the judge presiding over the george zimmerman trial. as we get to the closing and final chapter of this trial because the jury is going to be brought in in early afternoon when the prosecutors at 1:00 p.m. begin their final arguments. whats go...

Otherwise you cant say its illegal to do that. >> ive heard the argument from both sides. aim not giving that instruction. >> we split thats an integral part of our theory of the defense and the court commits error by not instructing the jury properly on the law. >> i understand. ive already ruled. and you continually disagree with this court every time i make a ruling. i have provided you on three separate occasions with the courts professional conduct in the courtroom. and included in that is ...

Killing 13 people. he does face execution or life without parole if in the meantime, another bombshell this morning. a former top security official just revealed the 2009 massacre was first labeled as a terrorist attack before it was then switched to workplace violence. former new york city mayor rudy guiliani calling the decision dangerous. >> i think it is exceedingly damaging to engage in this fiction that the attack at fort hood was work lace violence and there is a certain reluctance to des...

Mr. zimmerman. so if you want proof positive about a process thats gone hay wire a little bit, the attitude of the judge in pushing mr. zimmerman -- there was no question, do you want to testify but your lawyers wont let you? i need to ask you yourself, it was really out of control and inappropriate, in my mind. >> steve: what did you think of the use yesterday of the dummy? >> the dummy is a very interesting thing. it may become the glove of the o. j. simpson case. the dummy was brought forth b...

The animosity between the races. but thats not the reason for which we have criminal trials. we have criminal trials when the government has enough evidence to convict. it is clear the government doesnt have enough evidence to convict. the case should have been dismissed by the court at the end of the governments case. i dont blame the prosecutors. ive watched this case. and in my view, the two of them are superior professionals. i blame their bosses who compelled them to try this case and to ch...

Involved. number one, thats not true. its not the law and the reason it was abandoned 30 some years ago and i havent seen -- i dont see a case relied upon by the defense here where it has been. number two, this is of course not a totally circumstantial case because we have direct evidence in the form of the defendants own statements and there is direct evidence that the defense shot and killed the victim. so there is no question that this is not a totally circumstantial case which is i would put...

We continue to watch the arguments going back and forth in the courtroom. a lot about the semantics certainly around the charging and the jury instructions that they will receive about what george zimmerman can be charged with and how the jury can deliberate whether or not hes guilty in the death of trayvon martin. lisa bloom and paul henderson both join the conversation. lisa, what is your take on how this is going so far, how is the prosecution doing in making sure that they are getting enough...

Obviously very significant in the case. they have to find zigeorge zimmerman was in fear of great bodily j bodily injury or death. whether anything trayvon martin did that comes in to it is being disputed. >> once the jury gets handed this case, they need to utilize the defense and compare it to the charges levied against george zimmerman from the beginning. second-degree murder. and now they have manslaughter in the mix and they might as well be considering this felony murder in the third degre...

Whether it was reasonable for him to have responded to that force in the manner he did. so there is no other instruction i think thats as specific, as appropriate to help the jury define how -- to help the jury analyze the evidence in this case than this particular instruction. it could not be said to confuse the jury. in fact it gives them the guidance that they desperately need in a case just like this one. so of course while the court has discretion, the discretion should be exercised here to...