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Weight it brings to it, but the law allows for it to be presented because it was present in his system. >> so, we're set up for day 11, where we will hear, we could hear, about this evidence of marijuana in trayvon martin's system. wolf, this comes a day after we heard from a long list of witnesses who had good things to say, favorable things to say, about george zimmerman, as the defense lays out its case. >> and explain, george, why -- what's happening in the courtroom right now, this debate, this argument, between the defense and the prosecution over whether to release this computerized ani...

Think this was a good case for prosecution and opined against it. so it's really interesting, the interplay. we've seen this entire case really backwards. you know, one side that you usually think is going to be for the prosecution is on the defense and vice versa. i'm interested in seeing why they're calling serino. i think it's a bit risky. they got a lot of beautiful information from the defense perspective with the state's case. hopefully they don't go too far, at least from, again, the defense perspective. >> it has been fascinating, actually, to see it kind of flip -- turn onity he its h...

Had spoken to an expert and was of the mindset that it might have had an impact. that was huge and the defense jumped all over that and demanded that evidence be brought in and the judge ruled and said, yes, the jury can now be told about this. >> why is this so important, sunny, to the defense? why do they want to bring in this toxicology report and his ruse of marijuana earlier that day? >> well, it could cut both ways. from the defense perspective, i think they'll have a toxicologist get on the witness stand and talk about the levels of marijuana in his blood and said, hey, he could have be...

What do you mean, they want to criticize him for 98%? they're the ones that called him. they didn't have to call him. they have a hard time in closing argument. as that 2% that's inconsistent, that when it goes to the jury. does the jury think that inconsistency is minor or do they think it is major? people don't have perfect memories. in this instance, is this something so significant to this jury that it really tests the credibility of the defendant? or will the jury think i can't remember what i had for lunch. perfect memories are sometimes a problem. don't want perfect memories in a trial ...

Defendant on the stand and not subject him to cross-examination. that's what they did by introducing sean hannity's interview. allowing him to speak without cross-examination or without direct questioning by the prosecution. it doesn't make any sense. why they did that, i've yet to see, nor can i predict how this will help the prosecution. i think it only hurts -- >> i have no special insight into this. he doesn't come off in that interview as a monster, someone motivated by race, hatred -- is it your experience that prosecutors ask for more than they think they're going to get? if they come o...