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This was a trick? >> my intention right now is to get through the rest of the jury instructions because if we have any arguments about the other, i would like to get them lresolve. >> unusually heated arguments as they're trying to decide on the instructions to jury. let go back in live. >> other than this sense that she sensed movement or shadows or something. so let's assume even -- we can't assume that's true because it makes no sense compared with the other evidence in the case. that the evidence would support provoking? jam jane could not have seen what she claims to have seen. i it's phy...

>> this is who we have as lawyers on this case. everyone else is a volunteer, an intern, who has really done remarkable work, but we can't rely on non-lawyers to do the kind of work that is necessary right now. judge, this was a trick. doesn't the court realize this was a trick by the state. >> my intention right now is to get through the rest of the jury instructions because if we have any arguments about the others, i would like to get them resolved. we will come back to this one. i understand your argument. we will come back to this one. >> the state also proposed the court instruct to the ...

Law, where 2-year-olds have been shot by someone who is reckless with a gun or some child exposed to horrible deprivation or abuse resulting in death, just so at this moment on the day of closing arguments we would have to deal with it. i can say it's certainly consistent with the way this case has proceeded since april. but it's certainly just as disingenuous as well. this is out ranrageous that the state would seek that do that at this time. >> let's talk about it being outrageous in every murder case when it comes to this point and discussions are had about what should be included in the ch...

I'm reading from page three as used in florida states, definition of child abuse is intentional infliction of physical or mental injury that could reasonably expect to result in injury or active encouragement of another person. there is no factual support for that third one so it has been omitted. right hand column, we continue. the court quotes another case which i will get to in a moment, but quoting state versus sigler, they indicate conviction requires underlying felony and jury determination of existence of such felony. that is why the state has proposed and we think it's required to defi...

Trim judge's first inclination correct. if in that case it results in death -- >> i want to go back quickly to lisa bloom. as i understand, lisa, the state is arguing third degree felony murder applies because of the underlying crime of child abuse which is twined as a physical or mental injury of the child. tell us what this would mean to the case. >> this is really technical legal stuff, but it's important because the charges that the jury gets will determine what they have to convict george zimmerman with if anything. the state wants to give them a lot of options. felony murder is the takin...