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Those facts are not close. one of the final cases i cited to your honor is the case of hoffman versus state, and i think i even saw this in the defendant's packet as well. the court cited -- this is the 5th district court of appeal, cited the familiar standard i've gone through several times, under headnotes 1, 2 and 3. a motion for judgment of acquittal must be denied unless there is no legally sufficient evidence on which a trier of fact can base a verdict of guilt. in considering the morgs all facts in evidence are considered admitted and all inferences and conclusions must be drawn in favo...

Coverage of the george zimmerman trial. we have mark o'mara arguing in favor of an acquittal of their client. >> not do i have to bend over backwards, do i have to ignore common sense to make this case go to the jury. if it was the standard as suggested by the state, there wasn't be an appellate case granting a j.o.a. ever because under their standard, i'm understanding some indication of some set of facts that can support a jury deciding guilt. no, not in a circumstantial evidence case and if this is not 100%, i suggest it's at least 98% circumstantial evidence. the other evidence is, yes, he...

Defense and expectedly so. but even he says i never actually saw or even heard any blows really land. nobody heard 50 screams. i think there's a significant reason for the jury to question that even assuming that the defendant shot trayvon martin in some form of self-defense, that doesn't end the inquiry. and i know -- i think it's been oversimplified. professor carter alluded to this. no, the standard is whether it was reasonable that he feared imminent death or great bodily harm. now, the defense has an argument that they have advanced that says that's it, but that's certainly not the only a...

Familiar. however, even when there are no other witnesses to the events besides the defendant and in this case there weren't, even mr. good was long gone before the shot took place, a jury is not required to accept the defendant's testimony in support of her self-defense theory as true. instead it must consider the probability or improbability of the defendant's credibility in light of the circumstances established by other evidence. numerous inconsistent statements to the 911 operator and then to the detectives cast significant doubt on her assertions that she had a reasonable fear of death o...