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Come. back to you. >> all right, jim maceda for us there in moscow. we're going to take a quick break right now. just to update you, judge nelson here infer sanford, florida, just moments ago ruled that the five pieces of evidence, these five pieces of evidence, these five pieces of evidence, the transcripts of zimmer pan's courses at college, his course work that discussed semifinal defense law, the application to become a cop and his application to ride along winning sanford police, the judge ruling the five key pieces the state wanted to get in will be admitted. we'll go back inside the cou...

Cross? >> no, thank you very much. >> may she be excused? >> yes, your honor. >> thank you very much, ma'am. you are excused. >> i would move to admit state's exhibit 209 into evidence. >> that was sonja boles melvin. but she is the registrar at seminole state college. the state wasting no time pursuing this line of questioning that judge nelson just decide was, in fact, admissible. lisa, did we get anything there? what did we get there? >> that was the quickest witness so far, wasn't it, craig, we've seen in this case. she was brought in to get the records into evidence. trial attorneys need ...

From the jury being brought back into the courtroom here in florida. there's a ten-minute recess. lisa bloom is monitoring the trial for us from burbank. veteran prosecutor paul henderson joins us live now from san francisco. and again, guys, i'm sure as you just heard there, judge nelson deciding to admit all five of the pieces of evidence that the state was trying to get in there. lisa, how significant of a win is this for the state? >> well, it's a small win for the state. i don't think any of the jurors are going to convict george skimmer man based solely on the fact that he took criminal ...

Prosecutor can present to the jury to give them a perspective or insight as to why he did what he did, it makes their case that much stronger or that much better because it gives them a foundation if they don't have -- they can't force him to come onto the stand which they can't. we just don't know if he's going to take the stand yet. >> you know, and mark o'mara talked about that dhgeorge zimmerman could take the stand. o'mara saying at this point, the defense still hasn't decided. take a listen to some of the other things that he said. >> i think that the state may be done tomorrow or friday...

It shows george zimmerman took the criminal litigation course. that's about it. the sum total of her testimony. no cross-examination. >> she was quicker than the latent fingerprint expert from yesterday. the state calling witness number 30 now, walking into the courtroom. we're waiting to find out precisely who he is. let's take a listen. >> please go ahead and spell your name for us, tell us who you are, where you work and what you do. >> lieutenant lieutenant scott kerns, police, last name spelled k-e-a-r-n-s-. i'm currently assigned to operations. prince william county police and prior to t...