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jean casarez. she'll give us the full report of everything you didn't see.r serviced at meineke, smart. saving time by booking an appointment online, even smarter. online scheduling. available now at meineke.com. >>> welcome back. guess who was inside the courthouse. you're not missing testimony. jean casarez is not missing any testimony. she's run out to give us the play by play. we miss a lot even when we're glued to the television. tell me what i missed. >> he just started giving his credentials and the jury sort of became focused and affixed on him. as he testified they took notes but they looked up. notes, looked up. he had pictures right to his side. they would be looking inin ini pictures. they were intense. when he said i've had an extreme interest in gunshot wounds, is a b sybrina fulton walked out. we can't blame her. who would want to listen to this testimony about your son. >> we're so clinical talking about the trajectory and the stipling and injuries. it's really painful to remember especially when you sthee that bottle of ice tea. it's a kid.

let's bring in cnn legal correspondent, jean casarez. or the other? >> reporter: you know, it's interesting. when you look at their testimony, neither one of them cited a specific instance in the life of their child when they heard that scream, and so when they heard it again, they knew it was their son. didn't hear that, but with trayvon martin's mother -- and the defense actually brought this out -- that she was in a room filled with people. it was at the mayor's office when that tape was played. that's not good, according to the experts. you're not supposed to put everybody together to try to determine whose voice it is. it needs to be done individually. but in this filled room that sybrina fulton was in, the tape was played, and she was the first person to just sort of say, "that's my son." that leads to some credibility with what she is saying because the fbi sat through testimony, the best way to determine somebody who's screaming is somebody who is familiar with the voice. on the converse, the uncle of zimmerman who is an orange c

jean casarez, thank you.nd after the trial resumes on monday, of course you're going to want to know what happened throughout the day. we're going to recap it for you. the key moments from our anderson cooper later in the evening. he'll have an "ac 360" special report. self-defense or murder, monday night, 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> new england patriots fans are giving up jerseys today all because of the name on the back. we'll have the latest on the aaron hernandez investigation. prosecution has rested and the defense has begun. we'll talk more about the george zimmerman case. we'll ask our legal team what they expect next. in this trial. how much protein does your dog food have? 18 percent? 20? new purina one true instinct has 30. active dogs crave nutrient-dense food. so we made purina one true instinct. learn more at purinaone.com britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tra

jeff mark nejame, also cnn legal correspondent jean casarez, attorney around former prosecutor faith jenkins and defense attorney danny cevallos. welcome to all of you. let me pick up where martin left off with the six female jurors. with the testimony of both these mothers, danny, let me start with you, does each testimony and the identification of the scream as that of her son, does that negate the other. are we back at zero here? >> i think that's a very simple way of looking at it. it certainly is possible. the jurors may conclude neither is credible. it may be a wash. however, what does that tend to show? if you believe, for example, that it was trayvon martin's voice, absolutely. what element of the crime ultimately does that begin to show? each of them carries a slightly different weight. however, it's very possible that the jurors could conclude that both of these are mothers, both of them absolutely believe that is their child and, therefore, because of that each of them is not very credible. again, jurors can choose to believe part of testimony or if they find someone not c

specifically linda kenney baden is our guest along with jean casarez and sunny hostin.pected mr. di maio is, literally the guy who wrote the textbook on forensic pathology, how do you counter that? how do you counter what he is saying? >> i think you do exactly what the state did. they countered him using their theory of the case. for the defense, jake, this is all about self-defense so they want their experts to get into how close they were, who was on top, who was on the bottom. for the prosecution, their entire theory is about who started this fight, who was the initial aggressor. so that is what the ruprosecuti did the minute they got up. they said you're not testifying about who started the fight, you can't tell who threw the first punches, isn't that right? and it went on and on and on like that. the prosecutor even got this witness to concede that maybe he was over him, maybe he was standing back, maybe he was pulling away from george zimmerman, if indeed he was on top. so i think they needed to do that to neutralize him and i think they did it. >> let's take a l

. >> we're talking to marcia clark and jean casarez about what happened. >> it's his credibility that's on the stand right there because he was driving the car, he said it was a 15 to 20-minute discussion with george, he never talked to him about it after that and then four months later he writes a book solely from his memory of four months ago because he never took a note. and the inconsistencies are very, very important because he says that george zimmerman said that trayvon martin got his knees up so far as he was trying to shimmy away from the cement that his knees touched george's gun and then he saw trayvon reach for and touch the gun according to this witness and we have yet to hear from the dna expert and that will be an inconsistency right there if it's true. >> marcia clark, your take? >> if i'm on the jury, jake, i don't care about this. i don't give it a whole lot of significance. as jean has noted, he didn't and as the defense brought out, he didn't take notes, it was during a car ride, he was riding a book and he couldn't confer with george zimmerman to make sure of what h

let me bring in jean casarez. you and i, a little disclaimer, we go back a long way.a half years of court tv together. a couple of years of hln and cnn together. we've seen a lot of trials where this kind of thing happens and it makes a huge difference. give me a feel for what you saw and what you thought about the demonstration with the dummy? >> first of all, it was so close to the jury because it was right there before the jury box. they all could see it very well. this has been a morning of note taking and listening. here is what we learn today with this fascinating testimony. we learned that the trajectory of that shot is going to be critical in this case because it appears as though the prosecution is going to say that trayvon martin was withdrawing. he was trying to get out of that altercation. what does that mean that george zimmerman was not in imminent fear of death and the trajectory of that shot how it's angled will make all the difference. >> dennis root cannot give us an answer to that. dr. di maio yesterday, a reno renowned pathologist said he couldn't

. >> let's bring in cnn legal correspondent jean casarez. jean, it's i guess a coincidence, maybe it was planned, who knows, that both mothers were on the stand on the same day. but what do you take away from their testimony? >> do you know the amazing thing to just really think about this for a minute and step back, as you know, this is a jury of all women, six women will be deliberating this case, five of the six women are mothers, one of them is a mother of eight children, so all of these mothers were sitting and listening to the testimony of the two mothers in the case yesterday. it's extraordinary. it really is. and i wonder how much substantive testimony came from them versus the emotional impact of them being on the stand. i mean, the jury heard from sybrina fulton and the jury now knows she's worked for the county of miami-dade for 20 years and she's a college graduate and majoring in english and she said she heard her son yelling, she even said screaming but we didn't hear examples of that and she knew it was her son's vows. and then

jean casarez has been in that courtroom gavel to gavel. waiting to hear your assessment of what it was like for that panel when they watched that woman walk into the courtroom and give her account of who she thought that was on that tape. tell me how did it go. >> i can't tell you the emotion that was in that courtroom. i watched the jury. it was like they didn't want to invade her privacy right away. there was a side bar for about 15 minutes and they looked down. the jurors didn't look at her. as she started testifying they started to look at her meekly but they looked at her. when she finished and went back to her seat they looked at just sort of fast glances at her. when javarais took the stand and they looked at the living, breathing reminder of trayvon martin, i saw them looking at him pm. when he went back to his seat i saw jurors look at the gallery just to stare at him. i saw all of the autopsy photos. i've got to tell you trayvon martin looked skinny. he looked like he was a kid. absolutely a kid on that autopsy table. that's what

joining me now is jean casarez. thanks so much for being with us. lot of big developments this week the prosecution is expected to rest tomorrow. do you think they've made a strong case? how much work do you think the defense has cut out for them? >> you know, this case is going to come down to the law and it's going to come down to the jury instructions given to the jury. we heard early on that the prosecution's case is confrontation, that george zimmerman confronted trayvon martin. so he was the initial aggressor. i think they've really shown that he was the aggressor, initially because he followed trayvon martin. but, jake, there's more than that. you have to have adequate provocation to not be able to then claim self-defense. so george zimmerman had to do something to trayvon martin for trayvon to then hit george zimmerman and punch him and bash him into the sidewalk. well, the prosecution has got to find some evidence of what that adequate provocation is, the aggression. it can't be mere words, it can't be following. that's not illegal, can you

jean casarez joining us with a closer look. the jury is sequestered, but they have a lot to ponder about, something like 38 witnesses while the prosecution was laying out its case and now, the defense isn't it expected the defense will have many witnesses to call beyond george zimmerman's mother and uncle? >> i think they will. they're going to have a forensic pathologist out of san antonio, vincent demayo. benjamin krump, the family attorney for the martin family could be called, but yesterday, i don't think you will ever have a day like this. in a trial, in a court of law for a long time because this all female jury, five oufr six of them are mother, listened to the testimony of mothers on both sides to say that it was their son that was crying out for help and there is a chance that these mothers could cancel each other out. they both think it is their own child. there is witness testimony, especially john good, who was an eyewitness, who said i know that the person on the bottom who he described as george zimmerman, was cal

jean casarez is live. mark nejame is also live with me. normous amount of insight and also legal defense attorney and cnn analyst. first things first. jean, i know you spent the better part of the morning in court. i know you've had to step in and out but you're the best gauge of how this jury is digesting this information especially when the ids of who is screaming. how has it been going? >> reporter: that 911 emergency call was played more times than i can count this morning before the jury. i watched them so closely. every single time it was played witness after witness i would see them going like this. i would see them going like this. i mean just listening so intently to see if they would hear something. we heard the prosecutor inject with a question was that a continuous scream or did it stop and start. it was obvious the prosecution wants it to be a continuous scream. the defense countered that with having it stop and start. as it kept being played you listen to that. don't forget the nonemergency 911 call was played for the jury too

martin savidge and jean casarez were in the courtroom, they join me now. we got a firsthand account from zimmerman without him having to take the stand, didn't we? >> yes, pretty interesting. by my count there were five different versions of george zimmerman giving a statement as to what happened on the night he killed trayvon martin. i'm thinking four were recorded in some way, and one was written, and each one of them was introduced into court. it was george zimmerman, not quite taking the stand, but very much having a strong presence in everything that took place in testimony today. and what was also interesting was to see the progression. i mean, from the very first interview that he gives to authorities, about an hour, hour and a half after he shot the teen, where the officer questioning him really doesn't ask many questions at all, until the final session, which you just played right now, where you see that these investigators are now grilling him and going back over the inconsistencies and saying, wait a minute, this doesn't seem to match up. to wat

defense attorney danny savalos, along with david weinstein, and in sanford, cnn legal correspond jean casarez who has been in the courtroom watching every minute. they are in sidebar right now, so let's -- david, i never thought he would take the stand. i don't understand why they kept leaving it out there teasing us that it was a possibility. do you think this was a tactic by the defense team to throw off prosecutors? >> in part it was. >> there's no reason for him to take the stand, but you never can tell when something might happen, maybe the last witness on the stand. that's when you finally make your final decision and you know what? judge, i'm not going to testify. it puts the prosecution a bit off-guard. they don't know exactly when they're going to start. if you catch them off-guard, you might pick up an advantage as well. >> as you say, there's no reason he would need to testify. we've already had his videotaped testimony, aired before the jury, audiotape, we've seen him recreate it, so he's basically got all the benefits of it. jean ka sarz. right after zimmerman said he would not t

jean casarez is live with us now, and, jean, what i want to ask you is you are in the courtroom gavel much that we miss by watching the monitors, you can hear it all, but there are the unspoken things that matter, the body language, the reactions from people, give me a feel for your assessment of the jurors as you looked at all nine of them, the alternates and the core jurors >> you're so right. there is a feel you get from sitting in there that you just can't get anywhere else. when i look at the jurors, you know, you see constant in jurors. they're devoted. they're dedicated. they're taking notes, looking up, demeanor. let me tell you what's unusual. they want to get through this. i mean, i can't tell you how many days the judge has said, all right, are we ready for the morning break. huh-uh. nope. no morning break. we go straight through until many times in the afternoon. they will say the same thing. yes, they don't need a break which is interesting. they are so diverse and we know a little bit about them because sat through jury selection, heard all of that and they're have i div

martin savidge and jean casarez were in the courtroom, they join me now. we got a firsthand account from zimmerman without him having to take the stand, didn't we? >> yes, pretty interesting. by my count there were five different versions of george zimmerman giving a statement as to what happened on the night he killed trayvon martin. i'm thinking four were recorded in some way, and one was written, and each one of them was introduced into court. it was george zimmerman, not quite taking the stand, but very much having a strong presence in everything that took place in testimony today. and what was also interesting was to see the progression. i mean, from the very first interview that he gives to authorities, about an hour, hour and a half after he shot the teen, where the officer questioning him really doesn't ask many questions at all, until the final session, which you just played right now, where you see that these investigators are now grilling him and going back over the inconsistencies and saying, wait a minute, this doesn't seem to match up. to wat

also joining us is sunny hostin and our legal correspondent jean casarez.oks like that testimony was pretty strongly in favor of the defense, jose. how important was it? >> it's extremely important. for one thing, and that is that this trial has moved into a direction of who was on top, whose voice is that. wolf, i know vince di maio, i've worked with him. his book on gunshot wounds is the bible when it comes to gunshot wounds and is used by every forensic pathologist across the country. what this man says is extremely important. but the fact of what he says it's consistent with isn't necessarily definitive but the lack of prosecution on this issue gave it a lot more weight than it could have been. it still doesn't answer the question of who was the initial aggressor, who started this fight. the fact that at a certain point mr. zimmerman was on the bottom. i don't necessarily -- i wouldn't say it was a home run but it certainly is powerful testimony. >> did the prosecutors do a good job, sunny, in cross-examining this witness dr. di maio? >> i think so. a w

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. >>> cnn legal correspondent jean casarez is joining us now. i know you've been researching the judge's decision to go ahead and allow the defense to introduce evidence tomorrow, that toxicology report of trayvon martin from the autopsy, the toxicology report showing that he did in fact smoke marijuana on the day he was shot and killed. give us the background. >> well, she's basing this on case law in florida and there is case tulio arias, it's where the defendant said just like the victim, that guy looks like he's on drugs. this time it was cocaine in that case. the judge did not allow the toxicology report in. the defense was able to argue he making an assumption he was on drugs. the appellate court in overturning the case said the prosecution may not subvert the truth seeking function of a trial by not allowing something like that that is relevant and is a question of fact that the jury if that toxicology level made a difference. >> as several analysts have suggested, including jose baez, good news for the defense in showing that trayvon mar

. >> let's bring back the panel and jean casarez, i'll bring you in first this time.s hours later. the jury heard chris serino make that assertion and many, many hours later on the next day, the judge says that is not really admissible. what does that mean? >> that's a great point, wolf, they slept on it, right? you see, the prosecution didn't object when it was made yesterday and they must have lea slept on it and that's when they asked the judge to strike this and we want to you read an instruction to the jury because this is an opinion and the jury may rely more heavily on a law enforcement officer's testimony. but what stands is any inconsistencies he believes were minor and there were no inconsistencies he believes in regard to george zimmerman and the witness statements. >> marcia clark, you're a former prosecutor. how unusual is this that 12 or 17 hours later, all of a sudden it dawns on the prosecution that maybe we should ask this comment by the lead investigator be stricken from the record? >> i don't think it took them 17 hours. i think they heard the quest