cross-examination, attorney don west probed further about how the law allowed for deadly force when a person reasonably fears for his or her life. there was a reasonable apprehension of fear. you don t have to wait until you re almost dead before you can defend yourself? no. i would advise you probably don t do that. the jury also learned 1i8er man had applied to become a police officer in virginia and applied to ride along with cops in sanford. prosecutors arguing it all shoes zimmerman s state of mind the night he encountered trayvon martin walking through his neighborhood. a state of florida crime lab analyst then took the stand explaining how zimmerman s gun was loaded with a full magazine and one bullet in the chamber. prosecutors dramatically carried out his hoodie and sweat shirt, showing one bullet hole in the chest. it was consistent with recent due and physical effects of a contact shot. so again, evidencing that the
expected to begin any moment here. we heard testimony on critical evident about the shot that killed trayvon martin. listen. the clothing, displayed residues and physical affects consistent with a contact shot. nmeaning the muzzle was up against the sweatshirt when it was fired? correct. did you do any examination to identify the distance the bullet travelled before it hit mr. martin s chest? no, i only examined the clothing for distance determination. no, she doesn t know what the distance was between the sweatshirt and body. and host of judge alex. is with me. they spent a lot of time on the
that is a close-up of the distance test that i had made, the arrows are pointing to diagonal tear that occurred in the fabric. when you conducted the distance test with the kel-tech pistol and the hooded sweatshirt, what did you determine about the distance between the muzzle of the gun and the material at the time the gun was discharged? the clothing displayed residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot. meaning the muzzle, or the end of the barrel of the gun was up against the sweatshirt when it was fired? correct. all right. let s go to state s 127. what is that? this is the other sweatshirt that i had received to do distance determination on. again, you made measurements of where the hole is relative on the sweatshirt?
stand your ground law. and they were very engaged in the discussion. i remember talking about it quite a few times. then a gun forensic analyst confirmed martin was shot at close range. the clothing displayed residues and physical effects consistent with a contact shot. meaning the end of the barrel of the gun was up against the sweat shirt when it was fired? correct. those contact shots, they do a gsr test for like blow back on the hands of the shooter and determine where the contact was on the victim, trayvon martin. what she s saying, it was a contact wound, so it was pressed up against, but not pressed into. so not like he shot him from a distance that the bullet traveled. it s consistent in my opinion with what the defense is saying and with george zimmerman s
effects of a contact shot. so, again, evidence that the end of the gun was against the material when it was fired? yes. all right. and finally state s 131, what is depicted there? this is a close-up shot of the test that i had generated with the lighter color sweatshirt, depicting a little better that you can see the tearing and the blackening of the fabric right around the hole. all right. are your findings consistent with the muzzle of the gun having been pressed into the dark hooded sweatshirt and fired through both the dark hooded sweatshirt and the lighter colored sweatshirt? it is consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching the outer sweatshirt and the inner sweatshirt being in direct contact with the outer one, yes. all right, thank you, ma am. judge, that s all i have. thank you. thank you.