no? no, sir. thank you. nothing further, your honor. thank you. you were asked about information you had prior to that. yes, sir. and you mentioned mr. goode, correct? yes, sir. you mentioned mr. goode and the defendant mr. zimmerman, correct? i didn t mention mr. zimmerman. watching the ongoing testimony there of the lead investigator in the investigation of george zimmerman. chris serino back on the stand. we ll take a quick break and be back in a moment. - hugs from beneful baked delights. - [ barks ] are crispy, oven-baked dog snacks with soft savory centers, made with beef and cheese. beneful baked delights: a unique collection of four snacks. to help spark play in your day. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips fiber good gummies. they re fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support regularity! i want some. [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips .
looking at, again, this is chris serino. he was the lead detective in the case of trayvon martin, lead detective at one point. he s also the gentleman who s represented by jose diaz, the same attorney that represented casey anthony as well. as you also remember during his initial testimony for the state there were a number of objections. the judge at one point had to strike a portion of his testimony as well when the attorneys for the defense argued that he was expressing more of his opinion than fact. so it ll be very interesting to see precisely what they try to get him to narrow how they get him to narrow the focus and scope of his testimony for the defense. and lisa bloom, briefly as we end the hour, the important thing about this detective was that his original recommendation was a manslaughter charge, and some people are suggesting, especially after looking at the
there? okay. i believe it was two days after the incident that trayvon was shot and tracy martin was there to speak to chris serino. he was concerned that an arrest hadn t been made. and chris serino was trying to explain to him the circumstances objection. hearsay. zblurn, zblu your honor, i would not offer officer serino s statements for the truth of the matter asserted. but lear to lay the groundwork i m speaking. i apologize. she can testify as to what she has observed and what the circumstances were but not as to what anybody said. can you repeat? not as to what anybody said. including the other officer? your honor, i would need to be heard at the bench for that, your honor. i know we talked about one already, just not that one. ask your question.
i ll wait for an objection. okay. thank you. i think you were saying sort of the setting. so if you would continue. the setting was in the office cubicles. they were both sitting at chris serino s desk, chris in his own seat and an extra chair they had brought over to chris desk so tracy martin could sit. i believe it was his girlfriend that was with him. and they were there to so that chris serino could explain to them why at this point an arrest couldn t be made. and it was your understanding that investigator serino was still in the beginning stages of the investigation. is that correct? yes. i believe it was either two or three days after the incident. and where were you sitting or standing while this conversation was occurring? i was sitting probably diagonal to the cubicles. the cubicles are sitting square and there is a path between them that you can walk through.
put on their presentation of their case. msnbc legal analyst lisa bloom and criminal defense attorney john burress are with me. lisa, i want to get your take on this out of the gate. they were very specific with serino about back to the 911 tape and the voice and the fact zimmerman said that doesn t sound like me. there was so much more i would like to hear from chris serino. it s all about the father of trayvon martin, who initially said it didn t sound like his son screaming on the 911 call. chris serino had to admit that tracy martin said, not my son, in a very emotional moment because he s hearing the gunshot that took his son s life. meanwhile, john, we ve had so many people get up on that stand and testify in the affirmative that they believe that that is george zimmerman s voice. again, this is the defense s turn to put on their case. they ve been putting on witness after witness that says, yes,