those people at least one of those people were arrested and found and arrested and charged with that crime? yes. and do you know what happened? do you know the person s name? his name was emanuel burgess. and is that the reason why you moved from that area? yes. nothing further, your honor. thank you. miss bertalan, good afternoon. you had some contact with george zimmerman after that event, did you not? i did. okay. judge, outside the scope of direct. judge, it s it s the basis of her testimony, i believe.
0 them. okay. the defendant can t take the stand. okay. got to leave it there. we re going to be watching every minute of this. my friend and colleague brianna keilar is going to take the helm from here. thank you very much. i m brianna keilar in for brooke baldwin. thank you for joining me. minutes ago george zimmerman let the judge know there is still a chance he could testify in his defense in his trial. interesting exchange. let s listen to this between judge deborah nelson and the florida man charged with second-degree murder. have you made a decision, sir, as to whether or not you want to testify i object to that question. overruled. have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in the case? i object to that question. i think that s overruled. the court is entitled to enquire of mr. zimmerman s determination as to whether or not he wants to testify. mr. zimmerman, have you made a decision as to whether or not you want to testify in this c
0 that incident is why george zimmerman told police he decided to start the neighborhood watch. let s listen. the person or persons involved had not been caught, right? right. and you discussed that it was your belief i say yours collectively, you and him that that person responsible lived in retreat twin lakes, right? it was confirmed by the police. that they lived inside. yes. and you discussed that with the defendant. and other neighbors. and you discussed that person lived in retreat at twin lakes near the back gate, right? yes. and then it s your understanding that at some point that person was arrested. yes. and released prior to february of 2012. correct. you have you watched the proceedings in this trial? briefly. what parts did you watch? okay. and then in addition to your conversation with george zimmerman, did you talk to other people about what happened to you? yes. who was that? a couple of my neighbors. pete and chris. w
emanuel burgess, who was this one-person crime spree through retreat view circle who got five years in prison for his bevy of burglaries in that area. you were the sentencing judge in that case when he came before you about a year and a half ago. so, yeah, an unfortunate circumstance. that doesn t allow the outrageously over response by mr. martin. sticking to the ill will and hatred argument, basically in the light case, it was just not ill will because the courts looked to two other cases for the instruction on ill will, spite, and hatred, that being williams versus state. mcdaniel versus state, a fourth dca case, to begin the analysis that even extremely reckless