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martin s blood because the levels were so minimal. you ve known how low the levels were all along. why did you fight so hard to have it admitted? i think that should have been our decision rather than the court s decision. i think when we have relevant and admissible evidence, it should be allowed in. then we make the decision based on our strategy. i don t think the court should have attempted to preempt us, and in the end she didn t. keeping in mind the substance of the evidence itself, how it may persuade the jury and also keeping in mind the sensitivities that we have had throughout this trial and pretrial concerning trayvon martin s family and the sensitivities of what they re going through right now. so the decision was made. it wasn t going to be probative enough for us to have to deal with the concerns surrounding it. how surprised were you that the judge didn t allow some of those text messages in? well, i respect the court s ruling. i was surprised because i think
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the job, lee was temporarily suspended and later fired by the city manager. there was political pressure on one hand. sure. reporter: did you get a fair shake? i don t think so. i upheld my oath. you know, i upheld, you know, my oath to abide by the laws of the state of florida and the constitution, and i m happy that at the end of the day i can walk away with my integrity. reporter: one legal analyst said today billy, chief billy really got thrown under the bu . would you agree? yes. did the chief say whether or not he s watching the trial closely? anderson, he is watching every bit of this trial. you ll remember that he himself testified in this case, and he says when you look at his then officers, what they said on the stand, it coming out in court that they did their job to the
our fault? a, how extensive, if you agree with co-counsel, how extensive do you think the lies are and is there other contentions on how the state handled the case? i complained to you a few times about discovery. this is the case i filed not one but six motions for sanctions. in my practice never filed a sanctions violation request with the court. in this particular case and what frustrated mr. west so much so we know from evidence from the whistle blower from the state attorney s office that they had evidence of these reports that were generated in the third week of january of 2013. we didn t receive the information until june 4th. that type of discovery violation is significant, and it negatively impacted our way to get prepared for the trial, and i can understand and agree with mr. west s frustration because