redirect? just briefly. the defendant was complying with officer smith s commands, was officer smith holding him at gunpoint? when i arrived there, yes. thank you. judge, that s all i have. thank you. may mr. ayala be excused? he may. call your next witness. stacey livingston. okay. so you just heard from one of the first responding officers to the night, to that crime scene back on february 26 of 2012. he just finished pretty quickly there. questioned, setting up the scene, seeing the body of trayvon martin, trying to resuscitate, no signs of life. also answering questions both from obviously from the state and from the defense as far as whether or not george zimmerman was compliant officers, if he answered questions clearly, completely, and just heard he said that, yes, he did. got to get a quick break in. we re going to continue this coverage, constant coverage, of course, of this major trial underway in sanford, florida. george zimmerman on trial for
to be transported to a medical facility to receive an x-ray. sure. you can t get x-rays just in the back of your ambulance, right? right. you d have to take them to the hospital. if they choose to go. who helps make that decision? if the patient is fully awake and alert, it s they can make the sdimpgz. so that final decision, is that actually left up to the nonmedical personnel? it was discussed, and we explained that we would be happy to transport him, and i m not exactly how the determination of made. but i knew that it was determined that if he was going receive medical care, the police was going take him. so it became the police responsibility at that point, correct? correct. had it not been for the police involvement, would you have suggested to the person who had that injury and the injuries in the back of his head to go get some x-rays? we would have said the same
your person? it was tucked between my magazine pouch and my vest. all right. do you recall whether or not the defendant s holster was inside his pants or on the inside of his pants when he showed it to you? i don t. all right. could you see the defendant s gun when you approached him? no. could you see the holster when you approached him? no. all right. what did dow with the defendant after you placed him in hand sdmufs. he was seating in the rear of my prius vehicle. when you walked ben tote your patrol car, did he appear to have any trouble walking? no, sir. did other sanford police department officers respond to the scene in short order after you? yes, sir. do you recall who the first officer was who responded after
okay. was it particularly unusual. no, sir. even for those circumstances. no, sir. didn t come across to you as being cavalier, did he? no, sir. or just uncaring? no, sir. fairly appropriate for what you now know he had just gone through? correct. so you secured the gun. yes, sir. then what s the next thing that you do? i had mr. zimmerman have a seat in the rear of my patrol car. let s talk about the walk over. my understanding again from other testimony is that another officer came on scene fairly quickly behind you. do you recall that? that is correct. do you recall who it was? officer ayala. ayala. and you had control of mr. zimmerman. that became your now task,
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