the mayor office. we are back inside the sanford courtroom. the mother of trayvon martin now leaving the witness stand. her testimony was somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-12 minutes saying that is my son, the deceased, calling for help on the 911 call. prosecutors likely will rest their case. they may call to the witness stand the parents much george zimmerman who will likely say that is our son george zimmerman screaming for help and the judge ruled voice recognition experts will not be allowed to opine as to whose voice it is because the judge said it s just not scientific and mathematically reliable enough because it s brief, just 3 seconds long. it s background noise, and it s a scream. it s not a normal voice that can
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talking about. this hearing going on in the courtroom right now. prosecutors fighting to get zimmerman s to show he was obsessed with becoming a police officer. zimmerman s attorney, mark o mara said if that stuff is admitted, well, listen. i think if they start bringing what was in george s background to the table, it brings what trayvon martin brings to the table, all his violent acts that we know about and the fighting he was involved in. whatever george may have done in the background should not be on the table, as well. is that fair? i ll post that question to sunny hostin. sunny? that s an argument that the defense has made and is going to make, but i don t think it makes a lot of sense in the legal world because, you know, what is at issue here is what was in george zimmerman s mind. this is a second degree murder case. not what was in trayvon martin s
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saying serino s opinion should not be considered as evidence. the judge agreed and ordered the jury not to consider serino s statement when reaching their decision. and back live in the courtroom, you can see that they are still discussing, you know, whether this information will be admitted as evidence in this case. the jury is not in the room right now. the attorneys are debating different sides. the defense attorneys say that none of this information, the homework assignments, the applications, none of them are relevant to this particular case. again, we expect the jury to come in shortly after these attorneys debate this issue and the judge makes a ruling, carol. george howell reporting live from sanford, florida. my experts join us now, jason johnson, and chief political correspondent for politic 365 and sunny hostin a cnn legal analyst. welcome to all of you. morning. good morning. let s start with what george was
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