pointing a gun at me. reporter: in this video re-enactment filmed hours after jones death, raja claimed he identified himself as a cop, opening fire after jones, who was legally licensed to carry a weapon, pulled out his gun. but raja was unaware that jones was on the phone with roadside assistance. i m good. really? yeah, i m good. really? yeah. get your [ bleep ] hands up. get your [ bleep ] hands up. hold on, hold on. get your [ bleep ] hands up. drop! reporter: prosecutors say that tape proved raja never identified himself to jones, who may have feared he was being robbed. the all white jury agreed. the jury convicting nouman raja of manslaughter. that roadside assistance call a crucial piece of evidence. tonight, raja s defense team says they may appeal. david? all right, victor, thank you. and next here tonight, to the relentless winter storms. the new system now headed for the northeast. new york, philly, boston all in the path. and tonight, the extreme
months or so. here they are. somewhat similar case. not exactly the same. i would say that angela cory and john guy are under a bit of pressure to get a conviction. i think a tremendous amount of pressure. the one thing i would say that i see very different than the zimmerman case is they are forcing michael dunn to take the stand, unlike zimmerman. they introduce his video re-enactment as his testimony. they re forcing michael dunn. the only person who says there was a gun is michael dunn. he will have to take the stand to prove that point. well, it s a fascinating case. we will keep an eye on it. thank you to faith jenkins and michael skolnik. thank you. thank you, karen. up next, our disrupter of the week a man of the law who could become an all-time first. that s ahead. t on cue. it s more than just a meal, it s meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, it s the only one cats ask for by name. [ male announcer ] new vicks dayquil severe.
plus weeks. their job to decide the fate of george zimmerman. their choices find him guilty of second degree murder, manslaughter or set him 43. cnn s george howell is outside the courthouse this morning. good morning, george. reporter: good morning. so it was a very interesting day and now here we are on arguments, the final stage in the trial of george zimmerman for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old trayvon martin. a teenager is dead. he is dead through no fault of his own. he is dead because another man made assumptions. reporter: prosecutor bernie de la rionda went into great detail, pointing out inconsistencies in zimmerman s story. from the national television interview he did to the video re-enactment conducted with police. the prosecutor then picked apart zimmerman s account of what
george zimmerman, since you ve already testified without taking the witness stand. remember, they heard his account. more than once they saw the video re-enactment shortly after the shooting. they saw the jailhouse interview, which was videotaped. he explained himself pretty consistently, yeah. you re always going to find a couple inconsistencies. if the state disagrees, they re the ones that introduced those statements. and many defense attorneys thought that was full hearty, he had the opportunity not to take the witness stand. there s differing views on that. can i point out something in the jury instructions that is important here. the provocation aspect from what i saw when i read the jury instructions, it was removed. it is not in there, there usually is language about that in there. i didn t find it in there. if that is the case. that is because there isn t any evidence of physical aggression by george zimmerman. we weren t privy for that discussion, but there was no
zimmerman. look into the heart of trayvon martin. but specifically ask whether george zimmerman wanted to shoot or just didn t want to shoot, if it was an accident. he suggested that it was. and we also heard from mark o mara. mark o mara did sort of a legal lesson, if you will. explaining to jurors, first of all, what it takes to charge a person for a crime. basically to find a person guilty or not guilty. went through great explanation with that. and then he showed several charts. and he showed that video reenactment of the scene from the account of george zimmerman. and also explain to the jurors that they have to decide the case based on facts, not on circumstantial evidence. it will be interesting to see when this happens or what happens. we re on verdict watch. could come down today. could come down tomorrow possibly. but we re as waiting to see what happens monday. absolutely. the world is certainly watching