150e78d to encapsulate zimmerman s entire defense, quoting what zimmerman told him minutes after the fatal shot and with the body of the teenager lying sprawled nearby. this guy was beating me up and i shot him. and i had to defend myself and i shot him. i m sorry? i was defending myself and i shot him. so this guy was beating me up. i was defending myself and i shot him is what he told you? yes. without hesitation? no. and from what you could tell at the moment, it seemed completely true? yes. reporter: after the testimony of jonathan good, then came sanford police officer timothy smith. smith had a number of things to say, but perhaps most important from the aspect of the defense was he said that he noted that george zimmerman s jacket, the back of it at least, was wetter than the front and also that it was covered or stained by grass. now, that again would seem to verify the point that the defense has made all along, that george zimmerman was struggling on his
reporter: the next person to take the stand was another neighbor, jonathan manalo, who was the first person to talk to zimmerman seconds after the shooting. were you the first person after the shot that came into contact with anybody out there, the defendant and the victim on the ground? yes. reporter: the prosecution seemed to be focused on zimmerman s state of mind zeroing in on a phone call he made that night, a handcuffed zimmerman asked manalo to call his wife. i had a connection with her right away and i said your husband has been involve in a shooting. he s being handcuffed and will be held for questioning at the stanford police department and around that time, he cut me off and says just tell her i shot someone. did you respond to that? yes. what did you say? okay. well, he just shot someone. reporter: manalo testified zimmerman had the look of a man that had just been beaten up and even snapped this cell phone picture of zimmerman s bloody head. on cross-ex
and you shouldn t be asking some witness to speculate on whether or not a picture looks like somebody was in fear. i don t know about that. mark, you know what? in essence, that s the witness to ask about the severity of the injuries. you re going to get there any way, you may as well let them get there. that s the important thing. regardless of what zimmerman what the defense is trying to bring out, the jury has to decide whether they think those injuriies show this man was in fear of imminent death. to the extent that those injuries seem superficial, it s not going to work. if they do believe it, it will work. marcia, you know, kind of with the other point i was making before where we ve inverted the defense and prosecution, do you think those injuries were sufficient to show great bodily injury if you were a prosecutor? do you think you could put up those injuries and prove to a jury? because i think there are a lot of prosecutors that would argue if he was the so-called victi
questioned. the prosecution focused on what zimmerman had to say and his e demeanor right after the shooting. when you first came into contact with mr. zimmerman that eveni evening, did he appear to be in shock? no. what do you base that on? he didn t act like anything different. he was coherent, he was responding to my questions just like any other person. very interesting. during his cross-examination, we also saw these pictures of zimmerman s bloody head and the witness testified that he saw blood dripping from zimmerman s nose. so what will the jurors make of all this? let s go live it investigative journalist diane diamond and martin savidge outside the courtroom? sanford, florida. we rie going to continue keep a eye on the courtroom. was it a strategy by the state to put a witness on the stand who bolsters the defense s
but i want to say, her testimony is crucial because george zimmerman said do you have a problem or something to that affect and sucker punches him in the face and said you are going to die tonight. this witness is saying that it did not happen like that. that zimmerman is the one who approached him. her testimony now we do have phone records that corroborate the fact that she was on the phone. and george szimmerman says to te operator are you following him she says yes. in terms of her testimony. her testimony is backed up by what zimmerman is saying. if you look at the time stamps of those phone calls they aare saying what was going on.