At 8:01 am this morning the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Florida gave Benjamin Crump 20 days to respond to the request for a Writ of Certiorari filed last week by George Zimmerman’s defense attorney Mark O’Mara – before they make a ruling.
After reception of Crumps response – O’Mara will have another 10 days to submit a reply.
At stake is whether or not Trayvon Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, will be deposed during the discovery phase surrounding the State of Florida V. George Zimmerman case.
The judge, Debra Nelson, ruled twice that Benjamin Crump would not have to present himself for questioning by the defense surrounding the discovery, in March 2012, of a witness he named “Dee Dee” (Witness #8).
Mark O’Mara has filed an appeal with the Fifth District to overrule the previous determinations by Orlando Judge Nelson. This is O’Mara’s second trip to the 5th district appeallate court; The first was to recuse the former Judge, Lester, – in that appeal the court ruled in favor of O’Mara and Lester was removed for biased rulings.
Filing available via pdf format HERE