
The Fifth District Court of Appeals has yet to rule on the Writ of Certiorari submitted by Mark O’Mara.
The goal of the appeal is to override trial Judge Nelson’s ruling protecting Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump, from deposition. Consequently this is the defense team’s attempt to compel Crump to answer questions about the evidence he submitted in the case.
Regardless of whether or not the defense team wins the appeal – the actual seating of Benjamin Crump seems highly unlikely. Crump learned his trade at the knee of the master, Al Sharpton, and there is no reason to believe a divergent outcome from Sharpton’s approach in the same regard when he was similarly disposed in the Tawana Brawley case.
It’s also expected the Zimmerman defense team should be releasing their 4th, and perhaps final, supplemental discovery release any time. Additionally, with the trail date closing in, there may be further reciprocal discovery released by the State of Florida. (more…)