George Zimmerman’s murder trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin has been set for June 10.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson set the date during a court hearing Wednesday morning, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Lawyers in the case estimated the trial will take about three weeks.
Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watch volunteer, is charged with second-degree murder in the unarmed teen’s Feb. 26 death in Sanford, Fla.
Zimmerman attorney Mark O’Mara said he couldn’t say whether he would be fully prepared in time, according to the Sentinel.
“I don’t know today when we’ll be ready for trial,” O’Mara said.
After the six-minute court session, Zimmerman’s legal defense team tweeted they would likely seek a hearing under the so-called “stand your ground” law a month or two prior to the trial date.
“#zimmerman self-defense immunity hearing likely to be requested for April or May,” the tweet said.
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Jim Soden
Oct. 18, 2012 at 7:52pmI am 110% behind George Zimmerman! LaTroy DeRon-Ron-Booga-booga can come back from the dead (where he belongs for what he did!) and kiss my white hiney!
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JESUSISSTILLLORD
Oct. 18, 2012 at 1:28pmIt’s too bad that black folk like bintalhshamsa can’t get the facts of he case straight. It really is. Truth is just too difficult a concept for them to grasp, I guess. George Zimmerman did not stalk and shoot an innocent child. He shot a drugged up thug who was smashing his head against the ground. And you know what? I would too.
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libsaredangerous
Oct. 18, 2012 at 11:15amThis is going to be a zoo. That judge has it out for him. They should try him in some other state. No way he can get a fair trial in Orlando.
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Secret Squirrel
Oct. 17, 2012 at 7:45pm.
I can’t wait until the trial begins.
Hopefully, the facts will be revealed,
and not just posturing from the likes of Al Sharpton.
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listeninginVT
Oct. 18, 2012 at 10:28amthe case should just be dropped.
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blackfeather
Oct. 17, 2012 at 6:33pm…that should be “self defense trial”.
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Bobaz
Oct. 17, 2012 at 5:40pmGeorge Zimmerman does the country a favor by taking out this drug fueled thief and now he’s gonna get hosed for it.
Even though there’s not a shred of evidence that Zimmerman murdered anyone, he will be sacrificed on the alter of political correctness to keep these “missing links” from burning down their cities.
When are Whites going to start fighting back against these evolutionary dead enders? We’ve spent trillions trying to civilize them and gotten nothing for it. Maybe it’s time for more drastic measures.
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bintalshamsa
Oct. 17, 2012 at 9:51pmYou do realize that 80% of the world’s population is non-white, right? You do realize that in less than 50 years, white people will also be the minority in the USA, right? You’re practically a triceratops, a dodo bird, a Tasmanian tiger. You can still tell yourself that you have the power to “fight back” and prevent nature from subsuming “white people”, but it’s already a done deal, as far as evolution is concerned. Unless your family completely dies out, they’ll all be non-white by the beginning of the next century.
Larry E
Oct. 17, 2012 at 4:31pmWhat a crock! All the people who think a person should run for their life like a rabbit being chased by a fox have probably never even considered what they’d do if threatened – aside from fainting. A punk attacks someone who’s going about his lawful business and gets shot and it’s big news. In Glorious Leader’s “home town” of Chicago a lot of punks are shot every year by other punks and they can’t seem to manage it.
Hopefully Obama will be retired someplace making vast piles of money speaking to the stupid, and we’ll have an honest AG so that when Zimmerman is acquitted the DoJ won’t be after him for violating Trayvon’s right to attack people, er, I mean civil rights.
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turkey13
Oct. 17, 2012 at 5:11pmBecause of Obama & Holder the Mexican Americans will vote for Romney. This is a waste of taxpayers money since Zimmerman had a law toprotect him and could use force whenhe felt his life was being threatened. I carried a double barrel derringer in my boot before I got a carry permit. Our new open carry here in Oklahoma goes in effect on Nov. 1ST. I have already decided on the gun I will carry but will still have my derringer in my boot. Of course my wife has her Lady Smith. We refuse to be victims because everyone is trusting and loves everyone else.
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bintalshamsa
Oct. 17, 2012 at 9:53pmAnd how did you come up with that brilliant idea? Did Mexican Americans defend Zimmerman when he stalked and shot that child? Do you think they are waiting until the last minute to suddenly stop declaring their support for Obama and then pledge their allegiance to the guy who thinks that their families should just “self-deport”?
SocialistSlayer
Oct. 17, 2012 at 3:20pmUh Trial ??? I think what they really mean is his lynching is about to start !
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thegreatcarnac
Oct. 17, 2012 at 1:47pmThe MSM has already tried and convicted Zimmerman because in liberal America one cannot defend himself against black thugs. If the thug had been any other race then Zimmerman would be a hero but since he killed a government protected species, then he is automatically wrong in the eyes of the government and the press. If he is not tried by 12 minorities he will get off and I hope he sues everyone involved from the D.A. to the government.
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DOra Glasberg
Oct. 17, 2012 at 1:00pmZimmerman will take a plea.
They found a THIRD passport and another $50,000
during Shelly’s cavity search.
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uselogic
Oct. 17, 2012 at 3:59pmYeah and you’re a blithering idiot who has no clue about the actual evidence in this case.
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MN NICE
Oct. 17, 2012 at 5:10pmAnd in a related story… Oprah was arrested at the airport the other day… TSA lifted her dress and found 80 lbs. of cr@ck
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Dustoff
Oct. 17, 2012 at 6:37pmCare to prove that?
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:31pmSee people think that God is just always around, but that’s because you don’t understand the scriptures. When men began multiplying in the earth during the time of Noah, God said I can not remain because man is also flesh. That is no different even today.
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CobraBill
Oct. 17, 2012 at 3:53pmSo I guess your saying George will be found guilty?
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:30pmI expect Zimmerman will be quietly released after the charges are dropped, unless Obama decides to use the issue to enflame the race card once again just before the elections.
No matter what, do not forget the NBPP has a bounty for his death that is still active; and AJ Holder refuses to do anything about it.
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Mr_D
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:30pmJuly 4, 2013 will be George Zimmerman’s Independence Day.
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moreteaplease
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:28pmThe laws today are crafted to protect the guilty and convict the innocent when it comes to self defense and race is a determining factor in how those laws are written. Nobody will ever convince me otherwise.
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GoodStuff
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:18pmFree Zimmerman!
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Gonzo
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:15pmThe riots from Obama losing will be good traning for the Trayvon riots.
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OhioRifleman
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:14pmIt will be good to see this man emancipated.
BTW, what ever happened to Speedy Trial? Trayvon was shot almost a year ago.
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Cataclysm
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:14pmthe MSM already “proved” him guilty
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Slowman101
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:13pm@TRI-OX: IF Obama had a son I would feel sorry for him.
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bintalshamsa
Oct. 17, 2012 at 10:00pmPresident Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have been excellent parents. Even Republicans have praised their parenting. Feel free to show us your spawn so that we can judge who needs someone to feel sorry for them.
JESUSISSTILLLORD
Oct. 18, 2012 at 1:26pmBintalshamsa is an idiot and an obamabot. If White people went away your people would be right back to eating each other—oh wait—your people still do that.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:13pmPeople are funny like that, they will invite people into their house who kill the spirit of their children, and set up road blocks for their families whereby eventually they won’t dwell in their own house, and yet they’ll be concerned about some guy down the street in the neighborhood.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:15pmAnd then people will turn around and pray to God to help that person. And all God will say is: I did, it’s right there in the Bible.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:22pmJust keep thinking God is a Socialist, and that he will do people’s fishing for them, and you’ll go back in time thousands of years.
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DOra Glasberg
Oct. 17, 2012 at 1:02pmThe lord does not like drugged out whackos roaming the streets
pretending they are Clint Eastwood
And killing unarmed kids, out buying candy.
bobdiamond
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:10pmI wonder if Obama is going to testify as a character witness for Treyvon since he’ll have alot of time by next June. Read political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:10pmI guess George Zimmerman could be learning from this that you shouldn’t be concerned with who or what unless they try to come into his house. That’s the conclusion I draw anyways.
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GoodStuff
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:17pmSo don’t look out for your neighborhood and your neighbors, right? Got it.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:23pmNo, it’s just that your understanding of ‘Watching out’ is inverted.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:27pmYou pretend your house extends the entire distance of your neighborhood, and yet therefore then your neighbors are strangers without your doctrine living in your house, that being if your house borders indeed do extend throughout your neighborhood.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:35pmAnd what I said about you extending carelessly the borders of your house: that’s why the Bible says you will build houses and others will dwell in them – that is in part, because it also means you will marry strangers who are not your wives.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:38pmMoreover, you have brought people into your house who dwell carelessly inviting in other strangers to your house who put you in the situation of George Zimmerman.
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Ilikepeople
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:40pmNow I’m no expert on these matters because I’m just a “Low class smoker”, but if this didn’t happen to George Zimmerman, then it would be a lot harder to explain.
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Xiccarph
Oct. 17, 2012 at 3:00pmIn most areas in this country, even defending inside your house will get you arrested, and a hot shot DA will squeeze water from a sun-baked rock to drag you through the “justice” system until you are either convicted of something, or bled dry of all assets.
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Detroit paperboy
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:09pmIf Odumbass had a son, he couldn’t debate his way out of a paper bag…………..
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Tri-ox
Oct. 17, 2012 at 12:07pmWell, obama will have been out of office for several months by then – perhaps the prosecution can call him as a character witness for thug-Martin, to declare that, “If I had a son … blah, blah, blah …”.
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