Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda then played Surdyka's emotional call as Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon's mother, and Surdyka dabbed tears from their eyes. Significant Numbers in George Zimmerman case. During cross-examination, Surdyka described the altercation and cries for help as a life-or-death struggle. Zimmerman, who has said he was defending himself, has claimed he was the one screaming that night and that he shot and killed the unarmed teenager after Martin repeatedly banged his head on a concrete sidewalk.
Prosecutors suggested it was Martin who was screaming. A second neighbor, Jeannee Manalo, testified that she also heard screams but did not know who was crying for help. But she was the first witness to testify that she saw a man swinging his arms. The testimony followed a key ruling in the trial by Circuit Judge Debra Nelson to allow jurors to hear several non-emergency calls the former neighborhood watch captain made to police well before the encounter with Martin.
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Seven Lives. Defense attorneys contend Martin was on top of Zimmerman during the struggle, but after the neighborhood watch volunteer fired a shot, Zimmerman got on top of Martin. Jeannee Manalo testified after Surdyka that she believed Zimmerman was on top of Martin, saying he was the bigger of the two based on pictures she saw of Martin on television after the fight. Both prosecutors and defense attorneys believe they could show whether Zimmerman or Martin was the aggressor in the encounter.
Defense attorneys successfully argued against allowing prosecution experts who claimed the cries belonged to Martin. Before the February shooting, Zimmerman had made about a half dozen calls to a nonemergency police number to report suspicious characters in his neighborhood. Judge Debra Nelson on Wednesday ruled that they could be played for jurors. Prosecutors had argued that the police dispatch calls were central to their case that Zimmerman committed second-degree murder since they showed his state of mind.
Later, Surdyka said she was making assumptions when she said the voice was coming from a young man. She also admitted that she went on CNN in disguise to describe what she saw. Facebook Twitter Email. Friend says she heard Trayvon Martin trying to get away. Show Caption. Hide Caption. Zimmerman trial witness told Trayvon, 'You better run'.
She testified that she was on the phone with Trayvon Martin when someone started following him, and she told him that he better run. Trayvon Martin's father leaves courtroom over photos. In Tuesday's court proceedings during the George Zimmerman trial, lawyers showed photos of Trayvon Martin's dead body which prompted his father to walk out of the courtoom.
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