The defense team for George Zimmerman wants to delay the trial.

Wednesday, attorney Mark O'Mara filed for a continuance, asking to delay the trial for several reasons, mostly dealing with evidence and witnesses that the defense is trying to get from the state. O'Mara said problems with discovery are slowing down the process.

O'Mara is specifically wanting information from Twitter and Facebook for Trayvon Martin, and the analysis of Trayvon Martin's cell phone.

The defense also wants the ability to question a witness, known as Witness 8. O'Mara, in his motion, said he has repeatedly asked the state for information on Witness 8, particularly with regard to when the state became aware of the Witness, but the state is rebuffing those requests.

The defense also wants to go through the Martin family's witnesses, many of whom have made public and media appearance. O'Mara, in his motion, says, "While the gathering of that information is ongoing, the analysis of it is tedious and time consuming."

The defense also says it needs extra time to recruit experts which will help in trial preparation, something that can only be done after the discovery issues are handled.

Zimmerman may be declared indigent

O'Mara said George Zimmerman was almost completely out of cash, and unless donations flow in to a newly launched website, he will have to take drastic measures and declare Zimmerman indigent.

The donations have totaled more than $314,000, but O'Mara said they have greatly dwindled down.

That amount of cash will most definitely not cover the high cost of Zimmerman's defense, including investigative costs and expert fees.

"Well, quite honestly, George is without money, so [from] that view of it, he should be declared indigent if he requests it, and the state should assist in his funding," said O'Mara. "I'm sure the counter will be that he had a lot of money and that he spent it already. But the reality is that I think we can justify why he spent it, and how it was spent and the necessity for spending it, and that it was gone."

O'Mara said Zimmerman's defense team is about to relaunch his legal defense fund website, hoping to spur donations.

Zimmerman's legal team hopes to bring in at least $30,000 a month. O'Mara said the website will now contain information on the amount of money raised thus far, and how it's being spent.

While the lack of cash is one problem, O'Mara said the discovery process has been tedious as well.

"Right now, we are set for trial in June, which means we will have the immunity trial sometime in April, which if you look at the timeline given by the judge really means we would have to have our experts disclosed very quickly and we don't have them in place yet," said O'Mara.

That's just for Zimmerman's legal battle, and doesn't include his living situation.

"Don't forget that the indigence really only attends to the defense funding. I don't know what he's going to do, where he's going to live, how he is going to pay for rent, how he's going to pay for food. How he's going to pay for anything like that, just the daily living expenses," said O'Mara.

O'Mara also touched on the affect the case has had on Zimmerman physically.