One of the prosecution's most important witnesses in the Trayvon Martin murder case is 19-year-old Rachel Jeantel. Following her testimony on Wednesday, legal analyst Vanessa Braeley said she could actually be hurting the state's case.
Braeley said the state could have avoided the possibly damaging testimony.
"You're not supposed to coach your witnesses as an attorney, but you certainly want to speak with them and get a temperature read on how they're going to respond in court," she said. "If I were the state, I would've limited the questioning to only and specifically what they wanted her to say and move on."
The state still has more witnesses to call to the stand.
Braeley says it's hard knowing what to expect from the state moving forward.
"It's difficult to tell where the state is going with their witnesses," Braeley explained. "We've had a lot of witnesses on the stand that have given unclear testimony, a lot of stories that have been inconsistent, the details are vague. Usually when, especially in a trial like this where they've had so much time to prepare and they understand that it's going to be a massive media trial, they know exactly what they want out."
So far, the state has called 12 witnesses to the stand.