The following is a LIVE, ongoing rundown of the day's testimony in the George Zimmerman trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
The most recent updates from the courtroom Thursday are on top.
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Martin family speaks to the press
6:40 p.m.
Parks says Martin's parents have dedicated their lives to talking about anti-gun legislation and Trayvon's legacy will carry on.
A reporter asks about Martin's past of fighting. Parks says there's no evidence to suggest so far that Trayvon did anything to Zimmerman.
Parks walks the family away.
6:38 p.m.
A reporter asks if the parent give Jeantel credit for getting Zimmerman arrested. Parks says he can't say that. He thinks the witnesses have added a lot to the case.
A reporter asks about the reversing of roles and if Martin would've been the person shot. Parks says he hasn't thought about it.
Parks says he is looking forward to seeing what happens. He says Americans should not be naive and judging her. Parks says West did some things that should be reported on. He says she was good and did the things a young person should do.
A reporter asks about the case being about race. Parks says no one wants to talk about race. He says he agrees with O'Mara in wanting a nice, fair proceeding.
He says the rally was highly emotional and they weren't getting any action. He adds that the governor didn't make the appointment until the day of the rally.
A reporter asks about Zimmerman profiling Martin and him dying in vain if nothing is changed. Parks says Martin's name will be a part of a started movement. He says Trayvon moved the ball that much further.
6:33 p.m.
Parks describes Jeantel as a young lady going into the 12th grade and says they are proud of her. He confirms she blew Zimmerman's defense out of the water.
Parks says he tries not to talk about other members of the bar, in response to a question about Don West.
Parks says the case is very personal for Martin's parents.
A reporter asks about De la Rionda's interview with Jeantel and Fulton together. Parks says Jeantel was a very reluctant person and needed convincing. He says they weren't coaching her. He says he didn't stay in the room.
A reporter asks about Jeantel and her credibility. Parks say he thinks she's credible. He says no one will say she planned to deceive anyone.
6:29 p.m.
A reporter asks if they regret the process that brought Jeantel into the case. Parks says Jeantel was reluctant to be involved and they heard all the reasons and that is why they got what they could from her, but it is not the problem of the state of Florida.
Parks says the Martins, as possible witnesses, are not allowed to answer questions.
A reporter asks about the rallies and marches.
Parks asks if it was reversed that Martin shot Zimmerman, what would happen?
Parks says the core evidence in the case is subtle.
A reporter asks how Martin in Fulton feel about the marches to get Zimmerman arrested and how they feel about no black jurors.
Parks says the rules allow fair and impartial people to be picked.
He says the system refused to function, come and act. He says they begged and pleaded.
He says the people that came for marches were peaceful and they felt compelled to show up and show up early.
Parks mentions Wolfinger and his decision.
Parks says Jeantel put it into context that young people use the racial slurs and the irony is that Martin used the N-word and C-word.
6:23 p.m.
Daryl Parks speaks first telling the media that the family is encouraged by Rachel Jeantel testifying.
He says anyone that injects race into the process is wrong.
He they believe the jury is paying attention and there will be a fair verdict. "The evidence continues to mount in this case," Parks says.
6:20 p.m.
Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin approach the podium.
O'Mara speaks to the press
6:13 p.m.
O'Mara says he is frustrated that Zimmerman's parents can't be there.
A reporter asks if he thinks Martin's parents being present will affect the jury. O'Mara says he is going to trust Judge Nelson. He says the jurors cannot base their decision on sympathy or bias.
A reporter asks about Shellie Zimmerman. O'Mara says she also cannot be present. He thinks the legislation should change.
He leaves saying he is going back to work.
6:11 p.m.
"The only battle in this courtroom is justice and truth," he says, adding he thinks some truth was let out today. He thinks the trial could go to a third week. He is happy with the pace, he says.
A reporter asks if he thinks witnesses have picked sides. He says he has not seen that particularly. He says his hope is that they get on the witness stand, take the oath and mean it.
A reporter asks about Zimmerman's mindset. He says there is a sort of release now that there is a trial, but still very, very worried in a trial for his life.
A reporter asks about Jeantel's testimony. He says he knows the jurors are paying attention and taking notes. He calls it very tedious for those that aren't lawyers, but that it is moving along.
The reporter asks about the jurors writing during the 911 call of Lauer. "How could you not listen to that phone call and be emotionally attached to it?" O'Mara asks. He adds that they are still talking about a murder case.
A reporter asks if Jeantel will be back to testify. He says she is still under subpoena.
A reporter asks about social media. He says from 2011 to this day, it is amazing they are looking at witness's social media presence to come up with questions. He says witnesses have walked out of the courtroom and tweeted and done Facebook. "It's been an amazing undertaking," he says.
He says he'll be doing some case law for tomorrow.
He says Jeantel's testimony may mean they have to question her.
A reporter asks if Zimmerman might testify. O'Mara says no, but it is a very dynamic decision and will only be considered after the state makes its case.
A reporter asks about Jenna Lauer deleting her Twitter account. He says she didn't have any tweets, and her saying she didn't want to be involved was consistent.
6:00 p.m.
O'Mara says he is happy with the way things are so far. He says he is not concerned with the possibility Zimmerman's history may be allowed.
5:44 p.m.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara is expected to give a press conference. Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump will also give a statement.
5:43 p.m.
Mantei asks about a deposition being taken and is waiting to hand defense a video tape of it, referring to the witness that left for 6 weeks, but might be available by video conference. Court is recess until 9 a.m. Friday morning.
Witness: Selma Mora
5:40 p.m.
Guy asks if she knew what was in the man’s mind.
She says she can’t and doesn’t feel capable of putting words into his thoughts.
Guy shows a daytime photo of the houses. He circles some bushes and asks if they are the same height as the ones at her house.
She says they are the same as well as the plastic divider.
Guy asks if the columns are the same. She say yes.
Guy finishes.
Mora is excused.
5:38 p.m.
Mora says from the silhouettes and the shadows he definitely had one hand on his head and another on his waist.
She says he walked away 3 times and came back before the man with the flashlight arrived.
She says it could be what led her to think he was acting confused.
O’Mara asks if she knew Zimmerman before that night. She says never.
He asks if the flashlight let her get a better look at Zimmerman.
She says no.
She says she had never seen him in person, only the photo of him.
O’Mara asks if she saw blood on his nose.
She says it was dark, but the little light there was would not allow her to see the details.
O'Mara finshes. Guy re-directs.
5:34 p.m.
O’Mara asks if the person on top was moving their hands or arms.
No, she answers.
He asks about the person not responding to her until the third time he said to call the police.
She confirms.
He walked in the direction of the trash cans and then returned to the body, she says, and she assumes he did it about 2 or 3 times before a person with a flashlight showed up.
She says the man had one hand on his head describing it as a position for a person concerned.
O’Mara asks if he acted confused.
She says not to her understanding.
He asks if she remembers in her deposition her impression that he might be confused.
She says it’s possible that was so, and her answer was that she mentioned she thought he was acting concerned.
O’Mara hands her a transcript of her deposition.
Guy objects to the question for speculation.
Judge Nelson asks O'Mara to ask if that refreshes her recollection.
He asks her to describe how she thought he was acting.
She says he was acting in a concerned manner. She adds it was in a way of "what just happened" and confused.
She says she could use a lot of other words to describe it.
5:26 p.m.
O’Mara asks her about the point she heard the noise, not the cries.
She says she held on to the column to look around it.
He asks her to do it again so the jury can see about the time that she did.
Mora mentions that Mary was in the kitchen with her.
She demonstrates again.
She sits back down.
O'Mara asks her about her testimony that she could not see very well.
She says what little light there was from the houses did not let her see clearly, but she could see silhouettes.
O'Mara asks about the people she saw.
She says she saw a person on top with their knews on the ground and their hands must've been on some part of the person on the ground.
5:20 p.m.
She says everything happened so quickly she would be able to assure him that she yelled while Mary was on the phone.
O’Mara asks about the skateboard sound she heard, which is actually the gunshot.
She describes it as a child’s skateboard. It made sense to think it was a child playing, she confirms.
He asks if about her going to look while thinking a child was playing.
O’Mara says he’d like her to demonstrate what she did in the kitchen with the coffee, how she left the kitchen, got to the sliding glass door, went through it and looked down.
She steps down.
O’Mara points out she is wearing high heels. She takes them off.
O’Mara points out where each point is in the area before the witness stand.
She goes through each of the points spacing them out.
5:16 p.m.
She says she was making coffee and the kitchen window was on her right side.
O’Mara points out her unit on the diagram. He asks her about a column.
He asks if she reached over the column to look out. She says yes.
O’Mara asks if she could tell how far down the noise came from.
She says they were just sounds and it was something that reached her while working in the kitchen.
O’Mara asks if it could’ve been from different areas, pointing them out on the diagram.
She says from her house up in that direction, anywhere.
O’Mara asks her about hearing two cries. She says yes.
He asks if she has heard the 911 call with the screams. She says of course.
He asks if the cries she heard could be the screams in the 911 call. She says they could be.
He says he is curious that she said she yelled to a neighbor. She says that's correct.
He clarifies that he's just pointing out that it didn't make it to the recording.
She says that depends on which recording he is talking about, and adds its possible if its further away from her they might not be able to hear it.
5:09 p.m.
She says she did not see the man stumble or hear him say anything.
Guy asks if she saw someone with a flashlight outside.
Mora says yes, but her female friend was screaming behind her because it was a gunshot and she felt like she wanted to go in the house. A female
neighbor tried to go outside, but she screamed that she should go back because of the shooting, and then she ran inside.
The female friend was Mary. She says Mary was on the phone in the living room with 911.
Mora says she and Mary stayed at her house that evening and the police closed the back area of the houses and Mary did most of the speaking to the officers.
She says she didn’t speak to police that night, but an agent gave her a paper to write something down.
Mora say Mary did so because she was trying to contact her former husband to not bring the children home.
She says it might’ve been 4 days later that she talked to police.
She never met Martin or Zimmerman, she says.
She says she lived in that unit since 2007.
Guy finishes questioning. O'Mara begins cross-examination.
5:02 p.m.
She says the little amount of light could not let her identify the person’s race.
Mora says the clothing of the person on top was some sort of pattern of blacks and reds.
She says the person on top must’ve been supported by the person on the ground because she mostly observed his right hand side.
The person was almost stooping over, she says.
She says she didn’t hear the person on top say anything.
The person on the bottom was lying down, she says.
Mora says she couldn’t tell the person on the bottom’s gender.
She says the leg moved of the person on the bottom, “like a shudder.”
She asked “What’s going on?” in English.
Guy asks her to say it for the court.
She says the person on top turned and looked at her and she asked again.
The person didn’t respond. She says she asked again and the person responded saying to call the police.
Guy asks if she say the person on top or bottom get up.
She says the one on top did.
Mora says the person took a few steps in toward the dog receptacle.
She says she could tell the person was a man.
He walked for a few steps toward the receptacle and he put his hand on his head and his other hand was on his waist, she says.
Guy has her demonstrate.
4:55 p.m.
She says if she had thought the sound was a gunshot she would not have run out.
O’Mara asks for clarification about the sounds.
Guy asks if the sounds she heard from the kitchen came from which direction?
She says the right.
She says she saw people to the right when she went out to look.
Guy points out on a diagram her residence, where the people were, and a porch at 2831.
Guy shows a daytime photo of the houses showing her residence. He points out hers.
She says one of the people was on the ground and the other was “on top in a position like a rider.”
Mora says she couldn’t tell the gender of the person on top.
She says the person was facing toward the dog waste receptacle.
4:50 p.m.
She says the kitchen window was half-way open.
Guy asks if there was background noise when she heard the crying sound.
Mora says no.
She demonstrates the crying sound.
She describes it as soft.
She says she could not make out any words.
Mora says it was too dark to see anything.
After the crying sound, she says she heard a “dry” sound she describes as a “child falling.”
She says it’s like a longboard being bounced on.
Mora says she didn’t hear the crying sounds after that.
She says she ran to her back porch to the screen.
The purpose of the screen was to keep her daughter's dog from going out, she says.
4:45 p.m.
She says she was home the evening of the shooting, along with Mary.
Her children were with their father. Mary’s daughter was the oldest daughter of her former husband.
She says it was rainy and dark.
She says she heard a crying sound as she was in the kitchen.
4:43 p.m.
Guy asks her where she lived in Feb. 2012.
She says she lived at Retreat at Twin Lakes with her two children and a female friend, named Mary.
Her children were 9 and 14 years old.
Mary’s daughter was 8 years old.
Guy shows her residence on a diagram and she confirms.
4:40 p.m.
Guy questions Selma Mora, who says she lives in Miami. She says she is a U.S. citizen. She is a native of Columbia. She says she speaks some English, but is more comfortable with an interpreter.
She says she is an architect and interior designer.
4:37 p.m.
An interpreter, Jaime Sotomayor is used for the witness. Judge Nelson gives the jury instructions for use of an interpreter.
4:36 p.m.
The jury is brought in and John Guy calls the state's next witness.
Witness: Jenna Lauer
4:19 p.m.
De la Rionda shows her a laptop and her Twitter page, showing Robert Zimmerman Jr. is one of the people she’s following.
She says she’s been very careful to not say a side or talk to the media.
She adds that if she had clicked Follow on his account, it was by accident.
She points out that it says “follow” not following.
She is friends with Frank Taffe on Facebook and says her testimony is that it is not because he is a supporter of Zimmerman.
O’Mara asks her how many tweets she has sent.
She says zero.
De la Rionda asks her if she was ever friends with Zimmerman’s brother or Zimmerman.
She says no.
Judge Nelson excuses her for recall.
She gives a recess until 4:30 p.m.
4:09 p.m.
De la Rionda asks Lauer if she ever saw Zimmerman upset.
He asks if she ever knew Zimmerman had a restraining order against him from a woman “he had beat up.”
O’Mara objects that it is a misrepresentation.
He asks if Lauer is aware a woman got a restraining order against him for how he treated her.
She asks if she was aware in 2012.
He restates the question.
She says she is aware of it now.
De la Rionda asks if she is aware of the restraining order for violence against his girlfriend. She says yes.
He asks about the arrest for battery on a law enforcement.
She says she heard it on the news.
De la Rionda was
O’Mara asks to respond.
He asks if she was aware Zimmerman had a restraining order against her.
She says yes, but wasn’t aware it was dismissed.
He asks if she was aware the charges was a misdemeanor and dismissed later after a pre-trial diversion program.
She says no.
De la Rionda asks to be able to provide case law to the court and asks that Lauer be available for recall.
He has another matter to proffer.
He asks if she has ever followed Zimmerman's brother on Twitter or responded to one of his tweets.
She says no, and she doesn't remember.
Judge Nelson asks the attorneys to approach for a sidebar.
4:04 p.m.
The jury is excused from the courtroom.
4:00 p.m.
He asks about the un-gated area and if it was used by residents and non-residents.
She says she doesn’t know, but would guess both use it.
She confirms she could not make out who the two people were.
She says she can only tell what she heard in response to De la Rionda’s question about the struggle starting before the t-intersection of the walkway.
De la Rionda asks if kids play on the walkway. She says everyone uses it.
She confirms she doesn’t know who was being attacked.
De la Rionda says he has a matter he would like to proffer.
The attorneys enter a sidebar.
3:56 p.m.
O’Mara takes a moment to confer with West and Zimmerman.
He asks about Lauer’s husband, Jeremy.
She says she guess’s his instinct was to get the first weapon he could find and go out the front door to investigate.
She says her husband never found a knife because he doesn’t know where they are. The courtroom laughs.
Lauer says if he had found one, it was around the time the gun went off.
“I’m not going to go look where the gun just went off,” she says.
De la Rionda re-directs.
3:53 p.m.
O’Mara shows an aerial photo of the complex and asks her about the nearby complex.
He asks her about problems with open areas and the homeowner’s association.
She confirms the HOA put of gates.
Her husband’s truck is visible in the aerial view of the photo.
O’Mara asks if a street sign is nearby.
She says no.
Lauer says the house numbers can’t be seen from every angle.
O’Mara asks her about the sidewalk and if it is hard cement. She says yes.
She says she can’t tell whose voice it was that was screaming.
O’Mara asks if she considers them to be life-threatening screams. She says yes.
He asks if they were the screams of someone being beat up. She says they were “being hurt somehow.”
O’Mara holds up the police photo of Zimmerman with blood on his face and asks if they would be the screams of someone having “this” done to them.
She says his involvement with neighborhood watch was appropriate and to help the community.
3:46 p.m.
O’Mara asks her if she felt drained afterward, she says it was a mix of emotions.
She says she’s not sure who the person was talking to when they said ‘take my gun.’
Lauer says she took it as a statement to the police.
“I would’ve been more concerned if they had just run off,” she says.
O’Mara asks if an officer came up to her and asked her to identify the shooter.
She says they approached an officer roping off the scene.
Lauer said she didn’t want to go over and let the person see her, so she asked for a picture to be brought over.
O’Mara shows the picture.
She said she didn’t know who it was and didn’t recognize him.
3:43 p.m.
Lauer says she was out at her grandfather’s 92nd birthday, but it was raining all day so she went home.
O’Mara points out her residence on a diagram.
He asks her about the first thing she heard.
She describes it as a loud talking.
O’Mara asks her about the type of exchange and uses a car example.
She says it was shorter, but similar.
Lauer says she didn’t hear the “following me for” or “talking about” statements.
O’Mara asks her about the noise heard on the pavement. She describes it as shoes on pavement.
O’Mara asks her if she can say how long she knew the “yelps” were going on.
She says she can’t say.
Lauer says she could hear the yelling better than heard on the 911 call.
“It sounded like they were in our living room, it was right there,” she says.
O'Mara asks her to describe the calls.
She says it sounded like they were desperate and whoever it was really needed help.
Lauer says she never heard a second voice yell for help.
O'Mara asks if she can explain why we don't hear John Good saying anything.
She says it was loud enough for her to do it.
O'Mara asks her about other things she didn't hear. Someone saying call the police and another one.
3:33 p.m.
De la Rionda goes over the street names with Lauer.
He asks if she knew George Zimmerman through being a member of the homeowner’s association.
She says she never formally met him, but knew him through sight.
Lauer says she knew Zimmerman was part of the neighborhood watch.
She says she could not identify the person yelling for help as Zimmerman, adding that she never heard him yell like that at meetings.
De la Rionda asks if she heard the yelling stop after the gunshot. She says yes.
He finishes questioning.
O’Mara rises to cross-examine.
3:28 p.m.
De la Rionda shows a picture of the front of the house and confirms the address shown on the home.
He asks if the address is visible from the street.
O’Mara objects that it is speculation.
De la Rionda asks if she has ever walked toward the front of her house.
She says it depends on where she is on the sidewalk the numbers are visible, but she mentions a bush and her husband’s truck.
De la Rionda asks if there are only three streets in the complex. She confirms.
De la Rionda shows daytime photos of the crime scene.
De la Rionda points out her residence on a diagram. He also points out the walkway.
He shows the aerial view of the complex again.
3:22 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if that’s her husband also heard on the recording.
He asks if she ever heard anyone say “call the police.” She says no.
She says she heard the words “help” and “help me.”
Lauer says she heard people and saw lights, so she knew the police were out there.
“I did hear someone say ‘I have a gun, take my gun,’” she says.
De la Rionda shows her an aerial photo of the housing complex.
He points out her residence. She confirms it is correct.
He points out the walkway. He points out the front of the residence and the beginning of the walkway.
De la Rionda shows a nighttime photo of the crime scene, which includes her residence.
She says it was darker than shown in the photo.
3:14 p.m.
She says she did hear her next-door neighbor, identified as John Good, open his door.
Lauer says she knows his voice and heard him.
“He said something along the lines of ‘what the hell are doing?’” says Lauer.
De la Rionda plays the 911 call.
3:11 p.m.
She says her husband tried to call 911 first, but his phone locked up, so she called. She describes hearing “yelps.”
De la Rionda asks where she was when she called.
She says she got up of the couch and went to the stairs.
Lauer says she went to the stairs so whoever was outside wouldn’t hear her “snitching” on them.
She says her husband went into the kitchen and might’ve been getting something, like a knife, to go around the front to go see.
She says she heard a gunshot.
She says she went into the kitchen to stop her husband from getting involved and that’s when she heard the gunshot.
She says the phone was to her ear.
De la Rionda asks her if she put the phone out so the 911 operator could hear.
She says the whole time the phone was to her ear.
Lauer says the "yelps turned to helps."
"It just sounded like the same voice the whole time," she says.
She says the noises stopped after the gunshot.
When she heard the gunshot, she says she and her husband ducked down to the floor in the kitchen and then moves upstairs to get away from the door.
3:05 p.m.
She describes it as “scuffling.”
Lauer says it’s not the first time she heard noises back there as people walk their dogs all the time, but says not in the rain.
She says the noises were immediate after she muted the TV.
“After the scuffling it gradually went into like a grunting noise,” she says.
She says it sounded like people standing because she could hear sneakers on the pavement, but then she thought the rolling sounds were getting closer to her screen.
She says she never say anything outside.
De la Rionda asks her what else she heard.
She says it turned into “grunting” and eventually “yelping.”
De la Rionda asks about the decision to call 911.
She says they [she and her husband] decided to call 911 as soon as they heard the scuffling noises.
Lauer says she and her husband tried to re-enact it a while later.
2:59 p.m.
Lauer says her view of the backyard is not obstructed, but at night she cannot see past the blinds.
She says the sliding glass door was open and describes the day’s rain as “steady” and “relaxing.”
She says she heard voices outside and could tell they were from the backyard.
Lauer could not make out any words.
She says she could tell they were coming from the left of where she was sitting.
She says people walk their dogs in the area a lot.
She describes it as “loud talking.”
Lauer says she calls it a “three-part exchange.” “One person said something, then another and another,” she says.
She says they sounded about the same in volume.
Lauer said she muted the TV as soon as she heard the voices.
Immediately after, she says, she heard them scuffling, “sneaker on pavement” and grass.
2:54 p.m.
De la Rionda goes over the house layout with Lauer.
She says her screened in porch had bamboo blinds installed.
She says they were down with about a 1-foot gap the night of the shooting.
Lauer says she lived at that residence for about 3 years. She says she was home with her husband the night of the shooting, watching TV in the living room.
She describes the living room and says the loveseat faces the sliding glass door.
She says she was on the loveseat and her husband was on the couch. She says they were watching a recording of “Celebrity Apprentice.” She describes the TV volumes as "pretty loud."
2:49 p.m.
Lauer lived at Retreat at Twin Lakes back in Feb. 2012.
2:48 p.m.
The state calls Jenna Lauer to the witness stand. De la Rionda begins questioning her.
Witness: Raymond MacDonald
2:47 p.m.
O’Mara asks about the records.
MacDonald says he can only look to what the records say.
O’Mara asks why they show minutes and seconds.
MacDonald says that’s the way the application shows it.
MacDonald says if he sees a call coming in ahead of an 805 number, he can determine the call was sent to voicemail.
O’Mara asks if the time shows the length of the voicemail.
MacDonald says yes.
O’Mara finishes questioning.
Mantei re-directs.
MacDonald says the second set of records is only maintained for six months.
MacDonald is excused.
2:42 p.m.
Mantei asks what the records indicate to MacDonald.
He says at 7:16 p.m. and 24 seconds there is an incoming call and under that it appears to say outgoing to another number.
He says the 805 number is a voicemail platform.
He says a call that goes to voicemail looks like an outgoing call on the records.
On the page, every call after goes to voicemail.
Mantei finishes questioning.
O’Mara rises to cross-examine.
2:40 p.m.
Mantei asks how they measure a phone call to the seconds.
MacDonald says the records, the type of billing format, doesn’t show the seconds.
Mantei points out two calls on the record. He asks what a 1 means in the “minutes” column.
He says as long as there is a connection, it will show a minute.
Mantei shows another document and goes over what columns mean.
One column shows the calling number. Another, the last, shows the time of the call in minutes. He says the seconds are rounded up.
Mantei asks about a highlighted call from 7:12:06 p.m. on Feb. 26, 2012.
Mantei asks about the first call on the sheet and the connection time. The duration is for 17 minutes.
2:34 p.m.
Mantei shows the court a phone record.
He asks MacDonald about a series of numbers in a column that he says is for IP addressing.
Mantei points out the “incoming” column.
Mantei goes over more data shown in the report, including start time and number of minutes.
Mantei asks MacDonald to tell the court about text messages and time.
2:28 p.m.
The state calls Raymond MacDonald to testify. Richard Mantei questions him about where he works. He says he works for T-Mobile.
2:25 p.m.
The jury is reseated in the courtroom.
2:22 p.m.
Jeantel is excused to go home, but may be called back to testify.
2:20 p.m.
The jury is excused from the courtroom. The attorneys go back into a sidebar.
Witness: Rachel Jeantel
2:15 p.m.
West asks if she spoke English at home.
She says her mother does not speak English that well. She says she sometimes speaks to her in English, and also speaks to her in Creole.
She says she speaks to her father in English.
West asks her if she spoke English at school. She says yes.
He asks if she is claiming in any way that she doesn’t understand English.
She says she understands English.
West asks her about De la Rionda’s statement that use of the racial slur and N-word is a part of culture.
West asks what part of the culture makes those phrases normal.
He asks her if people around her call white people a racial slur.
She says yes.
West asks if Martin referred to white people as a racial slur.
She says she doesn’t remember.
Jeantel is excused.
West asks that she remain under subpoena.
Judge Nelson asks for notice because she will be heading back to Miami.
Judge Nelson asks the attorneys to approach.
2:10 p.m.
De la Rionda asks if she still lives in Miami. She says yes.
He asks if she agrees that the phone records are best to tell the length of the calls. She says yes.
De la Rionda has not further questions.
West rises to re-cross.
2:08 p.m.
De la Rionda address the letter Jeantel had a friend write for her to Fulton.
She says she can’t write or read cursive.
De la Rionda asks her about the interview she gave him in Miami.
He refers to West’s question about the Jacksonville State Attorney’s Office being appointed.
He goes over again that two cars picked her up.
He asks her if she was emotional during that interview. Jeantel says yes.
West objects to leading questions.
De la Rionda asks about her stating that Martin was running away from someone.
West objects that questions are beyond the scope.
Judge Nelson allows a little leading to give frame of reference.
De la Rionda asks about her saying the racial slur.
West objects.
De la Rionda asks about Martin referring to the person with the N-word.
She says he did.
De la Rionda points out that Martin’s name is misspelled in the letter.
She says she was not aware.
De la Rionda asks about the interview with Crump. She says it was by phone.
She agrees that Crump did not ask the specific questions that he himself asked.
He asks her if she recalls the saying the word "bump."
West objects asking if the questions are confronting the witness.
Judge Nelson overrules.
2:00 p.m.
West asks Jeantel about the interview with De la Rionda and his question about Martin ever saying the man got out of the car.
West asks her about saying she didn’t say “Oh, you want that too?”
He mentions that they played the recording for her and she affirmed that she did say that.
West finishes questioning.
De la Rionda.
He starts with calling himself the “bald-headed dude.”
He asks if Jeantel’s mother speaks Creole or Haitian. She says yes and tells the court she learned Creole and Spanish first.
1:58 p.m.
Judge Nelson check to make sure none of the jurors saw any reports about the case or researched it. West resumes questioning.
1:55 p.m.
West asks her about her comment saying “Oh, you want that too?”
De la Rionda objects to the playing of the interview for the jury.
West says the witness denied saying it. He says he wants to play it for the jury so they can hear the context.
Judge Nelson says for impeachment, he had Jeantel listen to the question and he ask if that’s what she said and she admitted to it.
West says he has the right to confront Jeantel with her own words before the jury about what she initially denied.
Judge Nelson says if Jeantel denies again, West can then play the recording.
She asks for the jury to be brought in.
1:48 p.m.
West resumes questioning and plays a portion of the interview she gave to De la Rionda.
Break for lunch
12:45 p.m.
Court is in recess until 1:45 p.m. for lunch.
Witness: Rachel Jeantel
12:38 p.m.
West tells the judge the transcriptionist “seemingly” couldn’t hear Jeantel’s response.
Judge Nelson asks for a copy of the other transcript.
She says she doesn’t see the language.
She asks the attorneys to approach for a sidebar.
12:33 p.m.
West asks her about the interview with De la Rionda and questions about the man getting out of the car.
She says she doesn’t remember the questions.
West refers to a transcript and she asks to see it.
He shows her a portion of the transcript asking about her response “You want that too?” to a question from De la Rionda about the man getting out of the car.
West says he’d like to play the interview recording.
Judge Nelson asks West about why he wants to play it.
He says it’s so the jury can hear the response she denied saying.
Judge Nelson points out that Jeantel mentioned that it was his notes.
The judge looks for the portion in the transcript.
Judge Nelson says West should play both.
12:24 p.m.
West resumes questioning. He asks if she had any concern about what she heard because it was just a fight.
She says she did.
12:21 p.m.
De la Rionda objects to West’s question if Martin has ever said he was going to fight before.
He asks to approach. They enter a sidebar.
12:20 p.m.
She says she thinks the other man was close behind Martin.
She says the man was close to Martin.
She says Martin would’ve told her he would call her back if she was going to approach the man.
She says she thought there might be an argument, but not a fight.
West asks her if she knew Martin would confront the man and uses the racial slur term.
De la Rionda objects to the questioning as argumentative.
West asks her about the hearing the bump.
West asks if she said it could’ve been Martin “smashing George Zimmerman in the face.”
She says she didn’t say that. “You didn’t get that from me,” she says.
West asks her about attempting to reach back to Martin.
She says she thought his father was around.
West asks her about knowing there was going to be a fight.
He asks if Martin was getting ready to “sucker-punch” someone he would say he would call her back.
She says he would not keep her on the phone if he was about to have a fight.
12:13 p.m.
Jeantel says Martin sounded tired after running.
West questions her further about Martin running and his voice sounding lower.
West asks her about Martin saying the question, “Why you following me?”
De la Rionda objects to West saying Martin confronted the man.
“That’s real retarded, sir,” Jeantel says in response to West suggesting Martin was going to hit the man without her knowing about it.
West questions her further about the comment “get off.”
He asks her why she didn’t tell anyone or come forward to the police because she thought it was just a fight.
She answers, “Yes sir.”
He suggests that Martin started the fight and she knew it.
De la Rionda objects to the questioning.
West asks about Martin telling Jeantel he saw the man again.
He asks if she considered his tone low because he was out of breath.
She says she couldn’t hear wind, so she knows Martin was walking.
West asks, “As opposed to hiding?”
She says yes.
West tries to ask about Martin approaching the man and asking "Why you following me?" but De la Rionda objects.
12:02 p.m.
West asks her to describe how wet grass sounds.
She pauses. She says it sounds wet
West asks her what it was she heard that made her think it was wet grass.
She says it sounded like people rolling in the grass.
She says the she heard somebody rolling through the headset. She says it had to be on top of Martin because that was where it headset would be.
West asks if she is saying the sound of wet grass is believed to be people rolling around on the ground and what it is based on.
She says she doesn’t know how to describe it.
West suggests that something like fabric or wind, or 1,000 other things could have made the sound.
He asks her if she knows what “get off” meant. He adds that she doesn’t know what it meant because she couldn’t see anything.
She answers, “No sir.”
West asks her about being in her house and fixing her hair.
He asks her at what point she paid particular attention. She says when she called back.
She says she wasn’t still working on her hair. She says she was using a bluetooth. She says she was in the bathroom and put an iron down when she called Martin back.
11:55 a.m.
West asks about her saying she could hear a little because the headset might’ve fallen.
She agrees that the headset was not in the usual position.
West asks about her saying she could hear “a little like ‘get off, get off.’”
She says she couldn’t hear that well and she was yelling Martin’s name, but it sounded like him.
“That’s how I speak, you cannot hear me that well,” she says.
She says the state attorney had trouble hearing her, calls him “bald-headed” and says he is next to West.
She says she could hear a “wet grass sound” and she was saying Martin’s name.
West plays the portion of the interview again to clarify her answer they she said heard something hitting somebody.
11:48 a.m.
West plays the recording of the interview for the court.
11:44 a.m.
Judge Nelson asks for a transcript. She asks for the jury to be brought back in.
11:38 a.m.
Jeantel returns to the witness stand.
11:36 a.m.
Jeantel leaves the witness stand and exits the courtroom with a deputy.
11:33 a.m.
De la Rionda asks that the rest of the interview be played because she clears up her answer.
West tells the court he has a theory De la Rionda lead her to say she could hear Martin saying “get off.”
Judge Nelson asks for West’s question for Jeantel.
She says she said she “could hear” Martin.
West asks to submit the interview audio as evidence.
De la Rionda objects because Jeantel already said what her answer was.
They enter a sidebar.
11:28 a.m.
Judge Nelson asks the jury to leave while they play a portion of the interview.
11:24 a.m.
She says De la Rionda asked her to make it clear that she said she heard Martin say “get off” as she called his name.
West asks about her answer about what she heard.
She says because her voice is low she told them she “could” hear Martin.
Judge Nelson warns that both West and Jeantel they need to let the other finish before speaking.
De la rionda asks that West read the hold answer on the next page.
West asks to play the recording. Judge Nelson asks if it is in evidence. She says it needs to be marked, and the state needs to say whether they object.
De la Rionda asks to approach and if the court can read the transcripts.
They enter a sidebar.
11:18 a.m.
West gives her his transcript and De la Rionda’s.
11:16 a.m.
West asks her about hearing a “bump.”
He asks about her talk with De la Rionda and her saying she heard “something hitting somebody.”
West asks her if can know that Martin was hit.
“…Take his fist and drive it into George Zimmerman’s face…” West said.
Judge Nelson asks West to lower his voice.
West asks again about her talk with De la Rionda, with Sybrina Fulton sitting next to her.
He mentions the question asking if she heard the man say anything and her only saying on that day that she heard “a little bit.”
She says, “Yes sir.”
West mentions that she said she heard the headphones.
“Like a ‘get off, some stuff,” West quotes her answer from the transcript.
West says the transcript isn’t accurate enough to her answer and he’d have to play the interview.
Jeantel asks for the transcript.
11:10 a.m.
West asks for the screen to be lowered.
He shows an aerial photo of the Retreat at Twin Lakes complex.
De la Rionda objects. West says he is showing the photo so the jury can put into context Jeantel’s testimony.
West asks about her telling Martin to run, the phone cutting off and reconnecting.
She says Martin told her he was by the back of his father’s fiancée’s house.
She says she could tell Martin was breathing hard and sounded tired from running.
West asks her about Martin’s voice being almost like a whisper.
She says yes sir.
West asks about Martin deciding to say “Why you following me?” to the man following him.
He asks about the way Martin said it, giving a different voice inflection.
11:02 a.m.
Judge Nelson reads jury instructions on the subject of objections.
10:58 a.m.
The attorneys and judge return to the courtroom and enter a sidebar.
10:35 a.m.
West shows her the call list. He asks her to look at the second to last call beginning at 6:54 p.m. and disconnecting at 7:11 p.m. He says the next call picked up at 7:12 p.m. and disconnected at 7:15 p.m.
West asks her if she knows why the phone cut off. She says no.
West asks her if the 19 seconds between calls seems about right.
She says yes.
West asks if it would be a good time for a recess.
Judge Nelson breaks for recess for 15 minutes.
10:30 a.m.
Jeantel says Martin told her the man was on the phone watching him.
She says she told him to run home, and then Martin said no, but he was going to the back area where his father’s fiancée lives.
West walks her further through the final phone call conversation.
Jeantel says she ran to try to run from Zimmerman.
She says the only time Martin said the man was on the phone was near at the mailing area.
West says it’s confusing when she says the back area.
He asks if she knew what direction he took.
She says know.
West asks her if she knew where Martin ran.
Jeantel says when Martin ran, the phone cut off and she called back.
She says she doesn’t know how long it took.
10:23 a.m.
West asks if she had a chance to read the transcript from her interview with De la Rionda.
She says two weeks ago she read it at FDLE.
West says he can’t hear her and asks her to speak up.
She says she listened to it.
West asks if it was at FDLE in Miami. She says yes.
West asks if she reviewed any other statements. She says she watched the interview she had with West.
She says she did not review any other material before going to court.
West says he’d like to talk about the phone call with Martin.
He asks about the phones disconnecting during their calls.
He asks if when the phone disconnected one or the other would call the other back.
She says yes.
She says Martin began walking home to try to lose Zimmerman.
West asks about the phone disconnecting while he was in the complex.
She says Martin was in the mailing area.
West asks about after Martin left the mail area and began walking toward his home and if the phone cut off again.
She says yes and that she called him back.
West asks if that was the last call. She says yes.
He asks about the call before and Martin telling her the man was watching and in the car.
He asks about her telling Martin to run.
10:15 a.m.
West asks her about her conversation with Fulton on March 19 and the letter and that she never mentioned she heard Martin say “get off, get off.”
She says, “Yes sir.” She adds that Crump never asked her.
West asks further about her not mentioning the comment in the interview with Crump or the letter to Fulton.
She says the state asked her the question, but Crump didn’t.
West asks if whether or not anyone asked her, she made the decision to not include the comment.
She says the state asked her.
West says he like to talk about the interview with Crump on March 19 over the phone.
West asks if she ever said in the interview that she heard Martin say “get off, get off.”
She says Crump didn’t ask her. “The state asked me that, sir,” she says.
West repeats what she has said about the phone cutting off.
West asks about the phone cutting off.
“If you say at the point where there was this exchange, the conversation, the exchange and the bump and the phone cut off, doesn’t that leave the impression that there was nothing else you could hear after that?”
She says “yes sir.” She adds that the state asked her more.
“Like I told you from the beginning, that interview, I think it lasted for 13 minutes. It didn’t last that long and I rushed,” she says.
West asks if she decided not to say the “get off” comment.
De la Rionda objects that it has been asked answered. Judge Nelson lets her answer
West asks a similar question
De la Rionda objects.
Judge Nelson lets her answer because West used the word “hurry.”
Jeantel says Crump is not an officer, she finishes asking West if he “got it?”
He asks her about telling an officer.
West asks about her interview with Crump and her being in a hurry.
De la Rionda objects.
Judge Nelson says it will be the last time she answers the question.
“Let’s move then to the April 2nd interview where you did have a chance to tell Mr. De la Rionda everything?”
“Yes sir,” Jeantel responds.
10:01 a.m.
She says Fulton would hear what she said.
West asks if that made her sensitive to her answers.
She agrees that she “cleaned up some of the language Trayvon Martin used.”
West asks her if she knew she would be a witness in the case.
She says she didn’t think she would be an important witness.
West asks if that affected her answers.
She says yes.
“Is that why when Mr. De la Rionda wanted to know what Martin said, you said “this man is watching me,’” West asks.
She says yes.
She says not all of her answers were different to keep from hurting Fulton.
She says the only thing she didn’t change was the language Martin used.
She says she didn’t think it was important and she wasn’t asked that Martin was describing the man.
She says she said creepy.
West asks if she knew Fulton was grieving and if she was crying during the interview.
Jeantel says she was tearing up during the interview.
West asks about her saying to De la Rionda under oath that she went to the hospital.
She says he asked her about going to the hospital and she said yes.
West asks if she knew that was a lie.
She says, “Yes sir.”
9:53 a.m.
She says she didn’t know if Crump had her phone number.
West asks if Crump called her back during the interview. She says yes.
West tells her she has done nothing wrong. She says she know she didn’t do anything wrong.
West asks the judge that he be allowed to ask leading questions.
She says she remembers a tall person she later saw that evening, she calls him “TC.”
She says she doesn’t know who was in the other car.
She asked to speak up.
West asks who was in the car with her.
She says TC was.
Judge Nelson asks her speak up and face the microphone a bit better.
She says TC, a “bald-headed dude,” which is pointed out as De la Rionda, and another person.
She says another lawyer from the Martin family, a big guy, was there. She doesn’t know his name.
9:48 a.m.
West asks if Mr. Martin was there, but not in the room.
She says Martin left, but doesn’t know if he left the residence.
West asks if a Martin family attorney was also in the room.
She says she doesn’t know her name.
She says Natalie Jackson was on the stairs.
She says Crump left, but she saw him that afternoon.
Jeantel says Crump and Fulton picked her up at a friend’s house to take her to the interview.
The interview took place at Fulton’s home.
She says two cars arrived to get her and one included detectives.
West asks if she knew why law enforcement allowed Crump and Fulton to be there.
She says Fulton is the only person that knew where her friend lived.
9:44 a.m.
West asks when she talked with the reporter from ABC News. She says it was before she talked to the state attorney.
She says the reporter didn’t know her real name. She says she got a text from an ABC woman who wanted to know what kind of person Martin was.
She says she agreed to have a separate interview.
She says she used the nickname “Dee Dee.”
She says the reporter didn’t ask how she was.
West asks if she had any other interviews. She says no.
West asks about her interview with the state attorney on April 2.
He says the Jacksonville State Attorney’s Office was involved and asked if De la Rionda introduced her to the FDLE agents and Investigator Mr. Osteen.
He asks her to tell him who else was in the room.
She says Sybrina Fulton was and sitting beside her.
De la Rionda objects to West repeating the answers and nature of the questions.
Judge Nelson says if he wants to ask a new question, he should ask a new question.
9:36 a.m.
West asks if she didn’t say it to Fulton because it was offensive.
She says she doesn’t think its offensive.
Jeantel says she didn’t think it was important.
West asks her about the event being a racial thing.
She says yes.
He repeats her previous answers.
West asks about April 2 and Jeantel meeting with the prosecutor, mentioning that is the first time she spoke with law enforcement.
She says “they” couldn’t find her because of the fake name.
West asks about Sybrina Fulton having Jeantel’s phone number, and if Fulton could have given it to the police.
Jeantel says she shut her phone off and she got a lot of phone calls.
West asks for how long.
She says in a day it would be three or four hours.
She says she watched TV and thought the police were already involved in the case. She says its when her voice was on TV and she payed attention.
9:30 a.m.
West asks what she based her answer on that she determined it was racial.
She says because of how it happened.
West asks her to tell him.
She says because Martin was being followed in the rain.
She says Martin was standing under a shade, but West asks if she actually knew that.
She says she asked Martin where he was and he told her he was under a shade.
“You didn’t see anything, you weren’t there?” West asks. She says no.
West asks if everything Jeantel has said is based on what Martin told her and what she interpreted it to mean.
She says yes.
West asks about her thinking it was a racial event.
“Somebody just watching him and then he described the person that was watching him and following and that was kind of strange that a person keep watching him and following him,” she says.
West asks for one thing that made her think it was racial.
She says describing the person that was watching and following him.
West asks if that was the “creepy [expletive] comment.
She says no.
West asks why she didn’t tell Fulton or Crump the racial slur comment.
West asks the same question about De la Rionda.
She says she did say “creepy.”
She says no one asked her to say what exactly Martin said about the person that was following him.
9:24 a.m.
West asks her why she concluded it was a racial thing. She answers it was because of the situation.
She says the interview happened with Crump before the news was national.
West asks about her talk with Tracy Martin and if he said they were calling it a racially charged murder.
She says no. West asks the same question about Sybrina Fulton. Jeantel also says no.
West says Jeantel seems different than yesterday.
He asks if someone talked with her about her demeanor yesterday. She says no, she went to sleep.
De la Rionda objects to questioning.
West asks to approach, but Judge Nelson says no.
9:21 a.m.
West asks Jeantel told Fulton what the man said when Martin asked “Why you following me?”
Jeantel says she told her Zimmerman said “What are you doing around here?” She says the conversation wasn’t that long.
West asks if she is sure those are the words Martin said.
She says she is sure.
She says she cannot hear West.
West asks about the interview with Mr. Crump.
She says Crump asked her if it was a racial thing.
Judge Nelson asks West to break his questions up.
He asks Jeantel if she has ever listened to the interview recording.
He asks if she heard her answer to the question.
Judge Nelson says Jeantel can only testify to what she heard.
West asks about finding Crump's question in the recording or transcript.
9:14 a.m.
West asks about the signed name. Jeantel says it’s her mother’s name.
She agrees that she signed it with that name to not use her real one.
West reads the letter out loud.
De la Rionda objects to an incorrect word.
West asks if De la Rionda would like to read the letter.
West says he will start over from the podium.
9:11 a.m.
West continues questioning about the letter.
9:08 a.m.
West begins asking Jeantel about the interview over the phone with Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump.
West refers to her comment says that Zimmerman said “What are you talking about?” He asks about her being asked again she said Zimmerman said
“What are you doing around here?”
De la Rionda objects to the questioning. Judge Nelson allows it.
West asks about the letter given to Sybrina Fulton, Martin’s mother. He submits it as an exhibit.
De la Rionda says he objects, but doesn't want to make a speaking objection. Judge Nelson asks the attorneys to approach for a sidebar.
9:04 a.m.
Judge Nelson checks with the jury to see if any of them researched the case or saw news about it. She reminds Jeantel that she is still under oath. West is allowed to proceed.
9:00 a.m.
Rachel Jeantel is seated at the witness stand. The jury is brought in to be seated.
Before court
8:10 a.m.
Court is expected to resume at 9 a.m. with more testimony from Rachel Jeantel.