Prosecutors in the George Zimmerman trial are have file a new motion to try and keep the defense from showing a computer-animated "re-enactment" of the struggle between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin to the jury.
In the state's motion, filed Friday, Assistant State Attorney Richard Mantei claims the defense violated reciprocal discovery because of the late disclosure of the animation, the expert and the lack of any report regarding the expert's testimony. The state is now asking the court to ban any mention of the animated re-enactment during the trial.
Judge Debra Nelson said she would hear arguments from both sides on the issue Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m.
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Mantei states in the motion that the animation also does not represent a complete or accurate record of the evidence and that would be prejudice to the state's case.
According to the motion filed in the 18th Judicial Circuit Court in Seminole County, the animation shows two figures struggling on a sidewalk, it illustrates a specific number of blows and how the figure representing George Zimmerman reacted to the blows. It further states, the animation also depicts how Trayvon Martin reacted after the fatal gunshot.
The state claims all of these actions are based on George Zimmerman's accounts of what happened during a recreation of the incident by Mark O'Mara's law firm. During the recreation, two people wore "motion capture" suites while Zimmerman directed them on where to go and what to do.
The expert witness also said the gun used in the shooting was also deliberately left out of the re-enactment at the direction of Zimmerman's lawyers, the motion states.
Further, according to the motion, the dramatization uses portions of 911 calls and overlays the animation with that audio to piece together what happened.
Mantei further explains that the expert witness explained to the state that the animation was created using information only provided by the defense. The motion states that the expert witness had "no idea" whether there might be additional evidence or statements that could influence the final animation. In fact, the state said the expert witness changed the location and orientation of the figures in the animation based upon new information Zimmerman's defense team sent to him regarding new testimony heard in court.
The motion seeks a court hearing in regard to state's claim that the defense is in violation of court requirements in regard to discovery and want the animation banned from the trial. They go as far as to ask that the defense not even talk about it during testimony.