FL Attorney: Zimmerman legal team expected to request immunity hearing, could result in "game over"

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131. this has been the situation all along, despite some posters insistence that Zimmerman wouldn't have

to take the stand. Nothing really new here.

It is why it was so important that Zimmerman was caught lying under oath to the judge. He also lied in his apology when he claimed he didn't realize how much younger Martin was, since in his 911 call he called him a teenager. His credibility is now in the tank with the judge, thanks to his big, fat mouth.

Once he's on the stand and the prosecution can start seriously questioning him, and he will be tying himself into knots trying to make his various versions of events fit each other and the evidence.

Who knows what else he and his wife discussed in their "coded" phone calls. The prosecution has already demonstrated up until now they were using as little evidence as possible, and as much as necessary to move forward, all the while ensuring him plenty of rope with which to hang himself.

It was shocking to me that the defense attorney put his own neck on the line with the claim that he was holding the passport in his own safe deposit box and "forgot" to turn it in. Totally not believable, especially in light of the jail phone conversations, but I'm guessing that he's counting on some "lawyer's code" to protect him. A judge would have to be pretty pissed off to question the veracity of a professional colleague.

In any event, Zimmerman's entire defense rests on this hearing. The prosecution has played it safe and cautious up until now. This is where I expect they will go to the mat standing their own ground.