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Showing Original Post only (View all)So Trayvon Martin had small amt of THC in his system. [View all]
But the judge has ruled that that won't come into evidence for the jury to see. She said it was more prejudicial than probative.
Interesting.
As for me, having imbibed a bit in my much younger days, I would think have a bit of thc in the system would lend credence to the fact that TM would be unlikely to be aggressive (judging from my behavior and the behavior of others I saw). OTOH, it might also lend credence to GZ's state observation that he thought TM was acting suspiciously, walking weird and such, like he was on drugs. And to me, that may explain why TM was walking so slowly, even tho it was pouring rain, another thing that GZ thought was suspicious.
But the Judge says that it would only matter if GZ knew about the thc. Tweety guesses that might be a point of appeal, for GZ. (But I think it helps the prosecution....unless the jury doesn't know anything about pot.)