Next up: Florida v. Shellie Zimmerman

[Pressing-On]

Didn't want to bury this on one of George's threads. As you know the State is pressing perjury charges on Shellie, GZ's wife. Here are the facts.

Next up: Florida v. Shellie Zimmerman

I extensively analyzed the allegations in a post on June 13, 2012, Perjury charge against Shellie Zimmerman raises more questions of prosecutorial overreaching.

The main problem with the State’s case, as I see it, is that many of the statements alleged in the Affidavit were matters which were ambiguous or subject of opinion. In order to commit perjury, one has to make a false statement of fact (which is why the feds prefer to go with “obstruction of justice” instead of perjury).

http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07...lie-zimmerman/

[Pressing-On]

Perjury charge against Shellie Zimmerman raises more questions of prosecutorial overreaching (Update: Prosecution misleadingly edited transcript)

There certainly is a case which can be made that the Court was not fully informed of the financial situation, and that is part of the reason the Judge revoked bond under the standards applicable to release pending trial.

But that bond standard is very different from a criminal charge of perjury, which requires proof of a specific material false statement which the person believes not to be true at the time of testimony.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/06...-overreaching/