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Old July 13, 2013, 11:22 PM   #27
gc70
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Originally Posted by Tom Servo
Precedent suggests that the hearing is supposed to take case before a trial, not after, so this could be tricky.
You are certainly correct about the precedent requiring an immunity hearing to take place before a trial rather than during a trial. But I am not sure that waiving the right with respect to one trial precludes exercising the right to an immunity hearing at a subsequent trial.

Zimmerman waived his right to an immunity hearing at the beginning of the criminal trial. I remember thinking at the time that what his attorney said sounded odd - that Zimmerman was waiving his right to an immunity hearing "for this trial."

I think we may get the chance to watch new precedent being set in Florida.
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