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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An attorney for the neighborhood watch leader charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is asking a judge to deny prosecutors' request that the teen's marijuana use be off limits.

George Zimmerman's attorney filed a motion Monday claiming that Martin likely was under the influence of marijuana at the time of his death in February 2012. Attorney Don West says that could be relevant to a jury evaluating Martin's actions the night he was shot.

Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for shooting Martin during a confrontation at the gated community in Sanford where he lived. His trial is scheduled to start next month.

Zimmerman is pleading not guilty, claiming self-defense.

Prosecutors have asked a judge to not allow Martin's drug use or other personal matters from being used at trial.


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    USCitizen wrote...
    Perfect example of...
    July 6, 2012 1:38 pm
    Guilty until you can prove yourself innocent.
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    ASU66 wrote...
    Sharpton only cares about his people
    July 6, 2012 7:42 pm
    If it would have been a white person that Zimmerman took out (or I guess I will say allegedly took out) Sharpton wouldn't udder a word or an opinion about it. He never gets involved when a white person is killed or attacked.
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    OneWonders wrote...
    It's really sad
    August 9, 2012 10:40 am
    that the media is the one who has to make a story and make it so Zimmerman is guilty before he even stepped into court. The media's job is to report the news...which they don't anymore. And speaking of Sharpton, he doesn't speak out against black on black violence. I never see a rally cry by him in Chicago for all the black on black violence. He only cares when another race goes after his race. It's really pathetic and the opposite of what MLK's goal was.
    Equal Justice, Not Social Justice.
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