Trayvon Martin Drug Use to Be Explored in Shooter’s Trial
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Trayvon Martin’s use of marijuana will be shared with the jury in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, a Neighborhood Watch volunteer accused of shooting the unarmed Florida teenager.
Seminole County Circuit Judge Debra Nelson, who earlier blocked any mention of drug use in opening statements, ruled yesterday that Zimmerman’s lawyers may tell jurors about a toxicology report showing that Martin’s blood at the time of his death included traces of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.