NEW SMYRNA -- It is very satisfying to go against the grain with the truth on one’s side. You find yourself humming the “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” You don’t want to slip into smugness, but it’s tempting.
Headline Surfer video produced by Sera Frederick / Warning: Video may no be suitable for all age groups. Surveillance video shows a man being shot outside the Papis Bottle Club, 1376 N. Nova Road, just outside the Holly Hill city limits early Friday morning.HOLLY HILL -- Volusia County Sheriff's deputies are on the lookout this weekend for a gunman who opened fire early Friday on a man outside a bottle club -- bullets striking his leg and hand early Friday.
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Media pool photos by Orlando Sentinel / Accused killer George Zimmerman and his attorney, Mark O'Mara, are shown here in the June 29 bond hearing at the Seminole County Courthouse in Sanford where Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester heard arguments on why he should be granted bail after his truthfulness was called into question about his finances. The judge on July 5 granted $1 million bail. SANFORD -- George Zimmerman's attorneys want Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester disqualified from proceedings in the second-degree murder charge against him in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, saying the court is biased against him and because of that, he cannot get a fair trial.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
SANFORD, Fla. -- Had the judge in the George Zimmerman murder trial refused bail -- which he ultimately set at $1 million -- his defense team could have resorted to a legal maneuver that would have ramped up the high-profile case even more for both sides: a demand for a speedy trial.
Had George Zimmerman not been released on bail, his defense team could have forced the state to take the case to trial within six months as opposed to the standard year or more in both sides preparing for a trial showdown.
Here is a boiler plate on a defendant's rights to demand a speedy trial:
ORLANDO -- A 7-year-old boy was struck by at least one vehicle late Monday night in the westbound lanes of Silver Star Road near Orlando West Drive in Pine Hills and pronounced dead at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children a short time later in an apparent hit-and-run, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
"At this time troopers are sorting out who left the scene," FHP spokesman Sgt. Kim Montes said of the 10:15 p.m. fatality.
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Private attorneys Raven Sword and Katherine Hurst Miller, shown left to right respectively, along with assistant public defender Steven Gosney, will have a hand in helping to choose candidates to serve on the bench in Volusia, Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties.TALLAHASSEE -- Gov. Rick Scott today announced the appointment of Steven N. Gosney, Katherine Hurst Miller and Raven E. Sword to the 7th judicial circuit nominating commission.
Chipper Jones, shown here in a photo from his website, was all smiles at Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game in Kansas City, Mo., hitting a single in the 6th inning.PIERSON -- Chipper Jones -- the pride of Pierson, Florida -- rallied his National League All-Stars in a pre-game speech Tuesday night before they took to the field in Kansas City and shut out their American League counterparts, 8-0.
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Headline Surfer photos by Sera Frederick / A series of public debates in 2009 in New Smyrna Beach, including this one at the Brannon Center, headlined by the race for mayor between then-incumbent Sally Mackay and Adam Barringer, who won the election that year, drew hundreds of citizens. Headline Surfer is the first media outlet in Volusia County to hold public debates this election season, again at the Brannon Center. NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Headline Surfer will hold seven media-style debates on July 21 at the Brannon Center that will include and encourage public participation with the candidates.
