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George Zimmerman’s Bond Revoked in Trayvon Martin Case

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Getty 042312 GeorgeZimmerman?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1338574608887Gary W. Green/AFP/Getty Images(SANFORD, Fla.) — The judge in the George Zimmerman second-degree murder trial revoked his bond Friday and ordered Zimmerman to surrender himself within 48 hours.

Prosecutors had filed a motion Friday seeking to revoke his bond and accusing Zimmerman of “deceiving” the court about his finances and his possession of a second passport, which he apparently acquired two weeks after the shooting.

[See the prosecution’s motion to revoke George Zimmerman’s bond here.]

In recordings of conversations released Friday during a court hearing, Zimmerman and his wife cryptically talk about his second passport in a safety deposit box they shared.

Although one of his passports was due to expire in May, Zimmerman applied for a second passport, saying that the original was lost or stolen. In the conversations Zimmerman and his wife speak in code. Zimmerman is accused of tracking down and killing teenager Trayvon Martin, who caught the attention of the neighborhood watch captain in his gated Florida community.

The new documents show that Zimmerman had $135,000 in his bank account the day before his bail hearing — in which he declared himself financially indigent.

The prosecution and defense also have banded together against more than a dozen media companies’ demands to uncork another batch of sealed records that could reveal much more about both Zimmerman and Martin that night.

The attorneys for Zimmerman and the state will likely try to keep sealed Zimmerman’s statements to police, his text messages and the names and addresses of 22 witnesses who saw or heard the fighting between Zimmerman and Martin Feb. 26.

Both sides have argued that given the intense controversy and scrutiny over the shooting, keeping a lid on public information about the identity of witnesses and Zimmerman’s allegedly inconsistent statements given to police the night of the shooting would enable them to more fairly pursue justice.

However, the media companies countered that violates Florida’s especially open public records laws.

Zimmerman has claimed that he shot the unarmed 17-year-old Feb. 26 in self-defense.

The prosecution has accused the neighborhood watchman of “profiling” Martin, who is black; following him; and entering into a confrontation that eventually led him to draw his weapon and shoot Martin in the chest.

Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara wrote on his blog that once he receives all the evidence from the state he will begin deposing about 50 witnesses, including experts. He added the trial is now not expected to begin until 2013.

O’Mara has brought on a new co-counsel to help him with the case, Orlando attorney Donald West, who specializes in murder cases.

West resigned from his post at the federal public defender’s office in Orlando specifically to join O’Mara and defend Zimmerman.

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