Family from both sides of the case took the stand Friday in the trial of George Zimmerman. Testimony focused on whose voice it was yelling for help in the background of a 911 call made the night of the shooting.

[Editor's note: Click the linked text to read the live update summary from that moment in court.]

Trayvon’s mother testifies

Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother, testified the screams for help heard in the background of a 911 were her son’s.

She was the first witness called by the state Friday and spent only about 10 minutes on the stand.

Following the playing of the recording of the call by prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda, Fulton told the jury she recognized the screaming as Martin’s voice.

In cross examination with defense attorney Mark O’Mara, she described who was in the room when she first heard the recording, listing family attorneys Benjamin Crump and Natalie Jackson, along with Tracy Martin and Jahvaris Fulton, Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett and City Manager Norton Bonaparte.

She also told the court Martin was right-handed.

Brother testifies

Jahvaris Fulton, the older brother of Trayvon, told the court he too recognized the yells as Trayvon’s.

O’Mara questioned Jahvaris about an interview with a Miami reporter in which he said he wasn’t positive the screams were his brother’s.

Jahvaris said it was something he said as he was still feeling shock and sadness and didn’t want to believe it was really Trayvon.

Autopsy photos

The jury saw Martin’s autopsy photos for the first time during testimony from Dr. Shiping Bao.

Dr. Bao said Martin’s death was classified as a homicide and the cause of death was a gunshot wound to chest.

Time after death

In his opinion, Martin was also alive for one to 10 minutes after the gunshot, a change from his deposition when he said it would be from one to three minutes.

The opinion was tested in cross examination with defense attorney Don West. The two exchanged multiple occasions of interrupting each other, prompting Judge Debra Nelson to repeatedly remind them to only speak one at a time.

It even prompted another Richardson hearing, testing if the state was withholding more information from the defense.

Dr. Bao said he never told the state about his change in opinion about that or about the possible effect of THC in Martin’s system.

The tension continued to mount when West questioned Dr. Bao about the procedure for packaging wet clothing.

Dr. Bao said it wasn’t his job to do the packaging and didn’t remember it.

West asked him why fingernails weren’t collected or photos weren’t taken of the palms of the hands.

Dr. Bao mostly replied that he couldn’t remember the autopsy.

Abrasions on the fingers

Dr. Bao also testified the only other injuries on Martin, beside the gunshot wound, were superficial abrasions from blunt force trauma on his fourth and fifth fingers.

He told the court they could have happened up to two hours before the encounter with Zimmerman, during the struggle, or as he fell to the ground.

Judgment of Acquittal

Judge Nelson heard arguments from the defense for a judgment of acquittal where O’Mara said the state did not meet the burden to show ill-will, spite or hatred and did not give evidence disproving his client’s claim for self-defense.

Prosecutor Richard Mantei argued for the state that pointing a gun at someone was evidence of ill-will. He referenced the expletive phrases from Zimmerman’s non-emergency call.

“One of them is dead and one of them is a liar,” Mantei alleged about the only people who know what happened.

O’Mara responded saying, “Trayvon Martin sucker punched my client.” He said the state was grasping at straws and pointed out it was Zimmerman left with injuries.

Judge Nelson ruled the charge can go to a jury.

State Rests

When the jury was brought back in, the state rested their case.

In total, 38 different witnesses were called for the state.

Two witnesses for the defense

The defense began their case with testimony from George Zimmerman’s mother Gladys Zimmerman.

She testified that it was her son, George, heard yelling for help in the same 911 call Sybrina Fulton already testified about.

When De la Rionda cross examined her, asking if she ever heard Zimmerman yell for help, she said no.

In redirect, O’Mara asked her if she ever heard him screaming for his life.

She said through the anguish, fear and terror, she could tell it was George.

Zimmerman’s uncle, Jorge Meza, testified the he was working on his computer while his wife watched the news when he heard the 911 call on TV and recognized his nephew’s voice.

“That is George,” he said he told his wife.

De la Rionda questioned Meza about his position as a deputy sheriff during cross examination.

Meza said he tried to stay away from his nephew’s case because it would be unethical to follow it and he wanted to be able to tell the truth.

The trial will resume at 9 a.m. Monday.