# Bricker, You're a Jackass Extraordinaire **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 12, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734 "2012-05-12T23:13:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 167
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734/167 "2012-05-15T17:45:45Z")
> [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > Why? Based on what the public knows, Zimmerman has as much evidence going for him as the average guy who shoots himself out of a fist fight that he started. The prosecution will need to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt and do not have much evidence to rebut Zimmerman’s allegation of self-defense. Even if the jury rejects Z’s testimony as self-serving, you can’t sustain a conviction where a self-serving, but prima facie, affirmative defense goes unrebutted. That is far too short of BRD. _Thompson v. State_, 552 So. 2d 264 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1989). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bricker-youre-a-jackass-extraordinaire/621734)._