>> Justin: WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
WE'RE FOLLOWING JUST IN.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A VERDICT HAS
BEEN REACHED IN THE MATTHEW
APPERSON CASE.
HE'S THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING
AT GEORGE ZIMMERMAN ALONG BUSY
LAKE MARY BOULEVARD.
THE JURY IS NOW COMING IN.
WE EXPECT A VERDICT TO BE READ
ANYTIME NOW.
>> Ginger: WE'VE BEEN ON VERDICT
WATCH ABOUT 3.5 HOURS NOW OR SO.
SO WE WANT TO LISTEN IN AND SEE
WHAT'S BEING SAID IN THE
COURTROOM.
>> IF YOU'LL PLEASE PUBLISH THE
VERDICT.
>> THE STATE OF FLORIDA VERSUS
MATTHEW APPERSON, THE VERDICT AS
TO COUNT 1, WE THE JURY FIND THE
DEFENDANT GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
WE FURTHER FIND BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT THAT DURING THE
COMMISSION OF THE CRIME, THE
DEFENDANT ACTUALLY PRODUCED A
FIREARM.
WE FURTHER FIND BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT DURING THE
COMMISSION OF THE CRIME THE
DEFENDANT DISCHARGED A FIREARM.
WE FURTHER FIND BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT THE DEFENDANT
USED A FIREARM.
>> THANK YOU.
YOU MAY BE SEATED.
DOES EITHER SIDE HAVE ANYTHING
WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THE
JURY?
>> WE ASK THAT THE JURY BE
THANK YOU.
>> IF YOUR JURY NUMBER IS
CALLED, PLEASE ANSWER YES OR NO
WHETHER THESE ARE YOUR VERDICT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WANT TO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND
CONSIDERATION OF THIS CASE.
I ALSO WISH TO ADVISE YOU OF
SOME VERY SPECIAL PRIVILEGES
ENJOYED BY JURORS.
NO JURORS COULD EVER BE REQUIRED
TO TALK ABOUT THE DISCUSSIONS
THAT OCCURRED IN THE JURY ROOM
EXCEPT BY COURT ORDER.
FOR MANY, WE HAVE RECOGNIZED FOR
HUNDREDS OF YEARS THAT A JURY'S
DELIBERATIONS, DISCUSSIONS AND
VOTES SHOULD REMAIN A PRIVATE
AFFAIR AS LONG AS THEY WISH IT.
THEREFORE, THE LAW GIVES YOU A
UNIQUE PRIVILEGE NOT TO SPEAK
ABOUT THE JURY'S WORK.
ALTHOUGH YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO
SPEAK WITH ANYONE ABOUT YOUR
DELIBERATIONS, YOU'RE ALSO AT
ANYONE.
A REQUEST TO DISCUSS EITHER YOUR
VERDICT OR YOUR DELIBERATIONS
MAY COME FROM THOSE WHO ARE
SIMPLY CURIOUS, FROM THOSE WHO
MAY SEEK TO FIND FAULT WITH YOU
FROM THE MEDIA, FROM THE
ATTORNEYS OR ELSEWHERE.
IT WILL BE UP TO YOU TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO PRESERVE YOUR PRIVACY
AS A JUROR.
I HAVE THE DEPUTY WHO WILL GIVE
YOU WHEN HE BRINGS YOU BACK TO
THE JURY ROOM THE THINGS FROM
THE CLERK TO SHOW YOU WERE WITH
US THE ENTIRE WEEK.
WITH THIS, YOU ARE DISCHARGED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
PLEASE FOLLOW THE DEPUTY.
>> Ginger: THERE YOU HAVE IT.
THE MATTHEW APPERSON GUILTY OF
ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE GEORGE
ZIMMERMAN CASE AND WHEN THE
VERDICT WAS FIRST READ, HE AND
HIS ATTORNEY STOOD AT ATTENTION
VERY STOIC.
NO REACTION.
A COUPLE MINUTES AGO YOU SEE HIM
SITTING IN THE CHAIR AND LOOKING
EXACERBATED WHEN THE JUDGE WAS
READING THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE
ONCE AGAIN, MATTHEW APPERSON,