Can Your Facebook Posts Be Used Against You In Court? Judge To Consider Texts And Photos As Evidence In Trayvon Martin Case

A judge for the Trayvon Martin case will determine at a court hearing on Tuesday whether Facebook posts, text messages, and photos can be admitted as evidence in court.

Prosecutors for the case are charging George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, for second-degree murder. According to Zimmerman, he shot Trayvon Martin, who was unarmed at the time, in order to defend himself in a fight.

The shooting took place in February of last year, and the murder trial will begin on June 10.

A court hearing is being held Tuesday for the judge to consider whether certain evidence can be admitted in court as part of the Trayvon Martin case.

The defense attorney for Zimmerman wishes to use text messages and Facebook posts that would show that Trayvon Martin, a black teenager, was "street wise" and had a particular interest in guns and weapons.

Zimmerman's defense team also wishes to admit photos of Trayvon Martin smoking and making obscene gestures as evidence.

The prosecutors were against the admittance of such evidence, saying that Trayvon Martin's posts on Facebook are completely irrelevant to the actual shooting incident.

The court hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. EDT in the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center in Sanford. Judge Debra Nelson will be the presiding judge over the case.

Another topic at issue for the court hearing is whether prosecutors can use a voice analyzer to identify the people who were crying for help in a 911 call.

Zimmerman's defense team wants to be able to use this device for the tapes of 911 calls before and during the fight between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin.

Zimmerman allegedly followed Martin after seeing him walk in the rain in a gated neighborhood in Sanford. Martin was enjoying the weekend in a town home inside the neighborhood with his father.

Upon seeing Martin, Zimmerman called the police to report suspicious activity. Although the dispatcher directed Zimmerman not to pursue Martin, Zimmerman went after the 17-year-old teenager and shot Martin to death while struggling with him. This all happened before the police arrived at the scene.