George Zimmerman loses attempt to end GPS monitoring before Trayvon Martin trial

George Zimmerman arrives in court at the Seminole County courthouse for a hearing Dec. 11, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. / AP Photo

Updated at 2:19 p.m. ET

SANFORD, Fla. George Zimmerman must remain under 24-hour GPS monitoring while awaiting trial in the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and must stay in the county despite the defense's concerns about his safety, a judge ruled Tuesday.

The defense presented a lengthy bond modification argument to Judge Debra Nelson that included Zimmerman's probation officer testifying that the former neighborhood watch volunteer was complying with all terms of his release on a $1 million bond.

Following a rebuttal by the prosecutors, Nelson, without explanation, denied the request for modification of the bond terms.

Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the killing of 17-year-old Martin following an altercation in Sanford in February. He has pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense under Florida's "stand your ground" law.

Besides dropping the monitoring, the defense also wanted Zimmerman to be able to live outside the Seminole County jurisdiction where the shooting took place because of what defense attorney Mark O'Mara said were ongoing concerns about his safety.

"I really want to try (the case) in the courtroom, and I'm ready to try it," O'Mara said during his argument. "What I don't want is my client not to make it to that courtroom."

Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda took issue with the contention that Zimmerman had genuine concern for his safety or that he needed to be completely released from monitoring to assist in his defense.

"My recollection is this defendant has appeared on national television ... but there are so many threats against him and he's so scared?" De la Rionda said. "He can't have it both ways."

In July, Zimmerman did a lengthy on-air interview with Sean Hannity from Fox News.

Zimmerman was previously granted permission to make limited travel to Orange County to meet his attorneys. That remains in place.

The 29-year-old's bond restrictions were put in place by former Judge Kenneth Lester. Lester revoked his original bond in June after ruling Zimmerman and his wife had misled the court about their finances when his bail was set in April at $150,000. It was eventually raised to $1 million and the additional GPS restrictions were put in place.

Nelson has set a trial date for June 10. She also set a "stand your ground" hearing 45 days before trial where Zimmerman can argue it was self-defense and ask the judge to drop the charges.

The judge also set aside hearing dates in January, February and March for any outstanding pretrial matters.

The bond issue was one of several motions Nelson heard Tuesday. Nearly all of the remaining matters dealt with unreleased documents or depositions the defense wanted the judge to assist it in acquiring.

The documents included FBI reports of its communications with witnesses and local investigators, as well as various investigative reports from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement that the defense said it was having trouble obtaining.

Nelson said the defense would have to make its document requests directly to those agencies. Any denials of records they make, however, will require written explanation to the court within 20 days.

The prosecution will also disclose to the defense all witnesses it knows of that have heard a recording of a 911 call from the night of the shooting.

De la Rionda said he will also let the defense know whether or not those witnesses offered an opinion of whether a screaming voice heard in the recording belonged to Zimmerman or Martin.

[DevoutPlayerhater]

In one of the comments left on here says that "Zimmerman was attacked by Trevor Martin and defended himself." Let's say for the sake of argument that is true; however, GZ left out the part that he TRIED to detain TM before he shot him and that when he tried to do that, TM defended himself, and ANYONE would have done the exact same thing. GZ after yelling "Hey, what are you doing around here", tried to detain TM. In fact, that is EXACTLY what he tried to do AFTER he eventually shot and killed TM. He tried to DETAIN him. It so obvious that was what GZ was trying to do because he said himself, "these ******** they always get away." Obvious, if GZ was SO in fear for his life before he fatally shot TM, as he would have his supporters believe, then he would have gotten up off that ground and tried to make it back to his truck as he claimed he was trying to do before he shot TM or called the police back to let them know what had happened since his earlier caller but he didn't do that. Instead, he said for himself that he asked the person that he first saw after he had shot TM to help him RESTRAIN TM and that is EXACTLY what he tried to do to begin with and that is EXACTLY what initiated that confrontation with TM. And TM had a devine RIGHT to TRY to get away from this person even if it meant punching him in the nose and knocking him to the ground. GZ had NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER putting his hands on TM or trying to detain him and TM had an absolute divine right to defend himself because, after all, he had no idea who this grown ass man was that was following him and trying to detain him. Anyone would have reacted that way if somebody was trying to detain them against their will. We all know that and once GZ's supporters accept that then they will see WHY GZ is guilty of Second Degree Murder.

[ms4everfaithful]

Plus trayvon was on foot george zimmerman was following in a car if he felt trayvon was a threa he could of called the cops i believe hes just lying to them to get off the hook easy if i was a part of the system he could be rotting in prison on a life sentence dont give him the death penalty thats to easy he needs to suffer

[ms4everfaithful]

george zimmerman clearly killed trayvon in cold blood cause how is it self defense when trayvon was walking home and george was following him.? please answer my question. Trayvon was a teenager george was an adult a neighborhood volunteer is suppose to hold on the person until cops come why would he shoot him when he was bigger than him. i dont understand this case plus hes facing 2nd degree MURDER why would you let him out,if he wanted to he could kill again i thought the system was supposed to hold murderers. Suppose this was a black man he would of been rotting in jail at this very moment. I totally disagree with the way the system is something needs to change

[KyleRees]

First of all I thought TM was bigger, the pictures they show to the media are old pictures. However, if the trials bears out what other people are saying, like GZ grabbed TM first, then TM absolutely had the right to defend himself.

Again though, no one HERE ON THESE boards know the exact truth. If GZ put his hands on TM first, and got whooped then that is assault by GZ and TM had every right to defend himself. Now ONCE TM defended himself he did not have a right to continue stomping GZ on the ground, the threat to himself was eliminated, and TM should have ran away and called the police to tell them this crazy fool tried to grab him. However, if TM continued to stomp him on the ground, then at that GZ had a right to defend himself.

These are the facts that need to come out, and everything else mentioned in these replies are just speculation.

Furthermore do not try to bring social commentary about what is GZ was black, he would have been in jail, blah blah....Because you know what, black on black crime is the more serious problem. What are your kids doing in school Black parents?

[Marty1811]

Zimmerman was attacked by Trevor Martin and defended himself.

[DevoutPlayerhater]

@MARTY1811, you state that "Zimmerman was attacked by Trevor Martin and defended himself." Let's say for the sake of argument that is true; however, GZ left out the part that he TRIED to detain TM before he shot him and that when he tried to do that, TM defended himself, and ANYONE would have done the exact same thing. GZ after yelling "Hey, what are you doing around here", tried to detain TM. In fact, that is EXACTLY what he tried to do AFTER he eventually shot and killed TM. He tried to DETAIN him. It so obvious that was what GZ was trying to do because he said himself, "these ******** they always get away." Obvious, if GZ was SO in fear for his life before he fatally shot TM, as he would have his supporters believe, then he would have gotten up off that ground and tried to make it back to his truck as he claimed he was trying to do before he shot TM or called the police back to let them know what had happened since his earlier caller but he didn't do that. Instead, he said for himself that he asked the person that he first saw after he had shot TM to help him RESTRAIN TM and that is EXACTLY what he tried to do to begin with and that is EXACTLY what initiated that confrontation with TM. And TM had a devine RIGHT to TRY to get away from this person even if it meant punching him in the nose and knocking him to the ground. GZ had NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER putting his hands on TM or trying to detain him and TM had an absolute divine right to defend himself because, after all, he had no idea who this grown ass man was that was following him and trying to detain him. Anyone would have reacted that way if somebody was trying to detain them against their will. We all know that and once GZ's supporters accept that then they will see WHY GZ is guilty of Second Degree Murder.

[Marty1811]

Zimmerman was attacked by Trevor Martin and defended himself.

[DevoutPlayerhater]

@MARTY1811, you state that "Zimmerman was attacked by Trevor Martin and defended himself." Let's say for the sake of argument that is true; however, GZ left out the part that he TRIED to detain TM before he shot him and that when he tried to do that, TM defended himself, and ANYONE would have done the exact same thing. GZ after yelling "Hey, what are you doing around here", tried to detain TM. In fact, that is EXACTLY what he tried to do AFTER he eventually shot and killed TM. He tried to DETAIN him. It so obvious that was what GZ was trying to do because he said himself, "these ******** they always get away." Obvious, if GZ was SO in fear for his life before he fatally shot TM, as he would have his supporters believe, then he would have gotten up off that ground and tried to make it back to his truck as he claimed he was trying to do before he shot TM or called the police back to let them know what had happened since his earlier caller but he didn't do that. Instead, he said for himself that he asked the person that he first saw after he had shot TM to help him RESTRAIN TM and that is EXACTLY what he tried to do to begin with and that is EXACTLY what initiated that confrontation with TM. And TM had a devine RIGHT to TRY to get away from this person even if it meant punching him in the nose and knocking him to the ground. GZ had NO RIGHT WHATSOEVER putting his hands on TM or trying to detain him and TM had an absolute divine right to defend himself because, after all, he had no idea who this grown ass man was that was following him and trying to detain him. Anyone would have reacted that way if somebody was trying to detain them against their will. We all know that and once GZ's supporters accept that then they will see WHY GZ is guilty of Second Degree Murder.

[DevoutPlayerhater]

TO: All of George Zimmerman's Supporters
From: All of the Supporters of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut

On Friday, December 14, 2012, the lives of 20 innocent children at the ages of 6 and 7 were cut short along with 6 other adults. The parents and families of those children and adults are grieving their loss, and will probably grieve for the rest of their lives. Just like the parents of Trayvon Martin, the parents of those children's loss their child to gun violence. No parent should ever have to bury their child to a gun toting vigilante such as George Zimmerman, Michael Dunn and Adam Lanza. Each one of them took the lives of innocent people and completely destroyed families, and it is being felt around the world. While nothing could ever replace the loss of the victims; however, your support for the families of those victims is most important at the time of their grief.

With that said, you can help by offering your time and/or donations to those families. The article published by Huffington Post shows you how here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/connecticut-elementary-school-shooting-how-to-help_n_2302760.html

Be part of the solution and not the problem. When you support the shooter of innocent people, you could be supporting the very person that might take the life of your child or loved one next. So help STOP THE VIOLENCE.

[xinatheawesome]

How was Adam Lanza a vigilante?
So you're saying that because a sicko in CT killed 6 year old children in cold blood that every individual on trial for murder MUST be equally as guilty? Do you even realize how stupid that sounds?

[Sidney Green]

Blah blah blah

[WhereisOT]

No comments from the nra terrorists?

"It means that the savages kill all the good people. And this has happened all throughout history"

Fits the history of this Nation for sure...along with many others...
Fits this case....and many many others...
The only Truth the hate/fear mongers have ever told...

[WhereisOT]

"One of the gun control groups, I think it's the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, always says, you know, violence is never the answer. Well, Bill, I think that's an absurd statement to make (Whittle replied laughing)
It is always the answer. This is the difference between liberals and conservatives. Liberals think that you can avoid violence, that violence can be bred out of the human animal. It's not possible. What you can do is, is you can take a society where people are fundamentally good and convince them that defending themselves is somehow wrong and that does not mean that the rest of the world becomes civilized. It means that the savages kill all the good people. And this has happened all throughout history"

Brought to you by the kill everything terrorists of the nra....

"It means that the savages kill all the good people. And this has happened all throughout history"
Quite the ignorant history "lesson" from a coward....

[Exploitationist]

Well, he still doesnt look like a white guy.

[nytosf]

So, what are the even minded leaning towards ? Verdict wise.
Just remember they gave this one guy 4 years for killing 2 people.
He crashed 60 mph because he had a bimbo on his lap, having sex while driving. Don't ya know, he couldn't see ?
Innocent ? ~ Reason, I don't think he'll get a fair trial.
I heard stats from beginning. He walks
Guilty~ 2 yr. - Time served ?