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Trayvon Martin Case: George Zimmerman's attorney cancels April "stand your ground" hearing

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George Zimmerman, right, arrives with his lead counsel, Mark O'Mara, for a hearing in Seminole circuit court, in Sanford, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Pool, Joe Burbank

(CBS/AP) - The attorney representing George Zimmerman told a judge Tuesday that he would not need the two weeks the court had set aside for a "stand your ground" immunity hearing beginning April 22.

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According to the Orlando Sentinel, Mark O'Mara did not specifically state that he planned to roll the hearing into Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial, as he has previously stated he hoped to do.

Zimmerman says he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self defense after they got into a fight in February 2012. He has pleaded not guilty.

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