Watch live: Zimmerman's lawyers appear in court for pre-trial hearing for Trayvon Martin case

May 28, 2013

Lawyers for George Zimmerman, who maintains he was acting in self-defense in the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida, appear before a judge for a pre-trial hearing. George Zimmerman will not be present during these proceedings.

[Editor's note: Text and headline have been updated to reflect the fact that Zimmerman will not appear in court.]