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February 12 Court Hearings: Judge Boyd, Simpson, Middleton + More | TCF Podcast #230 · The Courtroom Files

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  Good morning, everybody. Happy Thursday.
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  Welcome to TCF LIVE. It's nice to have you all here
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  with me this morning. Let's get started in Michigan.
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  A certain Judge Brian Oakley, good attorney.
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  Excuse me. Thank you.
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  All right, so you've got a plea agreement here.
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  Let's see what we got. Oh, you want to adjourn this?
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  Yes. OK, you're.
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  Working on getting your license straight.
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  What do you got to do? Go.
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  Out and get a Secretary of State board.
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  Move. You got anything scheduled?
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  I was kind of seeing how this what was going to.
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  Happen. All right, the problem is I'm
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  going to give you a month, right?
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  Well, a little bit about a month, I'm going to I'll give
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  you till March. The problem is this might be a
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  month long process and I'm not likely to want to kick this can
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  down the road that far. So find out what you can come
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  back and see if you can come up with a plan.
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  All right. So Heather, we're just going to
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  adjourn these till that March date.
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  March. 26th then to. Give, Yeah, give them extra
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  time. So here's what I tell everybody
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  that's in your position. Hire an attorney if there's any
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  way it you can possibly do it. So many people, they set up the
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  hearing, they go to the hearing, and they end up just wasting
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  their time. If you hire an attorney that
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  specializes in license restorations #1 they'll make
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  sure you don't even bother going to a hearing until you got all
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  your ducks in a row. And they also know what ducks
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  need to be in the row. All right.
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  So, yeah, I know it's a, it's a, it's a money thing.
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  But if you're like everybody else in your situation, the main
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  reason you got to get your license is because you need to
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  get to work or you need to get to a better job, right?
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  So in the long run, I think your money ahead, if you can come up
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  with the money. I mean, even if you got to
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  borrow it from Graham or something.
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  So what I would suggest you do in the next couple days and
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  start making some contact. Where do you live?
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  I didn't look at your address. Livonia.
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  All right, there's a lot of, there's a lot of attorneys that
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  do a lot of driver's license appeal division stuff here.
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  So what I would do is I would just randomly call some
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  attorneys that are close and convenient for you to go to and
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  say, look, I'm looking for a driving restoration expert.
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  Who do you recommend? Because you know the guy that
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  just does, you know, criminal stuff but doesn't do DLADD
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  stuff. He's not your guy, right?
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  You want to find the, the attorney that does driver's
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  license restoration, all right, And then just sit down with him
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  for a consultation. They'll tell you what you're,
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  you know, they'll look at your situation.
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  They'll tell you what you're looking at timing wise, what,
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  what ducks you might have to get in a row before you bother going
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  in for a hearing. You have a better game plan.
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  Even if you decide you can't afford them, you have a better
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  game plan when you come back and talk to them.
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  All right, good luck. All right, is it Ferrillo?
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  Come on up, Sir. F you're going forward today
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  without an attorney and you're doing a double parking.
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  All right, so we're going to dismiss three charges from
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  January 17th and you're going to pay 300 bucks for double
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  parking, right? Can you do it today?
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  Pick, pick a due date. Look at the calendar.
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  I'm pointing at the calendar. I'm sorry, I I didn't expect you
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  to read this. Yeah.
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  Protocol. Value February 28th.
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  Is that fair? 20th, if that gives you enough
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  time. I said 28th. 28th.
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  Well, no, because that's a Saturday.
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  Can you do it by Friday the 27th?
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  All right, so I'm just going to give you until the 27th.
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  We're not going to do any paperwork until you come in with
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  your money. Then we'll dismiss the the
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  actions because if you don't pay your money, then all these
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  charges are back on the table. Make sense?
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  Questions. You're good to go.
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  Hold on just a minute. I got to, I got to answer her
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  question because if she ain't happy, man, we'll do it on C Go
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  ahead. I've seen it before you
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  recommended. Me go to the.
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  Can you challenge the Academy? And glad you did that.
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  That was a while ago, yeah. Tell me, were you, were you on
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  my docket? Yes, Sir, Steve.
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  Yep, Yep. Tell me so how?
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  Long has it been since you did the challenge.
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  And how did it change your life or discipline?
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  Man, that's home, isn't it? That's huge though.
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  So what are you doing now? I work at a shop.
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  In a good shop manager. Where at?
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  Good. How long you been there?
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  Good. Good.
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  Yeah. So did you, did you get your
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  diploma from them? Yeah.
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  So how old were you when you went?
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  1767 OK, All right. So 5 months done with high
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  school moving on. Yeah, good for you.
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  Good for and thanks for sharing that, you know, because as you
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  can imagine, I'm still trying to talk kids into going because I
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  still think it's a great opportunity.
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  Yeah, yeah. If where you living?
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  Sumter. Sumter, you mind if if we reach
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  out to you, maybe if we think you can be a salesman for us to
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  convince a kid to go? No pressure, no pressure.
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  Because sometimes I'd like to just be able to say, hey, I can,
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  I can let you talk to a guy that's, you know, what are you
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  now? What's that?
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  Six years or six years out, out of the challenge, all right.
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  Not a good. Talker I could try.
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  No, but if if all you do is say it changed my life and this is
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  how, because it gave me discipline and without that I
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  don't know where I'd be or you might have a good idea without
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  that. Here's where I think I'd be
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  right. Would you just get name and
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  phone number? Yeah, 7:00. 527055.
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  Yeah, yeah. So.
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  Scott would be the 1 reaching out.
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  Yep, Yep. And and make a note.
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  So we share it with Scott that Scott's our new, our new
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  Christine. He just started what, September?
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  No. Didn't he start January?
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  Or yeah, January. That's right.
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  Yeah, Yeah. We compared him with him.
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  Yeah. And just let Scott know that
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  this, this guy went through in 19.
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  Yep. Yeah.
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  And he might never call you. I just.
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  I just like to have tools in the box.
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  OK. All right.
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  Great. So downstairs.
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  No, actually, you don't have to do anything downstairs.
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  Just come back between now and the end of the month with the
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  300 bucks just downstairs to pay.
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  Just come back, they'll put your name in the computer, and you're
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  good to go. All right, what do I say?
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  I'm. Going to do that on the C
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  ticket, Helen. Yep.
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  All right, you're good to go. Have a great day.
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  And once again, thanks for sharing that.
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  And how long does he have to pay?
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  So I print. It till the 28th this month.
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  February. Yeah.
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  Hey, when things slow down, I got a couple rubber stamps that
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  needs to make. OK, no problem.
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  I can get through today with him, our expertise and that's,
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  you know, oh, isn't. He loves that.
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  He was standing right here, right when I told Heather I was
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  going to have you or yeah, you do it.
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  You guys have been just been taking it to town.
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  Didn't see that. Good morning once again
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  everybody. Welcome to TCF Live.
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  Happy Thursday as Judge Oakley looks at getting somebody to re
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  ink his stamp pads. Let's stay in Michigan.
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  Go say good morning to Judge Dad.
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  Lobenberg, have a seat at this table.
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  Come on up to the podium, man. Zachary Hines, have a seat at
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  the table. Your name?
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  All right? You're charged with a violation
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  of probation. I took your plea.
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  Let's see. I took your plea under Section
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  771. I need Jessica.
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  You plead guilty to failure to report.
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  Hang on one second. This is the new one.
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  This is a new one. You're charged with the failure
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  to complete the economic crime prevention program of Class A
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  training center. That's count 1.
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  Do you understand the charge? Are you tired?
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  Yeah. OK.
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  I just wanted to make sure, count 2, that you failed to pay
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  your fines and costs as ordered. Do you understand the charge?
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  Yes. Count 3.
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  If you have to provide proof of completing 32 hours community
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  service by January 31 of 26, do you understand the charge if you
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  plead guilty, If you're found guilty, that would be 3 more
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  technical violations. Your probation could be revoked.
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  You could be incarcerated for 90 days.
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  Do you understand that? Did you sign, read and
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  understand the advice of Rights Revocation Probation form?
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  If you plead guilty, you will be giving up all those rights and
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  there will not be a hearing or a trial of any kind.
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  You understand that you have the right to an attorney.
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  I'll be happy to provide you with one at public expense if
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  you would like one. Would you like a lawyer to
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  represent you? I'm going to ask you how you
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  plead now. It's the current one that you
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  failed to attend the economic crime program with Class A
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  training center. How do you plead?
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  Yes. Do you fail to attend that
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  program? Yes, I did 2.
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  Did you fail to pay your fines and costs as ordered by January
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  31 at 26 how do you plead you fail to pay your fines and costs
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  as ordered by January 31 of 26 I'm asking did you fail to pay
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  all of your fines as you ordered to pay?
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  Yes. Yes.
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  OK, but you failed to pay your fines and costs order, correct?
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  Yes, count 3 that you failed to provide proof of completing 32
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  hours of community service by January 31 of 26.
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  How do you plead? Yes, you failed to provide proof
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  of completing your community service by that.
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  Day. Oh yes, I.
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  Didn't turn anybody. Should have pleaded guilty.
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  Anybody force you to plead guilty, I'll accept your plea.
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  I was probably 29. I'll accept your pleased all
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  three counts. It's true.
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  I. Could pay the fines today and I
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  got really service paid it. I have to take the time, you
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  know, time. But it's don't need it before
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  the 31st. You're not taking me very
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  serious, no. It wasn't done it.
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  Was done. Listen to what I'm telling you.
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  You ran here on violations on December 17th of 25.
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  I did nothing. I didn't assess any costs.
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  You had a failure to go forward, failure to complete community
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  service. I told you to complete your
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  community service and provide proof by January 31.
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  Pay 200 by December 23 of 25, the rest by January 31 at 26.
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  And I told you again, if you didn't have the money to call
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  the court would go on Zoom. I'd give you an extension.
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  None of that happened. OK, I I do have that one on my
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  daughter's standing right in the hospital.
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  So that's why I just couldn't sink in.
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  And the day I got there, I had to go straight to the hospital,
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  stay there with my daughter for about 3.
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  For two weeks. Is she still in?
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  Yes, she's been there for two months.
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  Well, A. Year and a month like last
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  December. Well, December 25, right?
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  She's been in the hospital for 14 months, Yes.
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  I don't remember us talking about this.
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  Your name? Jessica.
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  Remind me. Remind me?
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  Yes, her, her daughter has been in the hospital.
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  She reminded you the last time in her meeting.
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  She's been in the hospital for over a year now.
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  She did provide proof of the community service today and
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  based on the letter was completed prior to the due date,
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  but she did turn it in till today.
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  But those hours are now completed and confirmed.
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  What about the the Economic Crime program?
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  That class is not. She did everything.
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  She did everything about the class at this point.
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  She said that she has the money to pay today for her balance.
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  Otherwise though, the community service is done.
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  The only thing left is the class.
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  Her case was taken under the 771 delete sentencing status.
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  She's set for prosecutor review next week, February 19th.
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  And she's going to training. The program won't be done.
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  No, I don't know when the next class is offered.
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  I know the last one was January 18th and she didn't.
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  I placed her on probation on August the 28th, so she should
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  be coming off February 28th, Drew correct?
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  So. I'm going to extend probation
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  until for two months, until April 28th of 26th.
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  There's additional cost of $50, additional probation fees of
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  $40. Heather, I'm going to need a
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  review hearing, review hearing date sometime before that.
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  And you have to make sure you complete the Class A training
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  center. OK?
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  I don't remember talking about your daughter, so I didn't make
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  any notes on it. I don't know why complete the
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  program the Class A and why don't you give me a date,
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  Heather, like in see, we're already mid February.
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  Why don't you make it? April, Judge.
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  Or yeah, yeah, second week of April or so.
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  OK, we could do April 9th all. Right, we're going to make it
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  April 9th. Review hearing will be April 9th
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  at 8:30. OK, ma'am, you're going to pay
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  all your fines now, right? All right, I'll make a note.
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  You're going to pay all your fines cost now proof of
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  completion of community service provided.
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  I wish you well. If you do everything when you're
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  supposed to, you're going to end up with this case dismissed.
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  It was taken under 771. You got to have everything else
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  done though, OK? April, April the 9th at 8:30
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  will be your review here today. I wish you well.
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  If you'll go, you'll go down the hall, you'll get your dates, and
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  we're all set. Good luck.
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  Good luck with your daughter. I'm sorry you're going through
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  that. I really.
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  I don't. Thank you.
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  Loebenberg. Derek Jacob Robert Loebenberg.
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  Is that you? Oh, where's where's Loebenberg?
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  Oh, I see 26647525-A and B OK, this this is Judge Hessen's.
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  I'm just going to send it over there for her.
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  OK. Heather, I believe it's it has
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  her name on it. Is Loebenberg her case?
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  What's the case number on that again, Judge?
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  They keep sending them in here 266475252426647525-A and B.
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  Let me double check. On that, yes, that is hers.
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  Zachary OK, good enough. I'm going to send them here.
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  Zachary Ryan Hines, 25-G3O6737A and B All right.
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  Where's your lawyer did? Not know.
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  Oh, OK, OK, well, we're going to have to wait for your lawyer.
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  OK, I'll pass the case. You can relax.
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  I didn't. This is Shawna Rochelle Curtis,
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  26-T6475-O4A. And B, could I have Zuko seated
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  at the table here? My right Here.
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  Left and you can come up here. Miss Curtis, your name nice and
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  loud for me. You're charged with driving on a
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  suspended and defective equipment.
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  You have the right to an attorney.
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  If you want one. I will give you 1.
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  Would you like a lawyer? I'll arraign you and then I'll
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  send you to the prosecutor. I'm going to need that one
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  sentencing with Mr. Gambert. You're charged with the.
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  Curtis up here. Tashata, Curtis.
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  What's that? Is this Tashata Curtis?
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  I'm sorry that you have at the podium.
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  Yeah. She has two warrants that we're
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  working on right now. Also all.
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  Right. And I believe I do.
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  It does look like though they are Judge Hudson, so I'm not
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  sure if you just want to send her over there or when.
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  We're done with them. But just to give you a heads up.
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  All right, Thank you. Miss Curtis, you're charged with
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  operating a motor vehicle on January 18 of 26 in the Studio
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  Trenton on Fort and West at 1:16 in the morning.
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  They think you had defective equipment and a suspended
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  license. That is a misdemeanor driving on
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  a suspended punishable by up to $500 in fines, 90 days, 93 days
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  jail costs or all of those penalties.
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  To understand them nice and well, did you sign the advice of
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  rights and read and understand the rights?
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  If you plead guilty, you'll be giving up all those rights and
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  we're not going to have a trial of any kind.
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  You understand that? Yep.
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  You still wish to waive your right to a lawyer?
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  I'll enter in a guilty plea. You got to show up in court.
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  Why? When wasn't When was she
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  scheduled for court that she failed to appear in?
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  October 12th of 2022 OH. Jeez, I don't want to rush it
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  here. What are you doing?
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  Fail court. Morning.
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  Here it's nice you were supposed.
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  To be here in October of 22. Don't be.
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  Don't sound so aloof about it, OK?
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  You're not endearing yourself to any judge when you pull that
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  kind of nonsense. You're going to be arraigned on
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  those warrants next door, $500 personal bond.
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  If you're lucky, you're getting a personal bond.
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  Do you work? What are you acting like this
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  for? Like, I don't recall.
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  Like, it's not a big deal. Like I forgot to pay my water
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  bill that was $3.13. Some lady don't play games.
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  Judges don't like games. You want to play games, go to
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  the store, buy Scramble or Trouble or Monopoly or whatever
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  else. Don't play games in here.
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  You got it good. You'll go meet with the
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  prosecutor. Either way.
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  You'll come back in front of me and then you have to go next
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  door to Judge Hessen and you will have she will arraign you
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  on those charges when they cancel the warrants.
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  Good luck, Zuko. Either way, you're coming back
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  in front of me, young lady Joe. Morning once again, everybody.
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  It's TCF live on a wacky Thursday.
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  Good to have you all here. Let's move on.
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  Go to Washtenaw County Judge Simpson and his hit that
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  everybody loves. Bond continues.
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  There's one right there in the blue.
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  I'm going to grab everyone else, your Honor, real quick before we
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  start, if that's. OK, well I've already started.
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  I understand they want to make sure that they're all you know.
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  Oh. OK, so you're the attendance
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  monitor. All right, go ahead.
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  Don't don't do do what you do. Whisper Cook.
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  People people believe any potential conflict means on our
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  report in the office. Of the public, people do.
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  Not believe that any such conflict exists.
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  We make this waiver. In the avoidance of all that
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  one. Thank you, Sir.
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  Morning, Josh. Thank you, Josh.
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  We likewise do not believe that any conflict or this honorable
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  court for the cases this morning, but should one arise,
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  we will waive that conflict and please ask this honorable court
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  to hear all of this case. And the court, for its part,
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  also does not believe there's a conflict either in the Michigan
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  court rules or the cases decided they were under to the extent of
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  conflict does exist. Given the waivers, the court
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  will consent to hear the best court does call the cases of the
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  People versus Jesse Ivy all six case.
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  That's Mr. Gad. Mr. Gad?
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  Sorry. For Mike.
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  That's a great question. You were the one responsible to
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  get everybody, no? No, no, no, you failed.
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  Mr. Feaster. Thank you, Mr. First, Assistant
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  Public Defender, on behalf of Mr. Ivy Standing.
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  Mr. Daddy, Mr. Ivy, can you state your name, please, Sir?
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  All right. Thank you, Judge.
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  I'm speaking to APA Chebowski. Sorry.
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  I believe we're waving this matter up to Circuit Court for
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  further resolution. So he's doing a waiver on
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  holidays? That's my understanding.
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  Is that your understanding, Mr. Mr. Ivy?
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  I didn't hear you, Sir. Yes, yes, OK, Sir, you're
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  waiving your right to a preliminary examination in all
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  of these matters. You understand that that's a
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  proceeding where the people would have to show by probable
• 21:17
  cause that the offenses alleged were committed and that you
• 21:20
  committed. Yes.
• 21:24
  You understand that you will not have that hearing and that
• 21:27
  you'll proceed to Circuit Court for further resolution of these
• 21:29
  matters. Yes.
• 21:33
  People also wait there, right? Yes.
• 21:37
  Preliminary examination having been waived, defendant is bound
• 21:40
  over to circuit. Court.
• 21:41
  On all I believe 6 counts. Thank you, Judge.
• 21:46
  We will waive reading and ask the court to stand adjourned.
• 21:50
  Defending every way forward reading, standing muted to all
• 21:52
  counts. Court will enter a not guilty
• 21:55
  plea pretrial in These matters will be set for March 11th at.
• 21:58
  1:30 with. Judge Congress, March 11th,
• 22:01
  2026, 130 before Judge Conlon. Thank you, Judge.
• 22:06
  Thank you. Bond in these matters will
• 22:09
  continue. Thank you.
• 22:12
  You'll take them. Court does call the case of the
• 22:20
  People versus Derrick Jones. Do I can Assistant public
• 22:28
  defender representing Mr. Jones? Your Honor, I was just approved
• 22:32
  yesterday to be able to schedule a visit to meet with Mr. Jones.
• 22:36
  I'm asking for an adjournment and I'm filling out the green
• 22:39
  sheet right now. Mr. Jones, can you state your
• 22:45
  name? Derrick Jones.
• 22:49
  All right. And you were unable to schedule
• 22:52
  a visit. Is that what you're telling?
• 22:54
  Me. Yes, Jerome.
• 22:56
  Well, probable cause conference in this matter will be adjourned
• 23:01
  on March 5th, 2026 9:00 AM Bound continue.
• 23:07
  Thank. You.
• 23:09
  Thank you, Sir, I do. Have a question for your honor?
• 23:14
  Court does. Court does call the case of the
• 23:16
  people versus the Marianne White.
• 23:18
  Hey, Rachel, that's grandma. Yes, people.
• 23:29
  All right. Hello, distracted.
• 23:30
  Me, your Honor. Good morning, your Honor.
• 23:33
  May I? Please, the son of a court,
• 23:34
  David Burgess, somebody up to Marion White.
• 23:36
  It's appearing to be a zoom from the juvenile son of Your Honor.
• 23:38
  Mr. White, can you state your name, please?
• 23:40
  Demorion White. Thank you.
• 23:43
  What are we doing, Your Honor? Mr. Childers and I are speaking
• 23:46
  regarding an ultimate resolution in this case, but we're asking
• 23:49
  for a little more time, so an adjournment of the PCC is
• 23:51
  requested. 5th of the 12th what? It may for. 5th is fine Your
• 23:58
  honor. Private Gods Conference will be
• 24:00
  adjourned March 5th, 2026 9:00 AM.
• 24:03
  Bond continue. Thank you, Judge.
• 24:07
  Your Honor, can we? Just approach on a on a.
• 24:09
  Collateral manner, I apologize. It'll quick quick.
• 24:22
  All right, quick sidebars are never quick.
• 24:25
  They're Speaking of sidebar, though.
• 24:26
  Tonight on this channel, 8:00 PM Eastern, 5 Pacific.
• 24:29
  We will have sidebar. I don't have it posted yet.
• 24:31
  I'll post it after the show, but that does not preclude you from
• 24:34
  joining us anyways. 8:00 PM Eastern, 5 Pacific.
• 24:37
  We should have a good discussion tonight.
• 24:39
  We'll stay in Michigan. Let's go see a certain Judge
• 24:42
  Middleton. Good morning.
• 24:49
  Good morning, Mr. Good morning. You're there.
• 24:53
  Thank you for coming to Centerville today by Zoom.
• 24:58
  You've logged in as iPad telehealth.
• 25:01
  Are you Richard Elliott? I'm Richard Elliott Junior.
• 25:05
  Your Honor. Give you a proper name.
• 25:11
  I'm sorry. I'm going to change your name
• 25:14
  here. OK.
• 25:41
  Mr. Wojnowicz, are you here on behalf of the defendant?
• 25:45
  Yes, Your Honor. All right, we'll wait for the
• 25:48
  prosecutor. I don't know that we've ever
• 25:50
  crossed paths before. Saint Joe County and Saint Joe
• 25:55
  are not very far apart, but we don't often touch and share
• 26:03
  cases. I, I get a few calls here and
• 26:06
  there since I'm in St. Joseph, MI, for someone looking
• 26:10
  for an attorney in Saint Joseph. Occasionally we'll have people
• 26:12
  actually show up in the wrong courthouse.
• 26:16
  And to further complicate things, as you know, then we
• 26:18
  have Saint Joe County, Indiana. Yeah, Yeah.
• 26:24
  And we're pretty close to that, too.
• 26:25
  We border that with, you know, South Bend area, so.
• 26:52
  I start every morning by giving the first line of a song.
• 26:59
  I call out a shared moment of humanity.
• 27:02
  But I didn't do that on this record.
• 27:04
  I didn't figure the Berry County Court needed to have my first
• 27:09
  line of the day on their feed, so I did it separately.
• 27:18
  Sometimes one of the judges here will do trivia from his
• 27:23
  calendar, and tonight's our Bar Association trivia night, so I'm
• 27:26
  looking forward to that. All right, all right.
• 27:30
  Courtney O'Malley is our prosecutor, and she at one time
• 27:36
  worked here for me as an intern in the prosecutor's office about
• 27:41
  28 years ago. And so it'll be nice to see her.
• 27:54
  So while he's waiting for the prosecutor, just to make things
• 27:57
  clear, this is a special assignment case for him out of
• 28:00
  Berrien County, not his court. I think there was some conflicts
• 28:04
  of interest. So they had to reach outside for
• 28:06
  a judge and they've got him. Good morning.
• 28:22
  Good morning, Your honor. It's nice to see you.
• 28:26
  Nice to see you, I'm sorry I'm not very good at zoom.
• 28:29
  All right. Well, we do a lot of it here.
• 28:31
  So thank you all for agreeing to do this by Zoom.
• 28:36
  Let me call the case. This is the Berrien County
• 28:40
  matter of people versus Richard McKinley Elliott Junior.
• 28:45
  The file number is 25018558. I think the suffix is SM, which
• 28:53
  stands for statute misdemeanor. Mr. Elliott is here by Zoom.
• 29:01
  He is represented by attorney Ryan Wolowitz from Berrien
• 29:05
  County and prosecuting attorney Courtney O'Malley Septoski is
• 29:10
  here on behalf of the people. I've been assigned to this
• 29:14
  matter by the Michigan Supreme Court because the judges in
• 29:18
  Berrien County have a perceived conflict of interest and they
• 29:26
  have disqualified themselves. And so I've got it.
• 29:29
  And so I get several of these a year, and so does everybody
• 29:34
  else. So let's start at the beginning.
• 29:37
  Mr. Elliott, you were first charged with a misdemeanor
• 29:41
  offense of domestic assault and malicious destruction of a
• 29:44
  building. It's alleged to have occurred
• 29:47
  the day after Christmas, December 26th of 2025.
• 29:52
  Those are both misdemeanors. However, the prosecutor filed an
• 29:56
  amended complaint adding a felony charge, which changes the
• 30:01
  procedural posture of what we need to do here.
• 30:04
  So let me inform you what the charges are.
• 30:07
  I think you probably know, but let's start at the beginning.
• 30:11
  It's alleged that on or about December 26th in the city of
• 30:15
  Buchanan that you did make an assault upon Richard McKinley
• 30:19
  Elliott Senior, who I believed to be your father, with a shoe,
• 30:24
  an Ugg, but without intending to commit the crime of murder.
• 30:29
  That's commonly known as felonious assault or assault
• 30:32
  with a dangerous weapon. It is a felony punishable by up
• 30:35
  to four years imprisonment and a fine of up to $2000.
• 30:40
  Then we'll go back to the original domestic assault
• 30:43
  charge. Domestic assault is a
• 30:45
  misdemeanor punishable by up to 93 days in jail and a fine of up
• 30:49
  to $500. This particular charge also
• 30:53
  would prohibit you from using or possessing A firearm for eight
• 30:57
  years. The other charge is malicious
• 31:01
  destruction of a building over 200 but less than 1000.
• 31:06
  They allege that on that same date and same place that you
• 31:10
  damaged a building at 1 Park Court that belonged to McKinley
• 31:16
  Elliott Senior and did damage more than 200 but less than
• 31:19
  1000. That's a misdemeanor also, but
• 31:22
  this one's punishable by up to a year in jail, a fine of up to
• 31:26
  $2000 or three times the value of the property.
• 31:31
  I've never ever done that, but the law does allow for it.
• 31:35
  All right, so I got this and we had some difficulty coordinating
• 31:39
  all of our time schedules. And I appreciate everybody being
• 31:42
  here. I've been informed by my
• 31:44
  administrator that Mister Elliott, you're presently in a
• 31:48
  treatment facility. Is that correct?
• 31:50
  Yes, Your Honor, that is correct.
• 31:53
  Where is it? Kalamazoo, MI called Center
• 31:59
  Point. It's an extension of Pine Rest.
• 32:08
  All right. And Mr. Auschwitz, I know you
• 32:12
  and Miss O'Malley, that's how I'll call her because that's how
• 32:16
  I knew her and she was 25. Have been talking about this
• 32:21
  case. I've heard maybe we're going to
• 32:24
  push it out a little bit. What's your preference here?
• 32:28
  Yes, Your Honor, that's correct. I think we have a likely strong
• 32:33
  likelihood of resolving this matter, but we would like to see
• 32:36
  some of these moving parts settle in a little bit.
• 32:40
  So I would just ask the court if we could reset the pre exam
• 32:46
  conference and waive our 21 day right to, you know, the
• 32:51
  preliminary exam within 21 days of arraignment.
• 32:53
  And if we could just reset this matter possibly for three or
• 32:58
  four weeks and hopefully by then we could have a resolution to
• 33:03
  present to the court. Prosecutor O'Malley, is that
• 33:07
  agreeable with you? Absolutely, Your Honor, We would
• 33:10
  like Mr. Elliott to remain in treatment.
• 33:13
  That's our biggest concern. So I have no objection to moving
• 33:17
  this so that he can continue his course of treatment.
• 33:20
  I have been in touch with the victim who also agrees with
• 33:23
  that. Mr. Elliott, you have a right to
• 33:29
  have this hearing. As your attorney said, I thought
• 33:32
  it was 14 days, but he says within a certain time period
• 33:36
  from your arraignment here, we're going to adjourn it while
• 33:39
  you continue with your treatment, which I don't have
• 33:46
  any objection to and apparently nobody else does.
• 33:49
  Do you have any objection to continuing this matter?
• 33:51
  I. Have no objection.
• 33:55
  All right, let's find a date that works.
• 34:05
  It'd be gone for a little bit in February.
• 34:16
  How about Wednesday, March 11th at 9:30?
• 34:28
  That works for me, Your Honor. Would that also be by Zoom?
• 34:32
  Yes, it would if you guys agree. That works for for us as well,
• 34:38
  Your Honor, if it's by Zoom. Mr. Elliott, you do have the
• 34:54
  right, obviously, to be present at all proceedings.
• 34:57
  You're present here by Zoom, which works out good.
• 35:00
  You're in Kalamazoo, the attorneys are in Perry County,
• 35:05
  and I'm here. So Zoom is tailor made for this
• 35:08
  kind of a circumstance. At some point, this will
• 35:11
  probably require me to come to the courthouse in Niles.
• 35:15
  For example, if we do work out a plea and I impose a sentence, I
• 35:23
  would probably come there and do the sentence at Niles or Saint
• 35:28
  Joe, depending on what works for the Perry County people.
• 35:33
  But right now, we're just getting all on the same page,
• 35:37
  agreeing to the continuance and picking a new date.
• 35:40
  Do you have any objection to doing this by Zoom like this Mr.
• 35:46
  Elliott? I do not.
• 35:48
  Your Honor, all right. And we're going to do the next
• 35:51
  one by Zoom too. I'm going to give you a little
• 35:56
  heads up. Your attorneys probably shared
• 35:58
  you with this, shared this with you in a domestic violence case,
• 36:03
  and they come in a lot of different sizes and shapes.
• 36:06
  They're often domestic partners, husbands and wives, boyfriends,
• 36:09
  girlfriends, wives and wives. But they're all sometimes family
• 36:14
  members, people that live in the same house.
• 36:17
  There is a special statute that allows a court to place a
• 36:23
  defendant on probation for a domestic violence charge and if
• 36:28
  they successfully complete that probation, the charge could be
• 36:32
  taken off your record and be a non public record of conviction.
• 36:38
  So I'm not sure if that's what they're working toward, but that
• 36:43
  is one option that could resolve all of these.
• 36:46
  So we'll see where we go. Everybody seems quite positive
• 36:49
  about it. They seem positive about your
• 36:53
  seeking treatment and I'll see you by Zoom on March 11th at
• 37:01
  9:30 AM. Judge, can I just ask one quick
• 37:05
  question, if we have a resolution worked out, will you
• 37:07
  accept that by Zoom or should we let you know and I'll.
• 37:10
  Take the plea by Zoom. But if I'm going to do the
• 37:12
  sentence, I'll come over there. If it is a domestic violence
• 37:16
  case, theoretically, the law says the case needs to be
• 37:19
  continued for 10 days at least to give an opportunity for
• 37:22
  victim input. And I don't know if Mr. Elliott
• 37:25
  Senior would be there, but if we work that out, I'd certainly be
• 37:30
  willing to take the plea on March 11th and then I may come
• 37:34
  visit all of you. Maybe the snow will be melted by
• 37:38
  then. Hopefully, if I set it for May.
• 37:44
  Anyway, we'll continue to work on this, Mr. Elliott, continue
• 37:50
  to do what you're doing, stay in contact with your lawyer.
• 37:53
  There are bonkers conditions, conditions in effect that
• 37:56
  prohibit you from having contact with the complainant.
• 37:59
  So you're prohibited from having contact with your father.
• 38:03
  But we'll see where this goes. But for the time being, those
• 38:06
  conditions are in effect. This case is assigned to me and
• 38:10
  I'm certainly willing to accept it.
• 38:13
  So I will see you all on March 11th at 9:30.
• 38:16
  So we'll stop the we'll let Mr. Elliott go.
• 38:23
  OK. Thank you, Your honor.
• 38:26
  I'm going to everybody stick around for a minute.
• 38:30
  I'm going to stop the live feed and all.
• 38:35
  Right as he said, he stopped the live feed.
• 38:38
  Let's go down to Florida. Wade Mercer first appearances.
• 38:46
  Miss Johnson, Good morning, ma'am.
• 38:47
  Miss Johnson, you're here because you've been accused of 1
• 38:49
  count of omission. If the officers made a charging
• 38:52
  decision thus far as a misdemeanor offense and you do
• 38:57
  have a friends or family in the courtroom on your behalf, I'm
• 39:00
  going to point the public there's also represents you.
• 39:02
  I'm going to tell you that there is probable cause in the
• 39:05
  complaint, and I've also looked at your criminal history, so I'm
• 39:07
  somewhat familiar with that. And Mr. Mitchell, on behalf of
• 39:11
  the state, I think that you just advised me that you want time to
• 39:14
  look at this one. Is that correct?
• 39:16
  Yes, your owner. We need time to review the toll
• 39:18
  damages, see if it may qualify as a felony.
• 39:21
  Mr. McDaniel, anything on behalf of Miss Johnson.
• 39:26
  So Miss Johnson, the State attorney's office has the right
• 39:28
  to take a look at the case and interview the alleged victim and
• 39:30
  and decide if it's going to be a felony or not.
• 39:32
  Ma'am, you're still entitled to a bond today.
• 39:34
  I'm going to set you a bond, but that bond is in based in part on
• 39:37
  your criminal history. Your bonds are going to be $3500
• 39:40
  cash or surety. If the bond is posted, she has a
• 39:43
  right to be released. I'm talking to your mother now.
• 39:46
  If it's posted, she has a right to be released.
• 39:48
  That's the law. If it's not posted, then what's
• 39:50
  going to happen is Mr. Mitchell's office will get the
• 39:52
  complaint in. They will review it.
• 39:54
  They will talk to the alleged victim.
• 39:56
  The threshold for a felony in criminal mischief is $1000
• 39:59
  damage. So if they have a good faith
• 40:01
  basis to believe that there's at least $1000 damage, they may
• 40:05
  decide to go with a felony charge, which opens up a lot
• 40:09
  more treatment options. I know that you had Mr.
• 40:11
  McDaniels text or you had said that you thought for state
• 40:14
  hospitals where she needs to be. That's not really an option from
• 40:18
  a criminal sentence in a misdemeanor court, but it could
• 40:21
  be in a felony case. So they'll have the only time to
• 40:24
  look into that. In the meantime, she's got the
• 40:25
  right to a bond. Miss Johnson, you do have a
• 40:27
  condition, no contact with alleged victim.
• 40:30
  Starting at this point. Going forward, Miss Johnson,
• 40:32
  we're going to give you a notice for your court date, ma'am, or
• 40:34
  the jail will give you a notice. That will be March the 2nd at
• 40:38
  9:00 AM. That's if it stays in
• 40:40
  misdemeanor court. If the state decides to take
• 40:43
  this case, the felony court, it would be a different date.
• 40:46
  Miss Johnson, do you have any questions?
• 40:48
  No, Sir, McDaniel, what you're saying?
• 40:53
  I was going to. Say Jack, those cyber trucks are
• 40:55
  advertised to be indestructible with scratch proof.
• 40:58
  And can't crust. Windows I, I don't know if
• 41:00
  there's going to be damages that you think they are because
• 41:03
  they're supposed to be indestructible and just let you
• 41:05
  know that. You know what?
• 41:06
  I mean, I said. It was.
• 41:07
  My. Car.
• 41:07
  I know it was. That's all right.
• 41:09
  OK, but somebody was driving they they free and I'm here
• 41:12
  today. That's all right.
• 41:14
  All right. So we'll, we'll see you on that
• 41:16
  court date, man. Wish you the best.
• 41:19
  Barbara, thank you for the $5 prayers for Wahoo.
• 41:22
  I agree. For those of you who don't know
• 41:23
  Wahoo, a regular here on TCF, his sister passed away a few
• 41:28
  days ago. Also, if you're a person of
• 41:30
  prayer, my ex-wife, the mother of three of my children is in
• 41:37
  surgery right now as we speak, getting cancerous tumors
• 41:41
  removed. So prayers for her as well.
• 41:44
  Let's continue with Judge. Totally authority and one count
• 41:47
  of looting lascivious molestation.
• 41:49
  Mr. Weeks, there is probable cause for the three charges.
• 41:52
  You have some criminal history, but the the seriousness of the
• 41:56
  allegations against you is, is what's going to get you a
• 41:59
  pretty, pretty significant bond just because it's a very serious
• 42:02
  charges you've been accused of. According to the complaint,
• 42:05
  there is some type of some DNA evidence that supports the
• 42:08
  state's allegations. I'm going to listen to the
• 42:11
  attorneys and then I'm going to address your bond status.
• 42:14
  Mr. McDaniel. Anything on behalf of Mr. Weeks?
• 42:16
  No, you aren't, Mr. Mitchell. Given the significant and the
• 42:21
  severity of the charges, we would request a high bond and
• 42:24
  also, in addition to no contact with the victim, no contact, no
• 42:28
  unsupervised contact with any minors.
• 42:33
  I believe that the let me double check, I think the information
• 42:37
  has already been filed in this case and the warrant says first
• 42:42
  degree felony, but I think these are actually first degree felony
• 42:46
  sponsored by Life. So let me see if the information
• 42:49
  the clarifies that. Yeah, the sexual battery with
• 42:52
  the victim under 18 years of age, both of those are first
• 42:56
  degree felonies and the L&L molestation is listed as a
• 42:59
  second degree. But is it a first degree punch
• 43:01
  by life? That's my.
• 43:02
  Question. Is it the PPL or is it the first
• 43:05
  degree punch by 30, which is normal?
• 43:07
  It's not going to really make a difference for bond purposes for
• 43:09
  mine. Normal, but I'm curious.
• 43:12
  Yeah, the information filed by the state says those are life
• 43:16
  felonies, those first two. So, Mr. Weeks, let me ask about
• 43:21
  the the no contact with minors that the state's requesting.
• 43:23
  Do you have any minor children of your own or grandchildren,
• 43:26
  Sir? Not at the moment.
• 43:28
  Not to slip me or anything, OK. Mr. Weeks, what I'm going to do
• 43:32
  is I'm going to set you a bond of $50,000 each on the two
• 43:35
  sexual batteries, $25,000 on luminous civis charge.
• 43:39
  So your total bond is $125,000 cash or sure.
• 43:42
  Do you have a condition? No contact at all with the
• 43:44
  alleged victim and no unsupervised contact with
• 43:47
  minors? And by supervise that means
• 43:49
  someone who has care Custer control of the minor and is
• 43:54
  aware of your pending charges. So at this point, you're accused
• 43:57
  of very serious charges. I would suggest you not talk to
• 43:59
  anybody at the jail other than a lawyer about what you've been
• 44:03
  accused of. You'll get a chance to use the
• 44:04
  phone in a few minutes. Mr. Weeks.
• 44:06
  Just a few minutes to try to post that bond.
• 44:08
  Whether you go to a bondsman or not, it's entirely up to you.
• 44:11
  If you're not able to post the bond, the public defenders
• 44:13
  officer be in contact with you at the jail.
• 44:15
  Mr. Weeks. The other thing we're going to
• 44:16
  do is I'm going to ask the jail to give you a notice for your
• 44:18
  court date in felony court, which should be March the 3rd at
• 44:22
  8:30 will be your arraignment. Mr. Weeks, do you have any
• 44:25
  questions? No, Sir.
• 44:27
  Have a good day, Sir. We have Robert Summits.
• 44:43
  Mr. Sammons, good morning. Mr. Thomas, you're here for
• 44:45
  first appearance accused of eight counts of petty theft and
• 44:48
  one count of felony scheme to defraud.
• 44:50
  Mr. Somnus. There is probable cause for
• 44:53
  these charges, Sir. I have read the complaint.
• 44:56
  I've also looked at your criminal history.
• 44:58
  I realize that you're on probation for petty theft, but I
• 45:00
  also am aware of the timeline that that charge happened after
• 45:05
  these charges allegedly occurred.
• 45:07
  And that charge essentially is what led to these further
• 45:10
  investigation and review of videos.
• 45:12
  And those video reviews is what eventually led to these new
• 45:15
  charges. So this does not violate your
• 45:17
  probation because this happened before you even own probation,
• 45:20
  allegedly regarding your criminal history.
• 45:23
  It's not horrible. I think I'm out.
• 45:31
  I saw a couple of old worthless checks from the 90s, perhaps a
• 45:38
  1999 Grand Theft in Washington County, which would be 25 years
• 45:43
  ago. So your criminal history is not
• 45:46
  bad. It's not great, but it's
• 45:47
  certainly, it's not perfect, but it's not, it's not bad.
• 45:50
  Let me see what the attorneys have, and then we'll go for
• 45:52
  dress bond or release status. Mr. McDaniel, anything.
• 45:55
  Yeah, We just asked for, you know, some kind of reasonable
• 45:58
  bond or reasonable cash bond. I mean, these petty thefts are,
• 46:00
  I think, all less than $100. They're all small amounts.
• 46:03
  And get out his criminal history and stuff.
• 46:06
  And he's on probation and he's reporting for probation like
• 46:09
  he's supposed to and he's supposed to.
• 46:10
  So can we just ask for? Some status?
• 46:13
  Is he up to date on everything? Thank you, Mr. Mitchell.
• 46:17
  We don't object to a cash bond. I was just asking Mr. Goodson if
• 46:20
  he's up to date on everything with county provision.
• 46:23
  I am your honor, I'm supposed to get off on the 2nd.
• 46:25
  It's all paid off and classes are all.
• 46:27
  Done. Yeah, no, no objection to a cash
• 46:31
  bond. According to Mr. Ham, he was
• 46:34
  supposed to be able to get off early on March the 2nd.
• 46:37
  So Mr. McDaniel, I don't think you were in the loop because I
• 46:41
  wasn't talking. It wasn't about specific cases,
• 46:44
  but there's an issue with these exact, this exact situation
• 46:48
  where depending on what law enforcement officers doing it,
• 46:51
  some law enforcement officers are doing it the way Mr. Somnus
• 46:53
  was done, which is 1 felony and multiple misdemeanors.
• 46:58
  The majority of law enforcement officers are charged just a
• 47:01
  bunch of misdemeanors. And as you know, as you
• 47:03
  represent a bunch of them, they come to court and Mr. Mitchell's
• 47:06
  got a, a policy in effect that he's very consistent with it,
• 47:09
  that that's effective. He collects restitution in one
• 47:12
  case and puts them on PTI or probation in in that case and
• 47:16
  dismisses the others. So I expressed to the State
• 47:18
  Attorney's Office my concern about the inconsistency in the
• 47:21
  way these cases were handled. And I think they they kind of
• 47:24
  got an internal policy now to try to prevent that from
• 47:26
  happening. But this is a perfect example of
• 47:28
  Mr. Somnus being treated differently than someone with
• 47:32
  the same or similar criminal history.
• 47:34
  The only difference is what officer does the complaint and,
• 47:37
  and I think there's probable cause for these charges, but
• 47:40
  I've you and I see these every month that are handled in
• 47:43
  misdemeanor court. So that's, that's obviously a
• 47:46
  factor that I'm very concerned about being consistent.
• 47:48
  So for that reason, what I'm going to do is I'm going to
• 47:51
  treat it like we do with the cases in misdemeanor court.
• 47:53
  And, and if you want to, I'm not going to offer your conditional
• 47:56
  release because of the number of cases, but I will set your cash
• 47:59
  bond on the felony. I'll set a $500.00 cash bond and
• 48:01
  I'll give an ROR on the other 8 cases.
• 48:04
  So you've got a total cash bond of $500 an ROR on all the
• 48:08
  misdemeanor cases. If you post the cash bond,
• 48:11
  you'll be released immediately. Whether this will stay in felony
• 48:13
  court, Mr. Somnus or not, I have no idea.
• 48:16
  That's the call to be made by the state attorney's office.
• 48:18
  But I think they're kind of getting their prosecutors on the
• 48:21
  same page to to either have one prosecutor look at all these
• 48:24
  cases. That way they know they're being
• 48:25
  treated the same regardless of how law enforcement treats them.
• 48:28
  But at least the prosecutor can treat them the same.
• 48:31
  Or if it's multiple prosecutors involved, they can have a
• 48:33
  similar policy. But right now you're you're
• 48:37
  going to felony court on March the 3rd at 8:30 unless the state
• 48:42
  decides to transfer your case to misdemeanor court.
• 48:45
  You've got a $500.00 cash bond. Your condition and no contact
• 48:48
  with Walmart is being renewed. So even if you get off probation
• 48:51
  in the other case, you've got no contact condition in this bond.
• 48:54
  So that no contact condition will content will extend if this
• 48:58
  case is pending or these cases are pending even if you get off
• 49:01
  probation. Mr. Sammetz, any questions about
• 49:04
  any of that? No contact with any Walmart?
• 49:07
  Yes. Mr. McDaniel, haven't missed
• 49:08
  anything. I know it's kind of complicated.
• 49:11
  No, I got it all and I'm just going to say that.
• 49:14
  Are they going through the? Prosecutors now or are they
• 49:15
  still sending them straight to the judges?
• 49:17
  I mean I. Thank you.
• 49:18
  The state of the state attorney's office asked to not
• 49:22
  be they're not asking to be involved in warrant reviews
• 49:26
  unless the officer wants them to be revolved involved.
• 49:29
  That started probably the October some, you know, sometime
• 49:33
  around there. And so most officers just rather
• 49:36
  get it done quickly. So they send it straight to the
• 49:38
  judge now, like they do in Bay County.
• 49:40
  They will review it. The state will review it if the
• 49:44
  officer wants it reviewed. I think that's correct, right,
• 49:46
  Mr. Mitchell? But in in these cases, what I've
• 49:48
  started doing is if they have no criminal history, I, I make them
• 49:51
  take it to the state attorney's office because they're just so
• 49:54
  inconsistent. Treated similarly.
• 49:56
  Peter, similarly situated defendants are not being treated
• 49:59
  similarly. I think it's just an oversight
• 50:01
  caused by the state attorney's office not being involved for
• 50:04
  years. They reviewed the warrants and
• 50:05
  they kind of have their own standards and everything is
• 50:07
  pretty consistent. That's that's not happened since
• 50:09
  about October. That's the way I.
• 50:11
  Always realize that's the best way to do it is, you know,
• 50:14
  consistency of those. Let the prosecutor review these
• 50:16
  things before they're filed. But also Jake.
• 50:18
  I was to let you know. That he's on probation.
• 50:21
  If you're wanting to do something to extend the
• 50:23
  probation, I'm sure he's open for it and restitution.
• 50:26
  If that's I'm not saying it's obviously if y'all want to think
• 50:28
  about it y'all, I mean that's I'm not sure what all the total
• 50:31
  is, but. If you want to do.
• 50:31
  Something I'm sure he's open to it.
• 50:34
  I'll talk to the felony attorney and see what they think about it
• 50:37
  and. That's a question I have is
• 50:39
  these are third group felonies. I know you're doing some felony
• 50:41
  cases. Are you just doing VO PS or are
• 50:43
  you doing some new cases too? Just doing VO PS for right now
• 50:47
  and the random ones that get thrown into drug court also.
• 50:50
  So this would be whose case Mr. Guild or Miss Harris?
• 50:52
  Probably Miss Harris's. OK.
• 50:54
  All right. Any questions at all, Mr.
• 50:57
  Somnus? I'm sorry.
• 51:00
  You'll get, you'll get to use the phone in a few minutes or to
• 51:02
  post the bond. OK, next case is Brandon.
• 51:06
  You want to take the Brandon Bullard last.
• 51:07
  Is that what your take says? Well, I guess he's.
• 51:10
  In here. Come on here.
• 51:11
  Brandon. Brandon Bullard is next.
• 51:13
  Mr. Bullard, come on up. Mr. Bullard, Good morning.
• 51:16
  You're here for first appearance.
• 51:17
  Charge of 1, count of trespass after warning.
• 51:19
  You're also accused of 1. Count of resisting an officer
• 51:21
  without violence. Mr. Bullard, I have read the
• 51:23
  complaint. There is criminal history.
• 51:25
  Excuse me. There is probable cause and I
• 51:27
  looked at your criminal history and I'm aware that you just were
• 51:29
  sentenced to 60 days in jail in January, last month in
• 51:33
  Washington County. So I'm aware of all of that.
• 51:36
  I want to see if the attorneys have any additional.
• 51:37
  I want to see if the attorneys have any additional information
• 51:39
  they want to make me aware of. So let your attorney speak on
• 51:41
  your behalf and then we'll address your bond status.
• 51:44
  Mr. McDaniel. God, I don't have any, Ben.
• 51:47
  Those are all by three city police officers that put me in
• 51:49
  there. The same was the route 335
• 51:51
  dollars. I'm a well, how are you
• 51:53
  describing Mr. Mitchell? Anything on behalf of the state.
• 51:59
  Nothing at this moment. OK, so Mr. Bullard, I think
• 52:01
  you're entitled to a bond because the the Washington
• 52:05
  County case was a jail sentence, not a probation sentence.
• 52:07
  If it was probation sentence, you wouldn't be entitled to a
• 52:09
  bond, but you are, it appears. So I'm going to set your bond at
• 52:13
  $3500 on each count. Your total bond today is $7000
• 52:17
  cash or surety. You have a condition of no
• 52:19
  contact at all with the property that you were accused of being
• 52:22
  at unlawfully or allegedly refused to leave.
• 52:25
  So you cannot go back to that property at all.
• 52:27
  You cannot go back to that property at all.
• 52:29
  Question. I understand that but she asked
• 52:31
  me to come here to babysit our. Son and I'll be watching.
• 52:33
  That's not. Why?
• 52:34
  That's not why you're arrested. The reason you're arrested is
• 52:36
  the complaint says the officers told you to leave and you
• 52:39
  refused to leave. So even if you were invited over
• 52:42
  there once, you're lawfully ordered to leave, unless you
• 52:45
  have significant ties to the place such as living there, you
• 52:48
  have to leave. So you're not being charged
• 52:50
  because because of being there when they got there, you're
• 52:52
  being charged because of what allegedly happened afterwards.
• 52:55
  Don't talk about what you're charged with.
• 52:56
  I don't want you to say anything to hurt you, but I don't want
• 52:58
  you to understand it has nothing to do with whether you're
• 53:01
  invited over there. That's not what you're accused
• 53:02
  of. You have any other questions?
• 53:05
  Yes Sir, I understand. I was not resisted or not.
• 53:07
  He just didn't really didn't give me a chance to grab my
• 53:09
  stuff and leave. So he told me on the ground.
• 53:11
  All due respect any questions? Yes, Sir.
• 53:14
  Have a good day, Sir. He doesn't need to give a
• 53:18
  notice. Misdemeanor court.
• 53:19
  So it would be the March 2nd at 9:00 AM.
• 53:26
  Hope was out of the room. There's somebody in the room
• 53:27
  that got there. We'll write it down.
• 53:29
  We got. Yeah, we already got it.
• 53:31
  Thank you. We have Belina Pullman next.
• 53:35
  Full Miss Pullman. Good morning, Miss Pullman.
• 53:41
  You're here for two charges, ma'am.
• 53:44
  You're accusing 1 count of uttering a force instrument or a
• 53:47
  force bill. Not a force bill is what you're
• 53:50
  accused of, ma'am. And then you also have a hold
• 53:52
  out of Washington County. The Washington County hold looks
• 53:55
  like it's a violation of probation warrant, ma'am.
• 53:57
  It has no bond on it. The Jackson County charge.
• 54:00
  You're entitled to a bond. I'm about to set you one, but
• 54:02
  let me see if the attorneys have any additional information on
• 54:05
  the on that bond for what I need to be aware of.
• 54:07
  Mr. McDaniel, anything. Just I talked to Miss Pullman,
• 54:11
  she maybe is asking for an option for a cash bond or surety
• 54:15
  bond if the court's inclined. I don't know if this restitution
• 54:18
  owed or I'm not very sure. Mr. Mitchell.
• 54:22
  If if she wants a cash bond, we don't object.
• 54:24
  There's allegedly restitution owed.
• 54:27
  It's only about $100. The problem is that she's on
• 54:29
  state probation when this charge allegedly occur.
• 54:32
  The basis for the violation of probation is not just this card
• 54:35
  charge. She allegedly was instructed to
• 54:37
  remain in the office by the probation officer and she
• 54:40
  allegedly left the office. So there's two different ways
• 54:43
  you have supposedly violated your probation.
• 54:45
  It's more than just this new charge.
• 54:47
  But I don't have a problem with the cash bond.
• 54:49
  There is restitution that's being solved.
• 54:51
  Your cash bond, Miss Pullman in the Jackson County case is
• 54:53
  $500.00 cash. Ma'am, you've got no bond in
• 54:57
  Washington County. Just be aware if you post the
• 54:59
  cash bond you will go from our jail to theirs.
• 55:01
  You will not be released, but you will get get the case over
• 55:04
  there moving. Do you have any questions,
• 55:05
  ma'am? No.
• 55:07
  Sir, No, Sir. All right ma'am, wish you the
• 55:10
  best. March 3rd, she does need to give
• 55:12
  a notice please. March 3rd at 8:30.
• 55:14
  Thank you. The next case we have is James
• 55:17
  Douglas. Douglas, I see you signing that.
• 55:36
  I'm going to assume that was a waiver of extradition for
• 55:38
  Houston County, Alabama. Is that what you just signed?
• 55:41
  Yes, Sir. You have any questions about
• 55:43
  that extradition waiver? No, Sir.
• 55:45
  So I. Know that Mister McDaniel has
• 55:46
  already spoken to you. They have 30 days to pick you
• 55:49
  up. We review the cases at 15 days.
• 55:51
  If you're still here in 15 days, you'll come back to first
• 55:53
  appearance and we'll see what the transport status is.
• 55:56
  I don't think I've ever had that happen with Houston County.
• 55:58
  They've always picked people up within the within a week or
• 56:01
  less. But if you are still here, we'll
• 56:03
  see you and see what's going on. But they have 15, They have 30
• 56:06
  days to pick you up. We'll see you in 15 if you're
• 56:08
  still here. Any questions?
• 56:10
  All. Right, so I wish you the best.
• 56:12
  Thank you. Yes, Sir.
• 56:14
  Michael Hamilton. Hamilton, good morning.
• 56:22
  You're here because you've been accused of 1 count of felony
• 56:25
  battery and one count of uttering a forced instrument.
• 56:28
  These are two different alleged office dates.
• 56:32
  There is probable cause for both charges.
• 56:34
  There's also a significant criminal history that you've got
• 56:37
  here. Mr. Hamilton.
• 56:39
  I'm going to listen to the two attorneys and then I'm going to
• 56:41
  set your bond. Mr. McDaniel, anything on behalf
• 56:44
  of Mr. Hamilton. There you go.
• 56:47
  How's it Felony is what I'm going to?
• 56:50
  Where's it felony? It's a it's a felony based upon
• 56:53
  you having a prior conviction for battery.
• 56:54
  That's what you're accusing you of your second or subsequent
• 56:57
  battery in Florida is a felony. Mr. Mitchell.
• 56:59
  Anything from the state from. The state Your honor, Mr.
• 57:01
  Hamilton, I'm going to set your bond at $7500 each on these two
• 57:05
  third degree felonies that you're accused of.
• 57:07
  That makes your total bond $15,000 cash or surety.
• 57:11
  You've got a condition and no contact with the alleged
• 57:13
  victims. One of them is I think Mccoy's
• 57:15
  outdoors. The other one is the female.
• 57:18
  No contact with either those individuals and you have the
• 57:20
  right to use the phone to try to post the bond.
• 57:22
  Mr. Hamilton, the jail is going to give you a notice for your
• 57:24
  court date which will be March the 3rd at 8:30 and you'll get
• 57:28
  use the phone in a few minutes. Do you have any questions?
• 57:30
  No, Sir. Have a good day, Sir.
• 57:34
  We have Eustacia Allen next. Miss Allen, good morning.
• 57:44
  You're here for first appearance.
• 57:45
  I think the jail sheet is wrong, Corporal.
• 57:48
  I'm gonna need y'all to take a look at that.
• 57:51
  Oh, Miss Allen, the complaint appears to show 2 counts of
• 57:55
  possession of controlled substance without a
• 57:57
  prescription, but the jail sheet says 1.
• 58:00
  Before I set 2 bonds, I need to make sure that's right.
• 58:03
  Corporal, we're double checking right now.
• 58:07
  Thank you. Yes, Sir. 2 counts.
• 58:12
  Yes, Sir. So Miss Allen, you're accused of
• 58:15
  possession, two different controlled substances.
• 58:17
  I think they were in a single supposedly in the same
• 58:19
  container, but there were two different controlled substances
• 58:21
  that were identified in there based upon the lab test.
• 58:24
  So you have two charges, but it's a single container.
• 58:28
  So it's it's a little confusing. They're accusing you of two
• 58:30
  different felony charges. Miss Allen, there is probable
• 58:33
  cause. I've also looked at your your
• 58:36
  bond. I mean, I've also looked at your
• 58:38
  criminal history. So it's pretty lengthy.
• 58:40
  And let me see. Let me take another look at the.
• 58:44
  I can't remember if this was a peel substance or if it was a
• 58:46
  powder substance. Let's see.
• 58:48
  Yeah. It was a powdery substance that
• 58:50
  you were accused of possessing. Mr. McDaniel.
• 58:52
  Anything on behalf of Miss Allen?
• 58:54
  No, you aren't. We just ask for a reasonable
• 58:55
  bond. Thank you, Mr. Mitchell.
• 58:58
  Anything. We're fine with a reasonable
• 59:00
  bond, but we request you also have random U as as the
• 59:03
  condition. Thank you, Miss Allen.
• 59:05
  I'm going to set your bond at $5000 each on these two third
• 59:08
  degree felonies. Ma'am, your total bond is there
• 59:10
  for $10,000, Miss Allen, that's cash or surety.
• 59:14
  That means you don't have to come up with all the money.
• 59:15
  You can go through a bondsman. That's what a surety bond is.
• 59:18
  Your bond does have a condition of random urinalysis, so be
• 59:22
  aware of that, that term if you do post bond.
• 59:24
  Miss Allen, do you have any questions?
• 59:29
  No questions. All.
• 59:31
  Right. Have a good day.
• 59:32
  Ma'am. You do have to begin a notice.
• 59:34
  I apologize. Thank you.
• 59:35
  Don, please give Miss Allen a notice for her court date which
• 59:38
  should be March the 3rd at 8:30. And the last case, I think what
• 59:47
  may be the last case is Tracy Gaines.
• 59:49
  Miss Gaines. Good morning, ma'am.
• 59:51
  You're here once again for the charge of driving on the
• 59:53
  influence. Miss Gaines.
• 59:54
  There is probable cause in the complaint, ma'am.
• 59:57
  And I've looked at your criminal history.
• 59:59
  I see two recent DUI charges within the last two years or so,
• 1:00:03
  one of which Mr. McDaniels advised me was dismissed.
• 1:00:05
  The other, which you were convicted of here in Jackson
• 1:00:07
  County, and that was just right about two years ago.
• 1:00:11
  So those obviously are factors for me to consider.
• 1:00:13
  And Miss Gaines, let me see if Mr. McDaniel or Mr. Mitchell
• 1:00:18
  have any additional information before I set your bond.
• 1:00:20
  Mr. McDaniel, we just asked for some kind of reasonable lease.
• 1:00:24
  Options she has. Strong local ties, family
• 1:00:26
  members on this property works in the area and we just asked
• 1:00:29
  the court to. Consider some of the lease
• 1:00:31
  options. Thank you, Mr. Mitchell.
• 1:00:34
  Whatever the 14 spit as a release option, we just request
• 1:00:38
  that she have a condition and no possession or consumption of
• 1:00:41
  alcohol. Miss Gaines, I failed to mention
• 1:00:44
  that there was allegedly an accident in this case.
• 1:00:46
  So that means you've been charged with three DU is in the
• 1:00:48
  last 2 1/2 years, this one resulting in an accident.
• 1:00:51
  That's causing me concern not only about your judgement, but
• 1:00:54
  about your danger to the public, the general public, your bonds,
• 1:00:57
  $5000 cash or surety. You have a condition not to
• 1:01:00
  drive a motor vehicle at all, and you have a condition not to
• 1:01:04
  possess or consume alcoholic beverages.
• 1:01:05
  Now, let me explain the motor vehicle condition.
• 1:01:08
  If you're able to get some type of temporary or work permit and
• 1:01:11
  you come back to court, and I will certainly consider
• 1:01:13
  modifying that for work purposes, but for the time
• 1:01:16
  being, based upon the number of DU is you've been charged with
• 1:01:19
  your bond, has a condition not driving motor vehicle.
• 1:01:22
  You just, we got to figure out what's going on and stop this,
• 1:01:26
  and that's the only way I know to do to protect the public is
• 1:01:29
  keep you off the roadways. If you get it, if you get a work
• 1:01:31
  permit from DHS, MB, I certainly will consider it.
• 1:01:34
  I'll give the state a chance to have input, but for the time
• 1:01:37
  being, you cannot drive a motor vehicle.
• 1:01:40
  Miss Gaines, do you have any questions, ma'am?
• 1:01:43
  Judge, did they put on the ticket or something?
• 1:01:45
  They took her license or I mean, I know she cooperated and did
• 1:01:49
  everything. I don't know that they turned
• 1:01:52
  into citation here. Let's see.
• 1:01:56
  And it's on the back of the ticket where you have to see it
• 1:01:59
  and let's see. I don't know that it says
• 1:02:05
  whether or not they're, you know, they have the right to
• 1:02:07
  give you that. That ticket as a license for 10
• 1:02:09
  days is what? Mr. B Daniels.
• 1:02:10
  Referring to ma'am, I can't tell from the paperwork I've got.
• 1:02:13
  What I'm telling you is now that you've been involved in the
• 1:02:15
  wreck and there's allegedly had a bottle of vodka in your pants
• 1:02:19
  when it happened, half bottle. I'm telling you, you can't
• 1:02:22
  drive. That's a part of your bond.
• 1:02:25
  If you get a work permit, I will certainly reconsider it.
• 1:02:28
  So still go through the process, try to get a work permit if you
• 1:02:30
  can, but in the meantime, you're not driving anything else.
• 1:02:34
  Mr. McDaniel, just clarify that. I mean, if she has a license,
• 1:02:39
  she can drive though I, I guess, or you said a work, I don't
• 1:02:42
  know. But I don't know if she has a
• 1:02:44
  license. I don't know that she has a
• 1:02:46
  license. She cannot drive as a condition
• 1:02:48
  of her bond based upon her being in a wreck and having three Duis
• 1:02:52
  in 2 1/2 years. That's that's it.
• 1:02:59
  You have three DUI arrests now. One of them, Mr. McDaniel says,
• 1:03:02
  was dismissed in Alabama. There may be she had three DUI
• 1:03:05
  arrests in about 2 1/2 years. You cannot drive.
• 1:03:09
  That's not I'm not going to consider.
• 1:03:11
  I'm not going to modify that. You can't.
• 1:03:12
  I've got. To go to work tonight.
• 1:03:14
  You're not, you're not driving. You go to work if you want, but
• 1:03:16
  you better not drive, OK? She's been given notice for her
• 1:03:21
  court date. Her court date will be March the
• 1:03:22
  2nd at 9:00 AM. All right man, have a good day
• 1:03:28
  ma'am. Just I'm not trying to, I mean
• 1:03:31
  a. Lot of these cases.
• 1:03:32
  When they cooperate and stuff, they don't necessarily suspend
• 1:03:34
  their license. So that's why I was saying, but
• 1:03:36
  you said if she gets a hardship, but I've if her license, I guess
• 1:03:39
  it wouldn't be a hardship if she has license if they don't
• 1:03:41
  suspend them. Stacy can probably tell me more
• 1:03:43
  about it. I I.
• 1:03:44
  She. She may be able to register for
• 1:03:46
  DUI school, but I don't know when a second DUI if that law
• 1:03:49
  lets you do that. Mister Goodson.
• 1:03:51
  The question is if she registers to DUI school, can she apply for
• 1:03:55
  a work permit on a second DUI? My understanding of the law, My
• 1:04:00
  understanding of the law is no because she said this will be
• 1:04:05
  so. The officer marked on the
• 1:04:07
  ticket, there's a box here that says eligible permit.
• 1:04:11
  He put no. I don't think that officer has
• 1:04:13
  the authority to give a 10 day permit if they've had a previous
• 1:04:16
  DUI conviction. And my understanding.
• 1:04:18
  Of the law. Because she had a DUA previous
• 1:04:20
  DUI, she is not entitled to apply for a business permit.
• 1:04:24
  I think he's right because it's a second Mr. McDaniel.
• 1:04:27
  That's fine I I just wasn't. For sure, if there had to be a
• 1:04:29
  conviction since she cooperated on the seven and I just, I'm not
• 1:04:31
  thinking straight. You know, but.
• 1:04:34
  Yeah. That's fine she she does.
• 1:04:36
  He did not give her the 10 day permit.
• 1:04:37
  I don't think he can because of a previous DUI.
• 1:04:40
  Yeah, I. Understand we, we have one young
• 1:04:43
  lady that's in the courtroom. Ma'am, are you here for a first
• 1:04:45
  appearance case? I failed to ask that earlier.
• 1:04:47
  Are you here for a first appearance case?
• 1:04:50
  OK, I'm. And I'm sorry I didn't tell Miss
• 1:04:52
  Allen you were here. I didn't even realize you were
• 1:04:53
  here on her behalf. Do you want her to know that you
• 1:04:55
  were here? Did you see her case?
• 1:04:58
  Were you in the courtroom when she went?
• 1:05:00
  OK, so you got to see it. What's your relationship?
• 1:05:02
  So we can tell her that you're here.
• 1:05:04
  OK. Can y'all let Miss Allen know
• 1:05:06
  that her mother did come in the courtroom?
• 1:05:08
  So you heard the bond that was set for her?
• 1:05:09
  Ma'am, it's $10,000 cash or surety because of her history.
• 1:05:15
  And she's charged with two counts of possession of
• 1:05:17
  controlled substance without a prescription.
• 1:05:18
  Two different controlled substances.
• 1:05:22
  Any questions? Ma'am, I can't hear you.
• 1:05:29
  It was in a, it was in a cup in her hand.
• 1:05:33
  And then she put it back in the vehicle, according to the
• 1:05:35
  complaint. And I wasn't there.
• 1:05:37
  And when she got out, she asked if she could get out and go to
• 1:05:40
  the restroom. They said no, you got to wait
• 1:05:42
  here. She's supposed to put the cup
• 1:05:44
  back inside the vehicle and they take the cup and look in it.
• 1:05:47
  There's powder in there. They analyze the powder, and
• 1:05:50
  it's two different controlled substances.
• 1:05:52
  And as you know, she's got a lengthy criminal history.
• 1:05:56
  That's what she's accused of. Yes, ma'am.
• 1:06:00
  So, Mr. McDaniel, that's everything I had on my list.
• 1:06:03
  I did want to talk to you, Mr. The one thing I continue to like
• 1:06:08
  about Judge Mercer is the amount of attention that he puts into
• 1:06:12
  family members who are in the courtroom.
• 1:06:14
  There's no other judge that doesn't quite like him making
• 1:06:17
  sure that the defendants know that the family members there
• 1:06:19
  and making sure that the family members questions are answered.
• 1:06:22
  He actually takes the time. Nobody doesn't quite like that,
• 1:06:25
  and I've always really appreciated that.
• 1:06:27
  A whole slew of courts are coming online right now.
• 1:06:30
  So I'm going to sort through all of that.
• 1:06:33
  Ashley, if you could help me out.
• 1:06:34
  I'm pretty sure there was something with Judge Wolf that I
• 1:06:37
  was supposed to be looking for today.
• 1:06:38
  And he has started his feed, though he's not on the bench
• 1:06:43
  yet. So if you could update me on
• 1:06:44
  that. But as I sort through these
• 1:06:47
  other feeds, let's go. Let's go back to Judge Simpson
• 1:06:50
  for a little bit. My honor, tried any senior
• 1:06:56
  assistant public defender representing Miss Petoskey.
• 1:06:59
  Miss Petoskey, would you please state your name for the record?
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  Margaret Petoskey. You know we I did submit
• 1:07:12
  yesterday laid a plea form for a It was late.
• 1:07:16
  Yes, I I'm acknowledging. But I don't.
• 1:07:21
  A plea form for no contest plea for miss Petoskey and miss
• 1:07:27
  Petoskey, we went over your rights to a trial and.
• 1:07:31
  I don't have the plea form, so I don't.
• 1:07:34
  I have the police report, but I don't.
• 1:07:37
  It was not signed. That's why, with permission or
• 1:07:43
  otherwise, it was not signed, so it was.
• 1:07:45
  So I, I would like to apologize. Many of these procedures were
• 1:07:50
  not procedures a year and a half ago when I was last year.
• 1:07:54
  And so I am catching up on the procedures.
• 1:07:58
  So I I. Understand that miss.
• 1:08:00
  Game, and I will. I I blame that on everybody else
• 1:08:03
  that's around you. That should have explained it to
• 1:08:05
  me. So if I if we could pass, I
• 1:08:08
  don't if we could pass for a short moment.
• 1:08:10
  I know this is very important to Miss Petoskey for outdated past.
• 1:08:15
  OK. Thank you and I will get that.
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  Alan Crawford. Good morning, Judge.
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  My name is Alan Cooper for Joanne Crawford.
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  Your. Honor, good morning.
• 1:08:33
  For the record, Mark Burke, P54935 with the Attorney
• 1:08:36
  General's office paying for the people.
• 1:08:39
  Thank you, Joanne. Property.
• 1:08:43
  Your Honor, it is our ultimate intent to try to wave this exam.
• 1:08:46
  Although I haven't actually had an opportunity to speak with my
• 1:08:49
  client about it, I was wondering if perhaps we could maybe
• 1:08:54
  address the issue of bond so I can have a better chance to meet
• 1:08:57
  with him and then have a better conversation with the
• 1:09:02
  prosecutor. Well, that may not.
• 1:09:04
  I mean, you can argue it, but I think it's bond is set pursuant
• 1:09:08
  to statute in this case at 25% of what he owes.
• 1:09:13
  So yeah, I understand that. I think that sometimes that it's
• 1:09:17
  overlooked at the statute does. Require a good cause.
• 1:09:19
  Exception. I understand that it provides
• 1:09:21
  for. Oh no, it's not.
• 1:09:22
  Overlooked. I, I I look at that every time.
• 1:09:26
  And the issue. If you want to make your, if you
• 1:09:28
  want to make your argument, go ahead and make your argument.
• 1:09:31
  OK, great. Well, The thing is, my client
• 1:09:33
  does have a job that's waiting for him on May on for February
• 1:09:37
  17th. So obviously the whole point of
• 1:09:43
  this case. But the child?
• 1:09:44
  Support case is to try to get. Money and get.
• 1:09:46
  Payments to try to get his arrears paid down.
• 1:09:48
  So that's a real truck in Ann Arbor.
• 1:09:51
  I actually do have a copy of the letter showing his his job
• 1:09:54
  offer. So he's supposed to start there
• 1:09:57
  on February 17th. So our hope is, is to get at
• 1:10:01
  least some kind of bond so that way he can start working.
• 1:10:04
  So that way, obviously at some point we're going to negotiate
• 1:10:07
  this case and it's going to involve payment of some money.
• 1:10:09
  So he can't do that if he's not working.
• 1:10:11
  So I don't want to miss this opportunity for employment when
• 1:10:16
  it's when it's right there waiting for him.
• 1:10:18
  So he does have family in the community.
• 1:10:21
  His, his mother's supposed to be there at court.
• 1:10:24
  I just got off the phone with her.
• 1:10:25
  She's at the courthouse. He's got substantial family in
• 1:10:27
  the area. So I would ask for personal bond
• 1:10:32
  that he takes care of his father who's an amputee.
• 1:10:35
  I'm I'm sure council that he was working at some point before his
• 1:10:39
  child support got to over $25,000, right?
• 1:10:43
  He. Was unemployed for a substantial
• 1:10:45
  period of time and he tried to file some motions to modify his
• 1:10:49
  child's sport over the last year or two, but he tried to do it
• 1:10:51
  improper. So of course he didn't get a
• 1:10:54
  proper hearing date. So our intent is is to back date
• 1:10:57
  that and we're going to. Go through the civil.
• 1:10:58
  Court as well. It's not going to completely
• 1:11:00
  reduce all the arrears, but it's going to have some reduction if
• 1:11:04
  we can go retroactive back to date, to the date when he first
• 1:11:06
  filed those because he was unemployed for a significant
• 1:11:10
  period of time. But the problem that I have is
• 1:11:15
  that he's got this job waiting for him.
• 1:11:16
  I don't want to miss this. I don't want him to miss this
• 1:11:18
  opportunity, especially when he's going to have to end up
• 1:11:21
  paying something towards summer rears.
• 1:11:26
  Any response from the people? Fiona, thank you.
• 1:11:28
  The only thing I would indicate is the court is well, certainly
• 1:11:32
  well over the statute. It's 750.165 does require 25%
• 1:11:36
  cash bond. The amount of the arrearage
• 1:11:38
  judge, the reorge currently as of 2 days ago is north of
• 1:11:43
  $32,000. The bond that I see that I
• 1:11:46
  believe is that's that's ordered as 6395.
• 1:11:52
  I mean, quite frankly, it's probably low compared based on
• 1:11:55
  what they were just today. But the other thing also is I, I
• 1:11:57
  appreciate council's argument that, you know, he wants, he
• 1:12:00
  wants to work and he wants to start paying, but the reality of
• 1:12:02
  judges, the defining has an ongoing propagation of 555 a
• 1:12:06
  month right now. He's paid a total of $1500 in
• 1:12:09
  the last year. That's it.
• 1:12:11
  So I mean, that's, I mean, I don't think he's been in custody
• 1:12:15
  that long. So any event, I mean, I mean,
• 1:12:18
  I'll leave you to the court's discretion, but PR, PR bond is
• 1:12:21
  definitely not, definitely not within the statute.
• 1:12:25
  So let's go to the position. Hey.
• 1:12:29
  I I think. The statute specifically does
• 1:12:32
  provide for a good cause exception.
• 1:12:34
  I think the fact that this is cases a non violent offense,
• 1:12:38
  it's it's financially I don't find good 'cause counsel.
• 1:12:43
  He's now with the bond actually is low of the 25% because we
• 1:12:48
  said it based on 25% of what's in the complaint.
• 1:12:52
  From the time of the complaint till now, he obviously hasn't
• 1:12:55
  paid because that amount has grown by almost 7000.
• 1:12:57
  Dollars. And so there hasn't been
• 1:13:00
  anything paid I, I in this and don't find based upon the
• 1:13:04
  argument a good cause exception to the 25%.
• 1:13:07
  I won't raise it based upon the number given by the state today,
• 1:13:12
  but I'm going to leave it where it is, which means it's going to
• 1:13:15
  be lower than the 25%. But something's got to be paid
• 1:13:18
  on this. So motion for bond reduction is
• 1:13:20
  denied as to this case. What do you want me to do with
• 1:13:25
  it? Well, I.
• 1:13:27
  Firstly, I'd like to waive the the exam so we're finally
• 1:13:35
  waiving the exam. Well, does your client want to
• 1:13:37
  waive or does he understand what that is?
• 1:13:39
  I haven't had a chance to speak to him yet about.
• 1:13:41
  That Your Honor. Probable Cause conference will
• 1:13:45
  be adjourned one week out. February 19th, 2026, 9:00 AM.
• 1:13:53
  Thank you, Sir. He'll talk to you and then we
• 1:13:55
  can figure out where we're going.
• 1:13:56
  Understood, Sir. Yes, Sir.
• 1:13:57
  Thank you. Alright, thank you.
• 1:14:00
  Fine. Continue.
• 1:14:01
  Thank you. Mr. Cooper, thank you.
• 1:14:02
  If you want to, if you want to talk to me, call anytime.
• 1:14:04
  OK, Court. Calls gays people versus Taylor
• 1:14:07
  Olivera to the people Assistant public manager Ben Dunn on
• 1:14:14
  behalf Mr. Olivera, who should be appearing on Zoom from MDOC.
• 1:14:18
  But we got to get him unmuted. Oh yes, Mr. Oliver, can you
• 1:14:40
  state your name, please? Tyler Oliver, can you hear me?
• 1:14:44
  Yes, Sir, we can. Thank you.
• 1:14:46
  OK, what are we doing? Your Honor, this is Mr. Oliver's
• 1:14:50
  first court appearance. I have not yet been approved by
• 1:14:53
  MDOC to meet with him, but I did request so on Monday.
• 1:14:57
  The fence would have to ask for two weeks to meet with our
• 1:15:00
  clients. Probable cause conference will.
• 1:15:06
  Is the 26 going to be enough for that to happen or are we going
• 1:15:10
  to get here and adjourn again? They don't turn appointment.
• 1:15:15
  Pardon, do. Not turn.
• 1:15:17
  No, is, is that going to be enough time, the 22 weeks, is
• 1:15:21
  that going to be enough time for you to get approved, meet with
• 1:15:23
  your client and do something productive or do you need an
• 1:15:26
  additional week? We'll take 3.
• 1:15:30
  Thank you Honor Global Cos Conference, March 5th, 2026,
• 1:15:34
  9:00. AM thank you found continued.
• 1:15:39
  So real quick, great Granny was asking for Ellie.
• 1:15:44
  This is Ellie right now. She's a little indisposed at the
• 1:15:47
  moment. It's sleepy time.
• 1:15:49
  She she absolutely collapsed yesterday.
• 1:15:52
  She slept most of the day. So she's just kind of been out
• 1:15:55
  of it. But that's she's down at my feet
• 1:15:57
  right now. I still have to install an LE
• 1:16:00
  Cam down there. So we're going to work on that.
• 1:16:02
  But at some point she'll wake up during the stream and you can
• 1:16:05
  say hi to her. Anyways, back to Judge Kearney
• 1:16:09
  Feaster, Assistant Public Defender on behalf of him.
• 1:16:12
  Brian Laster, Mr. Laster, how are you?
• 1:16:15
  I'm. Fine.
• 1:16:16
  How are? You good.
• 1:16:16
  Please state your name for the record.
• 1:16:18
  Brian Laster. Thank you, Judge.
• 1:16:21
  I did reach out to the prosecutor on this case.
• 1:16:24
  We are working on trying to get a resolution to this file today.
• 1:16:28
  We have not yet resolved it. Hopefully that we can come back
• 1:16:31
  in the near future and get this matter resolved.
• 1:16:33
  Be asking for a briefing. Jeremy.
• 1:16:37
  That's fine. You do you realize he has
• 1:16:39
  another case? I did not.
• 1:16:41
  You're on. And rather sort of a cluster.
• 1:16:48
  Getting it here because I we're not sure what happened but we
• 1:16:51
  have a duplicate. Oh.
• 1:16:53
  It's in charge of larceny in the building, the four year felony.
• 1:16:57
  OK. I'll give you the case
• 1:17:00
  #26-F55030. OK.
• 1:17:07
  Thank you so much, Judge. I will include.
• 1:17:09
  That in my pardon. I will include that in my
• 1:17:11
  discussions with the prosecutor. I was talking about less than
• 1:17:13
  $200 in the charge. I'm here for now.
• 1:17:17
  I'm not aware what the charge is here for today.
• 1:17:20
  I was a drained. I was and the $200 from a.
• 1:17:29
  Hold. On Mr. Laster.
• 1:17:32
  Discharges this situation, charges are are.
• 1:17:36
  Mr. Laster, I'm going to ask you to be quiet.
• 1:17:38
  I don't want you to say anything about the case at this point and
• 1:17:42
  certainly Council doesn't know about that.
• 1:17:44
  I'm just going to, why don't we just go through the arrangement
• 1:17:46
  on this? Mr. Laster.
• 1:17:49
  The complaint alleges that on or about November 8th, 2025,
• 1:17:54
  location of 210 S 1st St. in the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
• 1:17:57
  County, State of Michigan. It.
• 1:17:59
  Did commit the offense of larceny in a building.
• 1:18:02
  Specifically, it indicates that you did commit the crime of
• 1:18:05
  larceny in a bar or public house by stealing from the cash
• 1:18:09
  register drawer and three, stealing from the cash register
• 1:18:15
  drawer cash and then 3 bottles of high noon seltzer.
• 1:18:21
  Contrary to Michigan statute. I'm not asking whether or not
• 1:18:23
  you did it or not, but do you understand what you were charged
• 1:18:26
  with? Understand.
• 1:18:31
  Excuse me, Yes, I understand. All right, that is, that's a
• 1:18:36
  felony punishment by authority to pardon.
• 1:18:41
  We die across the street. Let's talk about details of the
• 1:18:44
  case today, because Anthony said all righty.
• 1:18:48
  So you understand what you're charged with?
• 1:18:49
  Yes, I do. You understand that that's a
• 1:18:51
  felony punishable by up to four years incarceration.
• 1:18:54
  Yes. And a $5000 fine plus court
• 1:18:56
  card? Yes I do.
• 1:18:57
  Do you wish to be represented by an attorney?
• 1:18:59
  Yes. Mr. Fischer, take over, please.
• 1:19:01
  Thank you. Judge Torresho Fischer sits the
• 1:19:03
  public and I'm definitely on the new file laster.
• 1:19:05
  Under new file, Your Honor, we would waive any formal
• 1:19:08
  additional reading and we'd stand.
• 1:19:10
  Defending every way from a reading.
• 1:19:11
  Standing mute court will enter not guilty plea.
• 1:19:14
  I will set probable cause in this case.
• 1:19:19
  How much time did you need on the other matters?
• 1:19:22
  Just a couple of weeks Judge. We had a a fairly decent offer.
• 1:19:25
  Maybe we can incorporate? That's fine.
• 1:19:26
  I'll set a probable cause conference for February 26,
• 1:19:34
  2026, nine AM as to his bond in this case.
• 1:19:42
  You know, I believe he's had the bond in his other cases.
• 1:19:44
  I'd ask. I believe he had the bond in his
• 1:19:46
  cases he's in for right now. I'd ask for a low bond on this
• 1:19:48
  one as well. He's getting credit on
• 1:19:50
  everything. Well.
• 1:19:56
  What's he in on? I have 1000.
• 1:20:04
  Pass your surety on one of them and one of them out so he has a
• 1:20:07
  personal recognizance. Fund yes, that that sounds like.
• 1:20:16
  Pardon. That sounds accurate.
• 1:20:21
  What I'll do in this case I'll set is, but he's got other cases
• 1:20:24
  so I can't do. I'll set it at 5010% at this
• 1:20:30
  point. Other standard conditions
• 1:20:32
  including no assault behavior or possession of any weapons.
• 1:20:35
  You're not to possess any alcohol, recreational marijuana
• 1:20:38
  or any illegal drug. I will also indicate that he is
• 1:20:42
  not to enter 210 S 1st St. in the city of Ann Arbor.
• 1:20:48
  Thank you very much, Sir. Thank you.
• 1:21:03
  Thank you. Jared.
• 1:21:13
  Or that's called the. Case of the People versus
• 1:21:15
  Margaret Petoskey. But where's your skins if I Oh
• 1:21:27
  my God, Miss Dance, Pardon. Well, yes, because she's the one
• 1:21:36
  that pass it. Briefly, Court does call the
• 1:21:39
  case of the People versus Diala Allen.
• 1:21:46
  Diala, Allen. Good morning.
• 1:21:51
  I'm Michelle Stefan on behalf of Miss Allen.
• 1:21:54
  Good morning. Your name.
• 1:21:55
  Jayla Allen. Jayla.
• 1:21:59
  That's OK. Your honor, I was just appointed
• 1:22:03
  last night to this, so I'm requesting an adjournment.
• 1:22:06
  Would 4 weeks be OK with the court?
• 1:22:09
  Probably not, but you need 4 weeks.
• 1:22:11
  Yes, your Honor. Hearing no objection, probable
• 1:22:14
  cause conference will be adjourned to March 12th, 2026
• 1:22:20
  Nine AM founded. This matter will continue.
• 1:22:24
  Thank you 4000 case people versus Kadena Self.
• 1:22:38
  Good morning, Good morning, your Honor.
• 1:22:45
  Christina Saxon from the self Please state your name for the
• 1:22:47
  court. Kadena Self, thank you.
• 1:22:50
  What are we doing? Your Honor, we'd like to make a
• 1:22:52
  bond to our agreement and set this for a preliminary exam.
• 1:23:02
  Discovery is complete. To my knowledge.
• 1:23:05
  The date are we in? People have their witnesses
• 1:23:14
  available. The 24th Preliminary Examination
• 1:23:20
  in person will be set February 24th, 2026, 9:00 AM before Judge
• 1:23:26
  Bar. Esteban.
• 1:23:32
  For this up to be released on tether since the last time we
• 1:23:36
  learned, excuse me, that the alleged victim in this case has
• 1:23:44
  been arrested and charged. When we were here last time, her
• 1:23:47
  arm was in a cast and that was from a domestic violence event
• 1:23:50
  with him. They do not reside together so
• 1:23:52
  I'm asking. For.
• 1:23:55
  A release with a tether and in addition just to show you.
• 1:23:59
  Think something has changed since the last time I denied
• 1:24:02
  bond? I have more information about
• 1:24:06
  that. The fact that you only heard
• 1:24:09
  that there was a stabbing, from the looks of this, it actually
• 1:24:13
  warrants me having it looked at to make sure that he had not
• 1:24:16
  done that based on the angle of the marks.
• 1:24:21
  So yeah, that has changed. It's a presumption that warrants
• 1:24:28
  more consideration, and honestly, I know she wanted me
• 1:24:34
  to let you know she completed her GETGED for language arts
• 1:24:39
  yesterday, so she has used her time in here so far wisely.
• 1:24:47
  Response. I would object.
• 1:24:49
  Again, that previous case that was mentioned by this accident
• 1:24:52
  that was dismissed I believe two weeks ago, feedbacks that I the
• 1:25:00
  corporate providers might also put these issues out with
• 1:25:03
  intoxication as well. So at this.
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  Point. Motion for bond reductions
• 1:25:10
  denied. Bond will continue take a look
• 1:25:13
  at it again. Thank you.
• 1:25:17
  It's TCF live on a Thursday and a special guest has showed up in
• 1:25:21
  this in the chat. Bailey, welcome back.
• 1:25:24
  Good to have you here. Oh, what do we got going on
• 1:25:28
  today, tonight, sidebar, 8:00 PM Eastern, 5 Pacific.
• 1:25:32
  We're going to be discussing the Louisiana parole hearing we
• 1:25:37
  heard the other day with the mother and the malnourished
• 1:25:41
  child. So that should be a hoot.
• 1:25:45
  Also, last night we did in the blind with Mike and Dan.
• 1:25:47
  Barb, if you do me a favor and drop a link for that, if you did
• 1:25:51
  not see last night's show, go check that out.
• 1:25:54
  It is not court related and that's the whole point.
• 1:25:56
  Mike and I have two topics. We have no idea what they're
• 1:25:59
  going to be until we are live and we have a lot of fun and I
• 1:26:02
  thought last night's show is pretty good.
• 1:26:04
  So check that out if you have not already.
• 1:26:07
  Let's change up a little bit. Let's go to Texas and Jefferson
• 1:26:12
  County, Bud Stevens. Mr. Kimmer, have you talked to
• 1:26:16
  him lately? He's your Gloria, right?
• 1:26:19
  Yes, Sir. Have you talked to him lately?
• 1:26:21
  No, I was going to call. To when was the last time you
• 1:26:25
  had a chance to talk to him? Like last time I came.
• 1:26:31
  Last month. Yes, Sir.
• 1:26:37
  Well, you were, we had you last week, right?
• 1:26:41
  Yes, Sir. And did you have you talked to
• 1:26:45
  him since then? Before that it was on January
• 1:26:50
  9th. You didn't talk to him before
• 1:26:53
  January 9th. Then for Yes, ma'am.
• 1:27:02
  Then I see something on 2426. See what happened was you were
• 1:27:12
  supposed to be here in October and then we reset it until
• 1:27:15
  January and actually on January 9th was a a date and then we
• 1:27:32
  reset it to 24. When was the last?
• 1:27:35
  Time you talked to him months ago.
• 1:27:39
  When I came in October. In October, that's the last time
• 1:27:42
  you talked to him. Yes.
• 1:27:47
  OK. All right.
• 1:27:48
  Just. Have a seat, Cedric.
• 1:27:50
  Thank you. Sorry about that.
• 1:27:52
  Your lawyer should be speaking to you more often than that.
• 1:27:58
  Stephen Dodd and Michael Weissinger.
• 1:28:05
  Are you Steven Dodd? Notice notify me that he will be
• 1:28:08
  a little late and that's supposed to be a disposition
• 1:28:11
  this morning. Steven Dodd, Let's see if he's
• 1:28:13
  around. Todd.
• 1:28:30
  Steven Dodd. Steven Dodd.
• 1:28:34
  No response to that name being called in the hall.
• 1:28:38
  No response to the name Stephen Lynn Dog being called here in
• 1:28:42
  the courtroom. The defendant has failed to
• 1:28:45
  appear in cause #24 CR 699. What is his phone please?
• 1:29:23
  7500. $7500 is the bond. His bond is revoked, warrant is
• 1:29:30
  issued for his arrest or failure to appear.
• 1:29:32
  It is doubled to $15,000. Plus the defendant must have
• 1:29:36
  AGPS device on him so we know where he is when he's.
• 1:29:38
  Not in court. He's supposed to be and we will
• 1:29:40
  alert his lawyer that his client has failed to appear start to
• 1:29:49
  help at all. All right, well, we deal with
• 1:30:36
  the sound of silence out of Stevens Court.
• 1:30:39
  Let's go back up to Judge Dad, see what's going on.
• 1:30:42
  On a civil infraction charge and no proof insurance, that's zero
• 1:30:45
  points. Do you understand that?
• 1:30:46
  Did you sign, read and understand the advice of rights?
• 1:30:50
  Should you plead guilty, you'll be giving up all those rights
• 1:30:52
  and we're not going to have a trial.
• 1:30:54
  You understand that? All right, you still wish to
• 1:30:57
  waive your right to a lawyer entered not guilty plea $100
• 1:31:01
  personal bond. You cannot leave the state
• 1:31:04
  without consent. You can't violate a law.
• 1:31:06
  You must appear in the court as directed.
• 1:31:07
  Why weren't you here on January 29th?
• 1:31:10
  I spent about the night court on Friday.
• 1:31:12
  I. Was on the 30th.
• 1:31:16
  Did you show? Up on the 30th.
• 1:31:18
  No, I had called up. What'd you call up here on what
• 1:31:21
  day? Call on the 30th for what?
• 1:31:24
  Why'd you call if you thought you had court?
• 1:31:26
  Why don't you just come up here? I'm going to get the date off
• 1:31:29
  work. I'll be.
• 1:31:29
  Trying to study he. Told me that I had.
• 1:31:33
  Imported him 20. 9 you know, talk to the prosecutor, come
• 1:31:38
  back in, have a seat right out in the hallway and they'll set
• 1:31:42
  you up. Good luck.
• 1:31:43
  Stevens Disposal, 266-0761 two Good morning, Mr. Osmonds.
• 1:31:50
  Good morning, Your honor. Jeff Osmond on behalf of Stevens
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  Disposal. All right, so this could be a
• 1:31:55
  plea to overweight violation, agreed upon fines and costs of
• 1:31:58
  $400.00. And then you're going to also
• 1:32:02
  have the defective equipment which will be dismissed, True.
• 1:32:06
  Yes, Sir. Or authorized Internet plea on
• 1:32:09
  behalf of the company. Yes your honor, the charge over
• 1:32:12
  waste is responsible or not responsible.
• 1:32:14
  Responsible please. Accepted Fines cost 400 pay by
• 1:32:18
  March 12th. Defective equipment is
• 1:32:20
  dismissed. Have a good day, Mr. Osmond.
• 1:32:23
  Take care. You too.
• 1:32:24
  You too. Giles, Dan Daniel Curtis Giles,
• 1:32:28
  25-T-646-O53A. Do I have any of the victims
• 1:32:33
  here? I want to make sure that I don't
• 1:32:35
  have any of the victims here. And that includes Nicholas
• 1:32:39
  Katie. Nicholas Katie here.
• 1:32:41
  And and if he is or isn't as Benjamin Forest here.
• 1:32:46
  Benjamin Forest. Nicholas, Katie, Mr. Gamberg,
• 1:32:50
  good morning, your appearance. Good morning, Your Honor.
• 1:32:52
  Tim Gamberg, on behalf of Mr. Giles to tell us that President
• 1:32:56
  flag state your name there. Give me one second here.
• 1:33:05
  All right, so. Defended the previously fled
• 1:33:07
  Disorderly conduct 2, Disorderly conduct 1, and then the other
• 1:33:14
  two were dismissed. So I have the A file.
• 1:33:18
  The victims were notified again. Are either one of those people
• 1:33:22
  on Zoom? Heather?
• 1:33:24
  No judge. OK, so we'll go ahead and
• 1:33:27
  proceed. If you had a chance to review
• 1:33:28
  the report with your client and are there any material
• 1:33:30
  additions, corrections or deletions?
• 1:33:32
  Yes, Ryan, we have a couple. We did have a chance to review
• 1:33:35
  it this morning under the correct doctor of care.
• 1:33:39
  He is seeing doctor Doctor Mackney and she's NAKHMI and
• 1:33:48
  that's for his knee under the health set indicated good.
• 1:33:55
  He is still be having a porn ACL.
• 1:34:03
  Shall I continue? You don't you don't need to talk
• 1:34:06
  about his medical. I'm just talking about like like
• 1:34:11
  accuracy judgment. OK, good enough, good enough.
• 1:34:14
  Whatever you want. I mean, I'm not.
• 1:34:16
  I'd like to make the Rep. To be clear.
• 1:34:17
  That's fine. I'll modify the report.
• 1:34:19
  In that Ascot. The third thing on his
• 1:34:24
  employment status indicated that he hadn't worked since August
• 1:34:28
  1st and that should read October 1st, which is the date of the
• 1:34:32
  alleged incident. 1/4 issue that we had charged was that the that
• 1:34:40
  the probation department had recommended a site evaluation or
• 1:34:47
  are basically yeah, to to be evaluated in attend of mental
• 1:34:55
  health treatment as recommended by our three agency.
• 1:34:59
  Your honor, this is this is how we got it.
• 1:35:02
  He went into the hospital, he was anxious, he had some issues
• 1:35:07
  he wanted to have his rest came out of a site hooked up a week
• 1:35:12
  later with a torn ACL. So that's how we got here in my
• 1:35:17
  say that again, he he went to the hospital.
• 1:35:21
  I know and that that's where he told him he had suicidal
• 1:35:24
  ideations, right? Well, and then, then, then he
• 1:35:27
  attacked the two. That's the allegations that are
• 1:35:30
  that that that wait a SEC, Alan, be careful with me because you
• 1:35:34
  your client plug, you keep saying alleged.
• 1:35:36
  There's no alleged anymore. He pled no contest to disorderly
• 1:35:39
  conduct. I relied on the police report to
• 1:35:42
  establish a factual basis. It said he went over to Corwell,
• 1:35:47
  they were going to treat him and he had suicidal ideations and
• 1:35:51
  started punching a couple of the attendants, the nurses, right?
• 1:35:54
  That was the allocation. Well, there's no allocation.
• 1:35:57
  Wait a minute, slow down slow. Stop saying allegation.
• 1:36:00
  This is a no contest plea that that's that's accurately
• 1:36:05
  reflected of the OK. So you, you allowed you you said
• 1:36:09
  you stipulate when you do a no contest plea.
• 1:36:11
  You stipulated to the use by the court of the of the police
• 1:36:16
  report. And that's what the police
• 1:36:18
  report says. I mean, if if he's well, I'm
• 1:36:21
  just telling you, if this is if you're going to continue to say
• 1:36:24
  allegations, maybe he shouldn't applaud to anything if he's
• 1:36:27
  denying any of this. I'm only pointing out why they
• 1:36:30
  recommended that. Perhaps I move along on that
• 1:36:36
  one. OK, go ahead.
• 1:36:39
  And then just as far as the fines, Your Honor, this would
• 1:36:42
  take into consideration the fact that he has not worked and has
• 1:36:46
  not been able to since October's first.
• 1:36:55
  And that's all that are the corrections or admissions that
• 1:36:58
  we have on the precent investigations.
• 1:37:00
  All right, anything else? Nothing at this time.
• 1:37:07
  Sure. Is there anything you'd like to
• 1:37:08
  say? I mean your conduct was out of
• 1:37:14
  out of out of hand here. It was out of hand.
• 1:37:21
  The prosecutor was very generous and that's their business.
• 1:37:25
  And I'm not going to get involved in it.
• 1:37:26
  But you start assaulting people and and I realized just I'm just
• 1:37:33
  saying, I realized the plea was too disorderly conduct, but I
• 1:37:37
  relied on the police report and all the release reports brought
• 1:37:41
  with this. You function these guys and you
• 1:37:45
  telling me it's suicidal about the ideations.
• 1:37:49
  I'm going to go ahead and place you on probation for 12 months.
• 1:37:53
  You cannot leave the state without the consent of the
• 1:37:55
  court. You cannot violate any law or
• 1:37:58
  ordinance. If you change your address, your
• 1:38:00
  place for employment or home telephone number, you must
• 1:38:02
  notify probation. You have you have to report as
• 1:38:06
  directed. You were to undergo a
• 1:38:08
  psychological evaluation and treatment.
• 1:38:11
  If recommended. You're not to have any contact
• 1:38:14
  with the victims Nicholas, Katy and or Benjamin Forest.
• 1:38:18
  You're to pay fines in the amount of $200 cost in the
• 1:38:21
  amount of $150.00 seven $5 victims rights fee $50 justice
• 1:38:27
  assessment. So fines and costs are 475.
• 1:38:31
  Screening fee 60 for 535 probation fees are 240 for 775 S
• 1:38:37
  Again, no contact with the victims.
• 1:38:41
  Psychological evaluations treatment if recommended I want
• 1:38:49
  to order five days jail credit one serve four and I'll let you
• 1:38:53
  serve those as follows. You're going to serve and I
• 1:38:55
  realize you have this issue going on with your feet there
• 1:38:58
  with your ACL. Three days court work program,
• 1:39:02
  one day community service partner $5 in court work
• 1:39:06
  programming fees and I'll make sure that defendant not to be
• 1:39:15
  scheduled for court work program, not to be scheduled for
• 1:39:20
  court work program until at least August.
• 1:39:26
  And if you have a problem that prohibits you from still doing
• 1:39:31
  it in August, you bring your doctor's note and I'll revisit
• 1:39:34
  that One day community service. I'll give you until May the 1st
• 1:39:38
  to complete that, that you can do that at any sedentary place
• 1:39:42
  and the total here is 880. If you violate, your probation
• 1:39:46
  could be revoked. You could be incarcerated for 90
• 1:39:49
  days. You've got 21 days to appeal.
• 1:39:51
  You have 14 days to apply for a court appointed lawyer.
• 1:39:55
  Any questions Mr. Gamber? Anything else?
• 1:40:00
  So when can he pay these? Do you want me to set him up on
• 1:40:03
  a payment plan? Yes, please.
• 1:40:05
  I mean until he gets a job and is able to get some in doubt
• 1:40:08
  he's going to need a payment if that's possible.
• 1:40:11
  Yeah, I'll do $200 a month, and we'll start that beginning on
• 1:40:17
  July the 1st. How's that?
• 1:40:20
  July 1, July 1. And if he doesn't have the money
• 1:40:24
  to pay at any point, all he has to do is call the court.
• 1:40:27
  We'll go on Zoom. I'll give him an extension.
• 1:40:29
  You'll meet with probation here. Anything else there?
• 1:40:35
  Anything else? Any questions?
• 1:40:37
  Best of luck to you, Luke. Anthony Durant, Look, Anthony
• 1:40:41
  Durant, you will meet with probation.
• 1:40:43
  Let's change it up. Let's go back to Judge Stevens.
• 1:40:46
  New contestant approaching. She's responsible news.
• 1:40:52
  She got sick. I know she wrote it to you on a
• 1:40:54
  text that I was there. She got sick and she was telling
• 1:40:57
  you that she can't really hear from that, so you have to talk
• 1:41:00
  to her about when you have to write to her so she can get it
• 1:41:06
  so. How long are you hearing?
• 1:41:10
  That she has a. Doctor she.
• 1:41:11
  She went to She. Went to the the ER twice and
• 1:41:15
  they told her and now she she. Has something in writing saying
• 1:41:18
  about confirming the condition or not?
• 1:41:21
  Medical Practitioner. Yeah, the hospital and Doctor
• 1:41:41
  Krishi do. You have the paperwork.
• 1:41:50
  Yeah, but not Ollie. You're in court.
• 1:41:52
  Why don't you bring the paper vote?
• 1:41:55
  I can speak. That's OK.
• 1:41:57
  It's. I'm not a problem with it, I
• 1:42:00
  don't have a problem with it. Y'all just need to communicate
• 1:42:02
  with her. If y'all need to go in another
• 1:42:04
  on. Her behalf to speak, yes.
• 1:42:07
  Yeah, yeah, y'all saw. But you don't need.
• 1:42:09
  To do it here. You want to do it in another
• 1:42:11
  room? Yeah, yeah, that.
• 1:42:13
  Would be great. OK, we're still waiting on a
• 1:42:15
  juror. OK, you.
• 1:42:17
  Can go in the jury room for a few minutes when this other
• 1:42:20
  juror shows up. They're good.
• 1:42:21
  They got to go back and deliver it.
• 1:42:23
  I need to sign up as she. Yeah.
• 1:42:24
  OK. What's going to happen on her?
• 1:42:27
  She's maintaining and she's. Oh, OK.
• 1:42:30
  I didn't know where that was heading.
• 1:42:32
  OK, they'll see. Then you just set that one for
• 1:42:36
  trial. It's got something set for
• 1:42:37
  trial. Oh, is it?
• 1:42:39
  Why is it gonna have it today? Oh, OK.
• 1:42:48
  Well, we'll just sit, sit that, sit that one for trial and then
• 1:42:53
  get this other one on March. Yeah, he's going to talk to you
• 1:43:01
  here in a minute. Y'all got to sign some documents
• 1:43:04
  seared. That's on notepad.
• 1:43:06
  How much? How much you find the old $500
• 1:43:16
  signed? Once again, he goes silent.
• 1:43:54
  He seems to have a need to do that today.
• 1:43:58
  Let's stay in Texas, but go say good morning to George Boyd.
• 1:44:03
  Deputy, did you move them to the other end?
• 1:44:07
  All right, Mr. Dixon, if you'll come forward, Court is calling
• 1:44:18
  2024 CR 012476, State versus Clinton.
• 1:44:23
  Dixon, can I have parties announced?
• 1:44:27
  Robert Featherston, representing Mr. Dixon.
• 1:44:30
  And are you, Mr. Dixon, all right?
• 1:44:33
  You entered A plea to robbery and also a plea of true to the
• 1:44:40
  enhancements on November 6th. That's correct.
• 1:44:46
  Yes, this is taking a while because people in jury trials
• 1:44:49
  and other things and witnesses unavailable.
• 1:44:52
  According to your plea bargain agreement, punishment is to be
• 1:44:57
  assessed at a cap of 15 years in the prison.
• 1:45:01
  There's a $2000 fine. The state is opposed to your
• 1:45:04
  application for community supervision and opposed to your
• 1:45:07
  application for deferred adjudication.
• 1:45:09
  They're taking in considerate in consideration. 2025 CR 001601
• 1:45:17
  and 2025 CC 014159 Have both parties had a chance to review
• 1:45:25
  the PSI and TAP evaluation? State House judge.
• 1:45:29
  Yes, you are. Any objections to the PSI and
• 1:45:32
  tap evaluation state or defense? No, you are.
• 1:45:37
  All right, so both parties agreed that witnesses would be
• 1:45:41
  allowed to appear by Zoom. So there are two witnesses by
• 1:45:44
  Zoom. One witness is for the defense
• 1:45:47
  and one witness is for the state states you're opposed.
• 1:45:50
  Are you ready to proceed? We are ready to proceed, Judge.
• 1:45:53
  All right, you may proceed. Yes, Judge.
• 1:45:54
  We'll be calling Mr. Nakuya Nakubula.
• 1:45:57
  Next step. All right, if you'll spell the
• 1:46:00
  name for the port reporter, please.
• 1:46:33
  Just to be clear, Judge muted herself right there.
• 1:46:35
  We'll ride with it for a minute or two, see if that corrects
• 1:46:39
  itself. Hang tight.
• 1:47:01
  All right, the status called their first witness, their
• 1:47:03
  witnesses by zoom. Any objection to the witness of
• 1:47:07
  appearing by Zoom defense? No, you are state not from the
• 1:47:11
  state here. All right, so the witness by
• 1:47:13
  Zoom on Samsung, can you please unmute?
• 1:47:17
  Yes, ma'am. Council, are you requesting that
• 1:47:20
  their video be shown or no? No, no, you are.
• 1:47:24
  All right. Could you raise your right hand
• 1:47:25
  for me please? Yes, ma'am.
• 1:47:28
  Solemnly swear and affirm. The testimony you give will be
• 1:47:31
  the truth and nothing but the truth so help you God.
• 1:47:34
  Yes, ma'am. You can lower your hands, state
• 1:47:36
  your name for the record. Yes, ma'am.
• 1:47:46
  All right. The court will note for the
• 1:47:48
  record that the State and the defense have previously tendered
• 1:47:52
  to the court reporter the the witness's name and the spelling
• 1:47:56
  of that witness's name, and everyone is agreement that the
• 1:47:59
  witness is who they state they are.
• 1:48:02
  The state agrees. Judge.
• 1:48:03
  Yeah, sure. All right, you may ask your
• 1:48:05
  question state. Mr. Nick, can you hear me?
• 1:48:08
  Yes, yes, Sir. All right.
• 1:48:10
  How are you doing today, Sir? Good, good, good.
• 1:48:13
  OK, let's go to the night of the robbery.
• 1:48:17
  Can you piece by piece tell me what happened that night?
• 1:48:22
  Yeah, actually I work on that store like morning shift.
• 1:48:26
  I can like in early morning to open the store and the guy
• 1:48:31
  walked to my car and I was asking some money or I don't
• 1:48:35
  know what he was asking. Then he was waiting there.
• 1:48:38
  So I I locked my car and I went inside to the store, but he was
• 1:48:43
  outside the store and waiting there.
• 1:48:46
  So I was working inside to fix, you know, some stopping, arrange
• 1:48:49
  the beer and stuff like that and put ice on it.
• 1:48:52
  And he knocked the window like the door to open the door for
• 1:48:56
  him. So I said just wait.
• 1:48:57
  He said just open the door. Just a second.
• 1:48:59
  Mr. Neck, just a quick second. The first that was knocking on
• 1:49:03
  the window. Can you see what's going on in
• 1:49:05
  the courtroom right now, All? Right.
• 1:49:09
  Let me ask you this. Do the.
• 1:49:10
  Party. Speculate that the person that
• 1:49:13
  the witness is speaking about is Mr. Dixon.
• 1:49:16
  We do. Your all right.
• 1:49:17
  Thank you, Judge. All right, Mr. Neck, tell me
• 1:49:20
  what happened next. OK, so when he knocked the
• 1:49:23
  window, he said open the door for me.
• 1:49:25
  So I opened the door for him. He said I want to play the
• 1:49:29
  quarter machine, but he was not playing the quarter machine.
• 1:49:32
  He just starts shaking the machine because there is some
• 1:49:34
  quarter and money in it. He starts shaking that.
• 1:49:36
  I say don't, don't, don't shake the machine, you need to put the
• 1:49:40
  quarter. He said no, OK, then he went.
• 1:49:43
  Then he walked to the other game machine and said there there was
• 1:49:47
  like $100 like a like a receipt, somebody else was cashed that
• 1:49:52
  ticket and he said look, I won the $100.
• 1:49:54
  I said look, this is not belong to you, that's belong to
• 1:49:57
  somebody else. He left it there.
• 1:49:59
  He say OK. Then I was I know like he going
• 1:50:02
  to do something. Then he walked to the lottery
• 1:50:05
  ticket and he start pulling the lottery ticket from the lottery
• 1:50:08
  slots, you know like 2-3 ticket. Then I stop him don't, don't
• 1:50:12
  take the lottery ticket, you need to pay for him.
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  He said no, I need to take it, I need it.
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  You know I said no when I stop him he push all the lottery
• 1:50:20
  ticket boxes, you know like push it and pick up the whole boxes
• 1:50:25
  and run with the lottery ticket. You know then I run after him to
• 1:50:29
  get the lottery box from him and I was telling him give me the
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  lottery box. He was not giving me when I hold
• 1:50:35
  his lottery box. Then he hit me on the face and I
• 1:50:38
  was like a bleeding and my nose was bleeding.
• 1:50:42
  My face was bleeding like the forehead.
• 1:50:44
  He he hit me with the brace, knuckle punch something like
• 1:50:49
  that. I don't know.
• 1:50:50
  He has a medal on his finger. OK, so you were bleeding from
• 1:50:54
  your nose as well as the side of your head?
• 1:50:57
  Not like a nose but my nose hurt at the top of the bone it was
• 1:51:01
  bleeding. Not like inside but the top was
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  bleeding and my forehead was bleeding.
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  I have the picture and everything and the cop will have
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  the picture too. Mr. Neck, have you had any
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  ongoing injuries or ongoing pain from this incident?
• 1:51:16
  Yes, yes. So right now as I say, like I
• 1:51:18
  have like a especially during cold weather, I have like a, my
• 1:51:23
  nose is hurting and my forehead is hurting and I'm taking like a
• 1:51:27
  Excedrin and every time those those pain like the pain
• 1:51:30
  medication. How long have you had this pain
• 1:51:33
  since the incident? Yes, yes.
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  OK, And this is going to be a weird question, but I need you
• 1:51:38
  to answer honestly. Mr. Neck, Did you at any time
• 1:51:42
  try to solicit sexual relations from the defendant?
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  No, no, that, that's kind of, I don't know why he why he said
• 1:51:49
  that. That's kind of silly, accusing
• 1:51:51
  to be honest with you. That's not true and that's not
• 1:51:54
  right, you know. Mr. Neck, did you do anything
• 1:51:57
  from your point of view that would provoke the defendant?
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  So, So what, Sir? I did not get it.
• 1:52:03
  Did you do, did you do anything or say anything that would have
• 1:52:06
  provoked the defendant to assault you?
• 1:52:13
  This kind of question to be honest is I kind of get it.
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  So sorry, Sir. That's OK.
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  That's. Can you can you explain it like
• 1:52:19
  a little bit like basic? Were you aggressive towards the,
• 1:52:24
  were you aggressive towards the defendants or were you just
• 1:52:27
  trying to get the tickets back? Oh, he like he needs to get a
• 1:52:33
  punishment. I'm not going to forgive him
• 1:52:35
  because he he messed up my life. Thank you, Mr. Nick.
• 1:52:39
  Professor Witness. Defense.
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  Mr. Nick, can you describe your assailant on that day?
• 1:52:51
  Say what? Sailing what?
• 1:52:53
  Can you describe your assailant? What was he wearing?
• 1:52:58
  The guy. And.
• 1:53:02
  To be honest it I don't remember, maybe like a black
• 1:53:05
  clothes or something like that. I cannot remember it to be
• 1:53:08
  honest with what he was wearing, but he's this guy.
• 1:53:12
  I see it. How long was that person's hair?
• 1:53:17
  It was long. It was long.
• 1:53:20
  Were they wearing makeup? I don't know, that's why I
• 1:53:26
  cannot remember it to be honest with you.
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  And also, I don't know, but hey, I remember like his hair was
• 1:53:36
  long. It was this guy.
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  Well, Mr. Dick, isn't it true that indeed you did try to
• 1:53:44
  solicit sex from from Mr. Dixon on that day?
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  No, no, that's as I said, like that's kind of silly accusing
• 1:53:54
  that he did. But I said like he was asking
• 1:53:57
  money. He just came inside and Rob
• 1:54:00
  stole the ticket and run on the ticket and take the ticket out
• 1:54:03
  and how I'm going to be doing this.
• 1:54:05
  This kind of like a silly accusing.
• 1:54:08
  No, that, that that. That's not true.
• 1:54:12
  Mr. Nick, isn't it true that when he did go inside the store,
• 1:54:15
  you continue to harass him? You continue to ask for sexual
• 1:54:20
  favors and that in retaliation he took those tickets and left
• 1:54:25
  the store. You did have a physical
• 1:54:27
  altercation outside the store, correct?
• 1:54:31
  No, look inside this. It was a look.
• 1:54:33
  This is a kind of as I said this this is a kind of silly
• 1:54:37
  accusing, you know, he asked the money from outside and he was
• 1:54:42
  waiting in front of the store and I when I opened the door, he
• 1:54:46
  come inside and he was waiting on the chair again.
• 1:54:50
  They have a radio. They have everything.
• 1:54:52
  If you guys can ask from my boss, they might have a radio
• 1:54:56
  and then they can share it with you if they have it right now
• 1:54:59
  and they have a pictures. No, that was not true.
• 1:55:02
  He he grabbed the the ticket and I stopped to do not take the
• 1:55:06
  ticket. You know, he said no, I will
• 1:55:09
  take a ticket. I said no, you cannot take it
• 1:55:11
  when I grab him, you know the the to take the ticket from him.
• 1:55:15
  He pushed the whole lottery box and take the whole lottery box
• 1:55:18
  and run with that one. So I run after him to take the
• 1:55:22
  lottery box from him. Then Mr. Pick, yes.
• 1:55:26
  OK. You indicate that you've had a
• 1:55:30
  medical issue since of this incident.
• 1:55:33
  Did you go to an emergency room for any of these incidents?
• 1:55:38
  No, the ambulance was there. They put a bandages on me.
• 1:55:42
  They said it's kind of really deep, you know that they hit you
• 1:55:46
  if it was too much bleeding. So go to the ER they're going to
• 1:55:49
  suture your wound. But but isn't.
• 1:55:54
  It true? Isn't it true that you refused
• 1:55:56
  medical attention at the scene? No, I did not refuse it but they
• 1:56:02
  put a bandages on me and I said OK if I need it I will go to
• 1:56:06
  emergency but I did not go on that day.
• 1:56:09
  Mr. Dick, did you ever go to a doctor concerning your injuries
• 1:56:13
  on this particular incident? No, I did not go to any doctor
• 1:56:20
  but I have a headache as I. Said so, Mr. Dick, it's it's
• 1:56:23
  really safe to say you have no documentation of any injury
• 1:56:27
  associated with this event, correct?
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  But I have a headache, as I said, I have a headache and nose
• 1:56:34
  pain. So I don't know.
• 1:56:36
  I probably see the doctor in the future, you know, but I don't
• 1:56:40
  know right now. But I, I, as I said, like I, I
• 1:56:42
  take like a pain medication every time when my head is
• 1:56:45
  hurting, my nose is hurting, I take pain medication.
• 1:56:52
  That's the witness, Your Honor. No.
• 1:56:54
  Further request the judge. All right.
• 1:56:55
  Is the witness excuse or subject to recall?
• 1:56:59
  Excuse Judge. All right.
• 1:57:00
  Thank you, Sir. No problem ma'am.
• 1:57:03
  Thank you all. Right state any other witnesses.
• 1:57:13
  No further witnesses, Judge. Defense, any witnesses?
• 1:57:16
  I do your Honor, call Doctor Joanne Murphy at this time.
• 1:57:20
  All right, Doctor Murphy, can you raise your right hand for
• 1:57:22
  me, please? Do you solemnly swear and affirm
• 1:57:25
  The testimony you give will be the truth and nothing but the
• 1:57:27
  truth so help you God. Oh, you're on mute.
• 1:57:33
  If you can unmute. Thank you.
• 1:57:41
  She's still on mute. I just sent her a request.
• 1:57:45
  There we go. Can you hear me now?
• 1:57:47
  Yes, we can. We're good.
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  And your answer to my question. Yes, and I did say I do.
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  All right. Thank you.
• 1:57:55
  You can lower your hand if you'll state your name for the
• 1:57:57
  record. My name is Joanne Murphy.
• 1:58:02
  All right, defense, you may proceed.
• 1:58:04
  Thank you. You are Doctor Murphy.
• 1:58:06
  What do you do for a living? I'm a psychologist do.
• 1:58:11
  You do you handle a court appointed criminal cases.
• 1:58:16
  Yes, I do. How how many, how many court
• 1:58:20
  reported criminal cases have you handled over the course of your
• 1:58:22
  career? Well, certainly more than 100.
• 1:58:27
  Maybe more than 200. OK, your your practice is
• 1:58:32
  general psychology then? Yes, and forensic work, both
• 1:58:40
  criminal and civil, do a lot of family law work and I see
• 1:58:47
  patients. I have a practice as well where
• 1:58:50
  I see people with difficulties. Good.
• 1:58:54
  And Doctor Murphy, how long have you been been practicing?
• 1:58:59
  I've been licensed for over 50 years, first in Tennessee in
• 1:59:03
  1975 and then in Texas since 1985.
• 1:59:12
  All right. Thank you.
• 1:59:12
  And Doctor Murphy, did you have a occasion to examine a Clinton
• 1:59:18
  Dixon? Yes, I did.
• 1:59:21
  OK. And did you prepare a report
• 1:59:24
  concerning Mr. Dixon? Yes, I did.
• 1:59:28
  And your Honor, at this time I've already provided a copy of
• 1:59:32
  that to the court through electronic filing.
• 1:59:35
  Has the court had a chance to to examine that?
• 1:59:37
  I actually have not received that.
• 1:59:39
  Do you have a copy? I do judge.
• 1:59:44
  Do you want me to mark that and make it a part of the record?
• 1:59:48
  If you wish to. Otherwise I'll just take
• 1:59:50
  judicial no notice of it if there's no objection and I'll
• 1:59:53
  review it. OK.
• 1:59:55
  No object for the state. Then we'll just do it in that
• 1:59:58
  fashion. All right.
• 2:00:00
  Doctor Murphy, did you have to have more than one session with
• 2:00:04
  Mr. Dixon? Yes.
• 2:00:07
  What? What was your impression of his
• 2:00:12
  history? My first impression.
• 2:00:18
  Well, no. Your impressions of his history.
• 2:00:20
  What did you think of his history?
• 2:00:23
  What did I think of his? What?
• 2:00:25
  His history. Oh.
• 2:00:27
  Let me let me break it down. What did you think of his family
• 2:00:30
  history? That he had a very difficult
• 2:00:34
  early and growing up he his parents were pretty much not in
• 2:00:40
  this the picture. He was bounced from parent to
• 2:00:45
  parent and then most of his life reared by a grandmother who was
• 2:00:53
  at times pretty nurturing and also at times pretty abusive.
• 2:00:58
  There was a lot of physical abuse from both parents and from
• 2:01:04
  this grandmother who also to be a source of comfort and when he
• 2:01:09
  misbehaved, dealt with him very severely.
• 2:01:15
  With respect to his biological parents, can you opine about
• 2:01:21
  their involvement in his life? It was off and on.
• 2:01:26
  He would sometimes live with a parent, but it it almost always
• 2:01:32
  resulted in going back to grandmother at some point.
• 2:01:36
  Were the parents homeless? Yes, at times.
• 2:01:43
  Based upon your evaluation of Mr. Dixon, did he receive any
• 2:01:47
  adequate supervision as a child from his parents?
• 2:01:51
  No. Did Mr. Dixon have any problems
• 2:01:56
  with the the juvenile system? Yes.
• 2:02:02
  The Do you think that was due primarily to lack of parental
• 2:02:06
  supervision? And also ADHD, untreated,
• 2:02:10
  undiagnosed probably. OK, now when you talked to him,
• 2:02:16
  did you did you discover that he might have had PTSD also?
• 2:02:25
  Yes. OK.
• 2:02:27
  Where do you think the PTSD extended from?
• 2:02:31
  Well, he was pretty much always in trouble.
• 2:02:35
  He was in trouble at school, he would be expelled, he would be
• 2:02:41
  in trouble at home and a lot of physical abuse.
• 2:02:45
  And then of course, at age 15, he is certified as an adult and
• 2:02:52
  sent to TDC. How long did he stay in TDC?
• 2:02:58
  A long time. 15 years. I don't remember precisely how
• 2:03:06
  you're how many years, but I know he was transferred from one
• 2:03:10
  TDC to another. He was out for a short period of
• 2:03:14
  time and then was incarcerated again.
• 2:03:17
  Did he have any attempts at suicide while at TDC?
• 2:03:21
  Yes. Do you remember how many or was
• 2:03:25
  it just multiple? I don't remember how many.
• 2:03:29
  OK, what did did he get a GED while he was at TDC?
• 2:03:37
  Please repeat. Did did he get any education
• 2:03:40
  while he was at at TDC? No, and he had finished the 8th
• 2:03:45
  grade. OK, right.
• 2:03:47
  And I'm so sorry to interrupt and this is a question that I
• 2:03:51
  have. I hope nobody has any objections
• 2:03:53
  to me. Go ahead.
• 2:03:54
  You're asking to 5th's counsel since I'm trying to make a
• 2:03:57
  decision I want to do in this case.
• 2:03:59
  So are you saying that he was sent to prison when he was 15
• 2:04:04
  And he did? I read the report that you gave
• 2:04:08
  me and I reviewed the PSI. So you're saying he was sent to
• 2:04:11
  prison at 15 and he did 15 years and did the entire 15 years.
• 2:04:17
  So that would mean 15 + 1530. That's.
• 2:04:21
  Correct. So then, and this is alleged to
• 2:04:25
  have been committed, well, not alleged, This offense was
• 2:04:28
  committed when what, he was 31 or 32?
• 2:04:31
  That's correct. OK.
• 2:04:33
  I'm just trying to get the dates in my mind all right.
• 2:04:36
  Would would you like me to proceed now?
• 2:04:37
  Yes, OK. Thank you.
• 2:04:40
  OK. So Doctor Murphy, did he pick up
• 2:04:45
  any other mental health issues while in custody for that 15
• 2:04:49
  year period? I don't have any records from
• 2:04:56
  his TDC or anything like that so I don't I don't know.
• 2:05:02
  Was he sexually abused while he was in custody?
• 2:05:06
  Yes. Did that only happen once or was
• 2:05:10
  it multiple occasions? It was continuous.
• 2:05:17
  Did. From examining him, did you
• 2:05:21
  determine whether he got any mental health therapy while he
• 2:05:25
  was in custody? None.
• 2:05:28
  When he reported this, he was transferred to another unit.
• 2:05:32
  The sexual abuse continued. It was giving oral sex and
• 2:05:37
  receiving anal sex. And it was daily, weekly.
• 2:05:44
  It was continuous. What's his appearance as that of
• 2:05:48
  a of a male or female while he was in custody with the state of
• 2:05:53
  Texas? Well, as he entered to this
• 2:05:58
  date, Mr. Dixon has not had any consensual sexual activity.
• 2:06:07
  He didn't enter TDC feeling that he was homosexual, but he now I
• 2:06:16
  guess, would consider himself transsexual and believes that
• 2:06:22
  his identity should be as a female because he's had 15 years
• 2:06:29
  of continuous sexual activity while incarcerated.
• 2:06:35
  Judge, have you ever? I'm sorry, Doctor Murphy, have
• 2:06:39
  you ever heard of the term girly boy?
• 2:06:42
  Yes. Does that apply to Mr. Dixon?
• 2:06:46
  Not to my knowledge. I mean, he was acting out.
• 2:06:51
  He was aggressive, you know, he would get in trouble.
• 2:06:54
  I don't see anything or have heard anything that he was a
• 2:07:00
  girly boy. With respect to your conclusions
• 2:07:05
  on Mr. Dixon, could you tell the the court what you think should
• 2:07:09
  happen with him? You know, I think this is a
• 2:07:13
  horrible case and I, I don't know.
• 2:07:16
  This is a young man who has received no appropriate care
• 2:07:21
  throughout his life. He spent more time in prison
• 2:07:24
  than out. I think the history is horrible.
• 2:07:33
  He's had no, he's had drug and alcohol problems.
• 2:07:36
  He's had no treatment for that. He said no treatment for
• 2:07:38
  attention deficit hyperactive disorder and now we have a
• 2:07:43
  gender issue here. I I just think this is horrible.
• 2:07:50
  Doctor Murphy, do you think he needs mental health treatment?
• 2:07:54
  Absolutely do. You think he needs drug
• 2:07:56
  treatment? Absolutely.
• 2:07:59
  Do you think he needs education? Absolutely.
• 2:08:04
  When you tested him, what the level of education do you think
• 2:08:10
  he was at? I didn't do academics on him,
• 2:08:14
  although his cognitive functioning was in the somewhat
• 2:08:21
  below average range. But you've got to take into
• 2:08:25
  consideration that education ended at 8th grade, so he
• 2:08:31
  wouldn't have had the opportunity to have a obtained
• 2:08:38
  higher cognitive skills. Doctor Murphy, do you think it's
• 2:08:43
  in the best interest of society that he received a probation
• 2:08:47
  program? This man is going to need to be
• 2:08:51
  supervised clearly, but I think what has happened to his history
• 2:08:57
  is absolutely horrendous. I shall pass the loose.
• 2:09:05
  State your question, Doctor Murphy, you said that the
• 2:09:09
  defendant would need to be supervised.
• 2:09:11
  I'm having a little bit of trouble hearing you.
• 2:09:13
  Could you speak speak a little louder, please?
• 2:09:17
  I'm so sorry, Doctor. You said that the defendant
• 2:09:19
  would need to be supervised. What are you basing that on?
• 2:09:24
  His history. Do you think while talking to
• 2:09:30
  the defendant, did you review any of his his previous
• 2:09:35
  disciplinary history? While I incarcerated I I
• 2:09:39
  reviewed the criminal history of Mr. Dixon starting from 9/21/24
• 2:09:58
  to October 25. So I'm aware of the testimony
• 2:10:06
  about the lottery tickets, the stolen vehicle.
• 2:10:10
  I'm aware of that reported history.
• 2:10:13
  OK, Thank you. Doctor.
• 2:10:15
  Are I'm sure, Doctor, are you familiar with what is it,
• 2:10:20
  Oppositional defiant disorder? I'm sorry, I'm still having
• 2:10:24
  trouble hearing you. Said, Are you familiar with
• 2:10:27
  oppositional defiance disorder? Yes, I am.
• 2:10:32
  Did you see receive any indications or any presenting by
• 2:10:36
  the defendant that he may have some kind of oppositional
• 2:10:39
  defiant disorder? Well, when you have unmedicated
• 2:10:44
  ADHD, you're going to have symptoms that are similar to
• 2:10:52
  oppositional defiant disorder, and it might be hard to separate
• 2:10:58
  what is what, but certainly there were times that his
• 2:11:05
  behavior had some characteristics of oppositional
• 2:11:09
  defiant disorder. Thank you, Doctor.
• 2:11:12
  Now last question I asked you, probation is going to require
• 2:11:16
  the defendant to attend classes, make meetings, pretty much keep
• 2:11:21
  to the rules that have a abide by a very tight schedule.
• 2:11:25
  Do you believe that he would be successful and be able to abide
• 2:11:29
  by all the rules of probation? Only if he has stable living and
• 2:11:35
  stable support OK in his in his community.
• 2:11:44
  Thank you so much, Doctor. I appreciate your answer.
• 2:11:45
  We'll pass the question. Doctor Murphy, based upon what
• 2:11:49
  you know about Mr. Dixon, Well, let me back up.
• 2:11:55
  Doctor Murphy, can you explain to the court what a triggering
• 2:11:58
  event is? Yes, it's an event that triggers
• 2:12:05
  some previous trauma. For instance, if if I had
• 2:12:12
  previously been addicted to cocaine and I walked into a room
• 2:12:17
  with cocaine, would that be a triggering event?
• 2:12:19
  It would very likely. If if I had been previously the
• 2:12:25
  victim of of sexual abuse and somewhat attempts to solicit me
• 2:12:32
  for sex, is that a triggering event?
• 2:12:36
  Very, very likely. Thank you, Honor Pass a witness.
• 2:12:41
  No further question, Judge. All right.
• 2:12:43
  Any other witnesses? No, no other witnesses for the
• 2:12:47
  defense, Your honor. All right.
• 2:12:49
  So this is and no witnesses for the state.
• 2:12:52
  No, we had our one sole witness. All right, this is what I'm tell
• 2:12:55
  the parties. One, this is going to be
• 2:12:58
  something that I'm going to need to think about for like 15 to 20
• 2:13:01
  minutes and I will tell you what my thoughts are and then you all
• 2:13:05
  can give me your arguments and maybe address the thoughts that
• 2:13:09
  the court is having before me. I have somebody who went to
• 2:13:17
  prison at 15 and I keep telling people things happen in prison
• 2:13:23
  and people think I have some personal control over whether or
• 2:13:26
  not you're just allowed to do your time and nobody's going to
• 2:13:30
  bother you. And I keep telling people rape
• 2:13:34
  and everything else happens at a prison.
• 2:13:37
  So I'm considering the fact that he's 15 year old, years old, he
• 2:13:42
  gets sent to prison and he does the full 15.
• 2:13:45
  Now, I may be wrong, and if I'm wrong, let me know I'm wrong and
• 2:13:49
  I won't even consider it. But when usually from my
• 2:13:54
  experience as a defense attorney, when you do the whole
• 2:13:57
  15 years, either one or two things are happening.
• 2:14:00
  Either you're getting in trouble at the prison, maybe it's your
• 2:14:03
  fault, maybe it's not your fault.
• 2:14:05
  Or either you have a complainant who comes to prison every time
• 2:14:07
  and says do not give this person parole.
• 2:14:10
  And then I'm looking at the fact that he's a product of CPS,
• 2:14:15
  which I always tell everybody, the government does not raise
• 2:14:18
  children very well. CPS workers are overworked,
• 2:14:23
  underpaid. So these are some things that I,
• 2:14:26
  I need to think about when I'm considering all of this because
• 2:14:30
  Mr. Dixon, I look at the entire life of a person, not just the
• 2:14:36
  incident, because if you just look at the incident, then it's
• 2:14:39
  an easy decision. And I'm also looking at the fact
• 2:14:42
  that for some reason his name is Clinton Dixon.
• 2:14:46
  Then he has another sibling that they decided some father I guess
• 2:14:50
  who thought hey, I'm a great dad.
• 2:14:53
  Let me name this other child Clinton Dixon as well.
• 2:14:57
  So if y'all can formulate your thoughts on that, well I think
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  about a few things and I y'all can come back at 10:30 and I
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  will have made a decision. Thank you.
• 2:15:07
  All right, thank you. Thank you Doctor Murphy for
• 2:15:10
  giving me some insights. So this one is interesting and I
• 2:15:16
  will definitely rotate back here when they come back.
• 2:15:21
  So as I understand it, we have like this robbery or whatever
• 2:15:26
  assault, whatever went on there. But this is a defendant who was
• 2:15:32
  put in a prison at 15 as an adult, and it seems like for 15
• 2:15:38
  years he was taken advantage of in that prison.
• 2:15:42
  But does that mitigate his responsibility?
• 2:15:46
  These are the questions. So, yeah, I'll be curious to see
• 2:15:48
  where this one goes. Let's stay in Texas.
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  Back to Judge Stevens. The guy from earlier is.
• 2:15:54
  Back reading of the indictment and arraignment, can we proceed
• 2:15:57
  in some? Yeah, yeah, sure.
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  And in summary, Sir, this indictment alleges that honor
• 2:16:03
  about April 10th, 2025 in Jefferson.
• 2:16:08
  It's on its way up in Jefferson County, Texas.
• 2:16:14
  This alleges that you committed the third degree felony of
• 2:16:17
  unlawfully carrying a weapon in a prohibited place, which was
• 2:16:22
  namely Lamar University, Beaumont, TX.
• 2:16:26
  Do you understand what you were charged with?
• 2:16:28
  Yes. If convicted, you face no less
• 2:16:30
  than two, no more than 10 years confined in prison and a fine up
• 2:16:34
  to $10,000 can be assessed. Do you understand?
• 2:16:37
  Yes, Sir. If an agreement has been
• 2:16:40
  reached, you would be pleading guilty, placed on deferred or
• 2:16:43
  unadjudicated probation, or 10 years.
• 2:16:46
  There's a fine of $500. Is that right?
• 2:16:49
  Are there any other terms and conditions of probation?
• 2:16:53
  Probably straight off of the launch, yeah.
• 2:16:55
  Were you a student there? I went to LIT the other campus.
• 2:17:00
  OK. Or are you still at LIT?
• 2:17:03
  I'm going to be enrolled. Yes, Sir.
• 2:17:04
  Hold that loan. I'm not sure what their rules
• 2:17:10
  are about that. What do y'all say about it?
• 2:17:13
  He was. I don't want to butt in, but I
• 2:17:16
  don't. I would say can we put a caveat
• 2:17:19
  or stay off the campus unless attending enrolled courses?
• 2:17:23
  What were you doing on there in the 1st place I was.
• 2:17:26
  Visiting Front. They were the dumps, Your Honor,
• 2:17:29
  I. Believe they were they.
• 2:17:30
  Were in the dorms. I believe in this occurred all
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  right. There will be terms and
• 2:17:36
  conditions of probation that are normal and customary.
• 2:17:39
  Plus you are disallowed from being on any of the Lamar
• 2:17:47
  University or Lamar related campuses except for purposes of
• 2:17:54
  school. Is that where you were enrolled?
• 2:17:56
  And you were attending. Class, don't do that again.
• 2:18:03
  Our schools in a school zone. Yes Sir, If I follow this
• 2:18:17
  agreement, you have no right of appeal of your case.
• 2:18:21
  Do you understand? Sir.
• 2:18:22
  Yes, Sir. How do you plead to this charge?
• 2:18:26
  Guilty or not guilty? Yes.
• 2:18:28
  Are you pleading guilty voluntarily?
• 2:18:30
  That is on your own free will? Yes, Sir.
• 2:18:34
  And because you are guilty? Yes, Sir.
• 2:18:38
  You know I'm. The bar is not showing.
• 2:18:48
  The bottom bar is not shown on if somebody's tablets are
• 2:18:51
  necessary. I'm talking about on this on the
• 2:18:54
  screen I can see the date on the tablet, but I normally refer to
• 2:19:01
  it up on the on the screen and. I'm going to show you, Sir,
• 2:19:34
  what's marked as State's exhibit one.
• 2:19:36
  Did you sign that document voluntarily?
• 2:19:39
  Understand it? Discuss.
• 2:19:41
  It with your. Attorney, are the contents all
• 2:19:43
  true and correct? State's Exhibit 1 is tendered
• 2:19:46
  into it, no. Objection.
• 2:19:48
  Without objection, it is admitted this states that you
• 2:19:51
  are mentally competent and you're guilty plea.
• 2:19:54
  It's freely involuntarily made you know what you've been
• 2:19:57
  charged with the indictments been read to you.
• 2:19:59
  You've read it. You are guilty of the crime
• 2:20:00
  charged than any lesser included offenses.
• 2:20:03
  You are giving up your rights to a jury trial and the rights to
• 2:20:06
  the appearance confrontation, cross examination of witnesses.
• 2:20:09
  You were totally satisfied with the representation provided by
• 2:20:11
  your lawyer. All of this is true of states,
• 2:20:14
  so help you God State's exhibit one part of the record without
• 2:20:19
  objection. Presence reports away, so I will
• 2:20:23
  follow this agreement and I will find you are indeed mentally
• 2:20:28
  confident to enter your guilty plea.
• 2:20:30
  It is freely and voluntarily made.
• 2:20:34
  Even though there's. Sufficient evidence supporting
• 2:20:35
  your guilty plea from State's Exhibit 1, admitted here to find
• 2:20:38
  you guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
• 2:20:41
  I'm going to defer or postpone any finding of guilt so long as
• 2:20:46
  you follow terms and conditions of probation.
• 2:20:49
  Probation officers will. Go over.
• 2:20:51
  With you most of these terms of probation or terms that we all
• 2:20:56
  have to follow like don't commit a crime, don't associate with
• 2:21:01
  disreputable people. But there are other terms and
• 2:21:05
  conditions of probation which we don't we're not required to
• 2:21:09
  follow. But you must such as don't use
• 2:21:13
  or possess any drug and unless otherwise allowed by
• 2:21:19
  prescription and and again, you will stay off of Lamar
• 2:21:27
  University campuses unless you are enrolled in campus and
• 2:21:34
  enrolled in school and are attending class.
• 2:21:37
  So you will be placed on 10 years deferred unadjudicated
• 2:21:41
  probation and a fine of $500 and you do well, it can be shortened
• 2:21:48
  to 1/3 of 10, which is 3 1/3 three and a third years.
• 2:21:56
  So it could be shortened to that.
• 2:22:03
  Please see the probation officer.
• 2:22:04
  Thank you. We're.
• 2:22:08
  Going to rotate back to judge Boyd in a second.
• 2:22:10
  She has a new contestant, but creeping up on the 4th hour,
• 2:22:14
  only about 40 minutes away. We will at least start with
• 2:22:17
  doing more court in in hour 4. Bailey, since you haven't been
• 2:22:22
  here for a while, we have 1/4 hour now.
• 2:22:24
  Sometimes we just watch court. Sometimes we have debate on the
• 2:22:29
  things that we've seen for the day.
• 2:22:30
  Other times I dig into court and law news that we don't
• 2:22:34
  necessarily see in the courtrooms that we follow.
• 2:22:38
  So every day is a little different, but today it's
• 2:22:40
  probably going to be more court. Any who, let's get back to Judge
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  Boyd. Hi.
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  Hello. Morning.
• 2:22:52
  I'm. Sorry, my computer has been very
• 2:23:01
  slow today. It's.
• 2:23:02
  OK. Do you want my copy?
• 2:23:03
  Oh, it's pulling up. It's coming up now.
• 2:23:09
  And I could just. Give you a quick synopsis.
• 2:23:12
  So Miss Medina is here because there was a supplemental report
• 2:23:15
  submitted to the court indicating some compliance as
• 2:23:19
  some possible compliance issues. It was reported to the court
• 2:23:23
  that there was some inappropriate behavior while
• 2:23:32
  doing a while she was at a office visit and then there's
• 2:23:40
  been marijuana use and basically that's it.
• 2:23:47
  Judge, we do have some information to provide for the
• 2:23:51
  court. So there has been she's in the
• 2:23:55
  dual diagnosis outpatient program.
• 2:23:57
  Currently there's been 18 positive UA for marijuana.
• 2:24:02
  She's been trying to get a medical marijuana card because
• 2:24:06
  of some physical medical issues that she has.
• 2:24:13
  However, what's hidden her from getting that card is getting her
• 2:24:16
  medical documentation from the doctors that she visited while
• 2:24:21
  she was in Corpus. She has asked probation to allow
• 2:24:26
  her to go to Corpus for a day just so that she can obtain all
• 2:24:30
  of the records she needs. However, I think during that
• 2:24:36
  visit is when the inappropriate behavior happened and at that
• 2:24:42
  time probation said no. So she is well aware of how she
• 2:24:49
  should conduct herself during office visits and we've talked
• 2:24:56
  about that and she knows she knows what to do going forth.
• 2:25:01
  She is asking the court's permission to go to obtain her
• 2:25:05
  medical records so that she can be in compliance with everything
• 2:25:09
  that she needs to do as far as the marijuana use is concerned.
• 2:25:16
  She's completed her anger management program and and like
• 2:25:20
  I said, Judge, she's currently in the dual diagnosis outpatient
• 2:25:24
  program. All right?
• 2:25:27
  So if you're angry and upset with people, right, how does
• 2:25:32
  that help you obtain what you're seeking to obtain?
• 2:25:37
  If you're shouting at people, if you're being belligerent people,
• 2:25:40
  it doesn't help at all. So because you did that, you're
• 2:25:44
  still not in Corpus. They denied your right to go to
• 2:25:47
  Corpus, right? Listen.
• 2:25:53
  All right, So being belligerent to people and not being nice to
• 2:26:02
  people, that really doesn't help anything because when you're
• 2:26:06
  belligerent and you're not nice to people, unless they are
• 2:26:10
  paragon and society, they usually are not nice back.
• 2:26:15
  And then I find that when people start shouting each other, then
• 2:26:20
  they're really not listening to each other.
• 2:26:22
  It's just like, you know, get out of my office.
• 2:26:25
  I don't want to deal with you because you're trying to ruin my
• 2:26:28
  good day, and I don't know how many times I have to say it to
• 2:26:32
  people. If there's an issue, let your
• 2:26:34
  probation officer know about it. If you feel as they're not
• 2:26:36
  addressing it, you can still come to court and address it
• 2:26:39
  with me. I was not aware of any of that.
• 2:26:43
  Like that. No, I say that every time to
• 2:26:46
  every people, every person who's on probation.
• 2:26:49
  I let them know that. But the one thing we don't do is
• 2:26:56
  try to ruin people's day by being mean and disrespectful.
• 2:27:01
  Because I guarantee you, the probation officer you spoke to,
• 2:27:05
  they're not paid enough money for what they do, right?
• 2:27:10
  And then they're dealing with somebody who's coming in being
• 2:27:12
  disrespectful to them, ruining the day.
• 2:27:16
  Sometimes you may be the only person that stops somebody from
• 2:27:22
  just throwing their hands up and losing it.
• 2:27:25
  So it's always nice, even if you are having a bad day to greet
• 2:27:28
  somebody with a smile and a hello.
• 2:27:30
  You don't know how that may impact their day.
• 2:27:33
  And you negatively impacted somebody's day.
• 2:27:36
  And so they had negatively impacted you by saying you're
• 2:27:38
  not going to Corpus, you understand?
• 2:27:41
  Yes. So we don't do that here.
• 2:27:43
  I require that everybody treats everybody with respect.
• 2:27:46
  And even if you don't respect them, pretend you understand.
• 2:27:50
  It's a golden move. All right, So what are you
• 2:27:52
  requesting, Probation Judge? So at this point, we are
• 2:27:56
  requesting that Miss Medina have the ability to go ahead and go
• 2:27:59
  to Corpus, obtain what she needs to obtain and move forth with
• 2:28:06
  getting what she needs to get for the Medical Compassionate
• 2:28:10
  Youth program. I'm also requesting once she
• 2:28:15
  becomes compliant. Miss Medina has expressed the
• 2:28:19
  need she hasn't seen her family in quite some time and her
• 2:28:24
  family lives in the Valley. She says she hasn't seen her
• 2:28:29
  father and she would like to go to to the valley to visit her
• 2:28:35
  family. Do they want her to visit?
• 2:28:40
  I have to cut them off from the zomers that I kept making them
• 2:28:46
  wait on me. Well, no.
• 2:28:47
  Here's the thing. Sometimes people say they want
• 2:28:49
  to visit family, and I'm always wondering whether or not family
• 2:28:55
  wants them to visit because I don't want probate people who
• 2:28:58
  are on probation to end up involved in situations that
• 2:29:03
  they're not ready for. So that's why I'm asking that
• 2:29:07
  question. So do you know if they're ready
• 2:29:08
  to see you? They've been waiting on me.
• 2:29:12
  Well, I mean, well, When's the last time you spoke with them?
• 2:29:15
  About a month ago. All right.
• 2:29:17
  So I tell you what, I will strongly consider allowing you
• 2:29:21
  to do that. But what I need you to do is
• 2:29:24
  have them reach out to probation to let probation know that they
• 2:29:27
  would like to have contact with you.
• 2:29:29
  And if their answer is yes and if everything else is taken care
• 2:29:35
  of me and you're doing well, I will sign the order for you to
• 2:29:39
  go visit with them. OK.
• 2:29:41
  So whether or not you visit with them, a lot of it's going to
• 2:29:44
  depend on you getting what you need in order to do that first
• 2:29:48
  thing, get them in contact with probation for them to say yes,
• 2:29:53
  we want her to visit with us. And then that probation is going
• 2:29:56
  to need to know where you're going to be staying when you go
• 2:29:59
  visit. And then when you come back,
• 2:30:01
  you'll have to do AUA upon return.
• 2:30:04
  You understand? And if that's yes or no?
• 2:30:07
  Yes, ma'am. And if this medical reports you
• 2:30:11
  need from it's corpus, if you're not able to get that and you
• 2:30:16
  don't get a card for use for marijuana for medical purposes,
• 2:30:23
  then you're going to have to start doing somewhere something
• 2:30:25
  else because you're not allowed to smoke marijuana while you're
• 2:30:28
  on probation or use marijuana while you're on probation unless
• 2:30:32
  you have a medical prescription. Do you understand?
• 2:30:35
  All right, so when is this trip for Corpus needed?
• 2:30:38
  What? Day as soon as possible because
• 2:30:40
  I did call in order for me to what date if anything tomorrow I
• 2:30:46
  I'm able to go as soon as I'm able to be let go and how long
• 2:30:50
  are you You're going to need to be there as long as the offices
• 2:30:53
  are open majority of the time they're open till 5.
• 2:30:57
  All right one day judge. So she's allowed to leave
• 2:31:07
  February 13th. You may want to call them
• 2:31:09
  because sometimes doctor's offices they close early on
• 2:31:12
  Friday or they're off on Friday. And.
• 2:31:15
  Monday is a holiday for some offices as well, so they may
• 2:31:18
  close early. All right, so Tuesday.
• 2:31:22
  So we'll do. Tuesday, yeah.
• 2:31:24
  All right, so February 20th, is that Tuesday's 18th?
• 2:31:29
  Let me see. Or is it 17th, 17th?
• 2:31:32
  All right, so February 17th and I'll put on here.
• 2:31:38
  She's allowed to leave February 17th or February 12th because
• 2:31:45
  you may call them and they may say no.
• 2:31:48
  We'll be open all day tomorrow. All right, Is there anything
• 2:31:52
  else? Is there anything else?
• 2:31:54
  No judge all. Right.
• 2:31:55
  So in this court, communication is key.
• 2:31:58
  If there is an issue, let your probation officer know about it.
• 2:32:02
  If you feel probation is not addressing it, you can always
• 2:32:05
  come back to the court and address it with me.
• 2:32:07
  All right, Anything else you need?
• 2:32:09
  All right, good luck to you. You're welcome.
• 2:32:18
  All right, I'll continue to keep an eye on Judge Boyd.
• 2:32:20
  Wait for that other defendant to come back, but let's head up to
• 2:32:23
  Michigan. Judge Mom.
• 2:32:25
  We are the boy here on behalf of.
• 2:32:27
  Pierce, let's shut the station in two years, all.
• 2:32:30
  Right, thank you. Did he did that come through OK?
• 2:32:33
  Do it a little bit more loudly please 2.
• 2:32:35
  Years in the. Perfect.
• 2:32:38
  And today is the date scheduled for the arraignment in the
• 2:32:42
  pretrial in these matters and Council.
• 2:32:45
  Yes, you are. My client waives formal reading
• 2:32:47
  and stands made to the charge. The court will waive the formal
• 2:32:53
  reading, enter a plea of not guilty for purpose of the
• 2:32:55
  arrangement and as to the pretrial.
• 2:32:58
  Yes, you're I've. Reviewed this matter with Mr.
• 2:33:00
  Smith of the City. Attorney.
• 2:33:04
  My client's prepared to offer guilty plea to the amended
• 2:33:07
  charge of no no operator's license on person.
• 2:33:11
  The original offense could be disputed and also pointed out.
• 2:33:14
  For the record, I'm going to discuss this matter with the
• 2:33:16
  client playing to him that there are licensing sanctions, which
• 2:33:21
  are. Beyond.
• 2:33:23
  Beyond the control of this court, and we're turning to
• 2:33:26
  that. There is there are no points,
• 2:33:30
  but it is referred so as far as what affected us on his driving
• 2:33:33
  record, that's he understands that that's can't avoid that.
• 2:33:42
  The I also want to point out to him if you have discussed that
• 2:33:46
  he's like discovery in this pattern.
• 2:33:48
  He raised some some procedural issues privately with me,
• 2:33:53
  explained what could happen if we were in order of discovery.
• 2:33:56
  There's no penalty, there's no extra cost to do that.
• 2:33:59
  But he advised me that knowing that he's prepared to go forward
• 2:34:02
  and accept the plea today to resolve the matter.
• 2:34:05
  Is that correct? Mr. Smith?
• 2:34:06
  Yes, thank you. Did that come through autumn?
• 2:34:10
  Yeah. OK, Sir, please raise your right
• 2:34:12
  hand. Do solemnly swear or from
• 2:34:15
  testimony about to give him this matter.
• 2:34:16
  Be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
• 2:34:18
  Yes. And you heard the plea that was
• 2:34:20
  placed on the record, correct? Yes.
• 2:34:22
  As to the amended charge of no operator's license on person,
• 2:34:26
  how do you plea? You've gone over your advice of
• 2:34:30
  rights with your attorney, correct?
• 2:34:32
  And you understand all of those rights.
• 2:34:34
  You also understand by entering into a plea that you'll be
• 2:34:37
  waiving some of those rights. You understand the possible
• 2:34:41
  penalty as a result of your plea, whether in this court, any
• 2:34:44
  other court or administrative agency, and by administrative
• 2:34:47
  agency that could be the Secretary of State also.
• 2:34:50
  So are you on probation or parole anywhere?
• 2:34:53
  Yes. So that could affect your
• 2:34:54
  probation or parole status. Do you understand that?
• 2:34:57
  Yes. Knowing all of that, do you want
• 2:34:58
  to continue with your plea? Yes.
• 2:35:00
  Has anybody promised you anything, threatened you or
• 2:35:02
  coerced you in any way for you to enter into a plea?
• 2:35:04
  No. Any immigration issues?
• 2:35:07
  No. Council, if you can, please void
• 2:35:08
  your client. Yes, Mr. Smith, you recall
• 2:35:11
  being, let's see, operating Board of vehicle on 4th St. on
• 2:35:16
  or about March 17th, 2025. Yes.
• 2:35:18
  At that time, you have an interaction with a Wyandotte
• 2:35:20
  police officer. Yes, and.
• 2:35:22
  And during that, during that interaction, you did not have a
• 2:35:26
  valid license item to put that correct.
• 2:35:28
  Yes. All right.
• 2:35:29
  I'm satisfied with that. All right.
• 2:35:31
  The court is also satisfied the plea is knowing, voluntary and
• 2:35:33
  factually accurate. The court will accept your plea
• 2:35:35
  to the amended charge dismissed the original charge per the plea
• 2:35:38
  agreement. And as to sentencing counsel,
• 2:35:40
  you're asking for immediate sentencing.
• 2:35:42
  I can. Say a few words.
• 2:35:45
  Yes. Well, Mr. Smith.
• 2:35:48
  Mr. Smith is gainfully employed the employee of the City of
• 2:35:51
  Detroit Animal Control Officer. For.
• 2:35:54
  Past three years, Is that accurate, Sir?
• 2:35:58
  He. Something else, I think that I
• 2:36:00
  think the court might take interest in his in his spare
• 2:36:05
  time. He's a motivational speaker.
• 2:36:06
  He speaks to inner city youth. He has a story.
• 2:36:09
  I'd like you to hear him telling you about what brought me to
• 2:36:12
  that. But he works with a program
• 2:36:14
  called Prison Wives Turn to Bosses.
• 2:36:17
  Is that correct? Yes.
• 2:36:18
  Prison wives turn to bosses or lives.
• 2:36:22
  OK, there's an activist who has started a program and he
• 2:36:27
  participates in the program. He gets a lot of personal
• 2:36:30
  satisfaction on it. But if the court wants wants to
• 2:36:32
  hear a little bit of the background, what brought into
• 2:36:34
  that, I think it might give you an idea of the character of Mr.
• 2:36:37
  Snow. OK.
• 2:36:40
  Well, back in 2024, I was shot five times by my best friend.
• 2:36:46
  When I came home with my dialysis and the nurse home, I
• 2:36:49
  ran into a lady named Tony Perry.
• 2:36:51
  She told me my story was interesting.
• 2:36:52
  She would like for me to follow her and go speak to the you or
• 2:36:55
  she speaks to the older people in generation and she speaks to.
• 2:36:57
  And so I said then I'm just winging up and I go to different
• 2:37:00
  juveniles from Macomb County, State Care Shores.
• 2:37:03
  This week I'm supposed to go to Toledo, OH and that's what I
• 2:37:06
  just do, but I don't. Work at the.
• 2:37:09
  Animal shelter, OK. And Sir, how do you get to those
• 2:37:18
  places? Because she pays for our trips.
• 2:37:20
  Because. We all ride.
• 2:37:21
  On the bus together. OK.
• 2:37:24
  And at the city of Detroit, do you work animal control with a
• 2:37:30
  partner? I work for the.
• 2:37:32
  City of Detroit Animal Control office.
• 2:37:34
  I understand that. So do you work with a partner or
• 2:37:36
  are you on your own? OK.
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  And what is the message that you give to the youth?
• 2:37:44
  Well, I tell you. Back when I was growing.
• 2:37:46
  Up nobody ever told me. Like, what's the latter part?
• 2:37:48
  Letters of friends eating. And he has all of the cats we're
• 2:37:50
  in at some point, so I'm always tough, you know, friends always
• 2:37:54
  there forever. I would never tell me.
• 2:37:56
  Like, you know. Get older.
• 2:37:57
  You got to wing up, do things all you got to understand that
• 2:38:00
  no one's going to be here no matter who they are.
• 2:38:02
  It can be you get off for 20-30, forty years, never know.
• 2:38:07
  Right. Interesting the NDS the first 3
• 2:38:11
  letters are Fri, which could be fry right?
• 2:38:14
  Sometimes your your friends leave you out to fry right?
• 2:38:20
  They're not really your friends. So, Sir, how long have you been
• 2:38:26
  doing that? I've been home for.
• 2:38:28
  About a year and a half now. So I should stay up to like,
• 2:38:31
  well, it's. Almost a year now.
• 2:38:33
  OK. And so.
• 2:38:45
  Why do you keep driving? Well, I don't drug that day
• 2:38:49
  because we had to give a call to a dog was more than a child.
• 2:38:54
  So what I do is I decapitate a lot of the dogs and there's only
• 2:38:57
  a few of us there that can do it and I have to give them.
• 2:38:59
  So we can't protect the dog to stick the.
• 2:39:01
  Head out to see if the. Dog had rabies because the kid
• 2:39:03
  had. To go to the hospital, OK.
• 2:39:05
  So I'm just hop in an Uber or a Lyft.
• 2:39:09
  To be honest, it was around cinema.
• 2:39:11
  Dad, think about it. I.
• 2:39:12
  Was just trying to get the quickest way possible.
• 2:39:14
  I get it. But Uber and Lyft drivers are a
• 2:39:17
  dime a dozen in this area because, right, it's very highly
• 2:39:21
  populated area. So you could probably get there
• 2:39:24
  and it would have been a lot less expensive.
• 2:39:26
  Right. OK, How'd you get here today?
• 2:39:32
  OK. How much of that cost?
• 2:39:33
  Well, that's the Hills St. OK, let's see your app.
• 2:39:38
  Pull it up. But my phone's actually got to
• 2:39:40
  be charged when I leave, I got to order another.
• 2:39:42
  Uber to get off them. So I'm like I said about I have.
• 2:39:45
  The bathroom. By the bathroom.
• 2:39:47
  Just left it out there unattended.
• 2:39:49
  Yes, I mean I had to keep your charge until I get home.
• 2:39:51
  I know I. Had.
• 2:39:53
  But hope you would. Hope that in a.
• 2:39:55
  Courthouse you could trust. People that are here, but
• 2:39:58
  hopefully All right, Sir, you're not driving anymore, OK?
• 2:40:06
  And you want to get your license back, right?
• 2:40:08
  And So what steps do you what do you need to be able to get your
• 2:40:11
  license back? They told me right now it is one
• 2:40:14
  that I'm holding up. I had to wait for a court date
• 2:40:18
  and finally I got a court date today so I can step forward to
• 2:40:20
  see what else we need to do. OK, So you do know that if you
• 2:40:25
  want to get your license back at any reasonable time in the
• 2:40:28
  future that you really should refrain from driving?
• 2:40:33
  Yes. Correct.
• 2:40:35
  Yes. OK.
• 2:40:39
  Do you have another case in this court?
• 2:40:46
  Autumn, can you pull up 25-381 please?
• 2:40:52
  I'm just checking something sort of make sure that there isn't
• 2:40:54
  something that's. 2. 5. Dash 38.
• 2:40:57
  One, yes. Is there not a case number for
• 2:41:03
  that? OK.
• 2:41:19
  OK. So there's nothing pending for
• 2:41:24
  for Mr. Smith. OK, just want to make sure
• 2:41:27
  because there was another case number on your receipt, Sir.
• 2:41:30
  And then for your bond and it was moved to this case.
• 2:41:32
  So I just wanted to make sure there wasn't another one that
• 2:41:34
  maybe you had forgotten about or something.
• 2:41:36
  So all right, here, Sir, I'm going to do you a salad.
• 2:41:42
  All right? I'm going to order a $100 fine,
• 2:41:48
  crime victims fee of $75, justice as an assessment fee of
• 2:41:52
  $50. So that is $225.
• 2:41:57
  I'm going to order $25 in cost so we can apply your bond 100%.
• 2:42:01
  You don't have to pay any more money out of pocket.
• 2:42:03
  OK. So I haven't told them the worst
• 2:42:06
  judge in the world. So you're going to see that if
• 2:42:09
  you are back here again driving. Got it.
• 2:42:13
  OK. All right, Have a good day, Sir.
• 2:42:15
  Just stop over the window in case you have to sign something
• 2:42:17
  over. OK.
• 2:42:19
  All right. You're welcome.
• 2:42:20
  Good luck to you. All right.
• 2:42:23
  And so we are on the record in the matter of the state of
• 2:42:27
  Michigan versus Chadwick City 2655.
• 2:42:37
  OK. Good morning, Mr. Stamper.
• 2:42:40
  OK, you're waving your right turn, attorney.
• 2:42:42
  Yes. OK.
• 2:42:43
  We have a waiver that we need you to sign and then we'll call
• 2:42:46
  this matter up, OK? I.
• 2:42:47
  Believe they are signing. I don't let me see here.
• 2:42:53
  Oops. Yep, it's on the.
• 2:42:54
  It's on the other side. OK, I missed that.
• 2:42:58
  No, that's OK. OK, so Sir, your name for the
• 2:43:15
  record please. Chadwick, Stampy.
• 2:43:18
  OK, Please keep your hands out of your pockets.
• 2:43:20
  Today is the date scheduled for your arraignment in pretrial in
• 2:43:25
  these matters. And Sir, do you know why you're
• 2:43:30
  here? Do you want the court to read
• 2:43:31
  the charges or do you want to waive the formal reading and
• 2:43:33
  continue with the proceedings? OK.
• 2:43:38
  The court will waive the formal reading.
• 2:43:40
  Enter a plea of not guilty for purposes of the arraignment.
• 2:43:43
  And Sir, you have an opportunity to speak to a prosecuting
• 2:43:45
  attorney today, correct? All right.
• 2:43:48
  And there seems to be a resolution correct?
• 2:43:53
  Are you picking them up? Yes, OK.
• 2:43:55
  And so, Sir, what is the nature of that resolution, for the
• 2:43:59
  record? The nature of the resident was
• 2:44:02
  that the driving while license was coming, second offense was
• 2:44:04
  going. To be dropped.
• 2:44:05
  And I was going to plead guilty to the low outstanding person.
• 2:44:10
  OK. And Sir, I am required to inform
• 2:44:22
  you. I know that you've reviewed this
• 2:44:23
  document and that you've initialed, but I'm required to
• 2:44:27
  inform you, Sir, that you do have the right to have an
• 2:44:31
  attorney representing. You in all.
• 2:44:33
  Critical stages of the criminal process and that this stage is
• 2:44:39
  one of those critical processes of the criminal or critical
• 2:44:44
  stage of the criminal process. Do you understand that, Sir?
• 2:45:01
  And you do understand, Sir, that if you wanted to have an
• 2:45:03
  attorney representing, you could have one appointed to represent
• 2:45:06
  you at no cost. You understand that?
• 2:45:10
  And knowing all of that, do you want to continue this process
• 2:45:17
  representing yourself? Yes.
• 2:45:26
  And you did, in fact, initial this document, correct?
• 2:45:28
  Yeah, and you read and you read this prior to to initialing it
• 2:45:32
  is that also correct? OK.
• 2:45:34
  And that document would be 27th District Court Michigan indigent
• 2:45:37
  defense counsel program waiver attorney.
• 2:45:40
  OK. And so Sir, I'm going to have
• 2:45:43
  you please raise your right hand.
• 2:45:45
  You saw me swear or from testimony you're about to give
• 2:45:47
  in this matter be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the
• 2:45:49
  truth. Yes, ma'am.
• 2:45:50
  OK. And Sir, as to the free trial
• 2:45:59
  that you're going to be pleading guilty to no operator's license
• 2:46:01
  on person, how do you plead? And you've gone over your advice
• 2:46:07
  and rights, correct? And in fact, you signed that
• 2:46:09
  document, is that also correct? Yes.
• 2:46:12
  Did you have any questions regarding those rights?
• 2:46:16
  You understand by entering into a plea that you'll be waiving
• 2:46:18
  some of those rights, Yes? You also understand, Sir, the
• 2:46:30
  possible penalty as a result of your plea, whether this court,
• 2:46:34
  any other court or administrative agency, which the
• 2:46:37
  administrative agency could be the Secretary of State.
• 2:46:40
  Also, are you on probation or parole anywhere, Sir?
• 2:46:43
  OK. And so knowing all that, do you
• 2:46:46
  want to continue with your plea? Has anybody promised you
• 2:46:50
  anything, threatened you or coerced you in any way for you
• 2:46:52
  to enter into a plea? Any immigration issues?
• 2:46:55
  No, Sir. On the date in question, that
• 2:46:59
  being January 8th of 2025, were you in the city of Wyandotte?
• 2:47:05
  And you had police contact at some point, correct.
• 2:47:09
  And you were operating motor vehicles that also correct?
• 2:47:13
  And upon request of the police officer at what seems to be a
• 2:47:17
  subsequent traffic stop, you were unable to provide a valid
• 2:47:21
  operator's license to the officer, correct?
• 2:47:25
  And that was in the city of Wyandotte, is that also correct?
• 2:47:28
  All right, the court does find the plea as knowing, voluntary
• 2:47:30
  and factually accurate. The court will accept your plea
• 2:47:33
  to the amended charge. Dismissed the original charge
• 2:47:35
  for the plea agreement. And Sir, are you asking for this
• 2:47:38
  court to oppose immediate sentencing or do you want to
• 2:47:41
  come back for a sentencing date whereby you would have a pre
• 2:47:45
  sentence interview and the court would receive a recommendation
• 2:47:49
  from probation? We could wrap up.
• 2:47:51
  This today, and I would repeat. That OK, great.
• 2:47:53
  What would you like the court to know, Sir?
• 2:48:02
  Right. About the offense or about you?
• 2:48:05
  Don't say it. OK.
• 2:48:16
  Well, Sir, what's the status of your license?
• 2:48:21
  It was suspended. OK, why is it suspended?
• 2:48:24
  I have a default judgment that was under defunction back in
• 2:48:27
  2019 and I tried to file a motion to set it aside because
• 2:48:33
  I. Were you incarcerated in 2019,
• 2:48:36
  Sir? So really, I know that you've
• 2:48:39
  declined attorney today. However, you really should speak
• 2:48:41
  to an attorney because if you were in custody when a default
• 2:48:46
  judgment was entered against you, that would be a grounds to
• 2:48:49
  set aside the default judgement. And I'm, I'm completely aware of
• 2:48:53
  that guy. And I actually talked to the the
• 2:48:55
  court administrator at 36 and she's the one that kind of
• 2:48:58
  helped me with the process of filing the motion to set it
• 2:49:01
  aside. I filed all my documents and
• 2:49:03
  everything. I just like, I can't pull up the
• 2:49:07
  case. It's not pulling up nowhere on
• 2:49:09
  the on the state's case website. I've called the court a couple
• 2:49:15
  times. They said that they assigned it
• 2:49:16
  to a judge, but they're just like the judges waiting for I
• 2:49:20
  don't know what and it like. What is the charge in 36
• 2:49:24
  District Court, Sir? It was for default judgment for
• 2:49:27
  because I in 2018 I was in a car accident and my passenger was
• 2:49:34
  injured. Oh, so is it a default like is
• 2:49:36
  it a it? Was like.
• 2:49:37
  A financial OK. Claims that's what Secretary of
• 2:49:41
  State when I was released. I came home in 2023.
• 2:49:44
  And I went down. To Secretary of State I, I paid
• 2:49:46
  off all the I had like a couple tickets in Lincoln Park that
• 2:49:49
  they wouldn't do it by mail so I had to come I had to clear up
• 2:49:53
  some of those tickets and then Secretary of State's like oh you
• 2:49:56
  had this assigned claims it's like 10 grand you got a deal
• 2:50:01
  with and they gave me a number to this debt collector and I had
• 2:50:03
  to pay like $500 down. I was paying $150.00 a month
• 2:50:07
  after like and they gave me my license back they listed the
• 2:50:10
  hold off I had my valid license and everything and like four
• 2:50:14
  months into it I just made it I made my payment and like 2 days
• 2:50:17
  later the debt collector called me and they're like Oh well it's
• 2:50:20
  showing that your your payment didn't go through so you don't
• 2:50:23
  have to make another payment. I couldn't afford to make
• 2:50:26
  another payment and I tried to explain that and when I talked
• 2:50:29
  to, I had seek counsel at that time and they told me a little
• 2:50:33
  bit about how shady debt collectors could be and stuff.
• 2:50:36
  So when I did that validation letter.
• 2:50:38
  I. Sent to the debt collector and
• 2:50:40
  they sent me back. That's when I was aware that it
• 2:50:44
  was a default judgment that was actually entered against me as
• 2:50:48
  a. Result of you having a debt
• 2:50:49
  collection agency. No, it was.
• 2:50:51
  A prior to that. From the car accident from 2019.
• 2:50:55
  And the whole that. When the whole litigation was
• 2:50:58
  happening, when that, when they tried to sue me essentially as
• 2:51:02
  the insurance company that tried.
• 2:51:03
  To sue me. And I wasn't, I, they never, I
• 2:51:08
  was never made aware of that. So when I came home, Secretary
• 2:51:10
  of State said you had a science claim and she mentioned
• 2:51:13
  something that looked like it was a car accident.
• 2:51:15
  Like OK, I'm I'm aware of what it is, but I have never been
• 2:51:20
  certain. So what motion did you file,
• 2:51:22
  Sir, in 36 District Court? I filed a motion to set it aside
• 2:51:26
  or and or vacated and I can't think right off the top of my
• 2:51:31
  head the exact Michigan court rules right I was using for it,
• 2:51:35
  but I was using it for essentially because I was never
• 2:51:38
  made personally aware. When did you file that motion?
• 2:51:41
  There was November. 4th I. Believe of 2525 and so Sir, why
• 2:51:48
  were you driving on January 8th of 2025?
• 2:51:53
  Honestly, I don't really. I'm not going to make an excuse.
• 2:51:56
  I made a poor decision. Great.
• 2:51:59
  OK. How many more poor decisions
• 2:52:00
  have you made? You continue to drive?
• 2:52:02
  No, that's why. That's why she hasn't missed
• 2:52:05
  work to bring more. OK, and so where do you work?
• 2:52:08
  I don't. I'm unemployed right now and
• 2:52:10
  that's one of the biggest obstacles that I'm having with
• 2:52:13
  finding employment is not having driver faces.
• 2:52:17
  OK. And so you reside OK there, I
• 2:52:23
  believe in that area. So there's quite a few places
• 2:52:25
  that you could walk to. Oh yeah, I've I've been around.
• 2:52:28
  I filled out advocate. Like even burger.
• 2:52:30
  King for whatever reason, like they're like I feel a lot of
• 2:52:33
  application. They tell me I'm like perfect
• 2:52:35
  candidate talking like on spot interview and then it's just
• 2:52:38
  like nothing falls back. Maybe after they run your
• 2:52:42
  background check. There are, there is also a
• 2:52:44
  program Sir, for individuals that have felonies on the
• 2:52:49
  record. There's a program to assist with
• 2:52:52
  appointment that way. So you really need to look into
• 2:52:55
  that. I've been looking into a lot of
• 2:52:57
  different employment. I, I know this is kind of off
• 2:53:00
  subject, but I have been trying to prepare like it's, it's an
• 2:53:09
  idea. It's really it's a community
• 2:53:11
  based program that we're trying that I would like to try to
• 2:53:14
  start called Evolutionary Seeds for Life and Revolutionary.
• 2:53:18
  Seeds. Seeds.
• 2:53:19
  Evolutionary seeds for life and basically what it is we try to
• 2:53:23
  help engage and communicate within our community, our
• 2:53:27
  neighbors and stuff and try to bring back the practice of like
• 2:53:32
  personal gardening or hobby gardening, stuff like that where
• 2:53:35
  people start growing their own food.
• 2:53:37
  Because I mean, I'm sure we all can relate to the prices of food
• 2:53:40
  is getting crazy. But not only that, but just like
• 2:53:43
  bringing people back together, I mean, to where everybody can
• 2:53:48
  come together as a community. If you got certain foods
• 2:53:51
  growing, we got certain foods wrong, maybe we could swap it
• 2:53:54
  out or whatever. But honestly, like I'm really
• 2:53:58
  passionate about gardening. Like I have ADHD real bad.
• 2:54:02
  And I also had like PTSD. Like it's killing me being in
• 2:54:05
  this courtroom right now because of my criminal past and the
• 2:54:08
  years that I've already wasted of my life being in prison and
• 2:54:11
  stuff. And you know, so it's like I'm
• 2:54:14
  trying to find a way that I could kind of share my personal
• 2:54:21
  like what what I get out of gardening because when I garden
• 2:54:24
  and stuff like it brings me a sense of peace like I can bring.
• 2:54:30
  I know. That if I can.
• 2:54:31
  Share that with other people, man.
• 2:54:32
  I feel like there's other people that are similar to me and
• 2:54:35
  similar certain circumstances that could benefit from this and
• 2:54:39
  it's just like I not having a license man is like your
• 2:54:44
  lifeline and. In this area you are correct
• 2:54:48
  however, however. Excuse the fact that I'm.
• 2:54:52
  Breaking the law? Well, no, that was not what I
• 2:54:54
  was going to say. I was going to say a few things
• 2:54:56
  based upon what you said. And so, Sir, yes, you may have
• 2:55:01
  made some poor choices that landed you in prison, but you
• 2:55:07
  can also look at that as a huge learning experience and take
• 2:55:14
  what you've learned from your time that you say was wasted in
• 2:55:20
  prison, OK, and do some positive, which seems to be what
• 2:55:24
  it is you want to do. What I was going to say also is
• 2:55:29
  that the weather is breaking. And so if, if you have a bicycle
• 2:55:34
  or sometimes police departments auction off bicycles, you can do
• 2:55:38
  that, right? Because then you can bike to
• 2:55:39
  wherever it is you have to work or what have you.
• 2:55:42
  But you should strongly look into the, I forget the name.
• 2:55:48
  I forget the name of the no, that too, but the name of the
• 2:55:53
  program that hires convicted felons for employment.
• 2:56:01
  There's a program and there are companies that do that.
• 2:56:04
  They give individuals another chance.
• 2:56:07
  So you really should look into that so that you can get that
• 2:56:11
  information. You can start earning some money
• 2:56:14
  and then can kind of maybe be able to promote your community
• 2:56:20
  garden idea. OK, so here's what I'm going to
• 2:56:26
  do. Sir, you posted a bond and that
• 2:56:33
  was in your name, correct? What?
• 2:56:35
  Yeah, yes, it's in your name. OK, so here's what the court's
• 2:56:38
  going to do. Order $200 fine, $100 cost,
• 2:56:49
  Crime victim assessment fee of $75, Justice system assessment
• 2:56:53
  fee of $50. Actually, let me amend.
• 2:56:58
  That's a $100 fine. So your total service $325 stop
• 2:57:05
  at the window, you'll get some of your bond back returned to
• 2:57:08
  you. It'll be mailed to you, Sir.
• 2:57:10
  You won't just get it right here today.
• 2:57:12
  Then. They send it, we send it out
• 2:57:14
  every. We send it out once a month.
• 2:57:16
  But I don't. We don't have a specific day
• 2:57:18
  that we do that, so I can't tell you if it just happened
• 2:57:21
  yesterday and it's going to be another month or it's going to
• 2:57:23
  happen at the end of this month. I don't know.
• 2:57:24
  Will that be in the form of a chat?
• 2:57:26
  Yes, yes. OK, so stop at the window.
• 2:57:30
  Make sure we have your correct contact information, Sir, as to
• 2:57:35
  where to send the. That's your mailing address and
• 2:57:39
  good luck to you. Don't drive, OK?
• 2:57:44
  OK, let's do a quick segment that we'll just call Life Advice
• 2:57:48
  with Dan. So it sounds like this guy wants
• 2:57:53
  to do a side quest, if I heard him correctly, where he wants
• 2:57:56
  some kind of community group or something, I forget what he
• 2:57:58
  names it, but he wants to help people I don't know realize
• 2:58:02
  their full potential. And you know, hug psychic stones
• 2:58:08
  or whatever. But also garden pro tip, if
• 2:58:14
  you're going to have a side quest like that, if you,
• 2:58:17
  especially one that's supposed to help others fix your life
• 2:58:21
  first because you're not qualified.
• 2:58:26
  Just just that simple. You need to get your stuff
• 2:58:28
  together before you start worrying about what anybody else
• 2:58:32
  might do or how to help them or whatever.
• 2:58:37
  Just a pro tip, just a thought. Fix you first.
• 2:58:41
  It's it's, it's the, it's the airplane thing.
• 2:58:44
  Secure your oxygen mask before you help the person next to you.
• 2:58:48
  Same damn idea. All righty.
• 2:58:51
  Speaking of sitting in judgement of people, let's go to
• 2:58:53
  Louisiana. Jane Hunt, this is the Louisiana
• 2:58:59
  Committee on Parole and panel today at headquarters.
• 2:59:01
  On my left is Carolyn Station, to my right, Danny Byron, My
• 2:59:04
  name is Jerry Lejue. Would the offender please
• 2:59:08
  introduce yourself with your name and your GOC number?
• 2:59:15
  Y'all were muted still. OK, try again.
• 2:59:33
  My name is Julius Will Junior, my DLC number is 598684.
• 2:59:39
  Mr. Wilch, I'm going to be reading some identifying
• 2:59:42
  information into the record and then we'll be asking you some
• 2:59:46
  questions. I find that you're a first class
• 2:59:49
  offender currently serving an 18 year sentence for home invasion.
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  You have a parole eligibility date 6/6/2017.
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  We have a good time today 6/13/2028 a full term date
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  682029. Is that information correct
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  according to your understanding? Yes, ma'am.
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  Mr. Will, I'd like to give you the first opportunity to speak
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  to the panel, explain to why you're currently incarcerated
• 3:00:21
  and why you think this would be a good time for us to consider
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  release. I'd like to say that I failed as
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  a person, a man and a father on the the night of June 8th 2011.
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  I'm fully responsible for committing a home invasion
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  charge on my ex-girlfriend Jamie and her two children.
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  I violated a privacy of a place that should be a safe place for
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  a family and it was a cowardly act that I've done, man.
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  I'm, I can't express how remorseful and sorry that I am
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  with the wrong choice that I made that night for what I've
• 3:01:02
  done to the family and everybody that I affected making this
• 3:01:08
  choice that night. I've changed.
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  I'm no longer that man. I've accepted Jesus as my Lord
• 3:01:15
  and savior is. He's just changed the way I
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  think. He's renewed everything about
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  me, my heart, my focus, the trauma that I've suffered
• 3:01:24
  throughout my childhood. I just, I believe I demonstrated
• 3:01:28
  throughout my incarceration by respecting the authority of the
• 3:01:32
  classification throughout security, male and female.
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  I've haven't got no write ups to the system and I'm just a
• 3:01:42
  completely changed person. So have you served 14 or 15
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  years? This June will be 15 years.
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  OK. Classification.
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  I'd like to ask how many days CRTP has he received?
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  I see 905 on his master. That's what we have.
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  OK, so and accumulating that many hours, I'm I'm just trying
• 3:02:28
  to go through here. Did you get your GED in 2016?
• 3:02:32
  Right? Pre release, substance abuse,
• 3:02:36
  thinking for a change, moral recognition, anger management,
• 3:02:40
  moral comments. OK, I'm just trying to figure
• 3:02:46
  out which which ones of those classes did you learn the most
• 3:02:51
  from? Truly it was trauma healing and
• 3:02:55
  post traumatic stress because it, it taught me about the
• 3:02:59
  trauma. I sucked to death as a young
• 3:03:00
  child. And when I went through the
• 3:03:04
  alcohol, substance abuse and alcohol class, I wanted to try
• 3:03:09
  to figure out what led me to make these choices on my crimes.
• 3:03:13
  And it just brought me back to my childhood and it it just it,
• 3:03:18
  it showed me my triggers and stuff, how I mimic my father
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  throughout my life. OK, Misses Stapleton is going to
• 3:03:30
  ask you some questions in a minute.
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  I'd like to recognize that you have Jessica Vonstaff, your
• 3:03:36
  fiance. Join us via Zoom, who would like
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  to speak. Is that OK if I call him first?
• 3:03:42
  Absolutely. And if you would like to go
• 3:03:44
  ahead and speak first? Good morning.
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  My name is Jessica and I am the fiance of Julius Wilt.
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  Thank you for giving me the chance to speak today.
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  I'm here because I've seen Julius's growth with my own eyes
• 3:04:04
  and I want to share what I know about the man he is today.
• 3:04:09
  Julius fully understands the seriousness of the actions that
• 3:04:13
  brought him here. He has taken responsibility, and
• 3:04:18
  he has spent his time reflecting and working hard to change.
• 3:04:22
  I'm not here to excuse his past. I'm here because I've watched
• 3:04:26
  him commit himself to becoming a better man.
• 3:04:30
  His faith has been a major part of that change.
• 3:04:34
  Julius has become a deeply spiritual man, and following
• 3:04:38
  Jesus has given him purpose, humility, and direction.
• 3:04:44
  We thank God for his growth, his commitment, and the strength he
• 3:04:48
  has gained through this journey. While incarcerated, Julius has
• 3:04:52
  made the most of every opportunity being there.
• 3:04:55
  He earned his GED, completed courses to better himself, and
• 3:05:00
  even stepped into mentorship roles to help others.
• 3:05:03
  That says a lot about his character.
• 3:05:06
  He wants to lift people up, not bring them down.
• 3:05:10
  Julius also has a family who supports him wholeheartedly.
• 3:05:15
  We believe in him because we see the work he has done.
• 3:05:20
  If he is granted parole, he will come home to a stable, loving
• 3:05:24
  environment. He already has a job lined up
• 3:05:28
  and we have talked about routines and boundaries to help
• 3:05:32
  him stay focused and grounded. He will not be doing this alone.
• 3:05:37
  What gives me confidence in Julius is not his words, but the
• 3:05:43
  consistency of his actions. He is patient, thoughtful, and
• 3:05:49
  committed to living a responsible, rehabilitated life.
• 3:05:54
  I truly believe he is ready to continue this progress outside.
• 3:05:59
  Thank you for listening to my perspective.
• 3:06:02
  I know your decision is important and I appreciate the
• 3:06:06
  care you put into it. I believe Julius has earned the
• 3:06:09
  chance to show that he is not the man he once was, and I am
• 3:06:14
  ready to support him in every step of the way.
• 3:06:18
  Thank you, Jessica. Now we have Victoria Wilt
• 3:06:22
  Navarro, your daughter, who would like to speak.
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  Hi, thank you so much for letting me speak today.
• 3:06:31
  My name is Victoria. I'm the daughter of Julius.
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  Over the last 15 years, I've definitely seen a huge growth in
• 3:06:38
  my dad. He is definitely a rehabilitated
• 3:06:41
  man and a changed man, and I'm really excited to be able to
• 3:06:45
  have this new opportunity with him when he gets released,
• 3:06:48
  whether that be now or in the next few years.
• 3:06:51
  I know his faith has definitely been a huge part of his
• 3:06:54
  transformation and his change as a man.
• 3:06:58
  He has shown severe remorse for his decisions that he made in
• 3:07:02
  his younger years, and I know that he deeply regrets the
• 3:07:06
  decisions that he did make at those times.
• 3:07:09
  I'm excited for him to be able to get out into the world again,
• 3:07:13
  live a normal life, have a job, get married, and be a part of
• 3:07:17
  that life. So I think that this is an
• 3:07:20
  appropriate time for him to return to a functioning member
• 3:07:23
  of society. Thank you.
• 3:07:25
  And now I'd like to ask the warden.
• 3:07:30
  Warden, would you like to make a statement regarding this
• 3:07:33
  offender? Well, I know Mr. Wilk been here
• 3:07:38
  for 15 years. That's not right.
• 3:07:41
  In that time, he was a mentor in our transition programs for a
• 3:07:47
  while until he backed out to go. He's in a track school right
• 3:07:51
  now. Currently.
• 3:07:53
  And yeah, he has been no issue since he's been incarcerated.
• 3:08:00
  Thank you. Yeah, I know you have had zero
• 3:08:03
  write UPS during your time of incarceration.
• 3:08:08
  We also have Mr. Randall Meyer with the Jefferson Parish DA's
• 3:08:17
  office. Good morning.
• 3:08:18
  Randall Meyer, Assistant DA in Jefferson Parish.
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  We're opposed to his request at this time is an extensive
• 3:08:24
  history of domestic abuse. The facts of this particular
• 3:08:28
  case are are pretty horrific and I won't get into those that
• 3:08:34
  y'all have those other record in the record.
• 3:08:36
  I know you saw those so but he's had he had two charges for home
• 3:08:41
  invasion 2 separate cases 1 he got there was what day apart 6/8
• 3:08:48
  of 11 and six nine of 11 according to the court records.
• 3:08:53
  And this is this case number is related to the 24th JDC case
• 3:09:04
  number 113730 and there's another 1113731 which which was
• 3:09:14
  June 9th of 2011 and he was guilty of aggravated assault in
• 3:09:20
  that case. I note that his DOC mental
• 3:09:24
  health evaluation is concerning with his diagnosis and the fact
• 3:09:30
  that indicates he missed at least five appointments during
• 3:09:33
  that time. It doesn't state whether he made
• 3:09:35
  those up or you know what, what the facts around missing those
• 3:09:38
  appointments are. And, and I'm concerned with his
• 3:09:43
  programming. He he did a number of programs
• 3:09:47
  back in 2015. He had anger management inside
• 3:09:51
  out there, 2017 and all. He had some and then he really
• 3:09:55
  had nothing after that until the 100 hours in 2021.
• 3:10:01
  He did take the victim accountability, accountability
• 3:10:04
  in 21, you know, one or two other programs which is the
• 3:10:11
  domestic, you know, the the long history of the domestic violence
• 3:10:17
  in I'm concerned with, you know, the only thing he's had relating
• 3:10:24
  to his anger issues was completed in 2015 and nothing
• 3:10:29
  more. So for those reasons, we're
• 3:10:31
  opposed. I've got a question, Randy.
• 3:10:37
  When I was looking back over this, I see what we go back to.
• 3:10:40
  We've got the 2011 case, but we also have the case that goes
• 3:10:45
  back to 22,000 and one I believe.
• 3:10:49
  Let's see and that's what we say the the long history of domestic
• 3:10:53
  violence to 2000 and on that it was since a charge of attempted
• 3:10:59
  birth degree murder. Do you know anything about that
• 3:11:03
  2002 and and then prior to that we got stalking, intimidation,
• 3:11:10
  violation of protective orders. Are we talking about a different
• 3:11:14
  Well, obviously, because she's this other one the they were
• 3:11:18
  only in a relationship for three years.
• 3:11:19
  So prior to that, seems like we have this other very serious in
• 3:11:23
  case it goes all the way back to 2000 with a litany of problems
• 3:11:29
  ending in an attempted first degree murder charges and
• 3:11:33
  aggravated assault. Yes, ma'am.
• 3:11:36
  And that is some of the issues that I have.
• 3:11:40
  Let me see if I can find them. I'm not sure what happened with.
• 3:11:44
  I think you know, though, they must have been refused for some
• 3:11:49
  reason. The the, the only charges of
• 3:11:53
  record in the clerk's office, which I'm looking at as we
• 3:11:59
  speak, that he had some worse worthless check charges in 2000
• 3:12:09
  as those are worthless check charges.
• 3:12:14
  And I did not see anything related to, you know, I saw he
• 3:12:18
  was charged with that, but I didn't see anything.
• 3:12:23
  And I still don't see anything in our record that deals with
• 3:12:25
  that. Because I mean, it's it's got
• 3:12:27
  almost the same type of charges remain after being forbidden and
• 3:12:33
  very serious. Like you're saying this is a
• 3:12:36
  long history of domestic violence behavior and very
• 3:12:40
  serious domestic violence behavior.
• 3:12:42
  And I don't I don't understand why it didn't lead to anything.
• 3:12:46
  That's what I was wondering. Was he on probation?
• 3:12:48
  OK, Yeah, well, well, it showed he was billed at aggravated
• 3:12:52
  assault on that attempted murder charge, two counts, he pled
• 3:13:04
  guilty and he got four months in parish prison on that.
• 3:13:07
  Yeah, I saw that. Yeah.
• 3:13:09
  I don't know the facts surrounding that case though.
• 3:13:11
  Pretty lightweight, huh? Yeah.
• 3:13:14
  And then I saw where at it on ADV in the synopsis that he he
• 3:13:19
  lunged at the police officers with the knife.
• 3:13:21
  Was that this last one? Yes, ma'am, that was this last
• 3:13:24
  one. OK, let me ask you something
• 3:13:26
  else. I'm curious on our end, OK.
• 3:13:30
  Any victim like this victim. When crime victims reparations,
• 3:13:34
  I mean, crime victims law that they're not supposed to have any
• 3:13:37
  contact with their victim. So when he gets out, is there a
• 3:13:41
  way for this to be a permanent protective order for for these
• 3:13:46
  victims of this last incident? That's what we just.
• 3:13:52
  Told. You know, I, I don't, I guess
• 3:13:54
  you have to check with the board's council on on how far
• 3:13:58
  y'all can prevent any type of contact.
• 3:14:00
  I don't I don't know if that can go past his full term date, but
• 3:14:04
  there is a stay away order until May 24th of 203030.
• 3:14:09
  I saw that. Yeah, so at least until 20-30,
• 3:14:11
  if he gets near the victim, he can be revoked.
• 3:14:16
  Well obviously he could be revoked if y'all were to grant
• 3:14:20
  him parole for that, but he also could face additional charges by
• 3:14:25
  violating that stay away order. Yeah, because I mean, my thing
• 3:14:30
  to an offender is stay away from your victim, period.
• 3:14:35
  You know that that's, that's my thought as a person on this
• 3:14:39
  board, that you're to have no contact with your victim and
• 3:14:43
  this person is whoever is the victim.
• 3:14:47
  And so that's I just wanted to ask you about that because I was
• 3:14:50
  very curious about the 2000 case and the 2002 because all of
• 3:14:55
  these seem to be a history of domestic violence that are very
• 3:14:57
  serious cases. All right, that's all.
• 3:15:00
  Thank you, Randy very much. Yes, ma'am.
• 3:15:05
  So let me ask and see what we've got going on.
• 3:15:11
  Can you tell me, Sir, what was in your mind that day that you
• 3:15:15
  did this? Because you do have a history of
• 3:15:17
  domestic violence. It's been like a home, like I
• 3:15:21
  had stated previously about I, I didn't get my treatment when I
• 3:15:26
  was in, when I was out there throughout my childhood.
• 3:15:28
  Every time I, I, I started treatment at the beginning when
• 3:15:33
  I was like 13 years old. My parents were poor.
• 3:15:36
  I come from 2 molest, 2 parents that were molested that didn't,
• 3:15:40
  that didn't give me any type of guidance.
• 3:15:43
  I'm not taking away anything from the crimes that I
• 3:15:46
  committed. I'm fully responsible.
• 3:15:48
  I mean, I'm totally remorseful, but I haven't gotten the
• 3:15:52
  treatment until I got here at Hunt's, talking to the
• 3:15:55
  psychiatrist, social workers and everything.
• 3:15:57
  I've been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety,
• 3:16:02
  borderline personality disorder, paranoia, but as of today I have
• 3:16:08
  none of those issues. I have been cleared from the
• 3:16:10
  psychiatrist. I have got off of every
• 3:16:13
  medication that I've been on because I've come to the terms
• 3:16:16
  to understand what led me to react these ways which triggered
• 3:16:20
  me. I watched my father be abusive
• 3:16:22
  to my mother throughout my entire life.
• 3:16:24
  He's tried taking his life. By.
• 3:16:26
  Odeons cutting itself and like I said, I've mimicked them and I
• 3:16:31
  never understood this like when I went to drinking and drugs.
• 3:16:35
  I've always like taking classes and like the DA spoke about,
• 3:16:39
  I've actually facilitated anger management classes about self
• 3:16:43
  evaluation and to how to pursue things is catching triggers
• 3:16:47
  before you even act out on certain things.
• 3:16:50
  But I'm I'm just I'm remorseful no longer that person that was
• 3:16:57
  that committed these crimes and concerning the stay away order
• 3:17:01
  to the victim, she has wrote me and I never responded back to
• 3:17:05
  her. I did not assure that I was not
• 3:17:08
  going to violate any type of law.
• 3:17:13
  Because you're right about that the order is against you.
• 3:17:17
  And so if a victim does something like that, which they
• 3:17:20
  shouldn't, but you are the one that the order is against, so
• 3:17:25
  you. Did the right.
• 3:17:26
  There. I'm very glad to hear you did
• 3:17:28
  that. I wanted to ask some more
• 3:17:32
  questions. So you said that you're on, No,
• 3:17:34
  you're on medication for borderline personality disorder
• 3:17:39
  and bipolar that you can speak. No, I was, I mean, ever since I
• 3:17:48
  left me when I was in Jefferson Parish, went to Saint Charles
• 3:17:51
  Parish, I was on several different types of medication.
• 3:17:55
  I mean, all I was doing with my issues that I suffered
• 3:17:58
  throughout my life from drugs and alcohol, my trauma was just
• 3:18:02
  being pushed down and even being on medication and at the
• 3:18:06
  institution, I never discovered what my issues were because they
• 3:18:10
  just, they just was just, they were just like I'm I couldn't
• 3:18:15
  starve what was inside me. I mean, because I was just
• 3:18:21
  depressing everything. I mean, to come to really
• 3:18:24
  realize what I've done to people.
• 3:18:27
  I mean, even with with the issue with the police officers that
• 3:18:30
  that should have never happened. I mean, I am very remorseful.
• 3:18:33
  I put myself in situations and made the stupidest of choices.
• 3:18:38
  But I promise you I am not the man that y'all see on the police
• 3:18:41
  reports. I mean, I respect what the DA
• 3:18:43
  said about me and how people can view me for the actions that
• 3:18:46
  I've done throughout my life. But I promise you I will be a
• 3:18:50
  productive person out there. And I mean, I'm, I'm willing to
• 3:18:54
  even be a part of some type of group to speak to men and women
• 3:18:59
  about issues that they suffer and that you can overcome these
• 3:19:02
  things. I mean, Christ has changed my
• 3:19:04
  life dramatically. I am no longer that man that
• 3:19:07
  y'all y'all see. OK.
• 3:19:11
  I wanted to ask about that also. Thank you, Sir.
• 3:19:18
  Mr. I. Have no questions.
• 3:19:25
  Mr. Wheel since. The DA assistant DA brought up
• 3:19:28
  what have you been doing since 2022?
• 3:19:31
  What? What's occupying your time while
• 3:19:33
  you're there in the last couple years?
• 3:19:36
  Well, I had several surgeries here at Hunts 2, so that kind of
• 3:19:40
  kept me like bedridden for a little while.
• 3:19:43
  And I mean, we mean, I live in a vegetable arm.
• 3:19:45
  We, we take classes every day for on Monday and Tuesday.
• 3:19:49
  I'm a part of a squad where several men get around the table
• 3:19:52
  when we talk about things that happen in our life, like from
• 3:19:55
  responsible thinking and addiction recovery, relapse,
• 3:19:59
  personal growth, man. I'm a part of a program that I
• 3:20:03
  mean, it's a it's from taking mentees to become mentors using
• 3:20:07
  the core values of the military. OK.
• 3:20:11
  All right. I have no further questions.
• 3:20:18
  Second, you're prepared. Yes, I am.
• 3:20:21
  Sir, I I want to compliment you. I, I saw all the classes that
• 3:20:25
  you're taking. So, so you've done a very good
• 3:20:29
  job with trying to better yourself and learn.
• 3:20:35
  I'm, I'm very happy about that. But you do have a, a significant
• 3:20:40
  criminal history concerning domestic violence and it goes
• 3:20:43
  back a good ways. Let me ask you, in all your
• 3:20:47
  classes and maybe I'm missing, did you take a Devop class of
• 3:20:50
  domestic violence offender program class which is different
• 3:20:54
  from an anger management class? Anything like that?
• 3:21:03
  Now I'm in victim impact class right now, coming to terms with
• 3:21:06
  your crime that you committed and impact that you caused on
• 3:21:09
  family. OK.
• 3:21:13
  All right. Well, I was just wondering if
• 3:21:15
  you had that today is your pardon.
• 3:21:18
  Go ahead. Enrolled into a domestic victim
• 3:21:21
  impact class out there in angle and substance abuse and
• 3:21:26
  behavior. Mikonda for when I'm released.
• 3:21:29
  I've already enrolled in it. OK, Well, that's good to know.
• 3:21:32
  That's very good to know. OK.
• 3:21:35
  Today, Sir, based upon your criminal history, I'm not going
• 3:21:42
  to be able to grant your parole today, but I want you to keep up
• 3:21:47
  the good work that you've already started.
• 3:21:50
  It's excellent. Mr. Barrow, I'm.
• 3:21:55
  Going to concur with Miss Stapleton for the same reasons
• 3:21:58
  and the strong law enforcement opposition.
• 3:22:01
  But keep up the group and my vote would be to grant parole.
• 3:22:07
  I I don't feel like at this time with the mindset and the classes
• 3:22:12
  you've taken that you present a significant threat to public
• 3:22:16
  safety. You've served almost 85% of your
• 3:22:19
  sentence. Your rehabilitation has been
• 3:22:23
  excellent. Your conduct 0 write ups, if
• 3:22:26
  somebody has an anger management problem, I think we would see it
• 3:22:31
  on the inside. Warden, I don't know if that's
• 3:22:34
  true or not, but typically that shows itself and you do have
• 3:22:39
  good re entry brands. So my vote would be to grant,
• 3:22:42
  but on a vote of two to one, your request for parole has been
• 3:22:46
  denied. And that concludes our hearing
• 3:22:49
  with Mr. Wilt And the time is now 951 and we are wrapping up
• 3:22:55
  at Elaine Hunt. Thank you, staff.
• 3:23:01
  Denied. So Michael does the emoji math
• 3:23:08
  for us. 2 denied emojis plus one check mark equals a denied
• 3:23:12
  emoji. Thank you for doing the math for
• 3:23:14
  everybody. Couple of things that stood out
• 3:23:18
  for me. First, there was the mention in
• 3:23:21
  the chat of the phrase that we have coined here, the Jesus
• 3:23:25
  Blanket. I don't think he used the Jesus
• 3:23:28
  blanket here. He mentioned his faith and his
• 3:23:33
  wife or daughter. Somebody mentioned it as well,
• 3:23:35
  but I didn't get the impression he hid behind it.
• 3:23:39
  You know, the Jesus blanket in my definition of it is used as a
• 3:23:43
  cloak. Like, you know, I committed
• 3:23:44
  these crimes, but Jesus has saved me and everything's all
• 3:23:47
  good now and great. I, I don't think he did that.
• 3:23:50
  That's not what I heard. So I don't know if this is a
• 3:23:53
  Jesus blanket case, but one thing that caught me and this
• 3:23:56
  catches me all the time and I'm just so sick of it.
• 3:23:59
  Do me a favor right now, put a one in the chat if you went
• 3:24:04
  through your entire childhood and you were not messed with by
• 3:24:08
  anybody in any way. Just perfectly clean, no issues.
• 3:24:13
  Nobody ever did anything to you. It was buttercream and roses.
• 3:24:18
  It was little bunnies jumping in the woods, as Fleischer likes to
• 3:24:20
  say. Put a one in the chat if that's
• 3:24:23
  really what it was. I'm frozen again.
• 3:24:27
  Doggone it, I tried to fix that the other day.
• 3:24:29
  All right, hold on while I wait for you to put your ones in the
• 3:24:32
  chat. Tim, I don't believe you.
• 3:24:38
  I could be wrong. So not many ones in the chat.
• 3:24:43
  This is my point. Everybody hides behind the whole
• 3:24:46
  childhood trauma thing. The childhood trauma, you know
• 3:24:49
  somebody well, you know, my mommy and daddy didn't hug me
• 3:24:52
  enough when I was a child or, you know, sometimes we struggled
• 3:24:55
  for food or I was one of 22 children and I just didn't get
• 3:24:59
  enough love. What?
• 3:25:00
  I'm so tired of it. Just stop.
• 3:25:02
  And this guy tried to tried to do that and I'm sick of it.
• 3:25:12
  It's just not real. I mean, all of us are still
• 3:25:14
  going on about our days and we're not committing crimes
• 3:25:17
  because of something that happened to us when we were four
• 3:25:19
  or five years old. We're just not.
• 3:25:22
  I'm just saying any who? Enough of my lecture.
• 3:25:25
  Let's let's go back to Judge Boyd because that defendant, she
• 3:25:30
  was going to think about his back.
• 3:25:32
  Robert Featherston, representing Mr. Dixon.
• 3:25:34
  And you're Mr. Dixon, correct? Yes, ma'am.
• 3:25:39
  OK, I see. All right, Mr. Dixon, I've had a
• 3:25:52
  chance to hear argument from, I'm sorry, hear testimony from
• 3:25:56
  all parties and what I can tell you all my issues and what I'm
• 3:26:02
  going to do, and I'm going to give you 2 choices.
• 3:26:05
  There are no other choices. Don't ask me for any other
• 3:26:07
  choice because these are your only two choices #1 someone who
• 3:26:15
  has Child Protective Services history, the abuse that he's had
• 3:26:20
  from his family. That's why he was in CPS care.
• 3:26:24
  And I understand that CPS workers are overworked,
• 3:26:27
  underpaid, and they don't have time to go out and visit
• 3:26:31
  everybody. But their jobs are so important
• 3:26:33
  because a child could die if they don't do certain things
• 3:26:36
  right. And then I understand that when
• 3:26:40
  he is 15 years old, he's certified as an adult.
• 3:26:48
  And that's a person who's certified as adult, sent to
• 3:26:51
  prison and sent to prison for 15 years and all that entails.
• 3:26:55
  And I keep telling people, prison, it would be so great if
• 3:27:00
  you go to prison and everybody left you alone.
• 3:27:03
  Everybody's there to be rehabilitated.
• 3:27:05
  But sometimes that doesn't happen.
• 3:27:06
  Sometimes inmates get killed by other inmates in prison.
• 3:27:10
  Sometime inmates get raped by other inmates in prison.
• 3:27:13
  And sometimes when all of this happens, nobody wants to talk
• 3:27:15
  because they'll be labeled A stitch and they're still in the
• 3:27:19
  same environment that they're in.
• 3:27:21
  So I'm taking all of that into consideration.
• 3:27:24
  So these are your choices. Don't ask me for any other
• 3:27:28
  choice, because there's no other choice for you.
• 3:27:31
  What? I'll give you, I'll grant your
• 3:27:34
  application for deferred adjudication and let me just
• 3:27:36
  tell you why I would grant that with a deferred adjudication,
• 3:27:39
  which I've already told you and I've told your attorney before.
• 3:27:42
  If you were unsuccessful, you're looking at 99 years or life
• 3:27:46
  reference or I will deny your application and I will sentence
• 3:27:51
  you to six years in the prison. And what I can tell you is I
• 3:27:55
  will be following the recommendations that are in the
• 3:27:59
  evaluation, which is saying that he is to go to Safe P and when
• 3:28:04
  he is released from safety, he's going to be on full GPS unless
• 3:28:09
  he shows the court that he has employment and that GPS will be
• 3:28:12
  there to protect the community. And we will see about his
• 3:28:18
  receiving mental health treatment evaluations to see if
• 3:28:22
  DDRF is appropriate for him or not.
• 3:28:25
  But either way, he's either going to be doing the time at
• 3:28:28
  the prison, which you can do that.
• 3:28:31
  Or. You'll be on deferred
• 3:28:33
  adjudication. Do you need to speak to your
• 3:28:35
  attorney about that? Detective probation.
• 3:28:42
  All right. Thank you.
• 3:28:43
  State, OK. And state is there any
• 3:28:48
  restitution that is owed? Just not to my knowledge, but I
• 3:28:52
  would have to talk to the thing but.
• 3:28:54
  All right, So what we'll do is we'll also set it for a
• 3:28:56
  restitution hearing in 30 days. Can I have a 30 day hearing for
• 3:28:59
  restitution? All right, March 16th, that'll
• 3:29:15
  be the restitution hearing. So the court is going to send
• 3:29:18
  you to 10 years deferred adjudication.
• 3:29:21
  There's to be regular reporting by Zoom or in person.
• 3:29:28
  Regular random UAS follow the tappy rec tap recommendation of
• 3:29:38
  safety. So he has to remain in custody
• 3:29:46
  until transferred to safety and probation.
• 3:29:56
  See maybe if felony drug court will accept him because I see
• 3:30:00
  the cocaine use and meth use started at 11.
• 3:30:07
  So we will do that in a referral to felony drug court in custody
• 3:30:13
  and if we can do the MHI for him as well.
• 3:30:22
  There's to be proof of employment within 60 days of
• 3:30:25
  release. No employment as a home health
• 3:30:32
  care provider or with minors. No residing in households with
• 3:30:42
  minors. Taking consideration 2025 CR
• 3:30:57
  0016012025, CC 014159, there's a $2000 fine that would be
• 3:31:09
  probated. It's going to be 300 hours of
• 3:31:15
  community service restitution. I'm going to require daily sober
• 3:31:20
  support meetings. I think he's going to need a lot
• 3:31:23
  of structure. He is judge.
• 3:31:25
  And there will be an hour deducted for every sober support
• 3:31:30
  meeting completed from his community service restitution
• 3:31:34
  hours. And there's going to be field
• 3:31:35
  visits one time per month until further notice of probation.
• 3:31:40
  And then upon release, there's going to be a full GPS waive
• 3:31:50
  fees and that will be until further notice and probation.
• 3:31:58
  With regards to the GPS, of course, if he has employment or
• 3:32:01
  he has to report, he's allowed to do that probation.
• 3:32:05
  Is there anything else? Sorry.
• 3:32:09
  The vessel, the vessel health can't close instead upon
• 3:32:13
  receipt. All right.
• 3:32:14
  Oh, I'm sorry. Let me put on my glasses so I
• 3:32:16
  can hear. Yes, the the vessel has been
• 3:32:20
  closed upon. Yes.
• 3:32:22
  OK. Nothing else said.
• 3:32:23
  Thank you. And judge who would also ask for
• 3:32:25
  a no contact or to be in place with the.
• 3:32:28
  All right, there's to be no contact with the complainant.
• 3:32:32
  And also with the arrest of. It yes, let me find that and
• 3:32:37
  with let me see the location in here.
• 3:32:58
  That's 7150 San Pedro Ave. 78216.
• 3:33:13
  And Mr. Dixon, how far did you go in school?
• 3:33:19
  All right, so you're going to need to obtain your GED or some
• 3:33:25
  type of trade certification, something to help him with his
• 3:33:31
  employment abilities. May I address the courtyard?
• 3:33:34
  Yes, Judge. His reading level is at 3rd
• 3:33:37
  grade. He does need to work on his GED.
• 3:33:41
  If that program is available while he's in custody.
• 3:33:45
  I I recommend that the court consider adding that as
• 3:33:51
  condition Judge he we broke this man which is side of you.
• 3:34:07
  If the court would consider a very high form of supervision
• 3:34:15
  for him, yes. Also, the court might consider
• 3:34:20
  maybe monthly or five monthly status checks with the court to
• 3:34:25
  find out where he's going all. Right.
• 3:34:27
  And will you remain on the case? I will.
• 3:34:29
  We are all right. Miss Abrams, upon his release
• 3:34:36
  from safety or felony, if he's in felony drug court, they're
• 3:34:41
  going to keep very good track of him.
• 3:34:43
  If he's not in felony drug court, then what I'll do and
• 3:34:46
  I've done this before where I've done have them come in every
• 3:34:52
  three weeks and and we lessen it the better that they do.
• 3:34:56
  But no, I would appreciate it if you would stay on it because I
• 3:34:59
  do not have the capacity to keep track of every case, but we can
• 3:35:05
  if we're able to set it for a status updates, then I will do
• 3:35:10
  it. We've done it before.
• 3:35:12
  Appreciate that, Your Honor. If he does get transferred to
• 3:35:15
  drug court, maybe that's that won't be necessary.
• 3:35:19
  However, I'm certainly willing to go to drug court for status
• 3:35:22
  conferences also. Oh, yes, if you would do that
• 3:35:24
  and if you would get in touch with a felony drug drug court to
• 3:35:28
  let them know what his issues are and they have a dual
• 3:35:31
  diagnosis and they'll address all those issues.
• 3:35:34
  Thank you. All right.
• 3:35:35
  And so then we are coming back on what day was that for the,
• 3:35:39
  was it March? All right, So we're coming back
• 3:35:43
  on March 16th to see if there's any the restitution.
• 3:35:49
  All right. Is there anything else?
• 3:35:51
  Is like the court for each time all right?
• 3:35:53
  Did you review the documented? I'm sorry, is there anything
• 3:35:55
  else that you need from the court?
• 3:35:57
  All right, so this is what I can tell you about obtaining the
• 3:35:59
  GEDI teach at UTSA, right? And I try to give them tests
• 3:36:07
  that are part of their skill set.
• 3:36:08
  So some of it, sometimes it's multiple choice, sometimes it's
• 3:36:11
  essay, sometimes it's true, false.
• 3:36:14
  I understand that sometimes people are not good test takers.
• 3:36:17
  So whether or not they successfully complete the GED,
• 3:36:20
  it really doesn't tell what they know.
• 3:36:22
  So if there is an issue with your completing the GED, your
• 3:36:26
  attorney will let us know. That's why I said GED or some
• 3:36:28
  type of trade school certification because you need
• 3:36:31
  to work on your employment ability or ability to obtain
• 3:36:38
  employment. OK.
• 3:36:40
  All right. Did you review the document
• 3:36:41
  titled Trial Court Certification of Defendants Rights to Appeal
• 3:36:44
  with your attorney? Did you understand it and sign
• 3:36:46
  it? Yes, ma'am, They're not.
• 3:36:47
  They're not. Appeal this the decision.
• 3:36:50
  No, because this is a plea bargain agreement, because I
• 3:36:52
  followed your plea bargain agreement, and because you
• 3:36:54
  waived your right to appeal, you do not have the court's
• 3:36:57
  permission to appeal. You understand, all right, we
• 3:37:00
  can go off the record. Here's the thing, in this court,
• 3:37:02
  to be successful in probation, communication is key.
• 3:37:05
  If there's an issue, you need to let your probation officer know
• 3:37:08
  about it. Mr. Featherson is going to
• 3:37:10
  continue to stay on your case. If you feel they're not
• 3:37:14
  addressing it, you or Mr. Featherston, and come back and
• 3:37:17
  address it with the court. Do you understand?
• 3:37:19
  All right, and here's the we're off the record.
• 3:37:21
  Here's the thing, Tattoos. No more face tattoos.
• 3:37:28
  And the reason why is because people are like books, right?
• 3:37:33
  And when I go into the bookstore and I'm looking at the books,
• 3:37:36
  the first thing that attracts me is the cover because you're
• 3:37:38
  like, that's an interesting cover.
• 3:37:40
  And then you'll open up and read it.
• 3:37:42
  Well, sometimes for employment, when they see face tattoos, they
• 3:37:46
  think this is a book I don't want to read.
• 3:37:47
  So they don't even really consider you for employment.
• 3:37:51
  So stop the face tattoos, all right.
• 3:37:55
  And then at some point in your life, I understand you have bad
• 3:37:59
  parents. Maybe child protective service
• 3:38:02
  didn't do the what they needed to do.
• 3:38:04
  Bad things happen in prison. But at some point, your
• 3:38:07
  decisions, they're going to start being 100% your decisions.
• 3:38:11
  You can't keep, you know, saying I'm doing this because this
• 3:38:15
  happened to me or that happened to me.
• 3:38:17
  And I'm giving you all the tools that I have available to help
• 3:38:21
  you become who you were always meant to be.
• 3:38:25
  All right. Good luck to you.
• 3:38:26
  OK, my uncle. Said and seen you at.
• 3:38:27
  Papados. Not too long ago.
• 3:38:30
  All right, Let me just tell you, Crab Fingers at Pappadeaux is
• 3:38:33
  great. I really wish they would bring
• 3:38:35
  back the lobster salad. They told me their owner went to
• 3:38:38
  Greece and came back with this different salad.
• 3:38:41
  I'm like, bring back the lobster salad.
• 3:38:43
  If I was like Norman Way and Ray, I would stand on the table
• 3:38:46
  with a sign that says bring back the salad.
• 3:38:49
  Yeah. All right.
• 3:38:51
  Thank you. Thank you.
• 3:38:53
  Is there anyone else who's running right there?
• 3:38:56
  Mr. David, hold on. There we go.
• 3:38:57
  I can confirm we have a Pappadeaux here in the greater
• 3:39:02
  Phoenix area. And yeah, lobster salad.
• 3:39:05
  Good. So listen, I understand why this
• 3:39:11
  guy took the the 10 year deferred because of what he went
• 3:39:16
  through in prison before. The problem is as we know the
• 3:39:19
  success rate of that. However, I was impressed by the
• 3:39:24
  fact that this lawyer wants to stay on the case.
• 3:39:27
  He was recommending a monthly or a bimonthly follow up.
• 3:39:30
  There might actually be a chance here.
• 3:39:33
  So fingers and toes crossed, as the guy said, you know, society
• 3:39:37
  broke him, we broke him, and Boyd wants him to be the man he
• 3:39:41
  was always supposed to be. So maybe we'll see.
• 3:39:45
  Yes, in Houston it's a gate E. But you know what They still
• 3:39:50
  won't bring back the onion rings.
• 3:39:53
  It went away during the pandemic and they don't have them
• 3:39:55
  anymore. They were good.
• 3:39:56
  They're alligator Papados is great.
• 3:39:58
  Yeah. All right.
• 3:40:01
  Hello. Court is calling 2024 CR 4101
• 3:40:06
  State versus Gina. Romano, can I have parties
• 3:40:09
  announced? James Tochi for Miss Romano,
• 3:40:13
  Judge. And are you Miss Romano?
• 3:40:15
  All right. Did you review the document tied
• 3:40:17
  up motion to enter adjudication of guilt and revoke community
• 3:40:20
  supervision with your attorney? Did you understand it?
• 3:40:22
  Yes. Are you the same Gina Romano
• 3:40:25
  who's placed on deferred adjudication in 2024 CR 4101 for
• 3:40:30
  the offensive possession of a controlled substance penalty
• 3:40:32
  Group One 4200 grams on January 9th, 2025 for a period of five
• 3:40:37
  years is that you Yes, all right.
• 3:40:39
  State violated condition #4 in Bear County, Texas.
• 3:40:43
  The defendant Gina and Romano did that a mayor failed to
• 3:40:47
  report this secret vision officer as directed in the
• 3:40:51
  months of February, they. Aren't. 2000. 25 in violation,
• 3:40:56
  How do you plead to that true or not true?
• 3:40:58
  True, Did you understand by pleading true to violation of
• 3:41:02
  condition #4 the court could find it true, grant the motion,
• 3:41:05
  find you guilty, and sentence you up to 20 years in prison and
• 3:41:08
  up to a $10,000 fine. Knowing that, do you still wish
• 3:41:13
  to plead true to violation of condition #4 Yes, Court will
• 3:41:17
  find violation of condition number four true.
• 3:41:19
  Is there a proposed agreement? If the proposed agreement is to
• 3:41:23
  United States motion and alter an event to add 90 days, yes.
• 3:41:35
  I mean, we're in agreement on the recommendation to the court.
• 3:41:40
  I explained to Miss Romano what that entailed.
• 3:41:44
  One request I would have is if the court can waive those fees
• 3:41:48
  if the court is willing to go along with it.
• 3:41:51
  She did get off to a very poor start, judge.
• 3:41:56
  She has a couple really good reasons why she turned one.
• 3:42:06
  At the same time, she had a sick mother who is so I understand
• 3:42:10
  that she is still in a coma. She's fell into a coma the day
• 3:42:14
  she was released from jail. Miss Romano, she works, she has
• 3:42:18
  a husband. She's far more stable now than
• 3:42:20
  she was a year ago. And so I hope the court will
• 3:42:24
  allow her to kind of begin again on her probation.
• 3:42:28
  You will have tabs on her. She does work, she does care for
• 3:42:31
  her child and she is prepared to follow the orders of the court.
• 3:42:37
  All right. Any objections to the court
• 3:42:38
  reviewing the court summary? No, ma'am, not at all.
• 3:42:48
  So how? Was she arrested somewhere or
• 3:42:52
  did she turn herself in? Don't know on the MTR.
• 3:42:58
  My husband and I. I turned myself in and I called
• 3:43:01
  the police to my house. All right, do you want to raise
• 3:43:03
  your right hand for me? Do you solely swear?
• 3:43:05
  Affirm. The testimony you get will be
• 3:43:07
  the truth and nothing but the truth so help you God?
• 3:43:09
  All right, you can lower your hand.
• 3:43:10
  State your name for the record. All right.
• 3:43:13
  So how did you become aware of that there was a warrant?
• 3:43:18
  I I had I had called the non-emergency to see if I had a
• 3:43:26
  warrant. OK.
• 3:43:27
  And then and what I knew that I didn't know my provision.
• 3:43:31
  And if they tell you you had a warrant and then what did you
• 3:43:34
  do? And then we made this decision
• 3:43:37
  for me to look at this handle and take the call.
• 3:43:39
  I'm sorry, I can't. Then we made the decision.
• 3:43:41
  For. Me to get this handled and taken
• 3:43:44
  care of. So it's not like over my head.
• 3:43:46
  And how did you make a plan to do that?
• 3:43:49
  What did you do? I decided to turn myself in to
• 3:43:54
  just call the Holland officer to my house to arrest me so I could
• 3:44:01
  come and have this hand out for a second chance.
• 3:44:05
  That's what I'm asking. And you've been missing for a
• 3:44:10
  year. And according to this, they said
• 3:44:12
  you were granted probation on January 9th, 2025, released from
• 3:44:17
  custody on January 13th, 2025 and nobody saw you after that.
• 3:44:22
  Explain. I had, I just started my
• 3:44:26
  business as my attorney said, I had just had my baby and
• 3:44:32
  November 11th of 2024 and then so he was very young.
• 3:44:37
  I was taking care of him and starting my business.
• 3:44:41
  So why don't you tell probation. I just let my, I just had my
• 3:44:48
  priorities and I and the year of taking care of him and the year
• 3:44:56
  of, of starting my business. My husband and I have, we have a
• 3:45:01
  house rather than an apartment. So when I came out of jail last
• 3:45:04
  year, we were in an apartment. Now we live in a house.
• 3:45:07
  We have a car, a tractor. Here's the thing.
• 3:45:12
  You're telling me all of this As for reasons why you should not
• 3:45:15
  be revoked and go to prison, but you're not explaining to me why
• 3:45:21
  it was so difficult for you to go to probation, report to pick
• 3:45:26
  up a phone and call probation and say, hey, probation, I have
• 3:45:30
  this that's going on in my life. Everything is hitting me all at
• 3:45:34
  once. And you know what probation
• 3:45:36
  would have said? Take a deep breath, come down
• 3:45:40
  and report. I understand that was my
• 3:45:43
  mistake. I mean, not mistake.
• 3:45:45
  Those were your choices. So I'm trying to figure out why
• 3:45:49
  I should not revoke you. You're telling me about all of
• 3:45:52
  these. Well, I have a home now.
• 3:45:55
  I have a child. I'm ready to do what's what.
• 3:45:58
  That's you throwing yourself on the mercy of the court.
• 3:46:02
  And I used to be a defense attorney, and I would always
• 3:46:04
  tell my clients, what you're giving me is just throwing
• 3:46:08
  myself on the mercy of the court on your behalf and saying,
• 3:46:11
  please, judge, don't sentence me.
• 3:46:13
  But I have nothing. Now, I will tell you one thing
• 3:46:16
  that's in your favor. And if your attorney is telling
• 3:46:20
  me it's true, I'll accept it as such.
• 3:46:21
  As the office of the court is the fact that you picked up the
• 3:46:24
  phone to see if you had a warrant and you called the
• 3:46:27
  police to come to your home to pick you up.
• 3:46:29
  That's one thing that's in your favor.
• 3:46:32
  I didn't ask her about that judge.
• 3:46:35
  I mean, I, I believe that information is probably easily
• 3:46:37
  verifiable if that's the way it went down.
• 3:46:40
  I I, I believe, Miss Romano all. Right.
• 3:46:42
  Does anybody want to verify that for the court?
• 3:46:45
  Miss Romano, do you recall the date at which?
• 3:46:47
  You called the. Police to completely it was I
• 3:46:53
  think it was on January 20th, 19th or 20th.
• 3:46:56
  I believe it was January 20th it.
• 3:46:58
  Was not that has. Your hope, I guess your address
• 3:47:02
  was virtually correct. And yes, All right, so they said
• 3:47:12
  you called the police to come pick you up.
• 3:47:14
  That's a good thing. That's that's a thing in your
• 3:47:16
  favor probation. I'm sorry, state what are you
• 3:47:21
  requesting? All right, so this is what I'm
• 3:47:36
  going to tell you. One, I don't think GPS is
• 3:47:41
  appropriate, but you do need to have some form of punishment
• 3:47:45
  because you've been missing for a year and that form of
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  punishment is going to be that this will no longer be a
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  deferred adjudication. This will be a guilty verdict.
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  So I'm going to give you a choice.
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  You only have two choices. Don't ask for third One.
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  I am going to find you guilty, place you on probation or two.
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  I'll send it to you today and I'll send it to you to two
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  years. I think she wants the probation,
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  Jeff. All right, this is what the
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  court is going to do. The court will find you guilty.
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  The court will place you on community supervision.
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  Court will sentence you to five years in the prison, suspended
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  and probated for five years. There's to be regular reporting
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  by Zoom or in person, regular random UA's, proof of employment
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  within 30 days of release. No employment as a home health
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  care provider or with minors. Are there any drug issues with
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  you? All right, there's going to be
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  field visits one time per month for eight months.
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  This would be 200 hours. Community service restitution.
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  100 of those hours will be deducted upon completion of
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  parenting classes, which I'm ordering probation.
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  Is there anything else? And on a previous probation,
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  there was no, you know what, we can go ahead and do a TAP
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  evaluation out of custody. Judge.
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  I would like this after court weekly or.
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  Month. All right, weekly reporting over
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  60 days, is there anything else? Probation, is there anything
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  else you need from the court in order to be successful?
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  All right, Did you review the document entitled trial Court
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  certification of defendants rights to appeal with your
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  attorney? Did you understand it and sign
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  it? You have a limited right to
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  appeal. That right to appeal is as it
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  relates to the allegations in the motion, not the fact that
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  you on deferred adjudication. Because this is a felony
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  conviction, you're not allowed to own or possess any weapons or
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  ammunition. If you have a question over what
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  that is, you'll need to speak to an attorney.
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  Do you understand? All right, we can go off the
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  record. Here's the thing, in this court,
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  if you have an issue, you need to let probation know.
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  All it is phone call. If you feel they're not
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  addressing it, you can always come back to the court and
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  address it with me. All right, good luck to you.
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  They'll probably release you maybe off the record.
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  They'll probably release you, maybe, I don't know, midnight.
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  I have no control over the release from the midnight
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  there's. No.
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  Chance for today, No chance for today.
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  No chance for what? I work down there.
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  Yeah. Hopefully tomorrow.
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  Yes. So that's usually what happens.
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  All right. When you are released, your
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  first thing you better do is report to probation.
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  All right, thank you. Good luck to you.
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  Have a seat, ma'am. Okie Dokie friends, it's a few
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  minutes early, but we're going to call it a day here because I
• 3:51:10
  can't afford to go long today because shortly after the noon
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  hour, my time misses. TCF has her first day of
• 3:51:19
  physical therapy, so we want to make sure we make it to that on
• 3:51:23
  time. But we will be back here
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  tonight, 8:00 PM Eastern, 5 Pacific four sidebar where we're
• 3:51:28
  going to do a deeper dive into the Tiffany Woods case that we
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  saw on TCFA couple of days ago. The parole board and that whole
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  thing. So we'll dig into that and see
• 3:51:42
  how that goes tonight. And we'll be back here tomorrow
• 3:51:44
  morning for our Friday show. 9:00 AM Eastern 6 Pacific, 1/2
• 3:51:48
  an hour earlier for channel members.
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  I hope you all had fun today. I know I did.
• 3:51:52
  I look forward to seeing you all hopefully tonight and definitely
• 3:51:55
  tomorrow. Take care, God bless.