I will be in the bowels of satan soon, wish me luck!
I have until 2:30 pm to be a free man, then I take my freedom, and likely my life, in my own hands.
If you have not prepared to defend yourself in court you would likely be looking for support from your lawyer at this point.
Me, on the other hand, I have had practice at this.
I fought them to a draw last time.
They charged me with crimes that were felonies, but are now straight legal.
How f'd up is that?
They wanted to give a minimum of 10 years in the pen!
For a plant!
Less than one gram.
Smdh.
You people pay taxes to support this crap.
So, the first thing I did was point out that the law didn't support the charges.
They had to admit I was right, because I was right.
They didn't like it much, but had no choice.
They were gonna force me to go to trial, so I pled to a misdemeanor obstruction charge to go with my, now legal, pot charge.
Because I had proven my indigence, they waived the fines.
I signed the paper and went to the lake for the summer.
Now let's examine what was likely to happen had I not learned the Marcratic Method.
I would have had to shell out 10k for a felony lawyer to point out that I was wrongly charged.
(and some of you people think my crap posts are overvalued,...)
Your lawyer will tell you that you should just take the deal, it is the best he can get you.
He went and set up a golf date with the judge to wager your retainer on who wins the hole.
If your lawyer wins, you get a slap on the wrist.
If the judge wins you get locked down, but the lawyer has a freebie coming that he can use on his criminal nephew.
Ain't lawyering grand?
Pays good, too!
If you knew how easy it is to do what a lawyer does, you would have to hide you car keys, and any guns, from yourself just so you don't go downtown and look for some suits crossing the street by the courthouse.
I know I had to be restrained.
Some of us just attentat, but that was during a more violent time.
Who is to say what the better choice is for them?
Had I gone to trial, I may have won, but in a county that supports the state university, it is unlikely that all the jurors don't work for the state, and have the state's best interests at heart.
Not probable that I could get one to side with me as I monkey wrench the entire judicial process.
And not just the odds of finding a special juror were against me, the appeal I would have filed would have missed it's deadlines because i would have been in jail and couldn't file the paperwork.
Can't very well fight an appeal without a pen or paper.
I already knew what the jail was like.
I had filed an interlocutory appeal, but was denied on procedural grounds.
I failed to provide notice to the appellate court that the trial court and prosecution had been served notice of the procedings.
Not that I had failed to give them notice, just that I failed to note that in my appeal paperwork.
It wasn't long after that that I got a call from the DA saying I could just sign the plea and walk out with no fines.
At that point I had been going to hearings over the last 8 months and had this charge hanging for 2 years, so I took the easy way out.
I figure no fines and no time was a win, given my past track record.
You have to decide for you.
So, today I will either get a favorable ruling from the judge, or file another interlocutory appeal.
In fact, he doesn't prepare you for appeal, at all.
IF you plan on using this method feel free to contact me, and we will set up some time for me to help you find your way through the legal land minefield.
If I stop posting, it is because I got locked up for contempt, or something.
I will return, at some point.
