The State Post-Conviction Relief Case, Part XI - The Trial

No more slogans!
No more excuses!
No more blinding our eyes and baring our asses to the world!
We have the Power!
We have the resources!
We have the energy!
Let's get together and wreck shit!

- Evil Nine

S'pose, you may be wondering how things went in our big ol' public proceeding eh?  So would I America....so would I.

Some things that should be taken note of, where our courts come at us...first, it's obvious to me that, thanks to the advent of "case law", that We the People are never supposed to win out.  These people lean heavy on this, and I have to really wonder how it's even possible.

For starters, I don't care about what other judges decided in other cases...and neither should any of us care either.  For one, quite simply, what other judges decided...might be wrong, may be prejudiced, may be bullshit.

For another thing, thanks to people like Gene Wzorak, we have discovered that there are cases that were planted in the Supreme Court, so that people like us are set up....to lose automatically, thanks to case law saying that we should.  This presents, and has presented, that there is and could be, massive amounts of Fraud happening in our courts...not just in some cases...in EVERY case, from the guy who fights his speeding tickets, all the way to our more prominent murder trials.  This alone should show us that the system needs to fall, as it stands, boots on the ground, whatever it takes.

I've said it before America, and dammit, I'm going to say so again, until it sinks into your heads.  Just because some guy says it's so in a court of law, doesn't necessarily make it SO.  There's bad case law, just like there's good case law.  I don't care what a judge said in such and such a case in Maryland in 1620.  His case, I'm sure, was different from mine; the circumstances, I'm sure, were not exactly the same...I would love to see two cases that are.  They do not exist.

All of that said, there has not...and will not be a decision made in my case, nor will there be for at a minimum, two months.  I will present what happened though, and tell you that I think I did pretty well...at least from my stand-point.  I'm sure their opinion differs.  Not enough case law, yannow  Nor, should they expect any, anytime soon.

The pro-se-cution (me, petitioner) was asked to present his case, along with evidence.  The petitioner immediately re-issued his challenge of the initial court's jurisdiction, which was challenged around 3 times, and of course, never properly proven.  The Petitioner, me, presented all the case law available to him to show this, for sure.  This is what these idiots want?  They got it concerning this in spades.  The initial challenge to Judge Carol S. Egly was blown off, and not addressed for almost 3 weeks.  This in itself is a crime, no proceeding that follows an unanswered challenge of jurisdiction can be anything but VOID.  A nullity.  A non-existent proceeding, without validity.  Therefore, the petitioner brings that everything that happened after the initial proceeding is invalid, and that the court should move right to remedy.  Naturally, neither the judge in THIS case, nor the prosecutor were of a mind to address that issue.  So, it was on to the case at hand.

The petitioner then presented all of his evidence, that was neatly sorted, and because I was now a free man, very well prepared.  After this, the prosecutor deemed it was necessary to call his only witness, and summoned Stand by Attorney Lucas Taylor.  During his testimony, it was obvious that Mr. Taylor wanted to make himself look like he did everything right...according, of course, to his own opinion.  Mr. Taylor, however, made some pretty big mistakes.

For one, when asked if "Mr. Christopher" (this is what they call me now, since I made such a big deal out of what my name is, it is not Mr. Bruce, as they keep stating) had filed an appeal, Mr. Taylor didn't say no.  He stated "Not that I recall"...not once.  Twice.  This, to me anyway, means "I'm not certain that he didn't."  Let's hope the judge gets the same opinion.

For two, Mr. Taylor confessed that he did not show for my hearing to dismiss my witnesses and evidence (and was not allowed to testify as to why he didn't).  For three, he also confessed that he alone took on dismissing all of my character witnesses.  He didn't feel that it was wise to put those people on the stand...even though these were my only remaining witnesses, after the big purge.

Finally, Mr. Taylor confessed to not doing a poll of the jury.  He confessed that he normally seeks a bond reduction, and didn't in my case...although why was unclear.  I think I got this ineffective council thing in the bag.

Amazingly enough, according to the defense (the state's side), this ineffective council claim...is the only legitimate claim I have in this case.  The rest he easily dismissed as not relevant, or not claimable.  Every single other point.  Case law and such flew about, claiming all I sought to remedy was, quite simply, a reason for dismissal.  He then asked for a directed verdict...and asked for everything to be dismissed.  I'm happy to report, however, that the judge didn't see it that way.  She asked for the defense's case.

Why is the decision going to be awhile in coming?  Well, for one, the sentencing transcripts have been decided to be needed here, by none other than the prosecution.  I have to wonder why they weren't included to begin with...you know, because the sentencing was part of the underlying case anyway.  Idiots.  Well, we have to wait...because the court reporters are short-handed, and it may take them as long as 3-4 weeks to get probably an hour's worth of transcripts.

I have to wonder why the defense would want them, and should have left that sleeping doggie lie as it was.  It's more damaging to THEIR case.  This is where the judge threatened me and my agent at the time, Brent Swallers, with harassment of the prosecution if I continued to write them concerning paying my debt without unneeded incarceration...politely, no less.  This is where, also, the judge would promise me a no-contact order with the prosecution's Linda Lane...and Mark Worthington, one of the prosecution's star witnesses...but because I did, at that hearing, present evidence showing that he was harassing ME at the time, and for months prior to that...and because he couldn't do so with Linda Lane (because I was my own attorney, and HAD to speak to her because she was trying the case) didn't issue those orders.  I welcome the wait for THOSE transcripts.  They have to hurt them more than help them, no matter how they look at them.

So...we have to wait 3-4 weeks for those...then wait probably another 3-4 weeks for the judge to make up her mind after the record, open at the moment until the extra transcripts arrive, to close.  It's ok, right?  Oh, and lest we forget...there will be an appeal.  Mine, or theirs, depending on who wins this case.  That's another year-year and a half.  Then, if they win out there...then it's on to Federal court, to join up with all of the other cases that will be brought there.

Now that that's all done with...it's on to thank you's.  First, I'd like to mention that no news teams joined in.  That was no surprise, of course.  Can't have Iowa finding out that courts are bullshit...only that the accused is properly put in jail, if we really hate what they did.

2nd, no crowd appeared.  No thanks go out to all those who I invited to come, or who promised that they would..  There was one that cared enough, thank you Nancy Augustine of Iowa for showing for this one.  The most thanks, however, go out to Lyddie May Forres, someone I've known only 7 short years, who swapped her schedule so that she could be there all day for me.  That was one I didn't expect to show.  She also gets thanks for inviting me to dinner after trial, and making sure I got a proper send off to my highway home.  I love ya Lids.  You're a special human, of that I'm sure.

More thank you goes to Sharon Shay Watson, a true warrior in our fight.  This woman, with no spur from me, sent me enough money to make sure I got home in comfort...meaning that I could eat and smoke the whole way home, maybe...but every cent most assuredly helped.

Another round go out to all of those people that, after getting an earful of why I was on the road and where and how to find this blog, are probably reading this article right...this...minute.  To all of those who got me where I had to go, I thank you all....the lady who picked me up to wash her restaurant dishes, Crazy Bob's (in Spirit Lake, Iowa, and other locations around the state, up NW Iowa) who took me to Melissa Martin, so that she could take me the rest of the way to Des Moines, I thank you both!  On the way back, we had a really cool Mexican lady from my home of LA for the last part of the tour, a nature specialist who got me pretty far in, the Director of White Rock (a nature habitat), and a couple who took me from a spot I'd been stuck in for almost two hours on Hwy 18.  Thank you all for getting me where I needed to go.  God will, of course, bless you all for helping me do the right thing.

That's it for now for the case.  Transcripts from the harassment case will be posted soon, along with the results from my civil case *this one*.  I'd like to thank Sara Bowers, the Transcriber, for getting those transcripts done...in advance.  I know she won't make me wait too long...:D