Michael Morris – In the Courts

I recently attended the trial of Jade Hicks (CR 09-1976 JH US District NM) for 2 felony assault counts, one of which alleges with a deadly weapon, to wit: beer stein, held in the US District Court in Albuquerque. This case gained some publicity as the beer stein incident during Oktoberfest 2007 at Holloman AFB. This case caught my attention when a relative of the Defendant informed me that the trial had been moved to Albuquerque from Las Cruces and not at the request of the Defendant. Thinking this odd I decided to attend the trial at the last minute. What jumped out at me during the trial and my initial review of other case documents was that the Government was lying to the judge about the words in its own evidentiary proffers brought by Assistant US Attorneys Shana Pennington and Jennifer Rozzoni in front of US District Judge Judith Herrera. The effect of these misrepresentations, when coupled with defense attorneys who appeared to merely to be in attendance at the trial, was a redefining of “No” into “Yes” trampling most existing law in most areas the tribunal trod. This is by no means my last word on this case – duh. What I urge the reader to focus on is not the guilt or innocence of the Defendant, but rather the means by which the prosecution secured the conviction in this case. If these tactics are ratified those of you concerned with your rights have one less concern in your lives.

Michael Morris – In Focus

For years now I have explained over and over again why I see Judge Frank Wilson and local attorney Robert Doughty are cancers on the community. Today I think I can make this so entirely clear that anyone with a pulse will understand what sort of enemies of the people these two are. Recently I became aware of a case traversing the courts that is being run so far from the law that it needs to take precedence over even my actual business. For the moment I will not name the victim of this conspiracy to subvert justice as it would serve no purpose. The issues here, while tangentially related to this attempt to deny any semblance of due process, are not the matters that actually make this case farce and kangaroo.

Michael Morris – In Focus

I have to tell you that I was so entirely underwhelmed by the list of applicants for the job of placeholder District Judge to fill the remaining term of the retiring Frank Wilson that the prospect of tying a tie and walking up a flight of stairs to watch an uninspiring local commission component do exactly as I expected, the easy thing, proved too great. The news of the predictable came in a text message from a friend. In sending Bill Brogan, Mario Torrez and our perennial favorite Sandra Grisham to our even better friend Bill Richardson the commission gave the Governor a wide range of options ranging from the right thing to something hopeful of the use of petroleum products first. Let’s have a look, shall we?

The applications for consideration and nomination for the District Judge position being vacated by Judge Frank Wilson at the end of the year.

The meeting of the District Judicial Nominating Commission will be held on October 3, 2008 at 9 am at the Otero County Courthouse in Alamogordo. The meeting is open to the public.

Candidate names and Commission members are listed in the full story.

Michael Morris – In Focus

I think the only thing more embarrassing than living in the middle of a wholly inept and corrupt legal system is living in the middle of a wholly inept and corrupt legal system too lacking in cerebral resources so as to cover their tracks. In the recent case of Alberto Lueras the corrupt exploited the inept in order to distort our system of laws to a degree that renders laws as we typically understand them, meaningless. Instead of a rope and a tree the clowns and the psychopaths came together in a kangaroo court so transparent subversion of everything we depend on to survive as a free society could be its only goal. You may choose to see Mr. Lueras as a monster, but the law sees him as a citizen, a fourteenth amendment citizen if you will, the same as you. What you visit upon him is the standard to which you are subject.

Michael Morris – In Focus

On September 17 @ 9 am in Jerry Ritter’s Alamogordo Courtroom the Case of Sederwall et al v Maddox, Virden and Herrera regarding some wide reaching election “irregularities” that, if proven, begins the process of establishing the elements of criminal conduct on the part of the Defendants. The upshot of the petition (PDF)[The 40 pages of jurisdictional affidavits from the 25 elector petitioners in the Virden matter have been left out to reduce file size] before the court is that incumbent Sheriff Rick Virden has misrepresented his residence and not qualified for ballot placement for several reasons, that Lincoln County Clerk Tammie Maddox, engaged in criminal and other capricious acts, some recently reversed by the New Mexico Supreme Court and should not be allowed to conduct the upcoming General Election asking that a Special Master be appointed for that purpose. For the first time ever I have a cognizable conflict that I must disclose. Yours truly was served with this invitation to testify in this case (PDF). While I will not really be going into that detail the subject here may obviate the need for me to say a word. You people forcing me into this with your lies have tried my patience. After today there will be no more Mr. Nice Guy.

Michael Morris – In Focus

Some of you may be wondering what has happened with the ravings misnamed a lawsuit filed by con artist Henry Morgan Smith against the Sheriff et al. Well, it has been over a month since Smith took your donations then filed this “suit” claiming to be too poor to pay the filing fee. Just to update the case #07-cv-01107 has not budged since its filing except for a shuffling of Magistrates. There is no record of service upon the defendants signaling that Smith merely used this ruse to fleece the unsuspecting and unquestioning. Morgan thanks you for the lobster.

Michael Morris – In Focus

You may have heard recently that Henry Smith had filed a lawsuit against Otero County and nearly all of his deputies on Monday of last week. Well the Monday thing was from the pens of Alamogordo Lord of Loon Karl Anderson and his nominal editor Michael Becker at the Alamogordo Daily News. Of course the suit (PDF) was not filed until Friday shortly after the filing was questioned on the Mike Haymes radio show. What did you expect? The ADN to have it right? You’re kidding? While the story of how this got filed is better than what was filed, it is not important.

What's in a name?

Michael Morris - In Focus

It has been said that the meaning of any word is based on its context. The matter of the names of objects, organizations and persons can often lead to people arguing over the meaning of a word. For instance the word "environmentalist" has been known to mean different things to different people. While we are on the subject of names we have the subject of one's good name. As important as the meaning of a particular word is the value attached to one's name. We will explore all of this from some points of view you may not have yet considered..
Warning! The following includes an unusually high level of sarcasm.

Michael Morris

...a grand jury shall be ordered to convene by such judge upon the filing of a petition therefor signed by not less than the greater of two hundred registered voters or two percent of the registered voters of the county... - Article II Section 14 New Mexico Constitution According to the Otero County Clerk the number of registered voters in Otero County stands at 30,152 on this date. 2% of that is 604 though it would be favorable to have many more. Now you may be asking who will be the subject of the petition and the crimes alleged. The simple explanation of this follows.