[Music] and welcome to facts or frauds Mr Valentine it is or I need to get you unmuted yes ma'am all right so um we've got there are a couple of attorneys sitting behind you from thirst County Public Defense did you want the court to appoint councel or not no were you gonna hire your own attorney on the matter or represent yourself I've made it clear through all these proceedings that I'm proceeding Su jurus okay that's I just need to always make sure of that all right so You' filed some documents with the court and we've got confirmation set for the eth what what is it today that you want to do um I wanted to uh argue some motions that I submitted to a the court a motion to dismiss a uh judicial notice is that I've dismissed about uh misconduct of the court and denied of access to the court and I believe a motion to strike as well motion to strike what um it was a motion uh to strike guys had served a motion no testimony to my house I'm not sure what that was the motion was never served to me and the uh the docket was never served to me either it was mailed to my home I'm not sure why because the state was aware that I was in custody but that's what my motion to strike was pertaining to okay well this is your motion today and motion no testimony just means we didn't expect to see Witnesses being called to the stand so let me hear from the prosecutor here it's the state's understanding that the the motion to request Discovery and the motion to dismiss Was Heard on October 28th in front of I believe uh judge Buckley and he dismissed those motions in the state's only State's understanding is that the only motion that was going to be argued today was whether uh the court should ose should should Grant funds for Mr Valentine to hire an investigator that's not part of the Motions I have here that were fil there was a motion filed I can look it up real quick honor since the last hearing is what I was looking at so there was yeah I objected to his denial of those emotions as well because I already submitted an Affidavit of prejudice and he disqualified himself so he shouldn't have been making any judgments on the case after that point he also said himself that today was going to be a special motion docket where my motions were going to be heard today so what I reviewed is what was filed um after the 18th and that was um October 21st I have a request to release you and your request go back or let me get back to your court to dismiss these charges motion to release you and that's what I reviewed so is there something else pending that I was not aware of after the 18th on 18th on this October 18th there's one that says in laser fish motion motion to request Discovery uh parentheses 02 Z parenthesis in that one that's based on the state's notes it shows that that was the only motion that was going to be argued today all right Mr Valentine it looks like I need to go back and kind of review real quick those issues I thought they were all heard on the 18th and uh either you can just sit right there while I read everything here or which probably is probably the best thing to do so let me just review all that You' filed here again um then I'll turn right back to you so just hang in there so Mr just before I get to everything Mr Valentine I'm looking at your motion request I guess you titled it to request all the discovery in this case but you say that it seems to me maybe I'm misreading one that Michael Valentine had an attorney in the early stages of the hearings is that just a fact or you asking the court to appoint Council I'm stating a fact that at the beginning of these proceedings I was working with an attorney and then they never gave you the discovery okay all right get it that's the state's understanding as well your honor okay and our office did provide discover just slow down let me read everything and then I'm gonna turn to everyone just needed some clarification there all right I've had some time here re-review and review what's been filed in the court file from the 18th of October on forward um as to your motions from the 18th on forward and the docket and uh we pleading so um as to Discovery let me direct first to Mr Weston on behalf of the state um has all discovery been provided to Mr Valentine uh correct your honor so on October 18th uh 2024 judge Buckley order that the state provide Mr Valentine Discovery five days later DPA Thompson drove P himself drove to the jail and delivered all discovery material to uh Mr Valentine which included the citation police reports an offer sheet from our office thumb drives of C dash cams and then the request forms for those dash cams as well and okay so thumb drive that he could view those a request form for the dash cams what does that mean uh that when our when there's a dash cam involved such as here this our office generally has to send out a request for that dash cam and that form it's just the request asking watching State Patrol to disclose their dash cams to us okay but you provided a thumb drive that had those dash cams correct your onor thumb drive of the dash cams and all this information is what the state intends to in trial against Mr Valentine correct your honor based on the subpoenas that I looked at recently that were sent out for trial the trooper that's testifying is uh one of the Troopers that is testifying um his dash cam would be on this drive the police report of that Trooper would have been provided in this uh Discovery packet as well um all the information that we would be using at trial would be Pro were was in this discovery packet that was provided to Mr Valentine on December 23rd was it provided before this at any point the state is unaware and whether it was or not the states had the belief that defense Council who was previously representing Mr Valentine up to a certain point would disclose such materials to him when the court found that when the court allowed Mr Valentine to proceed prosay this court State doesn't know why it wasn't provided to him from the prior defense Council um but upon realizing that Mr Valentine did not have the discovery packet the state did provide such material at that time and on the witnesses that you're expecting to call to testify the substance of their information is included in that Discovery uh I would believe so your honor based on the me one second here and So based on The subpoena that was sent out one of the the Witnesses are Trooper Benjamin Crabtree uh one of the a Drager technician and because there was a one of the charges is driving on license suspended there is a do representative that it will be a witness within in the trial as well um but everything that Mr Valentine would need to cross-examine the trooper Crabtree was would be provided either on that dash cam or in the police report um additionally Mr Valentine would have ample opportunity to develop his cross-examination of the drer technician or the do rep at trial looks like a witness list was provided while Mr gasing was Mr Valentine's attorney back in the beginning of the year at least March I believe it was and that included Trooper Crabtree Zack River or asy and Skyler Rue or or design from the State Department of Licensing all right you've reiterated that that witness list it looks like correct your honor right was that all right so and then all right so then um Mr Valentine asked to that Discovery you thinking you're missing something or you should have something else in Discovery no ma'am I I didn't receive the discovery in a timely manner Council was ineffective with sharing the discovery footage or the reports with me I asked on multiple occasions to obtain the video so that I could build a proper defense and they told me on multiple occasions that it had to be approved by the prosecutor and redacted which never happened I waited and waited never happened this is and after council's ineffectiveness this is where I made the choice to proceed sir jurus because I have my own best interest in mind and it seems that the public defenders that were appointed to me were not assisting me effectively and this was Rec creating a manifest Injustice so um now I have received it a few days before we're supposed to be going to trial I have uh reviewed the footage and there is a fraudulent and misleading statements made by the trooper that I will be I have already submitted a motion to suppress that evidence that I'm sure the court will be getting shortly okay and so you all right so we're a couple weeks before trial before confirmation we've got trial scheduled the 18th so we're one two three three weeks out all right yeah ask that uh that either the prosecutor or counsel be sanctioned or some remedy be met for the um VI VI ation of discovery of the discovery rules well I'm not finding there's a basis in your pleadings or what I've heard today to sanction anyone um for a violation of Discovery um so I'm not going to do that and uh now you're also I mean I don't know if this was dealt with but throughout your pleadings your concerned about this Court District Court having jurisdiction over you is that still an issue sir yes there was some service issues as I mentioned before which for some reason keeps getting ignored the the state served my address knowing well that I was in custody they didn't serve me uh the court docket for the last hearing and um that lack of service creates a lack of jurisdiction for the court I I just those are different issues go ahead though maybe you've got something else there what oh I was going to say there's also been a number of courtroom violations taking taking place um which is why the uh the last judge ended up recruting himself but beyond Council being ineffective and mounting any defense they convinced me to uh give up constitutional rights instead of enforcing any constitutional rights they lacked to challenge anything that the state was doing they didn't challenge or attempt to suppress the evidence they didn't even share the discovery information with me upon my request and um the court also was violating uh general rule 43 my personal pronouns continuing to try to say I'm Pro say instead of Siri jurist not Chang uh acknowledging my my name or acknowledging my status as an American National I also submitted a letter from the Washington State Attorney General's office for they're acknowledging my status as an American National they acknowledge my fee schedule or for some reason this court hasn't been acknowledging my pronouns at all help me understand what you would prefer I would prefer to be identified as sir jurist not proos I prefer to be identified as Michael Valentine atically correct not in all capitalizations I am not a legal entity I am not a corporation I am not a trust I am a living man not a male living man and that's how I want to be identified yeah so if I say Mr Valentine that's not what you want um I I would like to be preferred as American National Valentine okay all right I can do that thank you sure all right so um so the the jurisdiction whether the district th County district court has jurisdiction over you at this stage um what it is is an allegation of criminal Behavior alleged to have been occurred here in in thirston County so you're oute 510 here in thirston County um and so that and it's driving into the influence it's a gross misdemeanor so the district court does have jurisdiction over those things and over you whether whether you agree with the court or not I find that today um and then Discovery sounds like it's been provided uh we're three weeks out from trial um um Tri was in was like next week well next week the 8th is the day it's called confirmation it's when everyone determines if they're ready for trial or if we should have trial on the 18th and 19th so the 18th and 19th is trial so we're three weeks out so I'm finding that thus far that Discovery has been provided by the state to you um but it wasn't in a timely manner it wasn't by the omnus hearing which is the prosecutor's [Music] obligation well and it was provided to previous Council who with thir County Public Defense I don't have can there isn't any Council here today now because fairly you've decided to go Su generous as you say um that's why my motion for disc as for an investigator because someone needs to investigate all these rules being broken by Council prosecutors and various government individuals all right well I'm not finding those rules being broken it's kind of a broad and encompassing idea I just I I'm trying to narrow this in see Discovery has been had to share the discovery with me and to contact me and to help build the case if I'm requesting a discovery wouldn't either the prosecutor or counsel have an obligation to provide that Discovery and I see that they have now the prosecutor has now as to previously is my point right and they have now and I don't find at this stage a reason to sanction anybody or to term anybody for that there's three weeks out to trial at sufficient time so um yeah also have a motion for release um that was also let's see and a motion to dismiss and the motion to release and dismiss for both heard on the 18th and I can provide some underl Mr Valentine there's something on the 18th but then refiled information that I reviewed on the 21st also asking the court to consider um release and um a motion dismiss the action against you and is there something different than what you argued on the 18th that you filed on the 21st I didn't get to argue anything on the 18th the judge read and made his own decision I didn't argue anything he told me on the record that I would get a chance today to argue my motions and he made this decision after he disqualified himself um per my app David of prejudice for him breaking rules of judicial conduct the code of judicial conduct obstructing my right to be heard where I believe it was 9:20 uh 2024 at a pre-trial hearing he did not allow me to speak I had judicial notices and motions I found in a timely manner and I presented a certified mail receipts of the time that those were filed to the court as an exhibit and he didn't allow me to speak or acknowledge any of those notices or motions which is denying me access to court and obstructing my right to be heard which is a constitutional right a violation of due process all right and I think I understand that what you said there in your pleadings here now I understand that maybe that didn't come back before the court then so here we are so first things first let me get back to I'm have a a few things up here electronically that's why I'm looking back and forth to screen so there it is and so the basis for the motion to dismiss is is deprivation of my constitutional rights under the color of law governmental misconduct and effective [Music] counsel and then the and then that kind of follows thereafter if the court were to grant that then a release from custody or is there something else on your motion to for release No release oh oh is there something else besides the could you rephrase that I'm not sure what you're asking sure well it makes sense that if if the court were to Grant your motion excuse me to dismiss then you would have to be released is there is that what you mean or do is there something in addition uh if the court if they didn't dismiss me I wanted to adjust the release conditions so that I would have a better chance at defending myself if I were released from custody I feel like the state took Extreme Measures and making sh Show to court and I would ask if dismissal is not granted that we adjust that to some less restrictive measures so that I can go home have access to the internet to paper to private phone calls I would be betterly suited to defend myself if I weren't I got it okay all right well let me turn to this state on the issues of um the request for dismissal and and well one thing at a time there are two different motions and then the release conditions honor the state would uh strongly object to the court missing this matter we're nearly three weeks away from trial there's ample evidence to support that to move forward with this additionally an ineffective assistance of council claim is a matter for appeal and so for Mr for Mr Valentine to provide to even file that we would have to wait for the uh criminal trial to come to an end um additionally on the hearing on J October 18th judge Buckley provided Mr Valentine with ample with resources he I remember watching the zoom recording and that judge Buckley allow informed Mr Mr Valentine that he would be provided with resour legal resources that would help him help aid him in mounting a defense against the state uh so the state would wholeheartedly object to the motion to dismiss regarding the conditions of release we also talked about uh Mr Valentine brought this motion the same motion on the 18th where the court denied that motion as well uh part of the facts underlying that is during that time the state did move to dismiss one of the DUIs at that time and so at based on that the court still found that there was a real concern for Public Safety and so still impo kept the bail imposed um additionally from the 18th to today according to crrlj 3.2 the court can only modify conditions if there's a change of circumstances new information or a showing of good cause and there's been nothing within the last 10 days that has shown that that has been provided or mentioned that would fall under one of those except one of those reasons additionally the states it's I received information earlier today that the state has received uh talks the talks talkes wow the talks report from the DUI that we dismissed a week on the 18th well let's stay on this case alone so the state would have some real concerns on whether uh to this case and not bring in any other facts from any other case uh So based on that there's been no change in Circ cirumstances new information are showing since the last hearing we had on October 18th the state would object to reconsidering conditions of release Additionally the motion no never mind your honor uh we were just object to the Motions being uh reconsideration of the Motions uh reconsideration of the conditions of release Mr um Valentine anything else uh yes ma'am um I would like to say uh first of all that the prosecutor shouldn't have held me or press those charges in the first place if they didn't have sufficient evidence for conviction conviction that created a Prejudice uh status in my case there's been many other individuals who were booked who are you also talking about a case that's not this case or is it this matter you're talking about I'm referring to how the prosecutor had other charges pending which was a condition I'm not gonna consider any other charges either side let's focus it on this one and this one alone okay so for these charges um I would be challenging the evidence that the state has I don't believe they have probable cause the trooper is claiming that I almost struck him I did not almost strike him and it's clear that there's discrepancies between his report and the video footage that I observed um I am not a danger or threat to Public Safety I cause no harm I cooperated with police I've pulled over when I was asked I've been operating in good faith and have come to court and tried to resolve this to my best effort I did a duy Impact Panel I was on an ankle monitor and I've been in here for multiple months now I think I've shown that I am operating in good faith that I am trying to get this resolved as soon as possible and I would ask that you consider that just looking through your pleadings and dock it and all the information in front of me in the court file and if I may add your honor I was never cited for any traffic [Music] violation the the arrest the state trooper made an assumption claiming I almost hit him his back is to the camera as I'm passing the vehicle I did my due diligence and gave him room because they're standing right on the shoulder line of the side of the road I moved over and gave them plenty of room and went around them and that's clear in the video that I was never close to striking his vehicle or the pedestrians on the side of the road it's good that you've been able to review that information so all right see if I have any other questions of either of you hang on a second let me just kind of review things all right so a couple of things to take up here um so disputes as to evidence I mean that's why we have trial scheduled um you'll have an opportunity to cross-examine all witnesses that are brought by the state and of course any Witnesses um will be available to both sides um the state shall not excuse anybody from their witness list until the court allows it so that Mr or excuse me American National Valentine has the opportunity to question them so who's on your witness list stays on your witness list um I found that Discovery has been provided I'm not finding it's untimely given the three weeks we have till trial as to release conditions the unfortunate part um is uh I'm not going to change those conditions of release they've been reduced to 5,000 cash or Bond and you stay clean and sober and Law Abiding and um but given the amount of time we've had to issue warrants to get you back before the court um that's really a big part of why you have to postpone to get back in and also because dois um do POS a to the community so and denying so denying your motion to dismiss there's nothing before the court here I think you're going to have this opportunity to question um and present evidence at trial and that's what that's for uh that's not a basis the disagreement in evidence is not a basis to dismiss at this juncture and you will not be released on different conditions the conditions stay the same Bas was based on the misconduct it wasn't based on the the evidence well I read several motions here so thank you I I saw it also as to what you've said today about evidence or the lacking thereof misconduct I haven't found any I don't have enough evidence here to show that anyone was acting wrongly if there an ineffective assistance of councel from before you chose to go uh representing yourself then um you would have to show how it applies if you're convicted how it applied to that conviction and if there was in fact um ineffective assistance of council but you're representing yourself so that's kind of doesn't make a whole lot of sense right now I'm doing that because Council was ineffective and the last judge denied me access to court and obstructed my constitutional right to speak isn't that grounds of misconduct man I don't find um I don't have enough evidence to find that so statements that were submitted to the court my family showed up at court and witnessed the judge not let me speak not let me present my judicial notices or motions and it's also recorded that he did such so I know you disagree with the the Court's decision I don't find misconduct I don't have enough evidence to find that and so we're set for trial confirmation November 8th I'm going to keep everything set as is um trial is scheduled for November 18 and 19 and if you post on then you bring yourself in if you don't then we'll um we'll be sure that you're there um the facility will be sure that you're there I'm indent ma'am I cannot afford a $55,000 bail is there any way we BR that down anymore and again I'm I'm not going to change that bail amount we've reduced it already earlier and I don't see a substantial change in circumstance is what rule 3.2 requires of me so everything stays the same all right so covered everything higher Court you can always go to the superior court and ask for a RIT to overturn any of the District Court's decisions but right now we're still proceeding to trial until which time the higher Court tells this court to to stop or to do something else yes I am that's it for this afternoon I'm just going to send you down notice again of all the court dates so you have them and then we're back November 8th is our next court date and you have that in hand right I think that's it for the afternoon thanks Mr or thanks I had I had one more one more question yep so I I still have to have a scram bracelet and can be released based on my first DUI isn't that for people who have previous convictions of DUIs it can be it can also be because of a history of use and Nexus to that where is that history of use well we've got things let's see going through a history of um crimes committed either Under the Influence or minor in possession or controlled substance possession alleged in Olympia well um that allegation was going on and then this allegation so was that and then it's a juvenile there were several events as well so there's a Nexus to the criminal history that the court knows of as well as the event itself so the condition remain the same and we'll be back November 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