Comments on: Your friendly neighborhood prosecutor. https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180 fairly undermining public confidence in the administration of justice Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:08:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. | People v. State https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-2284 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:08:05 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180#comment-2284 […] handle “John R.,” on Greenfield’s blog. Coincidentally, back in 2009 I wrote a post here describing an earlier exchange between Greenfield and the same “John R.” on […]

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By: Thomas R. Griffith https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-1222 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:50:43 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180#comment-1222 Mr. K.,
Great piece. I have a dilemma regarding “institutional momentum” & “prosecutorial misconduct” that I would appreciate your thoughts on.
In 84, my hired attorney (Daniel R. Jackson) & ADA (Casey J. O’Brien) played “let’s plea all over this one” during lunch recess on the first & only day of trial. Their fancy footwork (no contest) resulted in a grand prize of 10 yrs., out in 3 yrs. but actually sentenced for life.
In 98, my wife (paralegal) told me I could be anything I wanted despite the X on my back. After one year, I graduated with a shinny new “private investigator” diploma with instructions to locate a closed case to study. We chose mine; purchased the Houston PD Report, case file and mugshot. She read it and found that I was just sold proof of my innocence. We filed for a full pardon based in actual innocence.
Denied of course, & again in 04. The “I.M.” was not about to allow them to admit that the HPD, Harris County Sheriff’s Dept. & slime-ball O’Brien conspired to gain a conviction via plea bargain, so I refused any further attempts. Instead, I chose to create PROJECT: Not Guilty and name names and let the “public @ large” in on it.
I confronted my attorney with the info. & he gave me a letter of recommendation for a full pardon “based on facts in the case.” I confronted the ADA (O’Brien aka: jigmeister) on Simple Justice (Plea Bargaining 201) about his role in rail-roading me. He had nothing to say about; planting a .38 cal. revolver as a state’s exhibit that had no records of it’s chain of custody, the descriptions of the robbery suspects not even close & having 5 alibis witnesses to my exact whereabouts. He said he’s sorry that I felt that I was wronged by the system & claimed his memory had faded. I offered to forward him the documents and he ran away to another BLAWG.
With this all in mind, would you consider my next move to fly the info? In a balloon over his house, unfurrel a banner in his neighborhood like the “Bong Hits for Jesus” kid did for attention, file for a pardon until I die or burn it all? Thanks for your humble thoughts in this matter for I respect your work and the professional way you go about it.

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By: Thomas R. Griffith https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-1221 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:10 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180#comment-1221 Mr. K.,
Great peice. I have a delimma regarging “institutional momentum” & “prosecutorial misconduct” that I would appriciate your thoughts on.

In 84, my hired attorney (Daniel R. Jackson) & ADA (Casey J. O’Brien) played “let’s plea all over this one” during lunch recess on the first & only day of trial. Their fancy footwork (no contest) resulted in a grand prize of 10 yrs., out in 3 yrs. but actually sentenced for life.

In 98, my wife (paralegal) told me I could be anything I wanted despite the X on my back. After one year, I graduated with a shinny new “private investigator” diploma with instructions to locate a closed case to study. We chose mine, purchased the Houston PD Report, case file and mugshot. She read it and found that I was just sold proof of my innocence. We filed for a full pardon based in actual innocence.

Denied of course, & again in 04. The “I.M.” was not about to allow them to admit that the HPD, Harris County Sheriff’s Dept. & slime-ball O’Brien conspired to gain a convition via plea bargain, so I refused any further attempts. Instead, I chose to create PROJECT: Not Guilty and name names and let the “public @ large” in on it.

I confronted my attorney with the info. & he gave me a letter of reccomendation for a full pardon “based on facts in the case.” I confronted the ADA (O’Brien aka: jigmeister) on Simple Justice (Plea Bargaining 201) about his role in rail-roading me. He had nothing to say about; planting a .38 cal. revolver as a state’s exhibit that had no records of it’s chain of custody, the descriptions of the robbery suspects not even close & having 5 alibis witnesses to my exact whereabouts. He said he’s sorry that I felt that I was wronged by the system & claimed his memory had faded. I offered to forward him the documents and he ran away to another BLAWG.

With this all in mind, Would you consider my next move to fly the info. in a balloon over his house, unfurrel a banner in his neighborhood like the “Bong Hits for Jesus” kid did for attention, file for a pardon until I die or burn it all? Thanks for your humble thoughts in this matter for I respect your work and the professional way you go about it.

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By: There are not enough lawyers running around. | People v. State https://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180&cpage=1#comment-1014 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:11:05 +0000 http://www.peoplevstate.com/?p=180#comment-1014 […] an email exchange, Scott Greenfield is no longer banning me from commenting at his blog, Simple Justice. That pleases me greatly, as Scott’s blog is one […]

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