District Court Judge Jackie Glass' name appeared recently in a New York appellate court opinion. The mention, a quote from a pro se brief written by inmate Val Thomas, was quite flattering:There is no dispute that defendant timely requested the right to defend himself. His written application expressed a desire to proceed pro se based on displeasure with his assigned attorneys for their unwillingness to acknowledge that defendant was "the legitimate King of the United States" as well as "Almighty God." He stated that he was displeased with his attorneys' refusal to assert his purported absolute immunity under the treaty known as "The General Agreement to End World War III," which had been "ratified by the United States and every other country that existed in 1998." Defendant previously had referred to himself, and wanted to be addressed as, "General Val Thomas, Commander-in-Chief of the North American Union Army" of the "Second American Civil War." In urging his competency to represent himself, he related that he was born on May 19, 1963, which was "one of the only two days in our lifetimes in which the Earth spun backwards, with the sun rising in the West and setting in the East." According to defendant, such phenomenon served to verify that he was, as noted previously, "Almighty God." He did, however, request standby counsel in his application and indicated a willingness to accept for that role one of the following three individuals: "Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor; or Nevada State District Judge Jacqueline Glass." These quotes from defendant are by no means exhaustive of his various claims about himself throughout the record.Pretty nice to be mentioned in the same sentence as Sandra Day O'Connor and Hillary Clinton ... even if it was by a man who believes the earth spun backwards on his birthday.
Judge Glass handles competency court hearings for the Eighth Judicial District; we're guessing Val was one of her previous "contacts."
She would definitely find this guy competent - not because she was flattered to be grouped with the other women, but because she finds everyone competent.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that Val caught a little O.J. on t.v. while locked up in the nut ward.
ReplyDeleteThe competency burden is pretty low. However, a long fall with an abrupt stop would be a good way to test this guy's claims of god-dom.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff...I bet the voters would elect this guy to the bench.
ReplyDelete9:01 AM - I was just thinking the same thing. Maybe he'd make Chief Judge and REOPEN the south entrance. It is a crying shame what the pricks and puntas on the bench have done to the People. That line outside the courthouse is like an indictment of the entire system. Ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteIs it bad that I appreciate that attorney line to bypass the poor schmucks standing in the line that now goes outside the building in the mornings? (Potential danger is that our jurors are standing there watching us walk past them. Think that they'll hold that against us when deliberating a decision?)
ReplyDeleteThe difficulty in getting through the x-Ray machine and metal detector might have more to do with the number of individuals who act like they've never seen a security screening before and don't know what to do or what's going on.
ReplyDeleteOpening the south entrance isn't going to make people understand they need to empty their pockets and take off their belts and walk through the detector instead of milling about like a lost soul.
@10:48, pretty sure jurors don't have to wait in the long line. (well if they've already been picked)
ReplyDeleteThey started handing out "buckets" to people waiting in line. Maybe that will start speeding up the process.
ReplyDeleteSo is Judge Glass going to take this man's case?
ReplyDeleteI agree that they should reopen the south entrance. They should also make the north entrance attorneys only. I hate having to push past the filthy criminals to get through security.
ReplyDeleteThey let prospective jurors bypass the main line as well. I saw this in action today.
ReplyDelete4:30 - the "filthy criminals" are most likely already in custody and are entering the courthouse via tunnel, not the security gates. Those people in line are your jurors, witnesses and clients, you arrogant prick.
ReplyDelete@9:15 We've already established that jurors are not in that line you stupid f*ck.
ReplyDeleteThe picture of her looks funny. It's like she is seeing a pen for the first time and is amazed by what it can do.
ReplyDelete10:47 - on Monday mornings, and sometimes on other days, the line is filled with potential jurors. They get to skip the line only after they are selected and get the magic badge. Get your facts straight before you call someone a stupid fuck, asshole.
ReplyDelete9:15 - Way to take the bait, sucker.
ReplyDeleteAsshole? Arrogant prick? Stupid fuck?
ReplyDeleteThis is supposed to be a learned profession.
Glass is administering an FST from the bench. I see some nystagmus!
ReplyDeleteTrolls trolled hard
@ 1:41- We've just been told by 6:33 that they saw "prospective" jurors bypassing the line. Now go f**k yourself with your "magic badge"
ReplyDeleteIf you spent any time at all in the courthouse, you would know that there is no special line for prospective jurors. They go in the main line, and stay in that line. After they have been selected, and get a badge, they may be allowed to move up in line - but not always.
ReplyDeleteIn any event, the point is that the people in the line are citizens, regular folks, who deserve to be treated with respect and they're not just "filthy criminals." Time to crawl off of your ivory tower dude.
They should make the attorneys stand in line with everyone else. Then the line would be full of filthy criminals.
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ReplyDelete@3:32,
ReplyDeleteIndeed, sir, my learned colleagues could learn a thing or two about civility.. but wait.. is that the mating call of the rare kwitya bishindushe? I think it is. Listen carefully to its melodic song:
"Fa-caff! Fa-caff!"