Well, there was a verdict by the jury on Tuesday February 24, in my case/s in Lincoln County. It makes my head spin all the stuff I was accused of! Thirteen of fourteen counts were dismissed. I'd say that's a good case for malicious prosecution.
I'm appealing the jury decision!!!!! Twelve of them found me guilty on stalking. The Counterman v. Colorado U.S. Supreme court case wasn't mentioned. I discovered that case on my own one night while listening to audio of legislative hearings. There was a discussion about the case State of Maine v Labbe.
Anyway, my lawyer spent days preparing a brief. I still haven't even read it entirely, yet the jury made a decision in about an hour. I was expecting my lawyer to spend some time explaining the decisions in those cases, but that did not happen. It seems much of it got condensed; and the information flowed (or didn't) to the jury through the judge's jury instructions!
There was no mention of the police misconduct and violations of my rights during 5 arrests. I sure hope the sentencing judge considers that I've suffered much distress and damages.
"One of the reasons I could use for the appeal," I mentioned in a group that I meet with regularly "is that my lawyer was biting his pen during trial...and that could have prejudiced the jury." Someone responded "There has to be something more." I added "...really hard!"
There is much more though, and I promise I'll post updates here.
At Oyez there are audio recordings of the arguments in the 2023 United States Supreme court case Counterman v Colorado and documents from the case.
