Court / Litigation Tactics

[weishaupt1776]

[color=black][b]I would appreciate it if we could keep this thread focused exclusively to tactics involving what to say, filing, or actual PHYSICAL techniques.



I tried this one & it didn't work. I copied 4 of my filings. Stamped one as original & the other 3 as a copy after I photocopied the documents with the photocopied signature & notary. I thumbprinted next to the copy stamp to authenticate it. When I took it doen, the clerk would only stamp what I filed & not the other ones.



Which way do we go, which way do we go, George?



Here's one that's cool.

I bought an Olympus D330 digital recorder. It records thousands of files w/ 5:30 hrs rec time. The signal is incredible! I figure we keep that sucker in our shirt pocket. Do we have to tell the judge we are recording?

What do we say? I was thinking of this<BLOCKQUOTE>For the record, this hearing is being recorded this(day, mnth , yr, time, courtroom, judge, case #).</BLOCKQUOTE>& then go on.



I also bought at radioshack a phone module to plug the recorder in to the phone line. Man, you get some deadly ones. What we can do is make Mp3's of the digital file via usb & post 'em in the downloads.



On deck is a car camera w/miking. I was wondering if we could make those suckers record live to the web like a palm pilot does.

[Logan]

Hey Weishaupt,

I do not know of the legal ramnifications of recording your court session, but I <u>did</u> and the bailiff never said anything to me. Now he saw it but he did not check it and I left it recording in my briefcase during the trial so maybe it simply was not noticed.



I LOVE the idea of installing camera's and at least a voice recorder in your car! I work at an Audio/Video shop and it can be done, for a price. You could even rig it to a toggle switch to activate it only when needed. But at that point you would need to disclose to the Officer that your business was being recorded as evidence for your defense. I would suggest TWO camera's also, just in case your cop is not honest and decides to disable one. (one visible and one concealed)



My experience with filing paperwork is this: I took all my filings, had them notarized by the Judge's personal notary, went to the C. O. C. and had each of them stamped and copied there, at $1.00 per page. That gave me copys of all my stamped, notarized and filed paperwork. I did not have the opportunity to benefit by any of them however, so I cannot testify to the validity of that procedure. My states statutes do include those statutes which deal with the differences between the original and the copy. (just in case the court loses the original). You may want to check out your states Rules of Evidence to see.



I definitely think we should focus our energies on this thread. I like the idea of posting a number of pre-trial motions and affidavits to initiate the defense procedure.



your friend,

Logan

[Akira]

Hi All,



If they'll let you record everything... do it... better yet, get a notary to do it... lol



I've tried to record a case of mine before, and the baliff was all over me !



The recorder wasn't on.. and the mic wasn't hooked up... it was just a 'test run' to see what would happen... I was left with the impression, if it had been hooked up and working it would have been confiscated.. at least temporarily...



I have used pocket recorders before (I own two) and have used the recordings as testimony/proof on the stand... with no problems from the judge..



For HIS Glory,

Akira

I have a Sony IC recorder that pulls in about 2.5 hours onto a chip, and it works very well. I have a cell phone case that I cut out an ever so small piece of just where the mic is, and it works like a charm.



Looks like a phone, I wear it on my belt like a phone, they are thinking it must be a phone.



I can also pull this in, and convert it to wav or mp3.



It was very useful at a job once for that reason.