This guy
needs
a damn lawyer.

Lawyers exist for reasons like this. Because some people representing themselves don't know what the f*ck they're doing and will waste the judges time and aggravate them.

Contrary, he does not need a lawyer for this.

However he does know what he is doing. And By doing so has thrown a wrench in the system.

All he wants is to know who has a problem with the couch, the city chose to take it out of context.

The problem with challenging the power, is that the power usually gets mad it can't have its way. So therefore will take it further and further until it cannot. In this case, it will turn bad really fast, and he will need a lawyer, as will the judge and every one in the court.

Just because your court is busy, does not mean that you can do what you want with the cases in your court. They will go as long as they need to go or they will not. When it comes to a citizens rights, you as a judge have to listen to what they have to say, so long as it is not contempt.

He does not have to enter a plea, and the Judge enters one on his behalf, which is illegal.

I have to say that I agree with the guy here. Check your bill of rights. The Sixth Amendment states, in no uncertain terms that all those who stand before a criminal prosecution shall:

"be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him"

>> ^djsunkid:
I have to say that I agree with the guy here. Check your bill of rights. The Sixth Amendment states, in no uncertain terms that all those who stand before a criminal prosecution shall:
"be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him"


Quite true, but that applies to the trial. This isn't a trial yet. As the judge pointed out, the whole point of the proceedings was to decide whether or not it was going to trial by having the defendant enter a plea. AFAIK you can't, when asked to enter a plea, refuse because theoretically if that were allowed you could tie up the proceedings forever. So when you refuse to enter a plea, judges automatically enter a plea of "not guilty" for you. Judge made the right call there and seems to be a fairly level-headed guy, since he even entertained the defendant's offer privately in chambers. He really had no obligation to do that.

Haven't I seen this before in the movie My Cousin Vinny?