State vs. Nicholas Sheen

Case # 2013CF0001246

Motion hearing 1-29-2015

Walmartians

Zombie Apocalypse

 Nhu Tran and Hawaii

So you may wonder how Walmartians, Zombie Apocalypse and Hawaii all mix in a case with

Public Defender(STRIKE THAT),

Defense Attorney Nhu Tran.

Public Defender Nhu Tran wishes the court to address her in front of the jury as Defense Attorney Nhu Tran, not as Public Defender Nhu Tran.  
The reason you may ask? 
RCC believes a growing stigma is attached in the jury’s eyes with the use of the term

Public Defender.

 The stigma is, both are losers.

But the stigma doesn’t end with the Juror’s in a trial. Another stigma continues to reflect upon the jurors themselves.

To quote an unnamed comedian, the word “juror” comes from the Latin word “jurque” – pronounced “jerk” – translated - a person too stupid to get out of jury duty.
12 dollars for a days worth of jury duty?
Who in their right mind would subject themselves to being herded as cattle or as the state may view you as State chattel for a mere pittance of 12 dollars ?

Most people have heard of stories of jurors being imprisoned by the court system during the selection process of being a juror, and worse yet, stuck as a juror for trial.

And who do you owe this public debt to?

You may be surprised by the answer.

Let’s share with you a little history of;

How a trial by jury began.

The U.S. based concept of jury trials was created by Muslims in North Africa.  We often use 12 jurors in the U.S. because of the Shite - Shia belief of the twelve divinely ordained imams.

In the eighth century, it was the Lafif in the Maliki school of classical Islamic law that later created the concept of drawing jurors from the community, of swearing them to tell the truth, of assigning them to act as fact-finders, of requiring unanimous decisions, and of having those decisions binding on judges.

 To quote University School of Law, John A. Makdisi; “No other institution in any legal institution studied to date shares all of these characteristics with the English jury.”

King Henry II in the twelfth century implemented the procedure of resolving land disputes through decisions by “twelve free men” of the community.

King Henry also created his grand jury-styled Assize of Clarendon wherein free men were assigned to report crimes — with such reporting leading to the notoriously and horrifically tortuous medieval “trial by ordeal.”

Many Racineian’s appear to believe that such “ordeal trials” has left the English dungeons and settled comfortably in Racine’s Jury Assembly Room, patiently waiting for you to be called to duty.

There is so much more to be discussed about the present day jury system, much of it positive, including the subject of public defenders, all of that will have to wait for a later date.

Enough of history and back to this case involving Walmartians.

 It starts out with a Walmartian/arsonist buying a pair of boots from Walmart, size 10.  The Walmartian then trekking through the snow leaving boot imprints at crime scenes as the arsonist sets several buildings on fire.

When sheriff investigators asked arson victims whom might have set the building on fire, the suggested name was Nicholas Sheen. When the victim was further asked of a possible motive, the victim stated, Mr. Sheen was evicted from the property.

So investigators do what they do and went to talk to Mr. Sheen, and when they did, during questioning and investigation, they found Mr. Sheen had a pair of boots that matched the crime scene imprints in the snow, right down to size 10.

During the following days, weeks and months, investigators dug deeper finding more circumstantial evidence linking Mr. Sheen to the crimes.

The State filed charges for arson.

  The State’s alleges Nicholas Sheen set fire to several buildings in Union Grove. Two of the three buildings involved in arson the defendant  was a tenant and evicted from several years ago.

The State argues the tracks imprinted in the snow at the 3 arson scenes are the same as Nicholas Sheen’s boots.

State experts verified that the boot tracks at the scene of the crimes were similar enough to Mr. Sheen’s boots that Mr. Sheen’s boots could have been at the scene of the crime.

The State experts further determined the following:

  boot manufacture, same

style of the lug pattern, same

size, same

"These boots are made for walking"

Nhu Tran argued that the boot tracks found imprinted at the scene of the fires are common. So common that she plans on introducing certified business records from Walmart of how many boots Walmart sold.

The possible number mentioned was 500,000 pair.

The State objected to the business records being introduced in court.  And this is where Judge Piontec questioned how boots sold in Hawaii may be relevant.

 Judge Piontec stated the introduction of the business records may confuse the jurors. And remember what we said earlier about most jurors? So Judge Piontec will rule on the use of the certified business records during trial, and what portion of the records may be relevant for jurors to view. Boots sold after the arson date is irrelevant.  Judge Piontec also made it very clear that boots sold in Hawaii would not be part of the business records to be viewed by the jurors either.

So now comes the story of the Zombie Apocolypse:

We have seen in recent week’s many stories of criminals leaving the scene of a crime, imprinting footprints in the snow for law enforcement officers to follow directly to the criminal’s residence.

Yes, the Zombie Apocolypse is happening in Racine County as we speak.  If some of these criminals were any dumber, they would have to be physically dead. Henceforth we have living zombies walking amongst us.

RCC has followed the State vs. Nicholas Sheen case since the filing of charges.  RCC has observed the actions of the court, prosecution and defense.

All parties have been on their “A” game.

The court well focused and versed of the case before and during the hearings,

  A.D.A. Noah Wishau well prepared, and an active defense strategy developed by Nhu Tran.

This courtroom is working, unlike the next courtroom case RCC has been following and will feature next.

The State lies vs. Kurt Hanson