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
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 ?
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