Re: Be courteous to the judge
I have a solid platinum diamond encrusted driving record. For four years, I commuted 25 miles per day, six days a week from Prescott to Mingus Mountain Acadamy, and I got pulled over a few times for going three miles under the speed limit. All local law enforcement knew me, because MMA had a few retired police officers working there, which is an Arizona Department of Juvenal Corrections community services facility. But my 8,000 mile 3.5 year pedestrian record is not so hot.
After never ever being convicted of any crime, I got arrested and jailed overnight and I got dragged to court for disorderly conduct, for informing the notorious neighborhood at large dog offender of my right to defend my ankles if I knew that they were under immediate threat of immediate harm. Nothing physical occurred during the incident, it was all verbal. I represented myself, even though the city prosecutor was requesting jail time for me. The judge, the prosecutor, my friends and family told me that I could not go to trial without hiring an attorney. I ignored all of their advice. My friends and family begged me to make every effort to completely conceal my anger while at trial; because if I let it show during the trial, I would get convicted. I made no motion to suppress any of the fabricated evidence, and during the trial, I raised no objections.
I cross examined the 13 year police sergeant and the lying azz dog owner, all by my self. The city prosecutor cross examined me. The hate-filled trial lasted over an hour. They hated on me, and I hated on them back. I could not conceal my anger towards the at large dog owner-police-prosecutor tripartite axis of evil.
Several times during the trial, when I was testifying, the judge ordered me to calm down, and I also took a mid-stand prayer break to recite "Hail Holy Queen And Mother", to get some modicum of self-calm.
The prosecutor argued that I could not shoot a small dog that was actually biting my ankles, and I could not shoot a small dog that was immediately threatening to immediately bite my ankles, therefore, I could not tell people that I could and would, being openly ready and willing.
The judge directly and concretely disagreed and directly corrected the prosecutor. The trial ended when the judge said: "Mr. Buffalin does have the right to shoot any dog that is actually biting his ankles, and he has the right to shoot any dog that is immediately threatening to bite his ankles, and he has the right to inform people of this right. Judgement for the defendant."
I thank God that He put the words for the judge to say in his mouth.