[Music] Have you any idea how su successful censorship is on TV? Don't don't know the answer. H successful, isn't it? [Music] And welcome to facts or frauds. All right, good morning. I'm Judge Chungan. We are here on people of the state of excuse me, city of Taylor versus Randall Crane. Good morning. I see Mr. Crane up on screen. Sir, I believe you are muted. If you could unmute, please. There we go. Good morning, sir. Would you state your name, please? My name is Randall Timothy Crane. Good morning, Mr. Crane. And on behalf of defendant today, we have please James Kaji on the house council. I spoke with Mr. Crane. Had a breakdown in communications. I don't believe I can go forward representing them. We do not u you know support the same theory of law. Miss Mr. Crane, sir, um you do have the right to have a courtappointed attorney. Uh do you wish to have a courtappointed attorney or or are you going to represent yourself at this time? You could change your mind later on, but at this stage, sir, are you representing yourself, sir? Um me and the the house council do do not agree on on a bunch of I I I understand that. My question is all you're here for today is I'm going to actually give you the formal arraignment and conduct a pre-trial. All I'm wondering, sir, is are you going to represent yourself at this limited proceeding? That's all, sir. I I would like to have a a assistance. Okay. All right. But at this time, we do not have other counsel. But what I am going to do is what we call an arraignment. All arraignment, sir, is is just a formal reading of the charges that are lodged against you. Um that's that's all it is. And I explain that the rights that you have. Well, I I I understand my right. Hold on just a minute, please. Hold on just a minute. I want to make sure I have the complete file. Um, Mr. Gaziki, maybe you can offer a little assistance, sir. Okay. No, I've got it. So uh for the record, Mr. Crane, you're here for an arraignment. As I explained, sir, arraignment is at initial stage of the criminal proceedings where simply put, you're advised of the charges that are now formally lodged against you. I'm going to advise you of the rights that you have. You plea after I'm done with that, then you plead guilty or not guilty. After that, sir, the next stage is something called a pre-trial conference. That's where you, if you're representing yourself or you with your courtappointed attorney, you sit down with the prosecutor and discuss the merits of the case. Okay, sir. So in this matter, you are charged on the complaint of Taylor PD officer Schillenberg who states that on March 26 while in the city of Taylor had you obstructed the officer from performing his lawful duties specifically with respect to the stop on where he claims he observed you operating electronic device. Now, a misdemeanor charge in the state of Michigan, it's a criminal offense. It subjects you potentially be zero days in jail up to 90 days. Fines could be zero up to 500. You could be placed on probation also for a period of up to two years. Of course, you have the right to have an attorney to represent you. If you can't afford one, one could be appointed. Of course, you start out with the presumption of innocence. You clothe with that presumption all the way through unless and until the jury finds out or a judge rules the other way. Now, of course, you have the right to have a trial. The trial could be heard by a jury or a judge. At trial, sir, you or you and your attorney have the right to cross-examine all of the prosecution's witnesses. You could bring in witnesses that testify on your behalf, and you can testify or not testify as you see fit. If you choose to remain silent, it can never be held against you. For example, prosecutor could never tell the jury that, oh, you must be guilty because you didn't testify. We don't allow that, sir. The people have to prove your guilty your guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, having heard that charge, how do you plead to the charge of obstructing the officer? All right. I'm going to note that the defendant stands mute. Has the same effect, sir, as you plead as you pleading not guilty. Now, sir, you are going to have a I need you to write this down, please. You will have a pre-trial conference. It's where you're going to meet with an attorney here in the court, right? The state down July 16th at 9:00 a.m. It's an in-person pre-trial conference. Furthermore, sir, we're going to mail a notice of that date to the address that's listed on your ticket. Not going to state the address now because this could go out uh for further public consumption. Not going to do that. But note, sir, July 16th, 9:00 a.m. All right. And at this time, I'm going to release you on a personal bond. You don't have to post cash. That's your word that you're going to come back on the July 16th date at 900 a.m. All right, sir. Now, I also want to inform you, you have a couple of other charges. They're called civil infractions. One has to do with no proof of insurance and no registration. Sir, these being civil infractions, you can't be sent to jail for these. They're simply not criminal offenses. All right? You'll be fined up to $100 on each of those, but you can't be sent to jail. Just for your information, they are accompanying charges. So again, sir, today you've stood mute. I'm going to note you requesting requesting appointed counsel. I'm also noting for the record you had spoken Mr. Kaziki and he's not able to represent you any further. And lastly, again, you're on a personal bond at your word that you're going to come back on that July 16th date. Understood, sir? No, I do not understand. Pardon me, sir? No, I do not understand. Well, now explain it again. You come back on July 16th in court for a pre-trial conference. You meet with attorney who will meet with the prosecutor. That's when they discuss the merits of the case. And right now, I've released you on a personal bond. You don't have to come to the courthouse and post any money. It's your word that you're coming back on that date. I've notified you here on the record of the court date. And further, you'll be mailed a notice. Yes, your honor. I understand that part, but what I don't understand is I I don't understand the uh the jurisdiction that the court has over sir, you're going to you're going to be able to discuss that at a later date. This was just to advise you of the charges formally lodged. Well, I am also I would also like to to advise the court that every court every day that I am in court, I require $1,400 and I will be charging the court $1,400 for my time. Sir, you can do as you see fit on that count. I'm just apprising you of your court dates. 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