Sovereign Citizen Walks In COCKY With 10 Charges—Judge WIPES That Smile Off His Face (Satisfying)

Corpus delicti. The state cannot be the injured party and in absence of a victim there can be no crime. If I'm entitled to a fair trial, the law states there must be a victim. I I'm ask I'm just requesting who is the victim? >> This sovereign citizen walks in the court with a Punisher hat, already telling you everything you need to know about this guy's self-image before he even opens his mouth. He's got 10 plus charges, all traffic stuff, no license, no insurance, all the basic sovereign citizen stuff. Judge Perkins gives him every single opportunity to just pick one of the two options, either go to trial or take the deal from the state. Instead, this dude's saying corpus delicti and the court has no jurisdiction, instantly getting on Judge Perkins' bad side. Make sure to stick around till the end because the sentence this guy gets is honestly so satisfying and seeing his reaction to Judge Perkins slamming the hammer on him honestly made my day when I watched it. Let's dive in and watch this sovereign citizen get completely humbled by Judge Perkins here. Good morning to you, sir. Good morning. >> What is your middle name? Can you remove your hat, please? And your scarf. What is your middle name, Mr. Garner? Earl. Earl? No. He's on the 130 docket, your honor, I believe. If you want to, your honor, I can give house counsel an offer right now. She can report it to him. On James Garner, do you see all the cases he has? Uh I see just the uh four that are on the docket. Or five. He's got more? He's got plenty more. Okay. You want me to come down, review, and do a global offer? If you could, please. Okay, I'm on my way down. Mr. Garner, do you want an offer on these or you want to go to trial? I would like to know what the charges are. Okay. This is the city of Detroit versus James Earl Garner. Um driver's license expired. Uh misdemeanor, no insurance uh insurance misdemeanor. Thank you. And an improper plate misdemeanor. All of them punishable by maximum possible penalty uh 93 days in jail and or $500 in fines. Counts one and counts two, expired license and no insurance misdemeanor. Both punishable by 93 days in jail and or $500 in fines. Same improper plate, same punishment, $500 in $593 days in jail and or $500 in fines maximum possible penalty um Three of those tickets are uh driver All All punishable by 93 days in jail and or $500 in fines. Counts one, counts two, and counts three, those are civil infractions. Counts one and counts two, count one being a driver's license suspended repeat offender. This one is in warrant status, probably an old case that he didn't pay. SB appearance for the record, please. Cherica Harris on behalf of Mr. Garner. Mr. Garner, please state your name for the record. Uh first off, uh I do have a couple of >> state your name first. You got to state your name first. Let's back it Wait a minute, Ms. Harris. Wait a minute, Ms. Harris. I think Mr. Garner is going to represent himself. Am I correct, Mr. Garner? I'm representing myself in what? I mean Oh. I'm confused about what's actually going on. First off, who who's alleging these charges? That's what I'm curious about. State of Michigan, city of Detroit. >> [snorts] >> Okay, well, if that's the case, there's a common law principle which states that for there to be a crime, there must be a victim. Corpus delicti. The state cannot be the injured party. And in absence of a victim, there can be no crime. What do you want to do? I'd like to strike my name from the record on that one. Thank you. All right, how do you want to proceed, Mr. Garner? You set the matter. I'll enter a not guilty plea as we have. Give him a zero dollar bond. Either set the matter for trial or or I'll wait I'll wait for the city to give you an offer. What do you want to do? Well, the court hasn't even established jurisdiction. I mean, in order for jurisdiction jurisdiction has to be established first and there's no jurisdiction established. And once jurisdiction is established, once jurisdiction is challenged, that must be settled before charges can be brought. >> So, this guy This guy right here has over 10 charges. 10. Not one, not two, 10 separate cases. This man has been collecting charges like they're trading cards and his defense is the court needs to prove jurisdiction. I mean, jurisdiction on traffic tickets literally in the city of Detroit and he's sitting in the courthouse that's literally handling them right now. That's the jurisdiction, bro. You literally showed up to the hearing. And here's the thing though, corpus delicti is a real principle. It does exist, but it applies to criminal cases where you need to prove a crime actually occurred. It does not apply to the city of Detroit catching you driving around with no license, no insurance, and a fake plate for what appears to be the 10th time. All right, do you want to Do you want to put that in a motion, sir? As As far as I'm concerned, any and all charges must be dismissed because there is no complaining witness. And the state cannot be Well, I'm not going to I'm not going to Listen, I'm not going to uh I'm going to If I'm If you want If that's your motion, I'm going to deny the motion. Okay? So, all we're going to do now, we're not going to keep go keep going back and forth. Either you take an offer or you set the matter for trial. Which one do you want? Respectfully, in order for this to continue, there must be a complaining witness and the state cannot be a complaining witness. Now, if I'm entitled If I'm entitled to a fair trial, the law states there must be a victim. I I'm ask I'm just requesting who is the victim? Who did I injure? The citizens The citizens of the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan are the victims. The state and cannot be a victim. And if that's the case, >> I said the citizens of the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan are the victims. The state has to state the case. Mr. Garner. I'm I'm Mr. Garner. Mr. Garner, uh can Can we just go into a breakout room and and then maybe I can give you a little bit of advice to assist you with moving forward? Would you be agreeable to that? Sure. Okay. Awesome. Join the breakout room and we'll pass the matter. All right, are we ready on Garner? I believe he's ready, your honor. He's uh representing himself. Let's go back on the record with Garner. What do you want to do, Mr. Garner? Do you want to You want a trial date or you want an offer? Those are Those are your really your only two options. Okay, since we are on the record, all I'm asking for is the corpus Okay, one last time. One last time. Now Now listen. Here's how it's going to go from this point on. If you don't answer the question that I asked specifically, then I'm going to hold you in contempt of court and we're going to move from that point on, right? Get up, Mr. Raymond. So, you're telling me Mr. No, Mr. Garner. You're We're not going to >> is just going to violate the court's order. >> Stop, sir. Stop, sir. Now, that's the last time I'm going to ask you to stop. Is that what I'm hearing? All right. >> I'm ask I'm I'm going to hold Mr. Garner in contempt of court. He is He is He is directly violating the court's order. I've asked him repeatedly to not uh uh uh interfere or or or or or add any extra commentary to this case. I've given him ample time to answer the court's question and he continues to refuse to do so. So, now I'm going to hold you in contempt and I'm going to sentence you to 30 days Wayne County Jail. No early release. So, that means that the court is just going to violate my rights because I'm defending myself? Is that what what I'm hearing? 30 days Wayne County Jail. No early release. That'll give you some chance and some time to read up on your rights, okay? I I'm going to order you to turn yourself in today, Mr. Garner, to start that jail time, okay? So, I have a question. I'm not answering any more of your questions. Turn yourself in to the Wayne County Jail today. So, the court is going to be in direct violation of my rights and the law. Is that where Is that where we're standing? 30 days, no early release, and he still tried to argue afterwards. At some point, you really just have to respect the commitment even if the strategy is completely cooked. Here's my honest opinion. I feel like sovereign citizen content is probably my favorite thing to cover because these people genuinely believe they discovered a legal loophole that every lawyer, judge, and law professor somehow missed. Like bro, if corpus delicti got you out of every traffic ticket, every single lawyer in America would be using it. And the crazy part is this stuff spreads like a religion. I've seen people online selling courses, selling packets, selling legal templates to people who are desperate and don't know any better. Do you guys think sovereign citizen arguments are a genuine legal strategy or just the biggest scam being sold to desperate people online? Because somebody out there is making so much money off of these people.