Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Terry Darrell Smith, Petitioner v. Troy Bowser, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution
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IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
TERRY DARRELL SMITH
PETITIONER
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(Your Name)
vs.
MR. J. MYRICK, et.,al.
RESPONDENT(S)
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ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT (COA);
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT; HABEAS CORPUS AND (COA).
(NAME OF COURT THAT LAST RULED ON MERITS OF YOUR CASE)
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TERRY DARRELL SMITH
(Your Name)
TRCI SID. 6295796
82911 BEACJH ACCESS RD.
(Address)
UMATILLA, OREGON 97882
(City, State, Zip Code)
NONE
(Phone Number)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED
DID THE UNITED STATES SEIZURE OF PETITIONER FROM CAMBODIA AND
UNLAWFUL EXTRADITION OF HIS PERSON TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTE
OUTRAGEOUS GOVERNMENTAL DUE PROCESS MIS-CONDUCT IN VIOLATION OF
PETITIONER'S RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS, WHERE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HELD
PETITIONER FOR ONE MONTH WITHOUT COUNSEL, DENIED MEDICAL TREATMENT,
AND FAILED TO PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE EXTRADITION PROCESS?
WAS PETITIONER'S WAIVER OF EXTRADITION FROM CALIFORNIA TO OREGON
INVALID, UNKNOWING, AND A RESULT OF COERSION?
WAS PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF PROSECUTORIAL MIS-CONDUCT AND A "BRADY" VIOLATION?
WAS PETITIONER DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF EXTRADITION
HEARING COUNSEL, MARC HENTEL, IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF CALIFORINA
FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES?
WAS PETITIONER DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL COUNSEL,
ANDREW VANDERGAW?
WAS PETITIONER DENIED EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF DIRECT APPEALATE
COUNSEL, MARY SHANNON STOREY?
WAS PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO UNITED STATES,
GOVERNMENT AGENTS UNLAWFUL, OUTRAGEOUS DUE PROCESS MISCONDUCT?
DID THE U.S.D.O.J. AND THE PROSECUTION SUPRESS EVIDENCE BENEFICAL
TO THE PETITIONER AT TRIAL?
DID THE COURTS LACK JURISDICTION OVER THE PETITIONER AS A RESULT
OF UNLAWFUL "ACTS", EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA AND A COERSED WAIVER
OF EXTRADITION FROM CALIFORNIA TO OREGON?
DID THE PROSECUTION VIOLATE "THE SPECIALTY DOCTRINE", WHEN
PETITIONER WAS PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED FOR OFFENCES THAT EXTRADITION
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FROM CAMBODIA WERE NOT GRANTED?
(11), SUBPART A: DID THE IMPOSITION OF CONCECUTIVE SENTENCES BASED
ON JUDICIAL FINDINGS VIOLATE PETITIONER'S SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH
AMENDMENT JURY RIGHTS? SUBPART B: ACCORDING TO OR. REV. STAT. §
161.062(1), SHOULD COUNT TWO HAVE MERGED WITH COUNT ONE, AS IDENTICAL
VIOLATIONS OF THE SAME STATUTORY PROVISION?
WAS PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMPROPER "VOUCHING" TESTAMONY OF A STATE'S OFFICER WITNESS?
WAS PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS OBTAINED PURSUANT TO DEPREVATION
OLATING THE
OF LIBERTY OF MOVEMENT WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW VI
FOURTH AMENDMENT AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?
WAS PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS A RESULT OF VIOLATIONS OF THE
"EMTRAPMENT RULE"; McNABB-MALLORY RULE; THE FEDERAL KIDNAPPING ACT,
18 U.S.C. §1201; TWO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, SUCH AS, THE UNITED..
NATIONS CHARTER, ART. 2, PARA 4; O.A.S. CHARTER ART 17; THE UNIFORM
CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT
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RIGHTS OF ARRESTED PERSON, ORS 133.787;
FEDERAL EXTRADITION STATUTE, 18 U.S.C. § 3182; 18
U.S.C. § 3504;
SCOPE OF PROTECTIONS AND RIGHTS OF FUGITIVE DEFENDANTS; SPECIALTY
DOCTRINE OF THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION LAW; AND MULTIPLE AMENDMENTS
TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION?
WAS PETITIONER'S POST-CONVICTION RELIEF COUNSEL, MICHAEL
MAHONY, INEFFICTIVE WHEN HE FAILED TO PRESENT ALL THE ISSUES?
WAS PETITIONER'S POST-CONVICTION RELIEF, APPELLATE COUNSEL,
JAMES VARNER INEFFECTIVE FOR NOT PRESENTING AND. PESERV:LNG1ALI OFD
2TjI;TIQN:Ei' SERR .1 ijIS SUESOFOR FEDERAL WRT OFUABEASJcOR PUSSHOW;DNG
"CAUSE
AND PREDJUDICE" ONLY AND NOT FOR HABEAS RELIEF?
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LIST OF PARTIES
All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page.
[ ] All parties do not appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. A list of
all parties to the proceeding in the court whose judgment is the subject of this
petition is as follows:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
OPINIONS BELOW
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JURISDICTION
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CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY PROVISIONS INVOLVED-
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STATEMENT OF THE CASE
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REASONS FOR GRANTING WRIT OF CERTIORARI
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ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT AND UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS PRESENTED
CONCLUSION
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INDEX TO APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT; ORDER DENYING
RECONSIDERATION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF APPEALIBILITY,
(COA). DATED 10/2/17.
APPENDIX B: U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 9TH CIRCUIT; ORDER DENYING
ISSUE OF (COA). DATED 8/18/17.
APPENDIX C: U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR OREGON; JUDGMENT, HABEAS CORPUS
RELIEF DENIED. DATED 3/15/17.
APPENDIX D: U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR OREGON; HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF,
OPINION AND ORDER. DATED 3/14/17.
APPENDIX E: U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR OREGON; ORDER DENYING PETITIONER'S
MOTION-RECONSIDERATION AND ISSUE, (COA) ,[57], 4/7/17.
APPENDIX F: U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR OREGON; ORDER DENYING MOTION
FOR ORDER,[35]; NOTION TO PRODUCEE36I, AND MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION,[37]. DATED 5/13/16.
APPENDIX G: U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR OREGON; ORDER DENYING NOTION
FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL,[21]; MOTION TO PRODUCE,
[25]; MOTION TO PRODUCE,[26]. DATED 2/5/16.
APPENDIX H: IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OREGON; ORDER DENYING REVIEW.
2/5/15.
APPENDIX I: IN THE OREGON COURT OF APPEALS; ORDER, APPELLATE JUDGMENT
AND SUPPLEMENTAL JUDGMENT, ON PETITION FOR PCR. 4/16/15.
APPENDIX J: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR UMATILLA COUNTY;
ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL ; PCR APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS.
8/26/11 .
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APPENDIX (CONT)
APPENDIX K: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR UMATILLA COUNTY;
PCR JUDGMENT-GENERAL. 8/15/11.
APPENDIX L: IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT; ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR
A WRIT OF CERTIORARI. DATED 6/7/10.
APPENDIX M: IN THE SUPREME COURT OF OREGON; ORDER DENYING REVIEW.
1/21/10.
APPENDIX N: IN THE OREGON COURT OF APPEALS; ORDER, APPELLATE
JUDGMENT ON DIRECT APPEAL PROCEEDINGS. DATE 3//2'5/J170.
APPENDIX 0: OREGON COURT OF APPEALS; ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL FOR
DIRECT APPEAL PROCEEDINGS. DATED 8/7/07.
APPENDIX P: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF OREGON FOR JACKSON COUNTY;
JUDGMENT OF CONVICTION AND SENTENCE, INCLUDING
APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL. DATED 7/6/07.
APPENDIX Q: INDICTMENT; 7/20/2000.
APPENDIX R: THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION STATUTE, 18 U.S.C. § 3182 AND
THE UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT, RIGHTS OF ARRESTED
PERSON, ORS 133.787.
APPENDIX S: U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE, CRIMINAL DIVISION; RESPONSE TO
PETITIONER'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ji(OIA), REQUEST.
DATED 1/12/09.
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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RUSSELL, 411 US AT 431-32 . . . . . . . .
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HAMPTON V U.S., 425 US 484,490, 96 S CT 1646, 48 L ED
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2D113(1976). . . . . . . . . .
BOGART, 783 F2D AT 1432-33. . . . . . . . . .
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UNITED STATES V, TOSCANINO, 500 F 2D 267; 1974 U.S.
APP. LEXIS 8616. . . . . . . .
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KER V. ILLINOIS, 119 US 436, 7 S CT 225, 30 L ED 421 )1888)22
FRISBIE V COLLINS, 342 US 519, 96 L ED 541, 72 S CT 509
(1952).
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GRISWOLD, THE DUE PROCESS REVOLUTION AND CONFRONTATION,
119 U PAL REV. 711 (1971).
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UNITED STATES V. RUSSELL, 411, US 423, 430-31, 36 L ED
2D 366, 93 B€fl 1637 (1973).
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MAPPV. OHIO, 367 US 642, 81 S CT 1684, 6 L ED 2D 1081
(1961)
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MIRANDA V ARIZONA, 384 US 436, 16 L ED 2D 694, 86 5 CT
1602 (1966)
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WONG V. UNITED STATES, 371 US 471, 83 S CT 497 (1963). . 9
SILVERMAN V. UNITED STATES, 365 US 505, 5 L ED 2D 734,
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81 S CT 679 (1961)
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E. G., PITLER, "THE FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE", REVISITED
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AND SHERPARADIZED, 56, CALIF. L REV. 579, 600 (1968).
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SCOTT, CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF A STATE OVER A DEFENDANT BASED
UPON PRESENCE SECURED BY FORCE OR FRAUD, 37 MINN. L REV. 91,102,
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RACHIN V. CALIF., 342, US 165, 96 L ED 183, 72 S CT (1952). id
WOLF V. COLORADO, 338 US 25, 93, L ED 1782, 69 S CT 1359(1949) 11
WEEKS V U.S., 232 US 383, 58 L ED 652, 32 S CT 341 (1914). . 11
SILVERTHORME LUMBER CO. V. UNITED STATES, 251 US 385, 40 S CT
182, 64 L ED 319 (1920)
UNITED STATES V. EDMONS, 432 F 2D 571 (2ND dR. 1970).
GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS V. ORTIZ, 427 F 2D 1043,1R04 n.2.
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WONG SUN V U.S., 371 US 471,488, 9 L ED 2D 441, 83 S CT 407
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RE JOHNSON, 157 US 120,126, 42 L ED 103, 17 S CT 735(1896).
FITZGERALD CONSTRUCTION CO. V. FITZGERALD, 137 US 98,
34 L ED 608, 11 S CT 36 (1890).
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FIOCCONI V. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF U.S., 339..F SUPP. 1242,
1244 (S.D.N.Y. 1972)
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HOGAN & SNEE, THE McNABB-MALLORY RULE: ITS RISE, RATIONALE
AND RESCUE, 47 GEO. L.J. 29, 32 (1952)(THE "REAL ROOTS OF
THE MCNABB RULE" ARE FOUND IN A REFUSAL TO COUNTENANCE,
"TRIALS WHICH ARE THE OUTGROUTH OR FRUIT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
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ILLEGALITY". SINCE THEY "DEBASE THE. PROCESSES OF JUSTICE".
VINCENTI AFFAIR, 1 HACKWORTH, DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW...
624 (1920); THE CANTU CASE, 2 HACKWORTH.310 (1914); THE CASE
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OF BLATT AND CONVERSE, 2 HACKWORTH 399 (1911).
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COOK V. UNITED STATES, 288 US 102, 77 L ED 641, 53 5 CT
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SULLIVAN V. KIDD, 254 US 433, 442, 65 L ED 344, 41 S CT
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30 SHAPPIRO V FERRAMDINA, 478 F 2D 894,906 n. 10 (2ND CIR. 1973). 15
31" HENRY V. UNITED STATES, 361 US 09, 100-01, 4 L ED 2D 134,
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805CT168(1959).
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33 FRANKEL, CONCERNING SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, 34 HARV. L. REV.
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STATE V. PORTER, (1966)
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COMMONWEALTH V. PASS, (1976)
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HALEY V. OHIO, 332 US 596, 92 L ED 224, 68 S. CT. 302
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WATTS V INDIANA, 338 US 49,93 L ED 1801, 69 5 CT 1347,1357. P
RACHIN, THE COURT GRANTED CERTIORARI, 341 US 939, 95 L ED
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1366,715CT997.
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SNYDER V. MASSACHUSETTS, 29'l US 97 105, 78 L ED 674, 677,
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PALKO V CONNECTICUT, 302 US '319,325,82 L ED 288,292, 5.8 5 CT 1491. 18
DAVIS 'V MILLS, 184 US 451,457, 48 L ED 1067,1071, 24 S CT 692. 19
U.S. V. RUSSELL, 411 US 423, 93 S CT 1637, 36 L ED 2D 266(1973)..22
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UNITED STATES V. BOGART, 783 F2D 1428 (9th Cir. 1986).
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BETTS V. BRADY, 316 Us 455, 86 L ED 1595, 62 S CT 1252.
WOLF V. COLORADO, 338 Us 25, 93 L ED 1782, 69 5 CT 1359. . 19
rJOMSTEAD V U.S., 277 Us 438, 72 L ED 944, 48 S CT 564(1928). 11,20,27
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U.S. V. ARCHER, 486 F 2D 670,. 674-75, (2ND CIR. 1973).
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BRADY V. MARYLAND, 397 Us 742 (1970)
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KYLES V. WHITLEY, 514 US 419 (1995)
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STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON, 466 US 668, 687-88, 104 5 CT
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2052, 80 L ED 2D 674 (1984)
STEVENS V STATE OF OREGON, 322 OR 101,108,902 P 2D 1137(1995). 25,37
AIKENS V. MAASS, 122 OR APP 321, 324, .858 P 2D 148 (1993),
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PEOPLE V. LIEBOWITZ, 140 MISC. 2D 820, 51 N. Y.A. 2D 719
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APPRENDI V. NEW JERSEY, 530 Us 566, 120 S CT 2348, 147 L ED
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2D 435 (2000).
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STATE V. CROTSLEY, 308 ORE 272,278,779.P 2D 600 (1989).
STATE V. BARRETT, 153 ORE. APP. 621, 958 P 2D 215; (1998)
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SEE GENERALLY DAVID H. KYLE, DAVID E BERNSTEIN, AND JENNIFER
L. MNOOKIN, THE NEW WIGMORE; EXPERT EVIDENCE § 1.5, 23-25
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(2004)(EXAMINING RULE AND ITS RATIONALE).
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STATE V. LUPOLI, 348 ORE 346; 234 P 3D 117 (2010), ORE LEXIS 3881 32,33
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STATE V SOUTHARD, 347 OR 127,142,218 P 3D 104 (2009).
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QREGQN CPNTTUTIPNAL PROVISIONS (INCORPORATING ALL DUE
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EQUAL PROTECTION CITATIONS RELATING
TO ISSUES RAISED IN THIS PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI. . 34,36
STATUTORY PROVISIONS
ORS 133.787
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FEDERAL KIDNAPPING ACT, 18 U.S.C. § 1201.
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SCOPE OF PROTECTION AND RIGHTS OF FUGITIVE-DEFENDANTS.
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DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION.
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JURISDICTION
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[A For cases from federal courts: HABEAS CORPUS, 28 U.S. C. § 2254.
The date on which the United States Court of Appeals decided my case
was 8/18/17
Ii] No petition for rehearing was timely filed in my case.
[MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATIO!]
[Xj A timely petition for rehearing was denied by the United States Court of
Appeals on the following date: 10/3/17
, and a copy of the
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order denying rehearing appears at Appendix A[RECONSIDERATION]..
[ ] An extension of time to file the petition for a writ of certiorari was granted
to and including
in Application No.
(date) on
(date)
A______
The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under 28 U. S. C. § 1254(1).
[x] For cases from state courts:
The date on which the highest state court decided my case was 4 / 1 6 / 1 5 _.
A copy of that decision appears at Appendix
[REVIEW]
[x] A timely petition for rehearing was thereafter denied on the following date:
2/5/15
, and a copy of the order denying rehearing
H
appears at Appendix
[] An extension of time to file the petition for a writ of certiorari was granted
to and including
Application No.
(date) on
(date) in
A_______
The jurisdiction of this Court is invoked under 28 U. S. C. § 1257(a).
Xi.
IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
Petitioner respectfully prays that a writ of certiorari issue to review the judgment below.
OPINIONS BELOW
c] For cases from federal courts: HABEAS CORPUS,
28
U.S.C. § 2254.
The opinion of the United States court of appeals appears at Appendix A & B to
the petition and is
[ ] reported at
; or,
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1.
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
NATURE OF THE CASE
THIS IS A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI FROM A JUDGMENT
DENYING PETITIONER'S FORMAL PRO SE PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS RELIEF. (JUDGMENT, APPENDIX EA AND OPINION AND ORDER,
APPENDIX
).
PETITIONER ALSO INCLUDES U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR
THE NINTH CIRCUIT; ORDER DENIAL OF CERTIFICATE OF APPEALIBILITY
(APPENDIX AND ORDER DENIAL OF RECONSIDERATION. (APPENDIX
).
THEREFORE, PETITIONER SEEKS REVERSAL OF THE FOREGOING DECISION OF
THE FEDERAL HABEAS DISTRICT COURT AND THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO VACATE PETITIONER'S
CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES, EXPUNGE THE RECORD AND RELEASE PETITIONER
FROM CUSTODY IN THE UNDERLYING CRIMINAL MATTER.
NATURE OF THE ORDER TO BE REVIEWED
PETITIONER SEEKS REVIEW FROM A JUDGMENT ENTERED IN FEDERAL
HABEAS U.S. DISTRICT COURT ON MARCH 15,2017, WHICH DENIED PETITIONER'S
PRO SE FORMAL PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF AND A
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALIBILITY, (COA). PETITIONER ALSO SEEKS REVIEW
OF A JUDGMENT ENTERED IN THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH
CIRCUIT ON AUG. 18,2017 AND DENIAL OF RECONSIDERATION JUDGMENT ON
OCT. 3,201,7,t
BOTH JUDGMENTS DENIED PETITIONER'S MOTIONS FOR
A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALIBILITY, (CoA).
PETITIONER WAS ORIGINALLY CONVICTED IN JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT
COURT CASE NUMBER 003700FE, FOLLOWING A JURY TRIAL, OF TWO COUNTS
OF SODOMY IN THE FIRST DEGREE(COUNTS 1 AND 2), SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE
2.
FIRST DEGREE(COUNT 3) AND USING A CHILD IN DISPLAY OF SEXUAL CONDUCT
(COUNT4). IN THE SAME CASE PETITIONER ENTERED GUILTY PLEAS TO TWO
COUNTS OF FAILURE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER(COUNT 5 AND 6). IN
A JUDGMENT ENTERED ON JULY 6,2007, THE SENTENCING COURT IMPOSED
CONSECUTIVE, 100-MONTH PRISON SENTENCES ON THE SODOMY I CONVICTIONS
(COUNT 1 AND- 2) AND A CONSECUTIVE, 70-MONTH PRISON SENTENCE ON THE
USING A CHILD IN DISPLAY OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT CONVICTION
(COUNT 4). ALL OTHER COUNTS WERE SENTENCED CONCURRENTLY.
OJIN
CASE REGISTER, JACKSON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT CASE NUMBER 003700FE;
(JUDGMENT, APPENDIX .p
PETITIONER UNSUCCESSFULLY PURSUED A DIRECT
APPEAL, WITH THE APPELLATE JUDGMENT(APPENDIX N. ENTERED ON MARCH
25,2012. ACMS, CA A136426; WRIT OF CERTIORARI, DENIED, (APPENDIX L
UMATILLA CIRCUIT COURT, ORDER AND JUDGMENT, DENIED POST-CONVICTION
RELIEF, (APPENDIX K I OREGON COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMED POST-CONVICTION
RELIEF DENIAL, (APPENDIX
; SUPREME COURT OF OREGON DENIED REVIEW,
(APPENDIX H
THIS CASE ARRISES ON PETITIONERS FORMAL PRO SE PETITION FOR
HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF, WHICH WAS DENIED, SEE JUDGMENT AND ORDER AND
N
OPINION AT(APPENDIX C & D.
THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR OREGON
HELD A HEARING ON OR ABOUT MARCH 14,2017, ON PETITIONER'S PRO SE
FORMAL PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF AND DENIED RELIEF AND A
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALIBILITY,(COA). THE U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT, SUBSEQUENTLY DENIED A (COA) ON AUG. 18,2017
AND PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ON OCT. 3,2017.
THEREFORE, ACCORDING TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT'S FINAL
DECISION AND RULING ON OCT. 3,2017, THIS PETITION FOR A WRIT OF
CERTIORARI IS TIMELY.
3.
REASONS FOR GRANTING THE PETITION
PETITIONER HAS MADE A "SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING OF THE DENIAL OF A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT". 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).
THIS CASE PRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.
ORAP 9.07(1)(a).
THE SAME OR SIMILAR ISSUES ARRISE OFTEN. ORAP 9.07(2).
THE DECISION AFFECTS MANY PEOPLE AND IS IMPORTANT TO THE
PUBLIC. ORAP 9.07(3).
THE DECISIONS OF THE LOWER COURTS APPEAR TO BE WRONG AND RESULTS
IN A SERIOUS OR IRREVERCIBLE INJUSTICE OR DISTORTION OF A LEGAL
PRINCIPLE. ORAP 9.07(14).
THE UNITED STATES SURPREME COURT APPEARS TO HAVE MADE 92) CONFLICTING SEPERATE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE TERM, DUE PROCESS. THE OLDER
VERSION FOUND IN THE "KER-FRISBE DOCTRINE", THAT MUST YIELD TO THE
MORE RECENT INLIGHTENED VERSION IN GRISWOLD, THE DUE PROCESS REVOLUTION AND CONFRONTATION, 119 UPA L REV 711 (1971).
WHERE NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE TO CORRECT DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE OF
COUNSEL IN PERFECTING EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA, ,CONSTITUTES EEVE
REVERSIBLE ERROR. U.S.C.A. § IV; VI; AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF
THE XIV AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THE COURT IS DEPRIVED OF JURISDICTION OVER AN EXTRADITED FUGITIVE
DEFENDANT, IF EATHER; IT VIOLATED A TREATY, OR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
AND ITS AGENTS ENGAGED IN KIDNAPPING TO OBTAIN HIS PRESENCE BEFORE
THE COURT. ORS 133.787; AND 18 U.S.C. § 3182.
BECAUSE OF "UNLAWFUL ACTS" AND "CRIMINAL OFFENCES" IMPOSED BY
U .S. GOVERNMENT AGENTS TO OBTAIN JURISDICTION OVER PETITIONER, IT
IS DUE PROCESS MIS-CONDUCT THAT "SHOCKS THE CONSCIENCE" .AND WOULD
4.
GO FAR TO NULIFY THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.
THE INSTANT CASE IS A TRIAL IN VIOLATION OF THE "McNABB-MALLORY
RULE", SUCH AS "TRIALS WHICH ARE THE OUTGROWTH OR FRUIT OF THE
GOVERNMENT'S ILLEGALITY", SENCE THEY "DEBASE THE PROCESSES OF JUSTICE
THE SENTENCING COURT ERRORED WHEN IT FAILED TO MERGE COUNT 2
WITH COUNT 1. OR. REV. STAT. § 161.062(l).
THE COURTS HAVE LONG HELD THAT ONE WITNESS CAN NOT "VOUCH" FOR
ANOTHER WITNESSES CREDIBILITY OR BELEAVIBLITY. OR EVID. CODE 403.
A CONVICTION OBTAINED THROUGH SUPPRESSION OF EVIDENCE, DENIAL
OF COMPLETE DISCOVERY AND A "BRADY" VIOLATION, MUST NOT BE SUSTAINED.
THE COURT IS OBLIGATED TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF JURISDICTION
OVER THE PERSON OF A DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEEN FORCIBLY BROUGHT TO
BOOK IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
PETITIONER IS UNLAWFULLY IMPRISONED AND RESTRAINED OF HIS
LIBERTY BY THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPONDENT, MR. J. MYRICK, et.,al.,
THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TWO RIVERS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION..
PETITIONER MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE AND CONTENDS HE DID NOT CO
COMMIT THE OFFENCES HE WAS CONVICTED ON, DISPITE THE FACT HE WAS
BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
PETITIONER IS A SERVICE-CONNECTED 100% DISABLED VETERAN, WHO
SERVED TO PROTECT THE UNITED STATES AND U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS,
BUT NOW IT APPEARS HE HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF THE VERY RIGHTS HE
SACRIFICED HIS PHYSICAL ABILITIES TO PROTECT.
FOR ALL THE REASONS STATED ABOVE, PETITIONER PRAYS THAT THIS
HONORABLE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT WILL SCRUTINIZE THIS CASE AND
CONSIDER GRANTING THIS PITITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI.
5.
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ON GROUNDS FOR RELIEF, (1-16)
TO ASSIST UNDERSTANDING QUESTIONS PRESENTED
GROUND ONE:
PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL, UNLAWFUL, ARREST AND SEIZURE OF HIS PERSON
AND EXTRDITION FROM CAMBODIA WERE NO EXTRADITION TREATY EXIST.
WITH THE UNITED STATES.
ARGUMENT
BECAUSE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S OUTRAGEOUS DUE PROCESS MIS-CONDUCT
IN SUCURING PETITIONER FOR TRIAL VIOLATED HIS RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS
AS GUARANTEED BY THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, ALL
CHARGES SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED.
IN, RUSSELL, 411 US AT 431-32, THE COURT REAFFIRMED THn"SUBJECTIVE VIEW" OF EMTRAPMENT IN FEDERAL COURTS, BUT LEFT OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF AN OBJECTIVE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFEENCE BASED ON DUE PROCESS.
IN, HAMPTON V. UNITED STATES, 425 US 484,490, 96 S CT 1646, 48 L ED
2D 113 (1976).
THE PLURALITY CONCLUDED THAT THE DEFENDANT'S PREDIS-
POSITION TO THE CRIME WOULD BAR AN OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT DEFENSE. THE
CONCURRENCE STATED THAT A DUE PROCESS OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT DEFENSE
WOULD BE AVALIABLE IN AN APPROPRIATE CASE, ALTHOUGH POLICE OVER
INVOLVEMENT IN A CRIME WOULD HAVE TO REACH A HIGH LEVEL OF OUTRAGEOUSNESS BEFORE IT WOULD BAR CONVICTION. ID. AT 495 N 7 (POWELL, J.,
CONCERING). THE DISSENT REAFFIRMED ITS BELIEF IN THE OBJECTIVE
EMTRAPMENT RULE AND WOULD HAVE HELD THAT THE POLICE CONDUCT IN THAT
CASE WAS SUFFICIENTLY OFFENSIVE TO BAR CONVICTION. ID. AT 497
(BRENMAN, J., DISSENTING). THUS THE MAJORITY OF THE COURT RECOGNIZED
THE AVAILABILITY OF THE DEFENSE REGARDLESS OF THE DEFENDANT'S PREDIS-
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POSITION. THE NINTH CIRCUIT HAS HELD THAT THE DEFENSE HAS SURVIVED.
BOGART, 783 F2D AT 1432-33.
RUSSELL STATED THAT THE DEFENSE MIGHT APPLY IN CASES WHERE
GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT WENT BEYOND "FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS, SHOCKING
TO THE UNIVERSAL SENSE OF JUSTICE." 411 US AT 432. IN HAMPTON, THE
CONCURRENCE STATED THAT DUE PROCESS WOULD BE VIOLATED ONLY BY GOVERNMENTAL CONDUCT OF -A "DEMONSTRATABLE LEVEL OF OUTRAGEOUSNESS." 425
US AT 495 N 7. THOSE CONCEPTS HAVE NOT BEEN DEFINED BY THE COURT.
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ACCORDING TO DEFENDANT [PETITIONER], US MARSHALS EXTRADITED
HIM FROM CAMBODIA WITHOUT PROVIDING HIM NOTICE OF THE EXTRADITION
PROCESS, DENIED HIM ACCESS TO COUNSEL SO THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO
CHALLENGE HIS EXTRADITION, AND DENIED HIM MEDICAL TREATMENT. THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY. BECAUSE THAT CONDUCT EVINCES A
"DEMONSTRATABLE LEVEL OF OUTRAGEOUSNESS," THE CHARGES AGAINST
DEFENDANT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED. THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN
CONCLUDING OTHERWISE, AND THIS COURT SHOULD REVERSE AND GRANT
PETITIONER'S PETITION FOR WRIT OFCENTIORARI.
THE US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 2ND CIRCUIT, HOLDING THAT
IF THE CHARGES OF GOVERNMENT MISCONDUCT IN KIDNAPPING DEFENDANT AND
FORCIBLY BRINGING HIM TO THE U. S. SHOULD BE SUSTAINED, HE WOULD,
AS A MATTER OF DUE PROCESS, BE ENTILED TO RELIEF, BECAUSE DUE PROCESS
REQUIRED A COURT TO DIVEST ITSELF OF JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON
OF A DEFENDANT WHERE IT HAD BEEN AQUIRED AS A RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DELIBERATE, UNNECESSARYAND UNREASONABLE INVASION OF THE
ACCUSED'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT., NOT ONLY WERE LAWS ALLEDGEDLY
BROKEN AND CRIMES COMMITTED AT THE BEHEST OF THE US MARSHALS SERVICE.
THE CONDUCT WAS APPAIRENTLY UNNECESSARY, AS EXTRADITION OR WAIVER
7.
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THEREOF, MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCULDED. U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
IV, PROTECTED DEFENDANT, AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE XIV AMEND.
"AT NO TIME HAD THERE BEEN ANY LAWFUL CHANNELS IMPOSED NOR
ANY FORMAL REQUEST ON THE PART OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT OR THE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA FOR THE EXTRADITION OF PETITIONER [SMITH] NOR WAS
THERE ANY LEGAL BASIS TO JUSTIFY THIS RANK CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND THE U .S. MARSHALS SERVICE LOCKED ALL
POWER, AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION TO ARREST, SEIZE AND EXTRADITE
PETITIONER [SMITH], FROM CAMBODIA. FROM START TO FINISH THE U.S.
GOVERNMENT UNLAWFULLY, WILLINGLY AND DELIBERATELY EMBARKED UPON A
BRAZENLY CRIMINAL SCHEME VIOLATING THE LAWS OF THREE SEPARATE COUNTRIES.
BOTH, THE ILLEGAL SEIZURE OF EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT TRIAL OR
THE SEIZURE OF THE PERSON OF A DEFENDANT ARE PROTECTED BY FOURTH
AMENDMENT GUARANTEES. THUS, HOW PETITIONER [SMITH], WAS UNLAWFULLY
AND FORCIBLY BROUGHT TO TRIAL BY U.S. GOVERNMENTAL DUE PROCESS H
MISCONDUCT IS RELEVANT. SEE UNITED STATES V. TOSCANINO, 500 F 2
267; 1974 U.S. APP. LEXIS 8616.
ALLEGED FORCIBLE ABDUCTION (MANSFIELD., 2ND CR.)
IN AN ERA MARKED BY A SHARP INCREASE IN KIDNAPPING ACTIVITIES,
BOTH HERE AND ABROAD, SEE, E.G., NEW YORK TIMES, JAN. 5,1974, AT
25, COL. 6, DEC. 13,1973, AT COL. 5, OCT. 17,1973, AT 14, COL. 5,
WE FACE THE QUESTION AS WE MUST IN THE STATE - OF THE PLEADINGS, OF
WHETHER iA FEDERAL OR STATE COURT MUST ASSUME JURISDICTION OVER THE
PERSON OF A DEFENDANT WHO IS ILLEGALLY APPREHENDED ABROAD AND FORCIBLY ABDUCTED BY. GOVERNMENT AGENTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
PURPOSE OF FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES HERE. THE ANSWER NECESSITATES
AND GUARANTEES OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH
AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION..***
EM
A REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF TWO SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, HEAVILY RELIED UPON BY GOVERNMENT AND THE COURTS, KER V. ILLINOIS, 119 Us 436,
7S CT 225, 30 L ED 421 (1888);AND FRISBIE V. COLLINS, 342 Us 519,
96 L ED 541, 72 S CT 509 (1952); FOR YEARS THESE TWO CASES HAVE
BEEN THE MAINSTAY OF A DOCTRINE TO THE EFFECT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S
POWER TO PROSECUTE A DEFENDANT IS NOT IMPAIRED BY THE ILLEGALLTY
OF THE METHOD BY WHICH IT ACQUIRES CONTROL OVER HIM. THIS TEACHING
ORIGINATED ALMOST 90 YEARS AGO IN KER. SIXTY SIX YEARS LATER THE
SUPREME COURT AGAIN FACED THE QUESTION IN FRISBIE V. COLLINS, SUPRA,
IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONTEXT.
SINCE FRISBIE THE SUPREME COURT, IN WHAT GkNDISTINGUISHED
LEGAL LUMINARY DESCRIBES AS A "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION", SEE
GRISWOLD, THE DUE PROCESS REVOLUTION AND CONFRONTATION, 119 U PA
LREV. 711 (1971), HAS EXPANDED THE INTERPRETATION OF "DUE PROCESS".
NO LONGER IS IT LIMITED TO THE GUARANTEE OF "FAIR" PROCEDURE AT
TRIAL. IN AN EFFORT TO DETER POLICE MISCONDUCT,-THE TERM HAS BEEN
EXTENDED TO BAR THE GOVERNMENT FROM REALIZING DIRECTLY THE FRUITS'
OF ITS OWN DELIBERATE AND UNNECESSARY LAWLESSNESSIN BRINGING THE
ACCUSED TO TRIAL. SEE U.S. Vi RUSSELL, 411, US 423, 430-31, 36 L
-
D 2D 366, 93 5 CT 1637 (1973); MAPP V. OHIO, 367 US 642, 81 5 CT
1,8.4, 6:L ED 2D 1081 (1961); MIRANDA V ARIZONA, 384 US 436, 16 L
.ED 2D 694, 86 5 CT 1602 (1966); WONG SUN V. UNITED STATES, 371 US
A21, 83 S CT 497 (1963); SILVERMAN V. UNITED STATES, 365 US 505.
.5 L ED 2D 734, 81 S CT 679 (1961). CONCURENT WITH THESE DECISIONS
THE KER-FRISBIE RULE HAS BEEN CRITISIZED AND ITS CONTENUED VALIDITY
REPEATEDLY QUESTIONED. SEE, E.G., PITLER, "THE FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS
9.
11
TREE", REVISITED AND SHERPARDIZED, 56, CALIF. L REV. 579, 600 (1968);
-SCOTT., CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF A STATE OVER A DEFENDANT BASED UPON
PRESENCE SECURED BY FORCE OR FRAUD, 37 MINN. L REV. 91, 102, 107
_(1953).
THE EROSION OFFRISBIE, APPEARS TO HAVE BEGUN IMMEDIATELY UPON
ITS FIRST APPEARANCE IN PRINT. IN RACHIN V. CALIF., 342, US 165,
96 L ED 183, 72 5 CT (1952), DECIDED AT THE SAME TERM AS FRISBIE,
THE SUPREME COURT BROADENED ITS INTERPRETATION OF DUE PROCESS TO
SET ASIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME A STATE COURT CONVICTION RESTING ON
EVIDENCE OBTAINED THROUGH POLICE BRUTALITY.
APPLYING THESE GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
THE PRESENT CASE, [PETITIONER'S], THIS COURT SHOULD BE COMPELLED
TO CONCLUDE THAT THE MANNER BY WHICH JURISDICTION OVER PETITIONER,
[SMITH], WAS OBTAINED DO MORE THAN OFFEND SOME FASTIDIOUS SQUEAMISHNESS OR PRIVATE SENTIMENTALISM ABOUT COMBATING CRIME TOO CATAGORICALLY. THIS IS CONDUCT THAT SHOCKS THE CONSCIENCE..."IT HAS LONG
SIJINCE CEASED TO BE TRUE THAT DUE PROCESS OF LAW IS HEEDLESS OF THE
MEANS BY WHICH THE ACCUSED IS ARRESTED, SEIZED AND PRESENTED FOR
TRIAL, THERE TO BE CHARGED AND PROSECUTED FOR THE COMMISSION OF A
CRIME.
THIS WAS NOT TRUE EVEN BEFORE THE SERIES OF RECENT CASES
ENFORCING THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE THAT THE STATES MAY NOT BASE
CONVICTIONS UPON CONFESSIONS OR SEIZURES OF THE ACCUSED, HOWEVER
MUCH VERIFIED, OBTAINED BY COERCION OR "WRONGFUL ACTS" IMPOSED.
THE UNDERPINNINGS OFFRISBIE WERE FURTHER WEEKENED BY THE
SUPREME COURT'S LANDMARK DECISION IN MAPP V. OHIO, 367 US 643, 6
10.
L ED 2D 1081, 81 5 CT 1684 (1961), WHERE OVERRULING'IG WOLF V.
COLORADO, 338 Us 25, 93, L ED 1782, 69 S CT 1359 (1949), IT
INTERPRETED THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMEND. TO REQUIRE
THAT THE EXCLUSIONARY RULE BE APPLIED IN STATE PROSECUTIONS, JUST
AS IT HAD FOR YEARS BEEN BINDING ON THE FEDERAL COURTS, WEEKS V.
MNITED STATES, 232 US 383, 58 LED 652, 32 S CT 341 (1914). IT
REPRESENTS A JUDICIALLY-CREATED DEVICE DESIGNED TO DETER DISREGARD
FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITIONS AND GIVE SUBSTANCE TO CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS, [THIS HOLDS TRUE IN PETITIONER (SMITH'S) CASE PRETAINING
TO HIS UNLAWFUL SEIZURE IN CAMBODIA];U.S.C.A. § CONST. AMEND. IV.,
MAPP V. OHIO. IN THE WORDS OF JUSTICE HOLMES, TO ALLOW THE GOVERNMENT TO BENEFIT ILLEGALLY FROM SEIZED EVIDENCE [PETITI"T'JER ASSERTS,
ILLEGALLY SEIZED PERSONS], "REDUCES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO A FORM
OF WORDS,\" flVERTHORME LUMBER CO. V. UNITED STATES, 251 US 385,
40 5 CT 182, 64 L ED 319 (1920). THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE RULE
AND PSSSIBLE BROADER APPLICATION OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLE UNDERLYING
IT WAS BEST DECRIBED BY JUSTICE BRANDEIS IN HIS DISSENTING OPINION
IN OLMSTEAD V. UNITED STATES, (1928).
SEE U.S.V.EDMONS, 432 F 2D 571 (2ND CIR. 1970), WHERE JUDGE
FRIENDLY STATED: "WE DO NOT FIND FRISBIE... AND ITS PREDECESSORS...
TO BE A TRULY PERSUASIVE ANALOGY. THOSE CASES WERE DECIDED BEFORE
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AS SUCH WAS HELD APPLICABLE TO THE STATES,...
AND THUS RESTED ONLY ON GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF DUE PROCESS.OR,
WETHER THE COURT WOULD NOW ADHERE TO THEM MUST BE REGARDED AS
QUESTIONABLE." U.S. V. EDMONS, SUPRA AT 583. SIMULAR DOUBT WAS
INDICATED BY THE 3RD CIR. IN GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS V. ORTIZ,
:AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE
UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION*.*
11.
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427 F 2D 1043, 1045 N. 2 (3rd dr. 1970), where it stated "we
recognize that the validity ofthe frisbie doctrine has been
seriously questioned because it CONDONES illegal police conduct."
IN LIGHT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THE
KER-FRISBIE RULE" CANNOT BE RECONCILED WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S
EXPANSION OF THE.. CONCEPT OF DUE PROCESS, WHICH NOW PROTECTS THE
ACCUSED AGAINST PRETRIAL ILLEGALITY BY DENYING TO THE GOVERNMENT
THE FRUITS OF ITS EXPLOITATION OF ANY DELIBERATE AND UNNECESSARY
LAWLESSNESS ON ITS PART. HOWEVER, WE MUST BY THE, UNDERPLYING
PRINCIPLE THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DENIED THE RIGHT TO EXPLOIT
ITS OWN ILLEGAL CONDUCT, WONG SUN V. U.S., 371 US 471, 4881 9 LED
2D 441, 83 S CT 407 (1963), AND WHEN THE ACCUSED IS KIDNAPPED AND
FORCIBLY BROUGHT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION, THE COURT'S ACQUISTION
OF POWER OVER HIS PERSON REPRESENTS THE FRUITS OF THE G'BORNMENT'S
* DUE PROCESS*
EXPLOITATOON OF ITS OWN MISCONDUCT. HAVING .UNLAWFULLY SEIZED THE
DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD
AS A MATTER OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS BE OBLIGATED TO RETURN HIM T
HIS STATUS QUO ANTE. ALSODUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT,.
FACED WITH THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO CONCEPTS OF DUE PROCESS,
THE ONE BEING THE RESTRICTED VERSION FOUND IN KER -FRISBIE ANDTHE
OTHER THE EXPANDED AND ENLIGHTENED INTERPRETATION EXPRESSED IN MORE
RECENT DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT, WE ARE PERSUADED THAT TO
THE EXTENT THAT THE TWO ARE IN CONFLICT, THE KER-FRISBIE VERSION
MUST YIELD. ACCORDINGLY WE VIEW DUE PROCESS AS NOW REQUIRING A
COURT TO DIVEST ITSELF OF JURISDICTION OVER THE PERSON OF A DEFENDANT
,
WHERE IT HAS BEEN ACQUIRED AS THE RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
,
12.
DELIBERATE, UNNECESSARY AND UNREASONABLE INVASION OF THE ACCUSED'S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THIS CONCLUSION REPRESENTS BUT AN EXTENSION
OF THE WELL-RECOGNIZED POWER OF FEDERAL COURTS IN THE CIVIL CONTEXT
TO DECLINE TO EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER A DEFENDANT WHOSE PRESENCE
HAS BEEN SECURED BY FORCE OR FRAUD, SEE IN RE JOHNSON, 157 US 120,
126, 42 L ED 103, 17 S CT 735 (1896); FITZGERALD CONSTRUCTION
V. FITZGERALD, 137 US 98, 34 L ED 608, 11 S CT 36 (1890).
IF THE CHARGES OF GOVERNMENTAL DUE PROCESS MIS-CONDUCT IN
KIDNAPPING AND FORCIBLY
HIM (PETITIONER, SMITH] INTO THE
U.S. SHOULD BE SUSTAINED, THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES WOULD, AS A MATTER
OF DUE PROCESS, ENTITLE HIM TO SOME RELIEFI THE ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE
CORRUPTION, BRIBERY OF FOREIGN OFFICLIALS IN CAMBODIA AND THAILAND
AS WELL AS KIDNAPPING, ACCOMPANIED BY VIOLENCE AND BRUTALITY TO
a
[PETITIONER] AND TORTURE. DELIBERATE MISCONDUCT ON THE PART OF U.S.
MARSHALS, IN VIOLATION NOT ONLY OF CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITATIONS
BUT ALSO OF THE FEDERAL KIDNAPPING ACTT, 1201, AND OF TWO INTERNA-
TIONAL TREATIES OBLIGATING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO RESPECT THE
TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY OF CAMBODIA, IS CHARGED. SEE U.N. CHARTER,
PARA4
ART. 2; O.A.S. CHARTER, ART. 17. THE CONDUCT ALLEGED HERE SATISFIES
THOSE TEST ARTICULATED BY THE SUPREME COURT IN ITS MOST RECENT
"EMTRAPNENT" DECISION, UNITED STATES V. RUSSELL, 411 US 423, 36 L
ED 2D 366, 96 S CT 1637 (1973). SEE FIOCCONI V. ATTORNEY GENERAL
QFUUS., 339 F SUPP. 1242,1244 (S.D.N.Y. 1972). SEE McNABB V. U.S.,
318 U5332. 87 L ED 819, 63 S CT 608 (1943). SEE HOGAN & SNEE
THE McNABB-MALLORY RULE: ITS RISE, RATIONALE AND RESCUE, 47 GEO.
L.J. 29,32 (1952)(THE"REAL ROOTS OF THE McNABB RULE" ARE FOUND
(
13.
IN A REFUSAL TO COUNTENANCE "TRIALS WHICH ARE THE OUTGROH OR FRUIT
OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ILLEGALITY." SINCE THEY "DEBASE THE PROCESSES
OF JUSTICE". SEE ALSO OOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS V. ORTIZ, 427
'2D 1043,
1045 n.2.
IF DISTINCTIONS ARE NECESSARY, KER AND FRISBIE ARE CLEARLY
DISTINGUISHABLE ON OTHER LEGALITY SIGNIFICANT GROUNDS WHICH RENDER
NEITHER OF THEM CONTROLING HERE. NEITHER CASE, UNLIKE THAT HERE,
INVOLVED THE ABDUCTION OF A DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL
TREATIES OF THE UNITED STATES.. THIS COURT MUST RECOGNIZE A LONG
STANDING PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW THAT ABDUCTIONS BY ONE STATE
OF PERSONS LOCATED WITHIN THE TERRITORY OF ANOTHER VIOLATE THE
TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SECOND STATE AND ARE REDRESSABLE
USUALLY BY THE RETURN OF THE PERSON KIDNAPPED. SEE THE VINCENTI
AFFAIR, 1 HACKWORTH, DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 624 (1920); THE
CANTU CASE, 2 HACKWORTH 310 (1914); THE CASE OF BLATT AND CONVERSE,.
2 HACKWORTH 399 (1911 ),
SINCE THE UNITED STATES THUS AGREED NOT TO SEIZE PERSONS RESIDING WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF A FORIEGN COUNTRY, SUCH AS
CAMBODIA, PETITIONER'S, ALLEGATIONS IN THIS CASE ARE GOVERNED NOT
BY KER BUT BY THE SUPREME COURT'S LATER DECISION IN COOK V. U.S.,
288 US 102, 77 L ED 641, 53 S CT 305 (1933), REJECTING. KER V. ILLINOIS.
THE RULE IN COOK IS CONSISTENT WITH THE TRADITIONAL DOCTRINE THAT
"THE CONSTRUCTION OF TREATIES IS JUDICIAL IN ITS NATURE, AND COURTS
WHEN CALLED UPON TO ACT SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO SEE THAT INTERNATIONAL
ENGAGEMENTS ARE FAITHFULLY KEPT AND OBSERVED. "SEE SULLIVAN V. KIDD,
254 US 433, 442, 65 L ED 344, 41 S CT 158 (1921), AND "THAT THE
3-UNITED STATES V. ALVEREZ-MACHIAN, 504 US 655 (1992)', IS DISTINGUISHABLE AND NOT BINDING ON THE INSTANT CASE.
14.
EXECUTIVE LIVES UP TO OUR INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS," SHAPPIRO V.
RRANDINA, 478 F 2D 894, 906 n. 10 (2ND dR. 1973).
IN UNITED STATES V. TOSCANINO, (1974), THE CONCURRENCE, IN
PART, ANDERSON, CIRCUIT JUDGE (CONCURRING IN RESULT):
"I CONCURR IN THE RESULT." "MY CONCURRENCE IS SO LIMITED BECAUSE
THIS CASE CAN BE DISPOSED OF ON DUE PROCESS GROUNDS ALONE."
PETITIONER ASSERTS HIS CASE CAN ALSO BE DISPOSED OF ON DUE
PROCESS GROUNDS ALONEAND INVOKES THE FEDERAL KIDNAPPING ACT, 18
U.S.C. § 1201.) AS STATED IN THE FOREGOING, PETITIONER ALLEGES HE
WAS KIDNAPPED BY THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, IN CAMBODIA, AT THE
BEHEST OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. AN ILLEGAL ARREST CONSTITUTES. A
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SEIZUREOF THE PERSON IN VIOLATION-OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, SEE
jENRY V. U.S., 361 US 09, 100-01, 4 L ED 2D 134,80 S CT 168 (1959);
GIORDENELIO V. U.S., 357 US 480, 485-88, 2 L ED 2D 1503, 78 S CT
1245 (1958); FRANKEL, CONCERNING SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, 34HARV.
L. REV. 361 (1921). WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS RESTRICT LIBERTY
OF MOVEMENT OF A PERSON WITH THE USE OF HANDCUFFS AND SHACKLES, IT
CONSTITUTES :ARREST, TIME AND LOCATION. IN PETITIONER'S CASE ARREST
OCURED EITHER WHEN THE U.S. EMBASSY REQUESTED HIS ARREST BY CAMBODIAN
IMMAGRATION ON SEPT. 20, 2006 OR MOST DEFFENATELY ON OCT. 13, 2006
WHEN THE U.S. MARSHALS CHAINED, HANDCUFFED AND SHACKLED HIM AT THE
CAMBODIAN IMMAGRATION JAIL. EVEN THOUGH A FORMAL ARREST IS MADE
AT A LATER TIME, THE ARREST IS COMPLETED WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS RESTRICT
LIBERTY OF MOVEMENT. THE COURT IS DEPRIVED OF JURISDICTION OVER
AN EXTRADITED DEFDNDANT, IF EATHER; IT VIOLATED A TREATY, OR THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT ENGAGED IN KIDNAPPING TO OBTAIN. HIS PRESENCE BEFORE
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***AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION.
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THE COURT. U.S.C.A. § CONST. AMEND. IV. THERE WAS NO LAWFUL
EXTRADITION OR DEPORTATION OF PETITIONER FROM CAMBODIA AND THERE
IS NO EVIDENCE TO THE CONTRARY.
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DUE PROCESS AND EQUAL PROTECTION... IT IS ESTABLISHED PRACTICE
FOR THE SUPREME COURT TO SUSTAIN THE JURISDICTION OF FEDERAL AND
STATE COURTS TO ISSUE INJUNCTIONS TO PROTECT RIGHTS SAFEGARDED BY
THE CONSTITUTION AND TO RESTRAIN INDIVIDUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES FROM DOING WHAT THE 14TH AMEND. FORBIDS THEM TO DO. MOREOVER,
WHERE FEDERALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS HAVE BEEN INVADED, IT HAS BEEN THE
RULE FROM THE BEGINNING THAT COURTS WILL BE ALERT TO AJUST THEIR
REMEDIES SO AS TO GRANT THE NECESSARY RELIEF, AND IT IS ALSO WELL
SETTLED THAT WHERE LEGAL RIGHTS HAVE BEEN INVADED AND A FEDERAL
STATUTE PROVIDES FOR A GENERAL RIGHT TO SUE FOR SUCH INVASION, THE
COURTS MAY USE ANY AVALABLE REMEDY TO MAKE GOOD THE WRONG DONE AND
ON A DETERMINATION OF THE SCOPE OF THE 4TH AND 5TH AMENDMENTS
PROTECTION FROM UNREASONABLE SERCHES, SEIZURES AND DEPRIVATIONS OF
LIBERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW. PETITIONER'S PRESENCE BEFORE
THE COURT WAS A RESULT OF AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL SEIZURE OF HIS PERSON
IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CAMBODIA
AND ;IF NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE TO CORRECT DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE OF
COUNSEL IN PERFECTING EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA, IT CONSTITUTES
REVERABLE ERROR. U.S.C.A. § CONST. AMEND. IV AND XIV, & VI.
SEE STATE V. PORTER (1966), WHERE THE COURT APPEARED TO HOLD
THAT THE ILLEGAL ARREST AND RETURN OF AN ACCUSED CRIMINAL FROM
ANOTHER COUNTRY WOULD, WOULD IF PROPERLY CHALLENGED, PRECLUDE STAE
COURTS FROM EXERCIZING JURISDICTION OVER SUCH A DEFENDANT UNDER STATE
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AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
HOWEVER, PETITIONER'S (FOIA), REQUEST FOR RELEASE THE INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS, EXTRADITION REPORT, 18 PAGES WAS DENIED AS WELL AS THE
LOWER COURTS' DENIAL OF PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR AN INCAMERA REVIEW.
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LAW. IN AN EARLIER DECISION, THE COURT NOTED, IT HAD RULED THAT
A DEFENDANT WHO HAS BEE ILLEGALLY ARRESTED AND, AT THE EARLIEST
OOPPRtTUNITY, APPEARED SPECIFICALLY TO CHALLENGE THE JURISDICTION
OF THE COURT MUST BE RELEASED UNTIL REARRESTED IN A PROPER MANNnk
AND THAT UNTIL SUCH TIME THE COURT DID NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER
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HIS PERSON. SEE COMMONWEALTH V. PASS (1976),[N WHICH THE COURT
APPEARED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE POWER OF THE COURTS TO TRY A CRIMINAL
DEFENDANT MIGHT BE NEGATED IF THE DEFENDANT HAD BEEN BROUGHT INTO
THE JURISDICTION BY FORCE OR KIDNAPPING, SUCH AS IN THE PRESENT CASE.
INDEED, THE COURT HAS FOUND THAT THERE IS PRECEDENCE TO THE EFFECT
THAT PERSONS SUBJECTED TO EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS WERE PROTECTED
BY CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WHICH ASSURED THAT THE EXTRADITION
POWER WAS NOT APPLIED AGAINST THEM IN AN OPPRESSIVE OR ARBITRARY
MANNER. THE DUE PROCESS GUARANTEE OF THE 14TH AMEND. MEANS THAT
THE "PROCEDURES [LEADING TO CONVICTIONS] CANNOT INCLUDE METHODS THAT
MY FAIRLY BE DEEMED TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH DEEPLY ROOTED FEELINGS
OF THE COMMUNITY", HALEY V. OHIO, 332 Us 596, 92 L ED 224, 68 S
CT. 302, (JUSTICE FRANKFURTER'S CONCURRENCE); AND SEE WATTS V.
INDIANNA, 338 Us 49, 93 L ED 1801, 69 S CT 1347, 1357.
IN RACHIN, THE COURT GRANTED CERTIORARI, 341 Us 939, 95 L ED
1366, 71 S CT 997, BECAUSE A SERIOUS QUESTION IS RAISED AS TO THE
LIMITATIONS WHICH THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMEND. IMPOSES
ON THE CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS BY THE STATES. [PETITIONER]
RAISES THIS SAME QUESTION IN THE PRESENT CASE. DUE PROCESS OF LAW
IS A SUMMARIZED CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEE OF RESPECT FOR THOSE
PERSONAL IMMUNITIES WHICH, AS MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO TWICE WROTE FOR
THE COURT ARE "SO ROOTED IN THE TRADITIONS AND CONSCIENCE OF OUR
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PEOPLE AS TO BE RANKED AS FUNDAMENTAL", SNYDER V. MASSACHUSETTS,
291 US 97, 105, 78 L ED 674, 677, 54 S CT 330, 90 ALR. 575, OR ARE
"IMPLICIT IN THE CONCEPT OF ORDERED LIBERTY". PALKO V. CONNECTICUT,
302 Us 319, 325, 82 L ED 288, 292, 58 S CT 149.
THE VAGUE CONTOURS OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE DO NOT LEAVE
JUDGES AT LARGE. DUE PROCESS OF LAW IS NOT TO BE DERIDED AS RESORT
TO A REVIVAL OF "NATURAL LAW".
COERCED WAIVERS OF EXTRADITION OR JURISDICTION OFFEND THE
COMMUNITY'S SENSE OF FAIR PLAY AND DECENCY. THIS COURT SHOULD BE
COMPELLED TO CONCLUDE THAT THE PROCEEDINGS BY WHICH JURISDICTION,
EXTRADITION AND ANY SUBSEQUENT CONVICTION IS OBTAINED DO MORE THAN
OFFEND SOME FASTIDIOUS SQUEAMISHNESS - OR-- PRIVATE SENTIMENTALISM ABOUT
/
COMBATING CRIME TOO ENERGETICALLY, AS IN PETITIONER'S CASE, AS(THIS
IS CONDUCT THAT MOCKS THE CONSCIENCE./ ILLEGALLY ARRESTING--SEIZING
--ASSAULTING--BATTERING--TORTURING--ABDUCTING--KIDNAPPING---UNLAWFULLY
IMPRISONING—THIS COURSE OF PROCERDINGS BY (AGENTS OF U.S. GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN JURISDICTION OVER PETITIONER) [SMITH], IS BOUND TO
OFFEND EVEN HARDENED SENSIBILITIES. THEY ARE METHODS TOO CLOSE TO
THE RACK AND THE SCREW TO PERMIT OF CONSTITUTIONAL DIFFERENTIATION.
SO HERE, TO SANCTION THEBRUTAL CONDUCT WOULD BE TO AFFORD BRUTALITY
THE CLOAK OF LAW. NOTHING WOULD BE MORE CALCULATED TO DISCREDIT
LAW AND THEREBY TO BRUTALIZE THE TEMPER OF A SOCIETY. TO SUGGEST
LEGALIZATION OF FORCE SO BRUTAL AND SO OFFENSIVE TO HUMAN DIGNITY
IN SECURING A FUGITIVE FOR TRIAL, BRING HIM TO BOOK, AS IS REVEALED
BY THIS RECORD, WOULD GO FAR TO NULIFY THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF
THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.
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THE CALIFORNIA JUDGES WHO HAVE EXPRESSED THEMSELVES IN ROCHIN,
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HAVE CONDEMED THIS KIND OF CONDUCT IN THE STRONGEST LANGUAGE.
WHILE NOT BEING UNMINDFUL THAT HYPOTHETICAL SITUATIONS CAN BE
CONJURED UP, SHADING IMPERCEPTIBLY FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF ROCHIN,
TOSCANINO AND SMITH [PETITIONER'S CASE) AND BY GRADATIONS PRODUCING
PRACTICAL DIFFERENCES DESPITE SEEMINGLY LOGICAL EXTENSIONS, THE
CONSTITUTION IS "INTENDED TO PRESERVE PRACTICAL AND SUBSTANTIAL
RIGHTS, NOT TO MAINTAIN THEORIES".
DAVIS V. MILLS, 184 US 451,457,
48 L ED 1067, 1071, 24 S CT 692.
THE VIEW, CIRCUMSTANCES AND ALLEGATIONS IN PETITIONER'S[SMITH],
ARE PART OF THE SAME PHILOSOPHY THAT PRODUCED BETTS V BRADY, 316
US 455, 86 L ED 1595, 62 S CT 1252, DENYING COUNSEL.-TO AN ACCUSED
DEFENDANT IN A STATE TRIAL,[PETITIONER ASSERTS EXTRADITION OF AN
ACCUSED FUGITIVE IN A STATE TRIAL, FROM CAMBODIA],AGAINST THE
COMMAND OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT, THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION STATUTE.,
18 U.S.C. § 3182; THE UNIFORMRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT, ORS 133.787;
THE FEDERAL KIDNAPPING ACT, 1201 AND WOLF V. COLORADO, 338 Us 25,
93 L ED 1782, 69 S CT 1359, ALLOWING EVIDENCE OBTAINED AS A RESULT
OF A SERCH AND SEIZURE, [PETITIONER ASSERTS, OR SEIZURE OF HIS
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PERSON FROM CAMBODIA], THAT IS ILLEGAL UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT1 '
TO BE INTRODUCED,[PRESENCE PROCURED], IN A STATE TRIAL. IT IS PART
OF THE PROCESS OF EROSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN IN RECENT
YEARS. LIBERTY OF THE CITIZEN CANNOT BE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED BY
THE FLEXIBLE CONCEPTION OF DUE PROCESS
LAW;
)
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'AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED
STATES CONSTITUTION.
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GOVERNMENTAL DUE PROCESS OUTRAGEOUS MIS-CONDUCT, .COMMITING A
CRIME OF KIDNAPPING IS BEST DISCRIBED BY JUSTICE BRANDEIS IN AN
OFTEN QUOTED PASSAGE FROM HIS DISENTING OPINION IN OLMSTEAD V.
UNITED STATES, 277 US 438, 72 L.ED. 944, 48 S..CT. 564 (1928),
RECENTLY INVOKED AGAIN IN, UNITED STATES V. ARCHER, 486 F 2D 670,
674-75, (2ND dR. .1973):
THE COURT'S AID IS DENIED ONLY WHEN HE WHO SEEKS IT HAS VIOLATED
THE LAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE VERY TRANSACTION AS TO WHICH HE SEEKS
LEGAL REDRESS. THEN AID IS DENIED DESPITE THE DEFENDANT'S WRONG.
IT IS DENIED IN ORDER - TO MAINTAIN RESPECT FOR LAW; IN ORDER TO
PROMOTE CONFIDENCE IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN ORDER TO
PRESERVE THE JUDICIAL PROCESS FROM CONTAMINATION..................
DECENCY, SECURITY AND LIBERTY ALIKE DEMAND THAT. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO THE SAME RULES OF CONDUCT THAT ARE COMANDS
TO THE CITIZEN, IN A GOVERNMENT OF LAWS, EXISTENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT
WILL BE IMPERIILLED IF.IT FAILS TO OBSERVE THE LAW SCRUPULOUSLY.
OUR GOVERNMENT IS THE POTENT, THE OMNIPRESENT TEACHER. FOR GOOD
OR ILL, IT TEACHES THE WHOLE PEOPLE BY ITS EXAMPLE. CRIME IS
CONTAGEOUS. IF THE GOVERNMENT BECOMES A LAW BREAKER, IT BREEDS
CONTEMPT FOR LAW; IT INVITES EVERY MAN TO BECOME A LAW UNTO HIMSELF;
IT INVITES ANARCHY. TO DECLARE THAT IN THE AMINISTRATION OF THE
CRIMINAL LAW THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS--TO DECLARE THAT THE
GOVERNMENT MAY COMMIT CRIMES IN ORDER TO SECURE THE CONVICTION OF
A PRIVATE CRIMINAL--WOULD BRING TERRIBLE RETRIBUTION. AGAINST
THAT PERNICIOUS DOCTRINE THE COURT SHOULD RESOLUTELY SET ITS FACE.
277 U.S. AT 684 AND 685. SOCIETY IS THE ULTIMATE .LOSER WHEN, IN ORDER
TO CONVICT THE GUILTY, IT - USES METHODS THAT LEAD TO DECREASED
RESPECT FOR THE LAW.
[PETITIONER]
iXxx.. HERE, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THIS, COURT TO REVIEW &
TH
CONSIDER JUSTICE BRANDEIS' 'DISENTING OPINION IN OLMSTEAD V. UNITED
STATES, (1928), AND NOT ALLOW THE STATE TRIAL COURT TO EXPLOIT
THE GOVERNMENTS DUE PROCESS OUTRAGEOUS MIS-CONDUCT TO SUSTAIN
A CONVICTION.
SCOPE OF PROTECTION AND RIGHTS OF FUGITIVE-DEFENDANTS
IN AN EFFORT TO DETER POLICE MIS-CONDUCT, THE TERM "DUE PROCESS'
WAS EXTENDED.TO BAR THE GOVERNMENT FROM REALIZING DIRECTLY THE FRUITS
OF ITS OWN DELIBERATE AND UNNECESSARY LAWLESSNESS IN BRINGING THE
ACCUSED TO TRIAL..
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20.
,
THE REQUIREMENT OF DUE PROCESS IN OBTAINING A CONVICTION EXTENDS
TO THE PRETRIAL CONDUCT OF LAW ENFORCEMENTAUTHORITIES.
WHEN AN ACCUSED IS KIDNAPPED AND FORCIBLY BROUGHT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION, THE COURT'S AQUISTION OF POWER OVER HIS PERSON REPRESENTS THE FRUITS OF THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPLOITATION OF ITS OWN MISCONDUCT. HAVING UNLAWFULLY SEIZED THE DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF
U.S. CONST. AMEND. IV, WHICH GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE
TO
BE SECURE IN THEIR PERSONS AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEIZURES, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD AS A MATTER OF FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS BE OBLIGATED
TO
RETURN HIM TO HIS STATUS QUO ANTE.
AN ILLEGAL ARREST CONSTITUTES A SEIZURE OF THE PERSON IN'-VIOLA
TION
OF U.S. CONST. AMEND. Iv.
THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT VIEWS
DUE PROCESS AS REQUIRING A COURT TO DIVEST ITSELF OF JURISDICTION
OVER THE PERSON OF A DEFENDANT WHERE IT HAS BEEN AQUIRED AS THE
RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT'S DELIBERATE, UNNECESSARY, AND UNREASONABLE
INVASION OF THE ACCUSED'S CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
A FEDERAL APPELLATE COURT POSSESS POWERS NOT AVAILABLE TO A FEDERA
L
COURT REVIEWING A STATE TRIBUNAL'S RESOLUTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL
ISSUES. THIS POWER MAY LEGITIMATELY BE USED TO PREVENT DISTRICT
OR STATE COURTS FROM THEMSELVES BECOMITACCOMPLICES IN WILLFUL
DISOBEDIENCE OF LAW AND MAY BE EXERCISED IN ANY MANNER NECESSARY
TO REMEDY ABUSES OF A DISTRICT OR STATE COURT'S PROCESS.
THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS OBLIGATES ALL MEMBERS TO REFRAI
N
FROM THE THREAT OR USE OF FORCE AGAINST THE TERRITORIAL INTEGR
ITY
OR POLITICAL INDEPENDENDENCE OF ANY STATE. U.N. CHARTER ART. 2 PARA.
4.
THE CHARTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES PROVID
THAT
THE TERRITORY OF A STATE IS INVIOLABLE; IT MAY NOT BE THEES
OBJECT,
EVEN TEMPORARILY, OF MEASURES OF FORCE TAKEN BY ANOTHER STATE, DIRECT
LY OR INDIRECTLY, ON ANY GROUNDS WHATEVER. O.A.S. (HARTER ART. 17.
ABDUCTIONS BY ONE STATE OF PERSONS LOCATED WITHIN THE TERRITORY
OF
ANOTHER VIOLATE THE TERRITORIAL SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SECOND STATE
AND
ARE REDRESSABLE USUALLY BY THE RETURN OF THE PERSON KIDNAPPED.
THE CONSTRUCTION OF TREATIES IS JUDICIAL IN ITS NATURE AND COURTS
WHEN CALLED UPON TO ACT SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO SEE THAT INTERN
ATIONAL
ENGAGEMENTS ARE FAITHFULLY KEPT AND OBSERVED AND THAT THE EXECUT
IVE
LIVES UP TO THE UNITED STATES' INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS.
18 U.S.C. § 3504 DEFINES AN "UNLAWFUL ACT" AS INCLUDING ANY ACT
IN VIOLATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION APPLIES TO THE CONDUCT ABROAD OF
AGENTS ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES.
21.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WHETHER GOVERNMENT CONDUCT CONSTITUTES A VIOLATION OF DUE
PROCESS IS A QUESTION OF LAW.
UNITED STATES V. BOGART, 783 F2D
1428, 1431 (9TH dR. 1986); AND SEE UNITED STATES V. RUSSELL, 411
US 423, 93 5 CT 1637, 36 L ED 2D 266 (1973).
ALSO PETITIONER'S
ALLEGATIONS IN THE INSTANT CASE ARE GOVERNED NOT BY THE KER-FRISBIE
DOCTRINE, BUT INSTEAD BY THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN COOK V.
UNITED STATES, 288 US 1021 77 L ED 641, 53 S CT 305 (1933), REJECTING
KER V. ILLINOIS AND FRISBIE V. COLLINS.
(2) PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO AN UNKNOWEING, INVALID COERCED WAIVER OF EXTRADITION FROM CALIF. TO
OREGON SUBSEQUENT TO AN UNLAWFUL EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA TO THE
UNITED STATES. PETITIONER [EXTRADITEE], REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL,
MARC HENTEL,.ON OCT. 18, 2006, WAS FORCED TO APPEAR IN THE MUNICIPAL
COURT OF CALIF. FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR AN EXTRADITION HEARING.
EXTRADITEE, LEGALLY BLIND, UNDER DURESS, WAS COERSED AND COMPELLED
TO WAIVE EXTRADITION FROM CALIF. TO OREGON. HE WAS NOT INFORMED OF
HIS EXTRADITION STATUTORY PROTECTIONS AND PROVISION:S1S OR THAT THERE
WAS NO EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CAMBODIA
NOR THAT HE SHOULD CHALLENGE HIS EXTRADITION THROUGH A WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS AS PROVIDED FOR IN THE UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT,
RIGHTS OF ARRESTED PERSON, ORS 133.787; AND THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION
STATUTE, 18 U.S.C. §3182.
THROUGH COERCION, FRAUD, TRICKERY AND
COUNSEL MARC HENTEL GAVE EXTRDITEE MISLEADING ADVICE WITH
TOTAL DISREGARD FOR THE PROPER REMEDY HE SHOULD SEEK, RESULTING
IN INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL.
22.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
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WHETHER A WAIVER OF EXTRADITION IS UNKNOWING AND INVALID IS
A QUESTION OF LAW.
THE UNIFORM CRIMINAL EXTRADITION ACT, RIGHTS
OF ARRESTED PERSON, ORS 133.787; AND THE FEDERAL
EXTRADITION STATUTE,
18 U.S.C. § 3182.
PROSECU(3) PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO
TORIAL DUE PROCESS MIS-CONDUCT. DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BETH HACKERT,
WITHHELD EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE BENEFICIAL TO THE DEFENDANT SUCH AS
THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFIRS, DETAILED EXTRADITION REPORT;
18 PAGES, PRETAININGTO PETITIONER'S EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA,
RESULTING IN A "BRADY VIOLATION" AND DENIAL OF COMPLETE DISCOVERY
THE PROSECUTION VIOLATED "THE SPECIALTY DOCTRINE" OF THE FEDERAL
EXTRADITION LAW WHEN PETITIONER [DEFENDANT], WAS PROSECUTED FOR
CRIMES FOR WHICH EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA WAS NOT GRANTED.
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ATORY IT
DISPITE!HETHER OR NOT -THE WITHHELD EVIDENCE WAS EXCLUP
EY
STILL RESULTED IN PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT. THE DISTRICT ATTORN
FAILED TO INFORM PETITIONER [DEFENDANT], THAT HE HAD BEEN UNLAWFULLY
EXTRADITED AND THAT THERE WAS NO EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND CAMBODIA. THE COURTS OF THIS COUNTRY, IN DEALING
WITH CASES BROUGHT ..:.BEFORE THEM NO• LONGER COMPLETELY DISREGARD THE
BEHAVIOR OF OUR POLICE AGENTS 'WHEN THEY ARE OPERATING OUTSIDE OF
THE NATIONAL BOUNDARIES.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WHETHER THE PROSECUTION COMMITTED A "BRADY VIOLATION" AND OR
ND,
PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT IS A QUESTION OF LAW. SEE BRADY V. MARYLA
397 US 742 (1970); KYLES V. WHITLEY 514 US 419 (1995); AND UNITED
STATES V RAUSCHER (1886), 119 US 407, 30 L. ED. 425.
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DISTRICT ATTORNEY, BETH HACKERT KNEW ABOUTUCH EVIDENCE5R NOT OR...
9 AND A "BRADY" VIOLATION.
23.
.
(4) (5) (6) COMBINED SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT AND STANDARD OF REVIEW
PETITIONER, PRO SE, ALLEGES THAT HIS CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES
FOR HIS CHARGES WAS AND IS ILLEGAL AND IN VIOLATION OF ORS 138.530
ART. 1 SEC. 11 & 12 OF THE OREGON CONSTITUTION; THE 4TH, 5TH, 6TH,
ATH AMENDMENTS TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, INCLUDING THE DUE PROCESS
CLAUSE, MADE APPLICABLE TO THE STATES THROUGH THE 14TH AMEND. TO
-THE U.S. CONSTITUTION BECAUSE HE WAS DENIED THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE
OF COUNSEL AS SET FORTH BELOW:
(4) PETITIONER [EXTRADITEE'S], COUNSEL, MARC HENTEL, IN THE
MUNICIPAL COURT OF CALIF. FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY, FOR AN EXTRADITION
HEARING WAS INEFFECTIVE BY ADVISING PETITIONER, [EXTRADITEE], TO
WAIVE EXTRADITION TO OREGON, FAILED TO INFORM HIM OF HIS EXTRADITION
STATUTORY PROVISIONS, AND INFORM HIM THERE WAS NO EXTRADITION TREATY
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CAMBODIA. COUNSEL'S INEFFECTIVENESS HAD A
TENDENCY TO AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF PETITIONER'S CRIMINAL TRIAL IN
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL MANNER.
,.
(5) PETITIONER'S TRIAL COUNSEL, ANDREW VANDERGAW, WAS INEFFECTIVE
IN A CONSTITUTIONAL SENCE AS SET. FORTH BELOW:
COUNSEL FAILED TO ARGUE THAT PETITIONER'S CHARGES BE DISMISSED
BECAUSE HIS PRESENCE IN OREGON FOR PROSECUTION WAS THE RESULT OF
ILLEGAL CONDUCT BY GOVERNMENT AGENTS, FAILED TO OBJECT WHEN ASTATES
OFFICER WITNESS VOUCHED FOR THE TRUTHFULNESS OF THE ALLEGED VICTIM,
DISTRICT ATTORNEY COMMITTED PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, THE COURT
LACKED JURISDICTION, WAIVER QZ EXTRADITION TO OREGON WAS COERCEDUNKNOWING AND INVALID, VIOLATION OF THE SPECIALTY DOCTRINE, SUPREESSION OF EVIDENCE BY THE PROSECUTION AND U.S. DOJ (THE OFFICE OF
24.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DETAILED EXTRADITION REPORT ON EXTRADITION
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FROM CAMBODIA), TORTURE OF PETITIONER BY U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENTS,
IN CAMBODIA PRIOR TO ABDUCTION AND KIDNAPPING, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES ON COUNT 2 & 4, NO.EMTRAPMENT DEFENSE AND
VIOLATION OF THE 4TH AMEND. TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION RELATING TO
UNLAWFUL ARREST AND SEIZURE BY THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE.
(6) PETITIONER'S APPELLATE COUNSEL, MARY SHANNON STORY, WAS
INEFFECTIVE IN A CONSTITUTIONAL SENCE AS SET FORTH BELOW:
APPELLATE COUNSEL FAILED TO ARGUE IMPROPER VOUCHING TESTIMONY
OF A STATE'S OFFICER WITNESS; TRIAL COURT LACKED JURISDICTION;
PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT; VIOLATION OF THE SPECIALTY DOCTRINE;..
SUPRESSION OF EVIDENCL (OFFICE OF.. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS EXTRADITION
REPORT PRETAINING TO PETITIONER'S EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA).
CALIF. EXTRADITION HEARING COUNSEL, COUNSEL AT TRIAL LEVEL
AND APPELLATE COUNSEL FELL BELOW A REASONABLE STANDARD, TO THE
PREJUDICE OF PETITIONER UNDER THE SIXTH AND 14TH AMEND. TO THE U.S.
CONSTITUTION,. AND UNDER ART. 1, SEC. 11 & 12 OF THE OREGON CONSTITUTION. THE LOWER COURTS ERRED IN DENYING RELIEF. 10
STANDARD OF REVIEW
gfflTHER
THERE WAS INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL IS A QUESTION
OF LAW. SEE STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON, 466 Us 668, 687-88, 104 S
CT 2052, 80 L ED 2D 674 (1984); STEVENS V. STATE OF OREGON, 322 OR
101, 108, 902 P2D 1137 (1995); AIKENS V. MAASS, 122 OR APP 321, 324,
858 P2D 148 (1993), rev den 318 OR 350 (1994).
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BOTH TRIAL AND DIRECT APPELLATE COUNSEL'S INEFFECTIVENESS HAD
A TENDENCY TO AFFECT THE OUT COME OF THE TRIAL AND DIRECT APPEAL,
25.
(7) PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S AGENTS UNLAWFUL OUTRAGEOUS DUE PROCESS MISCONDUCT WHEN ITS AGENTS ENGAGED IN ILLEGAL--ARRESTING--ASSULTING-BATTERING__TORTURING__ABDUCTING--KIDNAPPING--IMPRISONING AND
UNLAWFULLY EXTRADITIION OF HIS PERSON FROM CAMBODIA TO THE UNITED
STATES ON OCT. 13, 2006 DISPITE THE FACT THERE IS NO EXTRADITION
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND CAMBODIA. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
TO THE CONTRARY. THEREFORE, BRING PETITIONER BEFORE THE COURT FOR
PROSECUTION IN VIOLATION OF HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. THUS RESUTING
IN A VIOLATION OF THE "McNABB MALLORY RULE", .SUCH AS "TRIALS WHICH
SENCE
THEY "DEBASE THE PROCESSES OF JUSTICE." SEE McNABB V. UNITED 9TATES,
318 Us 332, 87 L ED 819, 63 S CT 608 (1943).
WHERE THE U.S. GOVERNMENTENGAGES IN THE VIOLATION OF A TREATY
OR KIDNAPPING TO BRING A FUGITIVE TO THE UNITED STATES FOR PROSECUTION
IN VIOLATION OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE, , SUCH AS IN THE INSTANT CASE,
THE COURTS ARE DEPRIVED OF JURISDICTION AND THE CASE SHOULD BE DISNISSED.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WÐER CONVICTION OF THE ACCUSED IS THE RESULT OF THE GOVERNMENT
OR ITS AGENTS UNLAWFUL DUE PROCESS MISCONDUCT IS A QUESTION OF LAW.
SEE MCNABB V. UNITED STATES, 318 US 322, 87 L ED 819, 63 S CT 608
(1943); SEE HOGAN & SNEE, THE MCNABB MALLORY RULE: ITS RISE, RATIONALE
AND RESCUE, 47 GEO. L. J. 29, 32 (1952); SEE SCOTT., CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF A STATE OVER A DEFENDANT BASED UPON PRESENCE SECURED BY
FORCE OR FRAUD, 37 MINN. L REV 91, 102, 107 (1953); AND GRISWOLD,
THE DUE PROCESS REVOLUTION & CONFRONTATION, 199 U PA L REV 711 (1971).
(8) PETIT
(COMBINED SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT WITH GROUND (1) & (3).
SSION
IONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF SUPRE
THERE WAS
OF EVIDENCE BENIFICAL TO THE DEFENDANT [PETITIONER].
N, SUCH AS
SUPPRESSION OFVDDEMCE BY THE U.S. DOJ AND THE PROSECUTIO
N REPORT;
THE OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, DETAILED EXTRADITIO
11
N FROM CAMBODIA
18 PAGES, RELATED TO PETITIONER'S UNLAWFUL EXTRADITIO
ASSIST
ON OCT. 13, 2006. THE FOREGOING WITHHELD RECORDS WOULD
T, SEIZURE,
PETITIONER IN PROVING HIS ALLEGATIONS OF UNLAWFUL ARRES
BY THE U.S.
ABDUCTION AND KIDNAPPING OF HIS PERSON FROM CAMBODIA
MARSHALS AT THE BEHEST OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
• STAMDARD
OF REVIEW
GH SUPRESSION
WHETHER PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED THROU
DUE PROCESS
OF EVIDENCE IS A QUESTION OF LAW. SEE 6TH AMEND., AND
VERY AND
CLAUSE OF THE 14TH AMEND., WHICH GUARANTEES COMPLETE DISCO
TY. SEE
DUE PROCESS TO THE ACCUSED BEFORE DEPRIVATION OF LIBER
S CT 564 (1928);
OMSTE1.D)V. UNITED STATES, 277 US 438, 72 LED 944, 48
dR. 1973).
AND UNITED STATES V. ARCHER, 486 F 2D 670, 674-75, (2ND
LACK
COURT'S
PETITIONER WAS PROSECUTED AND CONVICTED DISPITE THE
FORCIBLY
OF JURISDICTION. WHERE THE PETITIONER [DEFENDANT], WAS
PROSECUTED
AND UNLAWFULLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE COURT, THERE TO BE
SS CLAUSE,
FOR THE COMMISSION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENCE, .THE DUE PROCE
ATES THE
NOT ONLY, DEPRIVES THE COURTS OF JURISDICTION, IT OBLIG
PERSON OF A
COURTS TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF JURISDICTION OVER THE
WFUL ACTS" BY U.S.
DEFENDANT OREM HIS PRESENCE IS PROCURED BY "UNLA
SUPERVISORY
GOVERNMENT AGENTS, SUCH AS IN THE INSTANT CASE. THE
POWER OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTCE IN
THE DISTRICT
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NCE THROUGH DENIAL
THE LOWER COURTS CONTINUED TO SUPRESS THIS EVIDE
W.
OF PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR AN INCAMERA REVIE
27.
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BE USED IN ANY
COURTS WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION MAY LEGITIMATELY
TS PROCESS AND TO
MANNER NECESSARY TO REMEDY AN ABUSE OF A COUR
ICES IN WILLFUL DISPREVENT THEY THEMSELVES FROM BECOMING "ACCOMPL
EXPRESSED ITS OPINION
OBEDIENCE OF LAW". THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
DEGRADED WHERE IT IS
THAT A COURT'S CRIMINAL PROCESS IS ABUSED AND
INTO THE TERRITORY OF
EXECUTED AGAINST A DEFENDANT WHO IS BROUGHT
THE PETITIONER IN THE
THE UNITED STATES BY THE METHODS ALLEGED BY
GRANTED TO AVOID A
INSTANT CASE. HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF MUST BE
MISCARAGE OF JUSTICES INCLUDING PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
LAW. SEE
A COURT LACKS JURISDICTION IS A QUESTION OF
LEXIS 8616;
ES V. TOSCANINO, 500F 2D 267, 1974 US APP.
," WHETHER
UNITED STAT
ATION, 119 U PA L
GRISWOLD, THE DUE PROCESS REVOLUTION AND CONFRONT
[PITLER]
"THE FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE",
711 (1971); SEE-E.G.,
REV
REVISITED AND SRERPARADIZED, 56, CALIF. L REV.
579, 600 (1968); SEE
E OVER A DEFENDANT BASED
SCOTT, CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OF A STAT
UPON PRESENCE SECURED BY FORCE OR FRAUD,
37 MINN. L REV 91, 102,
, 783 F2D 1428 (9TH CIR (1986);
107 (1953); UNITED STATES V. BOGART
IONALE AND
ITS RISE, RAT
AND HOGAN & SNEE, THE MCNABB-MALLORY RULE:
RESCUE, 47 GEO. L.J. 29, 32 (1952).
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS (CONT)
(10) PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS
WERE OBTAINED THROUGH A VIOLATION
THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION LAW. SUCH
OF "THE SPECIALTY DOCTRINE" OF
NT], WAS PROSECUTED
A VIOLATION OCCURED WHEN PETITIONER, [DEFENDA
WAS NOT GRANTED. THE
FOR CRIMES WHICH EXTRADITION FROM CAMBODIA
OF, IN THE ABSENCE OF
"SPECIALTY DACTRINE" IS APPLICABLE OUTSIDE
OR WITHIN AN EXTRADITION TREATY, UNDER A PRIN
28.
CIPLE SUCH AS INTER-
I
NATIONAL COMITY. THERE IS NO EXTRADITION TREATY BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND CAMBODIA, WHICH INVOLVES THE INSTANT CASE. THE DOCTRINE IS
DESIGNED TO ENSURE AGAINST A REQUESTING STATE BREACH OF TRUST AND
TO AVOID PROSECUTORIAL ABUSE. THE UNITED STATES RECOGNIZES THE
SPECIALTY DOCTRINE THROUGH ITS JURISPRUDENCE, TREATY PRACTICE, AND
NATIONAL LEGISLATION. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT INCORPERATED THE
DOCTRINE INTO LAW IN 1886, BY DECISION IN RAUSCHER AND IT HAS A
BASIS INDEPENDENT OF TREATIES. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT INDICATED
THAT BECAUSE THE DOCTRINE WAS THE SUPREME LAW OF THE LAND, IT WAS
TO BE OBSERVED BY ALL COURTS, STATE AND FEDERAL.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WIETHER THERE IS A VIOLATION OF THE SPECIALTY DOCTRINE IS A
QUESTION OF LAW. SEE PEOPLE V. LIEBOWITZ, 140 MISC. 2D 820, 531
N. Y. A. 2D 719 (COUNTY COURT 1988); AND UNITED STATES V. RAUSCUER,
119 Us 407, 30 L ED 425 (1886).
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
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PART A(11) UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES ON COUNT 2 AND 4.
PETITIONER RELIES ON JUSTICE SCALIA'S DESEN' IN OREGON V. ICE, US_
129 S CT 711, 720-23, 172 L ED 2D 517 (2009). AS J. SCALIA STATED:
"THE RULE OF APPRENDI V. NEW JERSEY, 530 US 566, 120,S CT 2348,
147 L ED 2D 435 (2000), IS CLEAR: ANY FACT-OTHER THAN THAT OF A
PRIOR CONVICTION THAT INCREASES THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT TO WHICH A
DEFENDANT MAY BE SENTENCED MUST BE ADMITTED BY THE DEFENDANT OR
PROVED BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT TO A JURY. OREGON'S SENTENCING
SCHEME ALLOWS JUDGES RATHER THAN JURIES TO FIND THE FACTS, NECESSARY
TO COMMIT DEFENDANTS TO LONGER PRISON SENTENCES, AND THUS DIRECTLY
CONTRADICTS WHAT WE HELD EIGHT, YEARS AGO AND HAVE REAFFIRMED SEVERAL
TIMES SINCE, THE COURT'S JUSTIFICATION OF OREGON'S SCHEME IS A
VIRTUAL COPY OF THE DESENTS IN THOSE CASES".
ID AT 733 (SCALIA, J., DISENTING). JUSTICE SCALIA PROCEEDS TO
WALK THROUTH THE VARIOUS ARGUMENTS AND JUSTIFICATIONS IN THE MAJOR112
PETITIONER IS AWARE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT MADE AN AERERRUGOON
THIS ISSUE, BUT URGES THIS COURT TO RECONSIDER AND REVERSE ITSELF.
29.
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ITY OPINION AND SHOW HOW EACH OF THEM IS DIRECTLY CONTRADICTORY TO
AND HAS BEEN RFECTED BY, PRIOR CASE LAW. HE CONCLUDES:
"IF THE DOUBLING OR TRIPLING OF A DEFENDANT'S JAIL TIME THROUGH
FACT—DEPENDANT CONSECUTIVE SENTENCING DOES NOT MEET [THE MAJORITY'S
DESCRIPTION OF THE APPRENDI RULE], NOTHING DOES. A DISTINCTION
WITHOUT A DEFERENCE, AND ITS REPEATED EXHUMATION OF ARGUMENTS DEAD
AND BURIED BY PRIOR CASES, SEEMS TO ME THE EPITOME OF THE OPPOITE.
TODAY'S OPINION MUDDIES THE WATERS AND GIVES CAUSE TO DOUBT WHETHER
THE COURT IS WILLING TO STAND BY APPRENDI'S INTERPRETATION OF THE
SIXTH AMENDMENT'S JURY—TRIAL GUARANTEE".
ID AT 733 (SCALIA, J., DISENTING).
FOR ALL OF THE REASONS STATED IN JUSTICE SCALIA'S DISSENTING
OPINION, THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S OPINION IN ICE WAS
WRONGLY DECIDED. THEREFORE, AT THE VERY LEAST PETITIONER SHOULD
BE REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING.
PART B (11)IN ADDITION, ACCORDING TO OR. REV. STAT. § 161.062(1),
CONVICTION AND SENTENCING ON COUNT 2 SHOULD HAVE MERGED WITH COUNT
1: THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE OF COUNT 1 & 2 WERE THE IDENTICAL VIOLATION
OF THE SAME STATUTORY PROVISION. COUNT 2 DID NOT CAUSE OR CREATE
A RISK OF CAUSING GREATER OR QUALITATIVELY DIFERENT LOSS, INJURY
OR HARM. COUNT 2 DID NOT REQUIRE PROOF OF AN ELEMENT DIFERENT THAN
COUNT 1. THERE ARE ONLY AS MANY SEPARRATELY PUNISHABLE OFFENCE
AS THERE ARE SEPARATE STATUTORY VIOATIONS. SEE STATE V. CROTSLEY,
272, 278, 779 P 2D 600 (1989). IN THE INSTANT CASE, THE TRIAL COURT
ERRED IN IMPOSING A CONSECUTIVE SENTENCE ON COUNT 2 OF 100 MONTHS.
SEE STATE V. BARRETT, 153 ORE. APP. 621, 958 P 2D 315 (1998) ORE.
APP. LEXIS 581.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
PART 4,WRETHER THE IMPOSSION OF QONCECUTIVE SENTENCES IS UNCONSTITU—
TIONAL IS A QUESTION OF LAW. SEE APPRENDI V. NEW JERSEY, 530 US
clip
13
466, 120 S CT 2348, 147 L ED 2D 435 (2000) AND BLAKELY V. WASHINGTON,
542 Us 296, 124 S CT 2531, 159 L ED 2D 403 (2004).
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
(12) AT PETITIONER'S TRIAL THERE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMPROPER
"VOUCHING" TESTIMONY OF A STATES' OFFICER WITNESS. PETITIONER ARGUES
THAT WITHOUT PHYSICAL, FORENSIC, OR DNA EVEDENCE, DET. BEDELL GAVE
IMPERMISSIBILE TESTIMONY WHEN SHE GAVE HER CREDIBILITY BASED OPINION
I
THAT THE ALLEGED VICTIM KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRUTH AND
A LIE AND THAT THELLEGED VICTIM DEMONSTRATED IT TO HER PERSONAL
SATISFACTION, AND STATED THAT THE ALLEDGED VICTIM DID A PRETTY
GOOD JOB WHEN QUESTIONED BY THE DEFENSE. SEE TRIAL TRANS., P. 141
L. 17-21 AND P. 155 L. 24. THE SUPREME COURT HAS LONG HELD THAT
ONE WITNESS CAN NOT "VOUCH" FOR ANOTHER WITNESS'S BELEAVIBILITY.
SUCH OVERT VOUCHING DID NOT TELL THE JURY ANYTHING IT COULD NOT
HAVE DETERMINED ON ITS OWN. THEREFORE, THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF SUCH
TESTIMONY WAS OUT WEIGHED BY THE DANGER OF UNFAIR PREJUDICIAL EFFECT
ON THE PETITIONER, UNDER OR. EVID. CODE 403.
THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THOSE OTHERWISE PERMISSIBLE OF POTENTIALLY PERMISSIBLE PORTIONS OF DET. BEDELL'S TESTIMONY WERE INEXTRICABLY BOUND UP WITH PORTIONS THAT CONSTITUTED CLEAR VOUCHING.
DET. BEDELL'S TESTIJONY CREDIBILITY OPINION, GIVEN THE CERCUMSTANCES,
NECESSARILY WAS BASED ON HER ASSESSMENT OF THE ALLEDGED VICTIM'S
BELIEVIBILITY. WHEN DET. BEDELL WAS GIVING HER TESTIMONY, SHE WAS
INPLICITLY DECLARING WITH EACH STATEMENT AND DESCRIPTION, WHY SHE
HAD FOUND THE VICTIM TO BE CREDIBLE. PERMITING A TRIAL WITNESS TO
VOUCH FOR THE CREDIBILITY OF ANOTHER WITNESS IN SUCH A SITUATION
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WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY OF THE TRIER OF FACT TO DETERMINE
THE TRUTH OF THE ALLEGATIONS, AND WOULD BE PREJUDICIAL TO THE
DEFENDANT. THE USE OF EXPERT TESTIMONY RESPECTING THE SPECIFIC
QUESTIONS CONCERNING A WITNESS'S QUALIFICATIONS, THE HELPFULNESS
OF THE OPINION, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF UNDUE CONFUSION OF ISSUES OR
PREJUDICE TO THE OTHER PARTW. SEE GENERALLY DAVID H. KYLE, DAVID
E. PERNSTEIN, AND JENNIFER L. MNOOKIN, THE NEW WICMORE; EXPERT
EVIDENCE § 1.5, 23-25 (2004),
UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, VICTIM'S CREDIBILITY WAS PARMOUNT
AND IN THAT CERCUMSTANCE THIS U.S. SUPREME COURT SHOULD NOT CONCLUDE
THAT THERE WAS "LITTLE LIKELIHOOD" THAT DET. BEDELL'S TESTIMONY
AFFECTED THE VERDICT IN A PREJUDICIAL MANNER. SEE KELLER 315 ORE
AT 285 (SO DEFINING HARMLESSNESS); SEE STATE V. LTJPOLI, 348 ORE.
346; 234 P 3D 117 (2010) ORE LEXIS 388.
THE RESPONDENTS HAVE ARGUED THAT DET. BEDELL'S TESTIMONY WAS
NOT VOUCHING BUT INSTEAD, RELATED TO COMPETENCY OF THE VICTIM WITNESS.
COMPETENCY ISSUES ARE RESTRICTED, ONLY A JUDGE CAN DECIDE cH
ISSUES, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE HEARD BY THE JURY, TO AVOID PREJUDICE.
THUS THE PROBATIVE VALUE OF SUCH TESTIMONY WAS OUT WEIGHED BY
PREJUDICIAL EFFECT ON THE JURY AND AMOUNTS TO CLEAR VOUCHING. DET.
BEDELL'S TESTIMONY WAS BOTH UNNECESSARY AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND
HAD A TENDENTCY TO EFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE JURY'S VERDICT IN AN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL SENSE. THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT SHOULD HAVE GRANTED
PETITIONER'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND REVERSED
HE POST-CONVICTION TRIAL COURT AND THE 2CR APPELLATE COURT ON THIS
!
ISSUE, WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO VACATE PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS AND
32.
SENTENCES AND REMAND FOR A NEW TRIAL IN THE UNDERLYING CRIMINAL
MATTER, ALTHOUGH CONSIDERING ALL THE ISSUES PRESENTED HERETO, THE
ENTIRE CASE CAN BE DESPOSED OF AND DISMISSED ON DUE PROCESS GROUNDS.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WHETHER THERE WAS IMPROPER VOUCHING, IN A CONSTITUTIONAL
9190E,fi, IS A QUESTION OF LAW. SEE GENERALLY DAVID H. KYLE, DAVID E.
BERNSTEIN, AND JENNIFER L. MNOOKIN, THE NEW WIGMORE; EXPERT EVIDENCE
§ 1.5, 23-25 (2004) (EXAMINING RLII1E AND ITS RATIONALE); SEE
STATE
V. SOUTHARD, 347 OR 127, 142, 218 P3D 104 (2009); STATE V. LUPOLI,
**(2010)**
348 ORE 346, 234 P 3D 117; 1010 ORE LEXIS 308; STATE V. MIDDLETON,
294 ORE 427, 428, 657 P 2D 1215 (1983); STATE V. BROWN, 297 ORE
404, 687 P 2D 751 (1984). SEE WITNESS VOUCHING--CREDIBILITY BASED
OPINION: STATE V. LEAHY, 190 OR APP 147, 152 (2003); STATE V.
MILDRADT, 305 OR 621, 630 (1988); STATE V. REMME, 173 OR APP 546,
562 (2001).
(13)' PETITIONER WAS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS
VIOLATING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE
14TH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, WHILE IN CAMBODIA,
BY THE U.S. MARSHALS SERVICE, fAET1E BEHEST OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT,
ON OCT. 13, 2006. ARREST WAS MADE WITHOUT SERVICE OF A WARRANT.
SEE CLASSIFIED TO U.S. SUPREME COURT DIGEST, LAWYER'S EDITION.
ARREST §.2WiTHoUTWARRANT. (5) THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT MUST BE STRICTLY ENFORCED, SINCE THE STANDARD SET BY
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT PROTECTS BOTH THE OFFICER AND THE CITIZEN.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT § 2-ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT. (8) THE IMMUNITY OF
OFFICERS MAKING AN ARREST WITHOUT 'WARRANT CANNOT FAIRLY BE ENLARGED
33.
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WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING THE PRIVACY OR SECURITY OF THE CITIZEN.
ARREST § 1, 2-WITHOUT WARRANT-TIME. (10) EVEN THOUGH A FORMAL ARREST
IS MADE AT A LATER TIME THE ARREST IS COMPLETED WHEN FEDERAL AGENTS
RESTRICT LIBERTY OF MOVEMENT.
IN THE INSTANT CASE, ARREST WAS COMPLETED WHEN PETITIONER WAS
HANDCUFFED, SHACKLED AND DEPRIVED LIBERTY OF MOVEMENT BY THE U.S.
MARSHALS IN CAMBODIA ON OCT. 13, 2006. SEE HENRY V. UNITED STATES,
361 US 98, 4 L ED 2D 134, 80 S CT 168 (1959).
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WHETHER OR WHEN AN ARREST IS COMPLETE IS A QUESTION OF LAW.
HENY V. UNITED STATES, 361 US 98, 4 L ED 2D 134, 80 S CT 168 (1959).
(14) PETITIONER'S CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO VIOL13
ATION OF, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE EMTRAPMENT RULE, SUCH AS EXCLUSSIONARY RULE, McNABB-MALLORY RULES THE FEDERAL KIDNAPPING ACT, 18
U.S.C. § 1201; U.N. CHARTER, ART 2 PARA 4; O.A.S. CHARTER, ART 17;
THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION STATUTE, 18 U.S.C. § 3182; UNIFORM CRIMINAL
EXTRADITION ACT, RIGHTS. OF ARRESTED PERSON, ORS 13.3.787; THE SPECIALTY
DOCTRINE OF THE FEDERAL EXTRADITION LAW; THE BRADY RULE; 18 U.S.C.
§ 3504;; U.S. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, IV, V, VI, VIII, DUE PROCESS
CLAUSE OF THE XIV AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION AND THE OREGON
CONSTITUTION PROVISIONS (INCORPORATING ALL DUE PROCESS OF LAW AND
EQUAL PROTECTION CITATIONS RELATING TO ISSUES RASIED IN THIS PETITION
r
FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
WHETHER CONVICTIONS WERE OBTAINED PURSUANT TO VIOLATIONS OF TFIR
13 FOREGOING IS A QUESTION OF LAW AND REQUIRES REVIEW
IN GROUND (14), ALL ALL RULES, ACTS, CHARTERS, LAWS, STATUTES, AND
• AMENDMENTS TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, PRESENTED HAVE BEEN ARGUED
jiQ1 I1IESICITED.
IN THE FOREGOING GROUNDS. Q
iLc2N;IJ
34.
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COMBINED ARGUMENT: GROUND FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN.
WHERE, UNDER STATE LAW CLAIMS OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE (IA)
OF TRIAL COUNSEL HAD TO BE RAISED IN AN INITIAL-REVIEW COLLATERAL
PROCEEDING (IRCP), A PROSEDURAL DEFAULT WOULD NOT BAR A FEDERAL
HABEAS CORPUS COURT FROM HEARING A SUBSTAINTIAL CLAIM OF IA AT TRIAL
IF, IN THE IRCP, THERE WAS NO COUNSEL OR COUNSEL IN THAT PROCEEDING
WAS INEFFECTIVE. TAKEN FROM THE OVERVIEW SECTION OF MARTINEZ V.
RYAN, 132 S. CT. 1309.
LEXIS NEXIS HEADNOTES, (PARTIAL REVIEW)
TO PROTECT PRISONERS WITH A POTENTIALLY LEGITIMATE CLAIM OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE (IA) OF TRIAL COUNSEL, IT IS NECESSARY TO MODIFY
THE UNQUALIFIED STATEMENT IN COLEMAN V. THOMPSON, 501 US 722, 111
S. CT. 2548, (182 L. Ed. 2d278) 115 L. Ed. 2d 640., THAT AN ATTORNEY'S IGNORANCE OR INADVERTENCE IN A POSTCONVICTION PROCEEDING DOES
NOT QUALIFY AS CAUSE TO EXCUSE A PROCEDURAL DEFAULT. COLEMAN IS NOW
QUALIFIED BY RECOGNIZING A NARROW EXCEPTION: INADEQUATE ASSISTANCE
OF COUNSEL AT INITIAL-REVIEW COLLATERAL PROCEEDINGS MAY ESTABLISH
CAUSE FOR A PRISONER'S PROCEDURAL DEFAULT OF A CLAIM OF (IA) AT TRIAL.
A PRISONER MAY OBTAIN FEDERAL REVIEW OF A DEFAULTED CLAIM BY SHOWING
CAUSE FOR THE DEFAULT AND PREJUDICE FROM A VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW.
PROOF OF CAUSE
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AN ATTORNEY'S ERRORS DURING AN APPEAL ON DIRECT REVIEW MAY PROVIDE
CAUSE TO EXCUSE A PROCEDURAL DEFAULT; FOR IF THE ATTORNEY APPOINTED
BY THE STATE TO PURSUE THE DIRECT APPEAL IS INEFFECTIVE THE,
PRISONER HAS BEEN DENIED FAIR PROCESS AND THE OPPROTUNITY TO COMPLY
WITH THE STATE'S PROCEDURES AND OBTAIN AN ADJUDICATION ON THE MERITS OF
HIS CLAIMS. WHEN THE ISSUE CAN NOT BE RAISED ON DIRECT REVIEW,TA
PRISONER ASSERTING AN (IA) OF TRIAL COUNSEL CLAIM IN AN (IRCP) CAN
NOT RELY ON A COURT OPINION OR THE PRIOR WORK OF AN ATTORNEY ADDRESSINGITHATCCDII1. TO PRESENT A CLAIM OF (IA) AT TRIAL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE STATE'S PROCEDURES, THEN, A PRISONER LIKELY NEEDS AN
EFFECTIVE ATTORNEY. THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE IF THE STATE DID NOT
APPOINT AN ATTORNEY TO ASSIST THE PRISONER IN THE(IRCP).
115), INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF COUNSEL
MICHEAL MAHONY AND (16), (IA) PCR APPELLATE COUNSEL JAMES VARNER.
35.
I
EFFECTIVE TRIAL COUNSEL PRESERVES CLAIMS TO BE CONSIDERED ON APPEAL,
AND IN FEDERAL HABEAS PROCEEDINGS.
COUNSEL'S INEFFECTIVENESS IN AN (IRCP) QUALIFIES AS CAUSE FOR A
PROCEDURAL DEFAULT.
THE RULES FOR WHEN A PRISONER MAY EXTABLISH;CAUSE TO EXCUSE A PROCEDURAL DEFAULT ARE ELABORATED IN THE EXERCISE OF A COURT'S
DISCREATION. THESE RULES REFLECT AN EQUITABLE JUDGMENT THAT p9slLy
WHERE A PRISONER ISfrMPEDED OR OBSTRUCTED IN COMPLYING WITH THE
STATE' S ESTAEIIISEED(PROCEDURES MILL A FDER. HABEAS CDURT .EXC5SE.
THE PRISONER FROM THE USUAL SANCTION OF DEFAULT. ALLOWING A FEDERAL
HABEAS COURT TO HEAR A CLAIM OF (IA) OF TRIAL COUNSEL WHEN AN
ATTORNEY'S ERRORS (OR THE ABSENCE OF AN ATTORNEY)CAUSED A PROCEDURAL
DEFAULT IN AN (IRCP).AKNOWLEGES, AS AN EQUITABLE MATTER, THAT THE
(IRCP), IF UNDERTAKEN WITHOUT COUNSEL OR WITH INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL,
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUFFICIANT TO ENSURE THAT PROPER CONSIDERATION
WAS GIVEN TO-A SUBSTANTIAL CLAIM.
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PETITIONER RELIES ON THE FOREGOING AND ADOPTS MARTINEZ V. RYAN,
132 S. CT. 1309;I$TS ENTIRETY,TO CONTINUE COMBINED ARGUMENT ON
HIS CLAIMS OF INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE: GROUND FIFTEEN AND SIXTEEN;
AND IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY OMITS THE SAME HEREIN.
STRICKLAND STANDARD
AS ARGUED ABOVE, BOTH PCR TRIAL COUNSEL AND PCR APPELLATE
COUNSEL WERE INEFFECTIVE UNDER STRICKLAND V. WASHINGTON, 466 US 468
687-88, 104 S. CT. 2052, 80 L. Ed 2d 674 (1984).
BASED ON THE FOREGOING, PETITIONER HAS PROVEN, BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE, THAT HIS PCR TRIAL COUNSEL AND HIS PCR APPELLATE
COUNSEL FAILED TO EXERCISE PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND JUDGMENT UNDER
ARTICLE 1, SECTION 11 OF THE OREGON CONSTITUTION AND THE SIXTH AND
FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION. TO ESTABLISH A VIOLATION OF THE SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION, A PETITIONER MUST PROVE THAT COUNSEL'S REPRESENTATION
36.
I
FELL BELOW AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD OF REASONABLENESS AND THAT COUNSEL'S
[PETITIONER]
PERFORMANCE PREJUDICED THE DEFENSE. BASED ON THE FOREGOING, THE
RECORD CLEARLY ESTABLISHES IN THE INSTANT CASE THAT COUNSEL WAS
CONSTITUTIONALLY INEFFECTIVE. THUS, THIS COURT SHOULD CONCLUDE
THAT THE ERROR HAD "A TENDENCY TO EFFECT THE RESULT OF PETITIONER'S
PCR TRIAL AND HIS PCR APPEAL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO HAVING
AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON PETITIONER'S ABILITY TO RAISE ALL OF HIS
INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF TRIAL AND DIRECT APPEAL COUNSEL CLAIMS
AS ARGUED ABOVE. STEVENS V. STATE OF OREGON 322 OR 101,108,902 P2d
1137 (1995); AIKENS V. MAASS, 122 OR App 321,324,858 P2d 148 (1993),
rev den 318 OR 350 (1994). COUNSEL AT PCR TRIAL AND PCR APPEAL
LEVEL FELL BELOW A REASONABLE STANDARD, TO THE PREJUDICE OF PETITIONER
UNDER THE SIXTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUTION, AND UNDER ARTICLE I, SECTION 11 OF THE OREGON
CONSTITUTION. ALTHOUGH, THE POST-CONVICTION RELIEF TRIAL COURT
AND THE POST-CONVICTION RELIEF APPELLATE COURT ERRED IN DENYING
POST-CONVICTION RELIEF, SUCH INEFFECTIVENESS DEMONSTRATES "CAUSE"
AND"PREJUDICE" TO OVERCOME PROCEDURAL DEFAULT IN § 2254 REVIEW.
MARTINEZ V. RYAN, 132 S. CT. 1309, ; AND COLEMAN V. ThOMPSON, 501
US 722, 111 S. CT. 2548, 182 L. Ed. 2d. 640.
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CONCLUSION
The petition for a writ of certiorari should be granted.
Respectfully submitted,
TERRY LRRELL SMITH
Date: DECEMBER 2 0
,2017.
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