State of Missouri vs. Don Albright,

March 20, 1996

or

His attempt to remove a crooked judge from his case.

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Table of Contents:

Prologue
Constitutional and statutory Law
Don Albright's Non-Presented, but True Initial Affidavit
Don Albright's Affidavit
Martin Lindstedt's Affidavit
Roman Haslag's Affidavit
William Beeler's Affidavit
Epilogue

Don Albright's Initial Affidavit --

-- A guaranteed contempt charge if filed

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          IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI

STATE OF MISSOURI                 )
               Plaintiff          )
                                  )
             vs.                  )   Case No. MU0196-049055MR
                                  ) 
Don Eugene Albright               )
               Accused/Citizen    ) 

                  AFFIDAVIT OF REMOVAL FROM CASE

COMES NOW  Don Eugene Albright, falsely Accused Citizen, to present and 
file this Affidavit demanding the removal of judge Jodie Capshaw Asel 
under the provisions of Revised Statute of Missouri 545.660:

  545.660. When judge deemed incompetent to try case. -- When any 
indictment or criminal prosecution shall be pending in any circuit court 
or criminal court, the judge of said court shall be deemed incompetent to
hear and try said cause in either of the following cases:
    (3) When the judge is in any wise interested or prejudiced, or shall 
        have been counsel in the cause; or
    (4) When the defendant shall make and file an affidavit, supported by
        the affidavit of at least two reputable persons, not of kin to 
        or counsel for the defendant, that the judge of the court in 
        which said cause is pending will not afford him a fair trial.

  The Falsely Accused Citizen is making the above-mentioned affidavit and 
demands that the Boone County Circuit dismiss judge Capshaw Asel as the 
result of her ill-concealed prejudice in running a kangaroo court 
rubber-stamping police incompetence and misconduct.
  This judge has consistently ruled in favor of the prosecutor every time
and she didn't even bother looking at my demurrer before she was ready to
ignore and dismiss it without even bothering to say why. This Falsely 
Accused Citizen don't want to have to be locked up in a cage just because
the Falsely Accused Citizen happens to be at the mercy of the capricious 
whim of a split-tail judge who wants to play god. So to hell with her and
her whims! This Falsely Accused Citizen wants off this railroading before
the judge can do any more harm and totally booger up the judicial works 
due to her incompetence. This Falsely Accused Citizen has a right to a 
fair trial and judge Jody Capshaw Asel has demonstrated her incompetence 
and prejudice and inability to deliver any such thing.

WHEREFORE, I, Don Eugene Albright, Falsely Accused Citizen, demand that 
judge Jodie Capshaw Asel be kicked off this case and someone smarter and 
more honest be put in charge of it instead.

                          ___________________________
                              Don Eugene Albright
                      Falsely Accused Missouri state Citizen
                              In Pro-Per, Sui Juris

Presented Affidavit of Removal, March 20, 1996

                IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI

STATE OF MISSOURI                 )
               Plaintiff          )
                                  )
             vs.                  )   Case No. MU0196-049055MR
                                  ) 
Don Eugene Albright               )
               Accused/Citizen    ) 

                  AFFIDAVIT OF REMOVAL FROM CASE

COMES NOW  Don Eugene Albright, falsely Accused Citizen, to present and 
file this Affidavit demanding the removal of judge Jodie Capshaw Asel 
under the provisions of Revised Statute of Missouri 545.660:

  545.660. When judge deemed incompetent to try case. -- When any 
  indictment or criminal prosecution shall be pending in any circuit 
  court or criminal court, the judge of said court shall be deemed 
  incompetent to hear and try said cause in either of the following 
  cases:
  (3) When the judge is in any wise interested or prejudiced, or shall 
      have been counsel in the cause; or
  (4) When the defendant shall make and file an affidavit, supported by 
      the affidavit of at least two reputable persons, not of kin to or 
      counsel for the defendant, that the judge of the court in which 
      said cause is pending will not afford him a fair trial.

  The Falsely Accused Citizen is making the above-mentioned affidavit and 
demands that the Boone County Circuit dismiss judge Capshaw Asel as the 
result of her ill-concealed prejudice in rubber-stamping police 
incompetence and misconduct.
  This judge has consistently ruled in favor of the prosecutor every time
and she didn't even bother looking at my demurrer before she was ready to
ignore and dismiss it without even bothering to say why. This Falsely 
Accused Citizen don't want to have to be locked up in a cage just because
the Falsely Accused Citizen happens to be at the mercy of a judge. This 
Falsely Accused Citizen wants off this railroading before the judge can 
do any more harm to his case. This Falsely Accused Citizen has a right to
a fair trial and judge Jody Capshaw Asel has demonstrated to this Falsely
Accused Citizen's satisfaction her prejudice and inability to deliver a 
fair and impartial trial.

WHEREFORE, I, Don Eugene Albright, Falsely Accused Citizen, demand that 
judge Jodie Capshaw Asel be kicked off this case and someone smarter and 
more honest be put in charge of it instead.

                              -s-                   March 20, 1996
                             ___________________________
                                Don Eugene Albright
                       Falsely Accused Missouri state Citizen
                                In Pro-Per, Sui Juris


Supporting Affidavit #1---Martin Lindstedt

          IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI
                              
STATE OF MISSOURI               )
               Plaintiff        )
                                )
vs.                             )
                                )   Case No. MU0196-049055MR
                                )
Don Eugene Albright             )
               Accused/Citizen  )

                   AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING REMOVAL
                              
   When Don Albright showed myself, Martin Lindstedt, the docket sheet 
for the pre-trial conference of March 18, 1996, I asked him what was the
judge’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law on the demurrer presented
earlier that day. Mr. Albright cussed out the judge and her incompetence,
then said that the judge asked what a demurrer was, then went right ahead
and ignored it, but that the prosecutor looked scared.
   I told Mr. Albright that if there was no Findings of Fact or 
Conclusions of Law entered, it was probably because there were no facts 
or law which would support a judge’s conclusion and that if he allowed a 
judge to steamroller him, that she would probably go ahead with similar 
conduct at the trial. Perhaps it was time to try for a change of judge.

      Article V, Section 12 Constitution of Missouri says "The opinions 
      of the supreme court and court of appeals and all divisions or 
      districts of said courts shall be in writing and filed in the 
      respective causes, and shall become a part of the records of the 
      court, be available for publication, and shall be public 
      records. . . ."

   The present judge, Jodie Capshaw Asel, has violated this article of 
the Missouri Constitution and a few other written and unwritten codes of 
conduct as well and raised serious questions as to her impartiality.
   Motions, petitions, pleas, demurrers, etc., are part of a trial. 
Motions and demurrers are pieces of paper that contain facts and 
conclusions that can act as a mini-trial. So whenever a defendant submits
a defense and the judge in question overrules or ignores it, without 
mentioning why, the defendant’s right to a fair trial is endangered -- by
the judge. By overruling or ignoring motions without comment, the 
defendant is enjoined from pursuing an effective defense that the judge 
doesn’t want heard. The possibilities for misconduct are staggering, 
potentially endless.
   Regardless of the possible demerits or deficiencies of the demurrer, 
the defendant had a right for it to be heard and ruled upon its merits. 
If the present judge had admitted ignorance of the law, then had called 
a recess to make and justify a decision, then defendant probably wouldn’t
have a reason for calling for removal. Making snap judgements, ruling by
the seat of her pants, and making up law as she goes along is intolerable 
for the pursuit of justice. Like Caesar’s wife, the judicial process must
be beyond reproach. The present judge must be removed and another one 
from the circuit be put in her place as the trial on March 20, 1996 is 
supposed to be a bench trial. If this bench trial is marred by judicial 
misconduct, more taxpayer money will be unnecessarily spent by going 
through the appeals process.
   On Monday, March 18, 1996, I could not attend because I was trying to 
file for Governor on the Libertarian Party Ticket, then working on the 
steps to get judicial review of an unConstitutional election law which 
unfairly penalized poor people from running as political candidates. 
However, just looking at the facts presented on the docket sheet of
March 18, 1996 convinces me that the current judge in Don Albright’s case 
is hopelessly prejudiced in favor of the prosecution, unwilling to 
entertain any defense motion or petition, and therefore in the interests 
of justice should be removed from this particular case. Unlike the 
current judge, I hereby present my reasons and conclusions, my findings 
of fact and conclusions of law, for the removal of judge Jodie Capshaw 
Asel.

Respectfully, but firmly, submitted:

-s-                                        March 20, 1996
Martin Lindstedt  -- Libertarian Candidate for Governor of Missouri
Rt. 2,  Box 2008
Granby, Missouri 64844
(417) 472-6901

Supporting Affidavit #2 -- Roman Haslig

       IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI

STATE OF MISSOURI                    )
               Plaintiff             )
                                     )
             vs.                     )   Case No. MU0196-049055MR
                                     ) 
Don Eugene Albright                  )
                 Accused/Citizen     ) 

                   AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING REMOVAL 

   Whereas in helping Mr. Albright research his case, I, Roman Haslag, 
found out by reviewing the docket sheet that judge Capshaw Asel ruled 
on the dermurrer without reviewing it. Mr. Albright's demurrer was 
researched and presented in good faith and since Mr. Albright relied 
upon the points made therein for an effective defense, for the judge to 
simply overrule it without bothering to review it is unjust.
   Overruling defendant's demurrer without giving defendant a chance to 
correct defendant's sole reliance and chance is also unfair.
   The judge's past behavior should predict her future behavior. Since 
her past behavior has been unjust, her future behavior will be no 
better.
   Therefore, judge Capshaw Asel should be removed from Don Albright's 
case in accordance with RSMo 546.660 (4).

-s-                 March 20, 1996
Roman N. Haslag, Jr.
c/o 333 Ebenezer Road
Leslie, Missouri 
              Zip Exempt

Supporting Affidavit #3 -- William Beeler

             IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI

STATE OF MISSOURI                       )
               Plaintiff                )
                                        )
             vs.                        )   Case No. MU0196-049055MR
                                        ) 
Don Eugene Albright                     )
                 Accused/Citizen        ) 

                   AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTING REMOVAL 

   I, William Beeler went down to the Circuit courtroom with Colonel 
Don Albright for his pre-trial conference. Don was hoping to have a 
chambers call with the judge, but she refused.
   I couldn't hear much and Don's hearing isn't much better, but we were
hoping that Colonel Albright would be able to get his demurrer 
straightened out while in chambers where it was quiet.
   I heard the judge say that she didn't know what a demurrer was. It 
was so far away that I couldn't hear what she said, but the Colonel 
asked her to speak up because he couldn't hear her either. But the judge 
didn't rule on the demurrer at all.
   The docket sheet said that she overruled it when she didn't.
   The judge also paid no attention at all to the Colonel's quiet title 
and sovereignty claims. She hasn't stated why she does what she does. 
She just does whatever she wants.
   I don't think the judge was fair to Don. I can tell that she will 
allow the prosecutor to get away with anything he wants to.
   Therefore, I think Colonel Don Albright won't get a fair trial with 
judge Jodie Capshaw Asel, so she should be removed from the Colonel's 
trial.

Respectfully submitted,

-s-            March 20, 1996
William Beeler
3801 Grace Ellen Drive
Columbia, Missouri 65202
(573) 474-5889