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Judge Hayward admonishes defendant who claimed to represent a trust and rejected legal counsel
Summary
During the Feb. 11 arraignment, Judge Hayward sharply challenged a defendant’s claim that he would represent his ‘trust’ rather than accept a lawyer, calling online ‘trust’ and sovereign‑citizen theories ineffective and warning of consequences for self-representation.
During the Feb. 11 arraignment calendar in Courtroom 304, Judge Hayward admonished a defendant who announced he would represent himself and claimed to act “for my trust,” telling him the court would not accept internet-sourced legal theories as a substitute for counsel.
The exchange began when the defendant, Lamech (spelled in the transcript as Lamech/Lamech Thomas), stated he would represent himself and invoked trust-based language and claims of lacking jurisdiction. Judge Hayward told him she would permit self-representation but warned of the risks and limitations:…
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