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00:00You're charged with the state jail felony offense of engaging in organized criminal activity.
00:04How do you plead to that charge?
00:05It's guilty, right?
00:06Did you do it or did you not do it?
00:08If you did it, it's guilty.
00:09If you didn't do it, then it's not guilty and we have a trial.
00:12I mean, I committed a misdemeanor.
00:13I know that.
00:14The underlying offense is a misdemeanor assault judge because it was in combination with three people or more.
00:18He feels it should be a misdemeanor, but Mr. Coleman is uniquely reduced.
00:22And you've talked to him about what engaging in organized criminal activity means.
00:25So you've gone over all of this with Mr. Roethlis, right?
00:28A little bit, yeah.
00:29All right, I'm going to hold the case.
00:30Y'all go talk.
00:31How do you plead?
00:32Guilty.
00:32And it looks like the agreement that you've reached is for a three-year deferred probation.
00:36Yes, ma'am.
00:36Mr. Raley, what you guys were doing that day was absolutely ridiculous.
00:40Yes, ma'am.
00:40And somebody could have been seriously hurt.
00:42Yes, ma'am.
00:42A paintball can cause all kinds of serious bodily injury.
00:47Yes, ma'am.
00:47And I told Mr. Roethlis I'd be willing to do anything civil matter with the victim, you know.
00:52It was ridiculous and stupid.
00:54And you're lucky you're not here for an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by shooting an eye
00:58or shooting somebody in the head in the wrong place.
01:01I'm going to reset your case for sentencing just so I can get a little more information
01:04about you and your case and then we'll come back later for sentencing.
01:07See you back at sentencing.
01:07When this defendant failed to complete the pre-sentence report he was ordered to while
01:11on bond, the judge had no patience for excuses and immediately revoked his bond, sending him
01:15straight to jail.
01:16Mr. Rayleigh, you were here just last week or the week before.
01:19Yes, ma'am.
01:19And you pled guilty to an offense and you were told to go to the probation department
01:24and do a pre-sentence report.
01:25Yes, ma'am.
01:25And I've gotten a memo from them that has some unfortunate information in here about how
01:32you acted while you were there.
01:34Yes, ma'am.
01:35It was over the phone, but I mean, the lady was arguing and stuff.
01:39I was just, I just wanted the information on when I was supposed to link to these.
01:42That was it.
01:42That's, that's not how this reads.
01:45They were so frustrated with you that they said they will not do a pre-sentence report
01:48while you're on bond.
01:49So do you know what that means?
01:50My bond has to be paid off.
01:51No, that means I'm going to revoke your bond and you're going to go to jail and then they're
01:55going to come to the jail and do the pre-sentence report and you're going to be respectful
01:58to them or I don't have to go along with this to be a freeman.
02:01Yes, ma'am.
02:02So listen, it's time to get a whole different attitude about all of this.
02:05I understand.
02:06I remember now when you were here, you don't like the whole situation.
02:09Hang on.
02:10Don't over talk me because that's going to show me what you're doing to them.
02:12Okay.
02:13Now it's just the time to listen.
02:15All right.
02:15And just do what you're told.
02:17So I'm going to, hang on.
02:19I'm going to revoke your bond in your case at this time.
02:21You're going to go with the bailiff.
02:22Do I get the new bond today?
02:23I'm not giving you a bond because you couldn't act right while you were on bond.
02:27Can we just like revoke the deal and take it to trial?
02:29I can't afford to go to jail, please.
02:31You're going to jail regardless.
02:32Can we play the voice recordings of the phone call in here today too, if that's the case?
02:36Because if you're just going to believe what she says, then I believe I have the right to fight on
02:40the half of what I have to say.
02:41And we need to be able to play those phone calls.
02:43You're going to go do the pre-sentence report and hopefully be respectful and hopefully get this probation and not
02:47ruin your life over this.
02:49As long as you think I'll be in there.
02:50It's a very temporary situation.
02:51Mr. Rojas can come back and talk to you.
02:53I'm revoking your bond at this time.
02:54I find it's in the best interest.
02:56Until then I think that there not be a bond, you can go back with the bailiff.

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