00:00When this defendant insisted on representing himself
00:02and blamed his bizarre behavior in jail on mental health,
00:05the jury didn't fall for his victim card
00:07and sentenced him to 40 years in prison.
00:09I would like to use my 60 million rights.
00:11I don't want to work with my attorney.
00:12I want to go through the process of defending myself
00:15after it comes down to the case.
00:17What are the trial we're here for today?
00:19We are on trial for an accusation of aggravated robbery.
00:23Okay, I'm going to strongly advise you
00:25not to represent yourself.
00:26It's a terrible idea.
00:28Do you understand?
00:28I still want to go through with it.
00:30I feel like I've been able to say things necessary
00:33to defend myself because I'm scared
00:35of leaving it in anyone else's hands.
00:36I think you're making a terrible mistake.
00:38I want to admit here they did choose
00:40to drop the charges throughout the process.
00:42They offered me deferred probation
00:44about this same exact...
00:45I objected to him talking about it.
00:47I guess he thinks we were going to dismiss his cases.
00:50Did you offer me a couple times?
00:51I haven't offered you anything
00:53and whatever was offered, you refused
00:56and that's why we're here today.
00:57You're on trial for shooting at Cade Torres
00:59and at James Flanagan.
01:00You understand that, don't you?
01:02Yeah, but there's no proof of that.
01:03You've been found guilty of that.
01:05I don't understand how I could be found guilty
01:06if there's no proof.
01:07You've been found guilty.
01:08Why can't you follow the rules in jail?
01:10Because this is a mental asylum.
01:13I've been put under a pre-investigation,
01:15which means a prison elimination act,
01:17which inmates tried to go through the process
01:19of mishandling me in the shower.
01:21Is that why you keep masturbating
01:22in front of female guards?
01:24It's because I'm a sexual addict.
01:25I think it's called an infomaniac.
01:27After getting out of high school,
01:29I moved this girl in with me and we...
01:30I don't want to hear about that.
01:31I'm not asking about that.
01:32I'm asking why you can't follow simple rules in jail.
01:35It's because due to the fact of me
01:37being around these inmates,
01:38they have a pretty bad influence and ideas.
01:41You think maybe you might be
01:42the bad influence trailer?
01:43I don't think so.
01:44You're threatening to shoot a police officer.
01:46Do you agree with me?
01:47That's what you said.
01:48I'm going to shoot you in the head.
01:49I'm going to shoot you in the stomach.
01:51So your words, correct?
01:52Correct.
01:52I'm going to eat your...
01:53What'd you say, neck?
01:54I think I said I'd bite them.
01:55I just...
01:55I'm going to eat your kids.
01:57I think I'm just blurting out
01:59my ain't got after being slimed.
02:01Body stemmed down.
02:02That makes it okay
02:03to threaten someone's children?
02:04No, sir.
02:05And then several weeks later,
02:06you break into Jasmine's house
02:07and you destroy her stuff,
02:09you punch a hole in the wall
02:10and you take a gun.
02:11Am I wrong here?
02:12I don't want to claim
02:13that I took a weapon,
02:14but I do say...
02:15I will say...
02:15With your EC9.
02:17I will say that
02:18I was in their home
02:19as a co-inhabitant.
02:20We can call this more
02:21of a mental psychotic period
02:24in which I was mentally ill
02:25about all of these situations.
02:27And then July 14th,
02:29these two boys told this jury
02:30how you stole a gun
02:31and shot at them.
02:32And you've been found guilty
02:34of that, Traylon.
02:35Somehow, someway I have.
02:36In what world
02:37should you be on probation
02:39if you can't follow simple rules,
02:41much less stop shooting at people?
02:42A perfect overall...
02:43Calls number 24, DCCR 1615.
02:46We, the jury,
02:47having found the defendant,
02:48Traylon Hill,
02:49guilty of the offense
02:50of aggravated robbery.
02:51Mr. Hill,
02:52in accordance with the jury's verdict,
02:53I accept that verdict.
02:55You're now sentenced to 40 years
02:56in the Institutional Division
02:57of the Texas Department of...
