Edgar County Judge Pled Guilty To Reckless Driving –

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1. This Judge held a trial that was rigged, he failed to dismiss jurors with relationships to the states witnesses, prosecutor or himself, allowed the jury pool to be tampered with, and presided over a case where reasons for possible bias were to significant to be ignored as rumors circulated the small community that his wife and I were having a sexual relationship during there trial separation. My public defender made no attempt to form a defense. He motioned to suppress the surveillance video that I told him would show proof of misconduct by the arresting officer as there was items in the picture of evidence that was allegedly stolen that I have never touched while in the store. He didn’t question Peace officer Lewsader about the procedures for reporting to a retail theft call, or ask him why he violated those protocols. He made no attempt to procure witnesses for my defense, nor did he even ask me if I knew of anyone. When I started to speak up about these things after the trial and requested my attorney to file for appeal which, he told me that he already had(which was a complete lie, I didn’t know at the time but you can not file for appeal until after sentencing). One court hearing just before I was called my public defender approached me and told me that he was motioning for fitness evaluation and when I ask why he merely shrugged open handed and said conversations. When I was called I requested to have him removed from counsel before he could motion for fitness and Sullivan told me that could happen but it would have to wait until after the question of fitness was resolved(come to find out that per president set by People v Krankel once the defendant raises the question of ineffective counsel the court must hold a hearing to determine the validity of the claim before proceeding.) I was denied say in the evaluator for the fitness evaluation, even though it clearly states in Illinois statutes that it is my choice when the defense raises the question of fitness, not my state employed lawyer who reports directly to the prosecutor. I was found unfit by way of meth induced psychosis after having been in custody for over 3 months at the time and 5 months of the last 6, where I had no access to meth. The doctor lied in his report, as well as turned statements that I had made one in particular involving why Sullivan was required to have recused himself from the proceedings, making it out as that while Sullivan and his Wife were at the bar I was seen drinking talking and playing pool with her and that was where the rumors came from, When I told him that Sullivans wife and I were seen at Bekkies’s bar, drinking, talking, and playing pool. To my recollection Judge Matthew Sullivan was not a patron of the bar, and I know that on those nights he was not present as they were on a trial separation prior to the possible dissolution of marriage. Judge Sullivan read the report or claimed to have read the report prior to ruling that I was unfit to stand trial. I was held for roughly 6 months before being sent to the mental health facility in Springfield, where I was “returned to fitness” and returned to Edgar County Jail within 2 months. held a month before sentencing then denied a new trial even though I was supposedly unfit due to meth induced psychosis and was in custody with no access to meth, about a month prior to trial meaning a new trial request should not have even been necessary, yet it was denied with no explanation provided or requested and I was sentenced to probation without finding out if I was willing to agree to the terms. As probation is a contract a judge cannot simple just order someone be placed on probation, the defendant has to agree to probation.

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