Things I Know For Sure
There are things that I know for sure about my case which are in conflict. I was absolutely innocent of any crime in Texas that I was convicted of. My home was searched and ransacked without a warrant and no one thought this was a problem including the United States Supreme Court because I was a black attorney and the same laws are not applied to Blacks in America. Additionally, Westlaw has now posted two bogus opinion in my case that are not the original opinion. I have now seen six opinions allegedly from the 10th Court of Appeals which are materially different from the original opinion. All of the opinions have the same date which support corruption. I have never been sent a copy of any of the bogus opinions by the 10th Court of Appeals and given an opportunity of appeal. The 10th Court of Appeals falsified and misrepresented the facts to support its opinion evidenced by its statement that Mayfield had never expressed a particularized need for the Grand Jury testimony. The Court of Appeals stated in the original opinion that Mayfield was not entitled to see the tapes or exhibits admitted into the trial as “she should have known what was on them”. The tapes were never verified and authenticated by Lt. Arnold as the court alleged in one of its bogus opinions. The prosecutor kept the tapes secret from the defense and secretly presented them only to the jury. The 10th Court of Appeals denied all motions to correct discrepancies in the record and ruled without a record or created its own record that the defense has never been allowed access. Mayfield was granted a free transcript and has never received that transcript. The Court Reporters have provided public evidence that they did not record any hearings in my trial and the 10th Court of Appeals indicated its has reviewed hearings and the record and made statement from the trial that never occurred or the court reporters allege they never transcribed. Per state law, Mayfield has not committed a crime in Texas. Per the sworn testimony on the record by Lt. Arnold, the police searched Mayfield’s home without a warrant for weeks in order to find evidence to support a warrant. This Hearing to Set a Bond on Appeal has never been transcribed by anyone to date. Mayfield was targeted because she was the only black attorney in the area. Per the sworn testimony on the record of Lt. Arnold, “We found a large check in her home. We had to enter her home without a warrant in order to obtain enough evidence to sustain a warrant. Mayfield had never been convicted of anything but unpaid parking tickets in the past. I talked to Judge Lott and told him that people keep their personal information in their homes and he said, “Okay.” ” You had to find enough evidence to support a warrant,” repeated Judge Steve Smith.
In warrantless searches,they found a large check that was more than one year old from Wachovia Bank and they issued a subpoena for the account information as it was out of county. There is no Wachovia Bank in Bryan/ College Station. Mayfield herself only had a copy of the check which was more than two years old at the time. This check which was a loan payment to Mayfield obtained by her Financial Advisor from an investor. It was obtained in a warrantless search and was the centerpiece of the State’s case. It is/was barred from use by the Texas Penal Code as it was obtained in violation of Mayfield’s civil rights without a warrant. the check was never cashed and the reason the check was not good was never reported to me by the bank. It was implied by the amount of the check that it was insufficient. I was never told otherwise by the bank. In sworn testimony on the record, Lt. Arnold stated that “We had to engage in warrantless searches because Miss Mayfield had never been convicted of anything except an unpaid parking ticket.” The records were subpoenaed by the three judges from the 361 st. , 85th, and 272nd District Courts in Brazos County. All three judges knew the checks had been obtained in warrantless searches when they signed the subpoena. Moreover, Lt. Arnold testified that he told one of the judges from the County Court of Law 2 that people keep their financial information in their homes and he (the judge ) told him to get the information without a warrant. Additionally, Lt. Arnold committed perjury in his probable cause as he stated that I had told him that I had been cashing checks for a percentage since 2001. I have never cashed checks for a percentage for anyone except personal injury checks in automobile accidents for my clients. I was legally entitled to a percentage per my contract with them. I did not cash these personal injury checks until 2003 or 2004. The Suspicious Activity Report and the report from it was forged by the FBI per Lt. Arnold. He stated in sworn testimony on the record that he was working with the FBI and that they gave him the forged Suspicious Activity Report for the search warrant. The Secret Service Agent did not give any testimony about scam language being “back order payment representative” which was language provided by IRS as reported by the 10th Court of Appeals in their opinion. The Secret Service Agent stated on the record that he did not know anything about this activity as he was an expert on 419 scams. This was not a 419 scam. I did not provide any advance money. The original opinion of the 10th Court of Appeals stated that legal wires could support a search warrant and criminal activity was not required for a search warrant in Bryan. They did not give a reason in their opinion.
The original opinion also ruled that probable cause did not have to be in the four corners of the document. Simply finding anything in the search which might be suspicious was enough. There was no testimony from anyone that Mayfield had received any funds of any kind from illegal activity anywhere from 1968 to 2008 at the time of the trial. The sworn testimony on the record by Lt. Arnold was that there had never been any complaints of illegality of any funds of Mayfield prior to the search and arrest. He was questioned extensively about this using every employer and source of income from 1966 to 2008 and Lt. Arnold in sworn testimony on the record denied any complaint of any criminal conduct involving any funds Mayfield had ever possessed. When I filed my Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Southern District of the federal Court in Houston, someone destroyed my Writ of Habeas Corpus Application with its exhibits and substituted other documents in their place and created a new and different opinion from the 10th Court of Appeals which changed the indictment to passing counterfeit checks with intent to defraud. Passing counterfeit checks as the crime per an indictment has never been issued to me. I have never seen or possessed an indictment with this crime listed anywhere. Moreover, this was not the crime that I was tried and convicted of in Brazos County. Moreover,the state would have a problem with the indictment as well as the checks as they had already been turned in to the fraud units of the respective institutions that they were drawn on five months before the search warrant was issued and more that two years in one case. There would be no intent to defraud as a matter of law with either indictment. The 10th Court of Appeals in its original opinion argued that it was unreasonable for me to rely on the 1st National Bank of Bryan Clerks and the IRS because as an attorney, I should have superior knowledge of whether a check was good or bad. They did not cite a basis for this opinion. The District Judge did not allow any discovery until three days before the trial ( Late Friday evening before the Monday trial and refused to grant a continuance.) All witnesses of the State including the Secret Service committed perjury at the trial. The Prosecutor had a duty not to put witnesses on the stand that it knew were committing perjury. The prosecutor concealed exculpatory evidence and falsified evidence such as e-mails that I learned he has a prisoner fabricate. Material portions of the record appear to have been manufactured and fabricated by someone evidenced by the 10th Court of Appeals opinion. Someone rewrote my pleadings in federal court and altered the bail from one million one hundred twenty thousand for the $5800.00 to $292,000.00. Where they obtained their figures is unknown.
I know for sure that I have never seen the trial transcript that I received from Laura Bailey one week ago. The transcript appears to be almost totally fabricated. Sixteen hearings conducted after the jury was sworn were deleted as well as my objections and the court’s ruling on those objections. No Pre or Post trial hearing such as sentencing and Hearing to set an Appeal Bond were included and are material.
I know for sure that I was never given and have not seen the bank statements that she presented in this trial transcript and they are not the same as the testimony of the bank witnesses at the trial. I was never allowed to see those exhibits at the trial and they were never presented at my trial or admitted into the record. No bank witness presented any documents nor did the prosecutor admit any bank records at my trial. The bank refused to release copies of my records to me when I tried to get them. The State had seized all of my bank record in warrantless searches and refused to return them or allow me access to them.
I know for sure that I have never seen a complete enough record for an appeal and the testimony of the court reporters when I filed complaints with the Judicial Commission was that they never recorded or transcribed the complete trial. All courts including the United States Supreme Court appeared to rule that this did not deny me due process to not be allowed to see exhibits at trial or have copies. There are two sets of rules for Blacks and Whites in America. Blacks and the poor are routinely denied due process and this is expected by everyone in the system.
These small town prosecutors hate Blacks and they would do anything for a conviction. The Rule of Law does not apply to small town America and its courts where the poor, indigent and minorities are concerned. No appeal is meaningful as one is not able to obtain a transcript for appeal. There are Jim Crow laws being applied secretly and no one applies the constitution for the State or federal government for Black clients. This is why I feel the death penalty should be abolished in Texas. There is no meaningful appellate review anywhere including the United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court rubber stamps the lower court’s action no matter how inconsistent it is with the United States Constitution. I doubt that they even read the petitions anymore if the person is a minority.
What I know for sure is that there cannot be six opinions in one case issued on the same day without notifying the defendant of a change in the ruling or opinion. This constitutes fraud. Moreover, it is not an accident that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did not “image” my Petition For Discretionary Review and the opinion below and the petition was destroyed and a new one fabricated by someone to replace my pleading. Also, an opinion for the 10th Court of Appeals had been altered and a new one created. The only thing that was present from my petition and exhibits was my signature page. In my Petition for Discretionary Review, I pointed out that the Prosecutor yelled out to the judge after the jury was sworn and was leaving the room: Your Honor I intend to show that the University of Houston caught Miss Mayfield with a student paper when she was in law school.” I made a timely objection which was sustained. I requested that the judge issue a curing instruction to the jury. When this motion was granted, I Moved for a Mistrial as curing would not help. This motion was denied. The court of Appeals and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled this was not error on the part of the trial court to deny this motion for Mistrial even though the defendant had not put her character in issue. Even more to the point, the Prosecution has a copy of my law school and undergraduate records that it placed in evidence over my objections that were more than twenty years old. They had evidence in their possession and knew that the prosecutor was committing perjury in his statements as there was never a paper of another involved in my law school “attempt plagerism” case. This had been the basis of my law suit against the school and its staff. The Secret Service testified that I had been living a criminal life as an attorney and social worker and I could have gotten another legal job instead. The Secret Service did not identify what the criminal activity was but stated that a “secret grand jury was going to be immediately convened in federal court for 1029 access crimes, income tax and other crimes as soon as this trial was convened. The Secret Service Agent was an expert witness who was allowed to testify over my objections that putting a slash on the witness list which was provided on the day of trial was not sufficient notice per the Tex.Code of Criminal Procedure. I was overruled and was denied the right to take the witness on voir dire before he testified and denied a continuance to prepare for this “surprise witness. The Secret Service and FBI were laughing and clowning in court. It was done to undermine my case and presentation. It was made clear to me that the Texas Constitution and state laws would not apply to me. The State provided me with a set of exhibits in two books. No checks of any kind except those in the indictment were included. My home has been burglarized and my furniture destroyed in searches in order for the court to create new records that were never a part of my trial. All of my actual trial record have been destroyed and new documents created. Moreover, the 10th Court of Appeals refuses to release its original opinion and has a false opinion with a false indictment or crime that I was never charged with, indicted or and convicted of anywhere. All of my documents filed in federal court including those filed in the United States Supreme Court were destroyed or altered. The signature page was kept of my pleadings only to create the illusion that these were my documents. The spoilation of records, fabrication of record,evidence and the conduct of the court reporter and prosecutors and witnesses was not accidental and constitute a crime. There are two standards applied to black and white defendants in America. Due Process, fair trials and meaningful appeals do not exist for blacks and the poor in America. This was the lesson to be learned from my case and what I know for sure.
