{"id":4275,"date":"2014-04-22T00:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T04:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=4275"},"modified":"2014-04-22T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T14:01:17","slug":"extradition-to-kenya-hearing-april-212014-next-hearing-in-extradition-to-kenay-case-scheduled-for-june-26-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/extradition-to-kenya-hearing-april-212014-next-hearing-in-extradition-to-kenay-case-scheduled-for-june-26-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Extradition to Kenya hearing April 21, 2014.  Next hearing in extradition to Kenya case scheduled for June 26, 2014."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lucas-Daniel-Smith-2014-the-22nd-of-April.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4280 alignleft\" alt=\"Lucas Daniel Smith 2014 the 22nd of April\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lucas-Daniel-Smith-2014-the-22nd-of-April-576x1024.jpg\" width=\"403\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lucas-Daniel-Smith-2014-the-22nd-of-April-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lucas-Daniel-Smith-2014-the-22nd-of-April-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Lucas-Daniel-Smith-2014-the-22nd-of-April.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Video recording inside the courthouse (April 21, 2o14) here in Santo Domingo is typically not permitted but we were able to record a small segment during the hearing.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A police officer, who claims that he is International Police (all of the judges, there are 3 judges, and just about everyone in the courtroom got an extended laugh out that!), is being interviewed by the Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The video cuts off when a women in the courtroom got up from her seat (you can see her get up) and in doing so drew attention to the camera man (who was trying to be discreet). \u00a0\u00a0 However, you can tell by the way that the policeman is being question that the attorney is starting to sense that something is not right. \u00a0 In the video the attorney asks how long that the policeman has been working as a policeman and where exactly does he work.\u00a0 The answers received, and the tone of voice used, indicate to the court that there is now, without doubt, something very odd and bizarre.\u00a0 The Court now begins to &#8216;play along&#8217; (much the way that attorney Collins is, and has been, playing along) when asking additional, almost silly questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After the camera cuts off the court asks the policeman who it is that he works for.\u00a0 The policeman states that he is &#8220;Policia Internacional&#8221;\u00a0 or International Police.\u00a0 He goes on to state he was tasked with serving an international arrest warrant, from the country Kenya, on Lucas Daniel Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There were a lot of laughs in the courtroom (and I made a point to laugh some too).\u00a0\u00a0 The judges, there are three (3) of them, set the next extradition hearing date for June 26th, 2014:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/39Z285rcQsc?list=UU6FZURuRRVhiYGWotRVrSDA\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It also appears, or at least online, that I have a warrant for my arrest in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Viewing online records at the official \u201cIowa Courts Online\u201d website it appears that the <strong>warrant was issued <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>on July 15, 2o13<\/strong>.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Just to be clear, that was over nine (9) months ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ii appears that I missed payments of restitution. <strong>The new bond is set at $2000 US dollars<\/strong>\u2026..not exactly something that they extradite a person for when they are outside of the United States. \u00a0 Moreover, many charges, depending on the severity are not extraditable from outside of the state, outside of states which border the state or sometimes outside of the region of the country, e.g., Midwest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Furthermore, <b>it is not a felony<\/b> (even though its lists it that way on the police wanted list). I think the reasoning behind that, or where the error comes from, is that I plead guilty in the felony case, in 2012, but in a plea agreement which would mitigate the felony to that\u00a0 misdemeanor. which was originally a felony. I was sentenced to a few days and restitution and self-probation<\/span>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>The criminal case itself was initiated in 2010<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and the case was well documented online, by myself, at scribd.com:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">State of Iowa vs Lucas Daniel Smith. FECR 90875. \u2013<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/collections\/3256056\/State-of-Iowa-vs-Lucas-Daniel-Smith-FECR-90875\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/collections\/3256056\/State-of-Iowa-vs-Lucas-Daniel-Smith-FECR-90875<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are fifteen documents in the folder, all of which were uploaded at various time during the prosecution of the case.\u00a0\u00a0 What I found out by doing that is that its not very wise to do that if you happen to have a band of enemy armchair scholars who follow your every move online.\u00a0\u00a0 Throughout the entire case I did not have an attorney and I defended myself, Pro se, from initial appearance to sentencing.\u00a0\u00a0 One of the unique facets of having at it inPro se is that you are able to speak directly with County attorney (the guy who represents that State, the prosecuting attorney).\u00a0 The Office of the County Attorney indicated that they received a copious and profuse number of calls from individuals stating that I was a fraud-man who peddles fake Barack Obama birth certificates and that I should be in places in prison for many years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There were also accounts of other supposed crimes given to County Attorneys Office, none of which, at least that I know of, have ever been validated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In any event, the case itself was, from the beginning, a &#8220;<\/span><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Show me the man and I&#8217;ll find you the crime&#8221;<\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> (as the Soviets put it).\u00a0\u00a0 Perhaps attorney Loren Collins can validate that quote (he has what seems to be an obsessive penchant for verifying quotations, except for Hemingway&#8217;s).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Regarding the \u201cMost Wanted\u201d thing, I don\u2019t know. I didn\u2019t even know Cedar Rapids had such a thing. I looked at the entire list (its more than just me and other guy) and there is a guy on there for failing to show up to court for public intoxication (i.e., drinking in public)\u2026..very serious stuff (not really, I&#8217;m only being sarcastic).\u00a0\u00a0 Cedar Rapids is a small city and that may explain the &#8220;petty crimes&#8221; on the &#8220;most wanted.&#8221;\u00a0 Most of the serious crime nowadays (mid-1990s to present) is committed my Chicago natives who the federal and state governments have been relocating to Cedar Rapids for the last 20 years (and increasingly so in the last several years).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Directly below is a screen shot of the probation violation, warrant and bond (btw, I was outside of the United States when the warrant was issued):<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/court-online-record2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4282\" alt=\"court online record\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/court-online-record2.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/court-online-record2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/court-online-record2-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m still waiting for attorney Loren Collins to draft a contract so that he can provide me with legal services, aide and advocacy regarding my pending extradition to Kenya. The first official public record of request for extradition to Kenya has already been published online some time ago. I am not going to provide attorney Loren Collins with any further tangible documentation until at which time we enter into an attorney-client contract. At this point I, and others, are concerned that Collins may not be sincere and his offer might may not have been even-handed.\u00a0\u00a0 However, I am still willing to accept his legal help.\u00a0\u00a0 Waiting for Loren&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please exercise your free speech in the comments section below. There are no stipulations of political correctness on this blog. Speak your mind, give us your thoughts, both objective and subjective. Share your ideas, hunches, inklings or your expertise. Please provide recommendation and corrections if you spot errors in fact within the blog report. 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