Nomadic Fanatic Predictions For His May 7th Pre-Trial Court Date

Added: 2026-05-07

[00:00:00]Morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome on board.

[00:00:04]>> Well, hello tubers. Hope you're doing well wherever you are in this crazy YouTube universe. [music] Today we are enjoying this beautiful sunshiny British Columbia [music] weather where the mighty Fraser River is high because all the snow and all the mountains hundreds of miles from here is melting quickly. So, uh hopefully I do not take a step back and fall into the water which is normally dry behind me.

[00:00:26]But nonetheless, we didn't come here to talk about the weather. We came here to talk about the preliminary pre-trial conference that will be happening in La Paz County Courthouse in Arizona for Nomadic Fanatic and that is coming up on May the 7th and uh this is going to give us an opportunity to prognosticate and you can uh participate in the prognostication process by putting your comments in the comments section. Now, I will lend my opinion and uh who am I to know have an opinion on the legal matters of a different jurisdiction?

[00:01:00]Well, that's actually my legal field. I was originally heading to law school, but I do have a degree in this. I actually worked as a deputy sheriff in a courthouse among other many many government jobs that I've held. And I'm always kind of that person where the reason I went into that kind of administrative area of of government was because I always like to know how the sausage is made. So I'm quite well verssed in how uh the various legal systems work. And you remember the United States really has a similar common law jurisdiction than all the Commonwealth countries because obviously you got your legal system from England.

[00:01:36]Uh of course it is it has changed a bit with uh you know different rules and different jurisdictions but the fundamentals remain the same. It's kind of like uh learning a nonlinear editing software program and then you move to a competitor. you know, you have a huge advantage of understanding how the competitors work once you are wellversed in how nonlinear uh software. Same with languages and things like that. You know, if you uh if you if you're really good with understanding uh Spanish, yeah, you can probably take a good stab at Italian and uh and and do okay at it, so to speak. But uh nonetheless, I'm going to walk you through how things work at the uh pre-trial stage, what what what's on the table in terms of why it happens and what happens and what I think is about to happen. So, a pre-trial conference is kind of that last formal stage in the uh flowchart, so to speak, cuz uh let's face it, the legal system is more of a assembly line with with steps and uh you know, if this then that type of thing. It's really not very complicated. In fact, uh any any lawyer in any jurisdiction could flowchart any of this for you and uh make it simple that a 2-year-old uh maybe not a 2-year-old, maybe a grade two uh kid could actually understand it.

[00:02:52]So, at the pre-trial stage, what we have here is one of the last formal processes where both sides and the judge get together and uh deals can be made and offered or even negotiated. Now, one of the most important aspects of a pre-trial conference is to take the pressure off trials. The one thing that most defendants don't realize that with the thousands and thousands and thousands of cases all happening every year, defendants actually, if they worked in concert, could completely collapse the legal system because if every case had to go to trial, the costs would be insurmountable. There wouldn't be enough court time. There wouldn't be enough court judges. There wouldn't be enough uh sheriffs, there wouldn't be enough court reporters, there just wouldn't be enough. So, there's always an incentive to make a deal to take the pressure off of the taxpayers uh to to not go to trial. And let's face it, most cases never go to trial. Of course, all the big stuff does. If you're charged with something really, really serious, you might be foolish to not go to trial, especially if you have exculpatory evidence. uh exculpatory evidence of course being evidence that exonerates you uh as opposed to inculpatory evidence. So during the actual pre-trial conference, that is when the prosecutor must disclose all evidence, including exculpatory and inculpatory. And that's the time when, you know, both sides kind of have to have a kind of a come to Jesus moment and realize, well, what's going to really happen here if we go to trial? Do we have a good chance of actually being acquitted or convicted?

[00:04:38]Most defendants realize that the offer on the table at the pre-trial conference is almost always lighter than what you will get if you go to trial. is almost like a uh a penalty if you go to trial for a lot of cases where you know uh you you've kind of cost the taxpayers money and the judges had to listen to you ying on through whatever testimony that the witnesses are made to to make and gathering up a a jury if uh juries are even allowed in uh your particular case.

[00:05:08]So in inevitably a deal is offered.

[00:05:12]Whether it is accepted or not, that's up to the defendant as they consult with their counsel. Now what I think is going to happen with the tater tot is I think a deal is in play because for the simple fact he's got all these plans to be traveling with his soon to be uh old lady, right?

[00:05:32]So, I think he probably will cut a deal, which makes complete sense because that's what most people do in this situation. As to what the consequences will be, I'm predicting fine and uh probation. That's probably going to be it. If he does get some jail time, it's going to be very token amount. Maybe a week or so. It's kind of one of those disappointing type of situations. I I think it's going to be where where we're all rooting for him to get a little bit of time in jail to be taught a nice lesson. You know, be one of those cases where taxpayers money is used appropriately to teach somebody a lesson who deserves a good lesson. So, so I think you know why would he be planning uh trips this summer when if he is held over for trial and there is no deal made at the pre-trial conference.

[00:06:27]Well, he's looking at a trial probably between 6 10 12 14 18 weeks, you know, whenever they can schedule it. Keeping in mind that during the blazing heat of summer and even even in Canada, let's let's be honest, judges like to take time off in summer to go travel and have vacations with their family. So, the scheduling of trials is always usually a lot lighter during July and August.

[00:06:51]Nonetheless, I predict light sentence and a deal.

[00:06:57]Now, that's really up to um Tater and his attorney whether he's going to cut the deal because sometimes he can be a little cocky and arrogant and maybe he thinks rolling the dice and going to trial might work out for him. But if I was Tater, I might not be wanting to go to trial either because what if the victim impact statements are not very favorable, if you know what I'm saying?

[00:07:21]and the potential testimony from the victim if they actually do testify against him might not work in his favor.

[00:07:29]So essentially what we have here is a let's make a deal scenario of you know door number one, door number two or door number three. You know, all respects to the late Canadian Monty Hall, but that is essentially what will happen with the tater when he goes to court on uh May 7th. And honestly, he could be a fool if he doesn't take something light like a very, you know, small sentence of a week, a fine, and probation. But here is the kicker. Can he make it through probation? Because if you look up the statistics of how many people that are charged with misdemeanors are subsequently charged with more misdemeanors down the road, either because of probation violation or new charges completely unrelated, it's quite significant. It's somewhere between 40 and 50%. So I don't know if he can actually keep uh mining his P's and Q's for especially a long probation period of say two or three years. that'd be kind of a struggle for him to um you know avoid doing something stupid. So it could snowball on him because if he can't make it through probation, he's going to pick up a probation violation charge and whatever new charge that would that would uh brought him into violation of the probation in the first place. So, it's an interesting crossroads for him and u yeah, I think it's going to be a little disappointing for us on the sidelines watching, but it's all up to Tater whether he's going to do the uh straight and narrow and make it through probation if he's offered probation or is he going to be an an egotistical cocky bastard and say, "No, I'm not taking a deal. I'm too good for that.

[00:09:18]I'm too smart for that.

[00:09:20]and he rolls the dice and he goes to trial and uh yeah, not going to really work for him in trial, I imagine, because generally speaking, most uh district attorneys and prosecutors, they're very careful to not even uh let charges go through the system unless there's a reasonable probability of a conviction because, let's face it, they're swamped with huge case loads and they have to kind of work as a caretaker.

[00:09:50]U in terms of allowing certain cases through and dismissing other ones, unless of course the prosecutor has an election year coming or he's got something to prove and then all bets could be off. So, nonetheless, that's what's facing the tater taunt on the 7th of this month. And uh it's going to be interesting to see what happens, but I predict it's going to be on the lighter end of things and a deal will probably be made. He might take what's behind door number one, right? So, you guys put your comments down below and you prognosticate what you think will happen to the tater tot. And in the meantime, folks, I'm going to enjoy this spectacularly warm weather here in British Columbia. and I will see you in the next video. [music] >> Nomadic fanatic. Nomadic fanatic >> trying [music] to hold the course.

[00:10:53]He's all tied up, but he's still [singing] a nomadic fanatic.

[00:11:06]>> [music] >> on a narrow boat.

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