Sovereign Citizen Says “I Don’t Recognize This Court!” — Judge Threatens Arrest!

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:00]Now calling city of tiny versus Amber McHenry, case number 24 TRD 819.

[00:00:20]Ma'am. Oh, sorry.

[00:00:24]I'm just trying to get this stuff situated so it's straight.

[00:00:34]Um Take a seat.

[00:00:37]I have a question.

[00:00:37]>> In this blue chair.

[00:00:39]Uh do I have Sit down. Do I have to sit in the same one? You want me to hold you in contempt? Sit down.

[00:00:45]In that blue chair.

[00:00:47]Do I have to >> Sit down.

[00:00:49]>> Sit there?

[00:00:50]One more time. Sit down.

[00:01:00]Now you'll answer my questions.

[00:01:03]Got it?

[00:01:05]Did you understand all of the rights and plea options that I explained to you?

[00:01:10]No, I do not.

[00:01:12]>> Buckle up, guys. Today we are going to watch a courtroom encounter that goes off the rails almost immediately. What should have been a routine traffic hearing turns tense within seconds as the defendant refuses to sit down and the judge is forced to repeat the same order again and again. You can hear the patience wearing thin as the judge makes it clear that contempt is on the table.

[00:01:33]The moment she says she does not understand her rights, you know this hearing is about to become much bigger than anyone expected. I understand.

[00:01:41]Okay.

[00:01:42]Then I will enter no plea to the charges I object. filed against you.

[00:01:48]Uh well, let me let me just explain to you.

[00:01:51]Um You are charged and I do have a signature on the the citation shows you've been served.

[00:01:58]Uh you are charged with one count of no operator's license, a minor misdemeanor subject to a maximum fine of $150 plus court costs. You also are charged with one count of expired plates, also a minor misdemeanor subject to a maximum fine of $150 and court costs.

[00:02:16]Um >> [snorts] >> I will enter no plea to these charges against you. You already have a pending You already have a pending case I object.

[00:02:26]What do you object, miss? Ma'am?

[00:02:28]Because I did not enter that plea. Okay, so you tell me what how you would like to plead. Guilty, not guilty, or no or um no contest. I I'm not I'm first I have to correct the standing, which is I am not the Ensley just not the heir. I am the authorized agent to the decedent estate. I am coming in here as the settler, and I want to settle this case.

[00:02:54]I have sent in a paper that is my declaration and affidavit of what I want to do, which is to settle the case. I am willing to uh surrender the person to the court for mutual consideration. I do not want to continue doing this. I don't have anything to do with this. That paper that I signed, which is the summons, is signed uh the colossus, which is void contract, and I reserve all of my rights on that.

[00:03:30]So, is the will is the court willing to give me mutual consideration today or not?

[00:03:37]Uh I will enter no plea on your behalf to these charges. I've given you three plea options to plead. No. Would you I do not recognize anyone in this court.

[00:03:47]Okay, well, that's >> recognize you or the bailiff or anybody else in this court. I do not understand.

[00:03:53]I do not set >> this case for a bench trial.

[00:03:56]And >> No. Here, the defendant shifts into full sovereign citizen language, claiming she is merely an authorized agent and not the legal person named in the case.

[00:04:06]Instead of entering a plea, she attempts to settle by surrendering the person to the court. The judge stays composed, but his decision to enter a plea for her shows he has no intention of entertaining theories that have no legal standing. This is where the courtroom turns from confusion into a direct legal showdown. I'll get this set.

[00:04:26]>> I have the right to a trial by jury.

[00:04:28]Okay. No, you don't. Not in this case.

[00:04:30]Yes.

[00:04:31]>> Now, these are not jail-able offenses, ma'am. You don't have a right to a trial by jury in this this case.

[00:04:36]You already have a jury trial scheduled in another case, but then because you're facing jail time in that case. But in this case, you're not facing jail time, only a fine and Any Any Any thing that is above $25 and and a court of law uh has the right to a jury by trial, which is uh in involuntary.

[00:04:57]Involuntary. Can't be violated, basically, is what it means. So, I have the right to a jury by trial. No, you don't.

[00:05:05]>> of my peers. No, you don't. Uh yeah.

[00:05:08]We're going to set it for trial, and you're going to go to the clerk's window and they'll give you a trial date. Okay?

[00:05:14]So, then I'm just going to surrender the person to the court cuz I'm not coming back. I don't know what that means. You do know what that means.

[00:05:21]>> I don't know what that means. I am not the Ensley just non deguerre. I told you >> I don't I don't know what that means either either, ma'am. I've I've been I've been practicing law for 36 years, and what you've just said to me has no meaning to me whatsoever.

[00:05:38]>> Oh, great. Yeah. Um so, you >> if you don't leave the courtroom, and if you don't go to go to the clerk's window to and a trial date, I'll have you arrested and hold you in contempt of court.

[00:05:50]With what contract?

[00:05:52]There is no contract. You're You're looking You're looking at the contract.

[00:05:57]You're looking at the one who's going to be able to has the authority to be able to put you in jail for hold and I'll hold you in contempt.

[00:06:05]So, let me say it one last time because we have other cases to handle today.

[00:06:11]If you don't go leave the courtroom and go to the clerk's window and get a trial date, which is what I'm scheduling in this case, I will hold you in contempt of court and I'll have you arrested.

[00:06:27]So, contempt of court for what?

[00:06:30]What contempt?

[00:06:32]For not doing what I'm telling you to do, which is to go go to the clerk's window and to get a trial date.

[00:06:40]You're the trustee and I'm the beneficiary. No, there is no trust relationship here. I've No, there isn't.

[00:06:47]I've drafted many trusts and that There is no trust relationship between the judge and you, the defendant.

[00:06:54]>> Yeah, because you brought up >> You are not the beneficiary and nor am I the trustee. Yes. Yeah, that's just not how it works, ma'am. It's not how it works. You either go to the clerk's window now and get a trial date or I'll have you taken into custody now.

[00:07:10]You got it?

[00:07:24]At this point, the tension reaches another level. The defendant insists she has an absolute right to a jury trial and declares she is not coming back to court. She then argues that the judge is a trustee and she is the beneficiary, a theory the judge dismisses instantly.

[00:07:41]What makes this clip so compelling is the judge's final ultimatum. Follow the court's instructions or be taken into custody. The power struggle becomes unmistakable.

[00:07:52]This is 242448 SM the people versus Eric Martin. Mr. Martin, can you tell me your name?

[00:08:01]I'm Mr. Martin assistant prosecutor. That's what you're wondering. Do Okay, I recognize Mr. Martin. Mr. Martin, it's my understanding that Mr. Coots an attorney uh uh defense attorney attempted to meet with you to go over your rights and that you did not want to meet with him. Is that correct? Yes or no?

[00:08:25]Well, at first I did and then I kind of changed my mind. I'm still uh in the sense of not giving you guys the fraud presumption that you got jurisdiction over them.

[00:08:36]That's why I don't want to take it but uh So, now And they're getting kind of rude to me because Because I'm going to mute you so I can tell you your rights, Mr. Martin. I need you to listen. So, here are your rights.

[00:08:50]You've been brought to court on a an allegation of a bond violation.

[00:08:56]Specifically, you currently have a domestic violence case pending at this court uh in front of Judge Slavin and on that case the complainant is Kurt Martin. There's an There was a no contact provision and that was one of the conditions of bond and there is an allegation that on December 14th, so just this weekend, that someone called from the residence of Kurt Martin and indicated you were in the home um and the officers alleged that you were uh that they checked and that you had bond conditions out of this court saying you weren't to be near him.

[00:09:41]Um and that you were taken into custody um for violating your bond conditions of no contact with Kirk Martin. These are allegations uh at this time uh but they're serious allegations and violation no contact provision. So I um do you want me to enter a plea or do you just want to ramble about jurisdiction?

[00:10:08]I'm going to ask you to unmute so you can answer my question.

[00:10:13]Officer Ziegler, I'm sorry. Can you unmute?

[00:10:22]Uh Mr. Martin, uh you have options so you understand that's what you're here on. You can plead guilty, not guilty, or you can say nothing and I'll enter a not guilty plea on your behalf.

[00:10:36]So to the allegations that you violated the conditions of your bond for purposes of arraignment, how do you plead?

[00:10:45]First I want to notify you of crimes before I get to that. I want to notify you of crimes committed against me in the jail here since I've been here such as criminal harassment Okay.

[00:10:57]I'm going to enter a not guilty plea on your behalf. I'm not done talking.

[00:11:03]I'm going to enter a not guilty plea on your behalf and find you unresponsive.

[00:11:07]Violating my personal right freedom of speech >> [clears throat] >> and this whole bond order condition it violates my due process right to be free at my house which is uh based on an unsupported lying allegation by my brother. Therefore, this is all violation of my due process rights. The bond order should never been done. This is all unconstitutional. The case should be dismissed and I demand to be dismissed.

[00:11:31]The focus shifts to a second defendant, but the strategy is familiar. Rather than answering the judge's simple question, he launches into claims that the court lacks jurisdiction and that his constitutional rights are being violated. When he starts reporting crimes allegedly committed against him in jail, the judge cuts through the speech and enters a not guilty plea on his behalf. It is a textbook example of a judge refusing to let the proceeding lose direction. No. All right. So, sir, you have a right to um a hearing on this matter.

[00:12:06]Um you have a right to receive written notice of the violation. You have a right to plead guilty, not guilty, or stand mute. I've uh entered a not guilty plea on your behalf since your response was non-responsive non-responsive.

[00:12:19]You also have a right to contest the charges uh at a hearing. You do have the right to the assistance of an attorney uh at all subsequent court proceedings, and you can change your mind at any time, Mr. Martin.

[00:12:34]You have the right to have that a lawyer appointed at public expense if you are unable to uh afford an attorney. And the uh it's always possible that uh if the court determines you were able to pay, that you would be required to contribute uh to that cost. Um if you continue to proceed without an attorney, you would give up your right to a lawyer's assistance.

[00:12:59]Um we will set the hearing. I'm required to set that hearing on that violation.

[00:13:05]If you are in custody, we must hold it within 14 days of the arraignment, which is 14 days today from today or the court must order you released uh pending that hearing. If the alleged violation is based on a new criminal offense um that is set uh basis for separate criminal prosecution, I don't have any uh knowledge that that's the case here. The court could postpone the hearing for the outcome of that prosecution. You have a right to contest the allegations against you. You would have a right to have the evidence against you disclosed. You'd have the right to present at the hearing or to be present to present evidence.

[00:13:45]And um to examine and cross-examine witnesses.

[00:13:50]The court would only consider evidence that's relevant to the violation, but it need not apply the rules of evidence except those pertaining to privilege.

[00:13:59]The prosecuting attorney would have the burden of proving the violation by a preponderance of the evidence. If you plead guilty, you'd be giving up your right to a contested hearing.

[00:14:12]Um And while this case is pending, you could be the the most severe violation is you could be held pending the hearing. And if I'm guilty of this violation, you could be held while this case is waiting for jury trial.

[00:14:32]So those are [clears throat] your rights, Mr. Martin.

[00:14:37]Mr. Martin, you just I understand your sovereign arguments.

[00:14:42]I mean, it's it's fine. You can make them. I've heard them before. We've all Everyone in this court has heard them.

[00:14:49]But here's the thing. You I can't have you if there is a no contact order and you continue to violate the no contact order, I can't let you out because you're not listening. And I know you don't think YOU HAVE BECAUSE YOU DON'T OKAY. WELL, you do This isn't accordance with the Constitution.

[00:15:13]And you I keep Okay.

[00:15:16]And the prosecutor deliberately withheld the video because of an unsupported lying allegation. I'm telling you right now, he told a lie. And I told the prosecutor my brother assaulted me, actually assaulted me. First and foremost, he assaulted me.

[00:15:29]So, when I have no evidence on him, I mean, I don't have him on video evidence. He doesn't have me on video evidence assaulting him. So, we have my brother saying this, me saying this. We don't know what happened in reality. So, the dumb cop should never arrested me.

[00:15:40]Prosecutor should not be moving forward on this. They're moving forward with it.

[00:15:44]It's already a malicious prosecution on the prosecutor's part. There's no probable cause cuz there's no evidence here.

[00:15:50]Bottom line, we don't know what happened. This violation might be process waste. I'm being deprived of my freedom to be at the house I've been living at for 32 years. The bond order was legally should have been never been ordered because it's based on a, once again, unsupported lying allegations that has no video evidence, no real evidence to support it. The bond order must be dismissed. I'm supposed to be allowed to go back home where I have a right to be. Doesn't matter how many Okay, let me tell you your bond conditions, Mr. Martin. You're to appear in court as directed.

[00:16:22]All right, I'm going to I'll mute you and read them. Whether you like them or not, these are your conditions, sir. So, I'll just read them into the record and you can choose to listen or not listen.

[00:16:33]You're to appear in court as directed.

[00:16:34]You're not to leave the state without permission of the court. You're not to commit any new crimes while released.

[00:16:39]You're to immediately notify the court of change of address or phone number.

[00:16:43]Whether you like it or not, you're not to have any contact with Kurt Martin or the residence where he resides and where this this original allegation occurred, which is 9074 Clipper in the city of Taylor.

[00:17:02]Sir, you cannot purchase or consume alcohol or illegal drugs. You can't possess or have access to firearms.

[00:17:11]In the final segment, the judge carefully explains every right and every consequence while the defendant repeatedly interrupts with accusations of malicious prosecution and constitutional violations. The judge remains steady and reads strict bond conditions, including no contact, no firearms, and a $2,000 cash bond.

[00:17:32]Despite all the objections, the court's authority stands firm. If you enjoyed this breakdown, make sure to like the video, subscribe to the channel, and we'll see you in the next video.