Pro Se FAIL! Defendant Tries to Ditch Lawyer — Judge SHUTS Her DOWN

Added: 2026-05-09

[00:00:00]Miss Pew, stop talking over me. If you want to stop talking over me. If you want to represent yourself, then there is a process that we have to go through.

[00:00:11]>> Right.

[00:00:12]>> Perfect. So, Miss Pew, Mr. Jeff has been appointed to represent you. Um, he's just been given he's trying to get caught up real quickly on all the information and the discovery in your case. I'm going to reset your case so that he can get all of that. Once he gets it, he'll be out there to go over it with you and we'll see if we can get an announcement at the next court date.

[00:00:33]>> I do not agree to comply with any of your agents considering that their first duty is to the state.

[00:00:39]>> I understand. We've we've had this conversation before.

[00:00:44]>> And I'll be representing myself.

[00:00:47]>> So if you want to represent yourself, there's some things.

[00:00:50]>> Miss Pew, stop talking over me. If you want to stop talking over me. If you want to represent yourself, then there is a process that we have to go through and we'll do that today if that's what you want to do. We'll get your case set for trial and we'll go forward that way.

[00:01:06]It is highly inadvisable for you to represent yourself.

[00:01:11]Lawyers have many, many years of training. They understand the law. They understand how a trial works. Because here's what happens when you're in a trial and you represent yourself. you're expected to know and follow all of the rules of evidence, all the rules of procedure. And so you're really at a disadvantage if you don't know those things. And so what you can you have to do everything just like the assistant district attorney would. And if you don't, you're going to be in front of a jury and it's going to show and it's just not going to be it. It usually does not work out in your benefit. But I have to go through with you some questions first before we do that. And then if you still want to do that then there's a couple of things that we couple of options and we'll go over those as well.

[00:01:58]Okay. So um I am supposed to ask you I'm going to go through these questions. I need you to answer them if you want to represent yourself because this is required. All right. So have you ever studied the law?

[00:02:12]>> Okay. Um have you ever represented yourself before in any kind of criminal matter? Okay. Um, do you understand uh the charges against you?

[00:02:26]>> Okay. And so are you do you know and we've gone over before I think what the range of punishment is if you're found guilty on a jury. Do you know what that is?

[00:02:37]>> Let's see. Hold on a second. Let me pull you up here.

[00:02:42]We'll go over that again as well.

[00:02:45]Uh the date of that allegation is from June 22nd of 2021. And what that means is if you're found guilty that the range of punishment um that the jury could give you is between two years at a minimum punishment up to 10 years in prison. Anywhere in between. Do you understand?

[00:03:02]>> I need you to answer out loud just for the record.

[00:03:06]>> Do I understand? No, I don't understand.

[00:03:08]>> What do you not understand about that?

[00:03:11]>> I don't understand.

[00:03:13]>> So here's the thing. If you want to represent yourself by law, you have to be able to understand these things.

[00:03:19]Otherwise, I've got an appointed attorney for you. So, you can't just say, "I want to represent myself because I don't like the attorney or I don't like the process." This is the process that you're in. You live in Texas. You live in the United States. This is the law that applies to your case. So, what do you not understand about the range of punishment if you're found guilty?

[00:03:42]and I'd be glad to explain it.

[00:03:44]>> I don't understand.

[00:03:47]>> That's what a jury's for, right? And so if you say you're not guilty, then you go in front of a jury and they determine after they listen to the evidence if you're guilty or not. That doesn't have anything to do with if they find you guilty, you understanding that they could send you to prison for between two years and up to 10 years. Do you understand that part?

[00:04:15]What are you? Yes or no?

[00:04:17]>> No, you don't understand that. So, Miss Pew, it's my understanding I'm not going to allow you to represent yourself because you don't understand the law and the process. So, that's we're on question number four out of 15 that I'm supposed to ask you. So, Mr. Jeff is going to stay on your case.

[00:04:37]>> I do not want Mr. I don't care what you want at this point.

[00:04:41]>> You can't do it.

[00:04:43]>> All right, you can go back with the baiff. I'm done. Go back with the baiff.

[00:04:47]>> Go back with the baiff.

[00:04:54]>> Welcome to the criminal appointment list.

[00:05:00]>> This is this was not meant to be any kind of punishment. I promise.

[00:05:06]So, we'll do So, Mr. Jeff, just I mean, get ready like you would. Probably it's going to go straight onto a jury. Um, and we'll just get it figured out that way.

[00:05:16]>> All right.