Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 14:52:47 -0700 From: ernesthancock@INFICAD.COM (Ernest Hancock) Subject: No license Required To: AZRKBA@asu.edu
Eric has been on this issue for a long time. He's been distracted for the past year or more due to his getting into a gun battle with a Yavapai Sheriff Deputy. He's out of jail while litigation continues but you can understand the focus of his efforts have changed.
Some of you may remember this story. He lives in Red Rock off of I-17 in the Verde Valley. While going ome with his dog from shooting in the desert he was stoped by a deputy that is known to be a hothead and had just gotten into a fight at the office and was in a very agitated state. Fortunately for Eric he is well known to the judges and law enforcement in the area due to his peaceful actions reguarding the DL issue. This is how he was avble to get out of jail at all. He was pulled over by a cop and Eric got out of his vehicle. When the cop saw his olstered side arm he started yelling whie drawing his weapon. This was seen by a passing motorist that went to call the police. The cop drew on Eric. No one knows for sure why. His 1911 went off (I think this is an issue since this gun was banned for law enforcement since that DPS officer said his gun went off by accident into that kid's head years ago,... Remember?). Committed the LEO was shooting to kill. Eric pulled his firearm and fired into the air while ducking behind his truck and fleeing into the desert. Part of his case is the evidence that the LEO used his own firearm to put bullet holes in his car to say that Eric fired on him first. Blah blah blah and back and forth it goes. He turned himself in later. And stands by his position that the LEO was pissed from an earlier argument and was out to let off some steam on the population. This LEO has a rep already and the biggest delay is the County Attorney refusing a court order to release the LEO's personel records for the judge's review. It's all the way into the St. Supreme Court now. The Yavapai County Attoerny's office has stated that even then they won't release the documents and that the U.S. Supreme court will have to send F-16's etc. (Gee, I wonder if the records show what Eric has been saying all along - That this was one fucked up in the head Deputy).
I testified at a hearing for Eric as a character witness for his release (along with many others). It was after that that the County Attorney desided to turn the case over to an assistant attorney. He could see that this case wasn't going to get him the good press he was hoping for. They tried to make a big deal out of his efforts to challenge the DL but that went against them when i pointed out that he always used peaceful means in his activism. Having been present during Eric's wins at shooting competitions and out with him shooting (he is a very excellent marksman) I was able to claim that i knew he was only wanting to get away from a wacked out deputy and not trying to kill him. The County Attorney asked me how I could know that. "Becuse he's still alive".
-----Original Message----- From: Eric Boudette >Hello Ernie
>I have been busy lately so I was not able to answer your E-mail the other
>day. On the issue of traveling on roads there is a lot of information out
>their, and the legislature, and the Courts have done a very good job of
>confusing, and ignoring facts, and truth about protected rights.
> I had planned to be down in Phoenix this last week, and was going to drop
>off a copy of the letter I sent to ADot back in July 1985 so ou would have
>it to reference if you so carried. The issue is the same, but a new
>approach had been attempted. Since driving without a drivers license is
>civil, and police can not arrest for civil actions. The police, and state
>lost their ability to make people have drivers licenses. To get around
>this the legislature made it a criminal offense not to identify yourself if
>a police officer demands that you do so. Well about 1987, 1988 time frame
>Sandra Day O'Conner, made a ruling in a case entitled Boudette v. State of
>Arizona, that the part of the statute which requires non-licensed motorist
>to I.D. them selves is unconstitutional, and not enforceable. Well the
>legislature amended the I.D. law the next year. I was in the process of
>challenging that new law, when the State of Arizona decided to play hard
>ball, and brought the charges of Attempted Premeditated first degree murder
>of a police officer with a hand gun. So I had to change the focus of my
>attention a bit.
> As of now the trial is still set for 12 April 2000, but it very likely to
>be vacated. So I can be assigned adequate counsel.
>Yours in Freedom Eric Boudette
>