Letter- State v. George Zimmerman/ TO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR

fyi   This is what WE all can be doing. Where are our legal Warriors? Do not leave it up to the attorneys to work this out. This was a murder.             Agnes Johnson

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UNITED AFRICAN MOVEMENT

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____________________________________________________________________________________________   ALTON H. MADDOX, JR.         

CHAIRMAN           TEL.: (718) 834-9034 FAX : (718) 884-8241

P.O. BOX 35

BRONX, NY 10471                                                                     April 30, 2012  

Angela Corey

Special Prosecutor - 18th Circuit

Courthouse Annex

220 East Bay Street

Jacksonville, Florida, 32202  

                                               Re:  State v. Zimmerman   Dear Ms. Corey:    I am writing this letter to express my opposition to the way that the issues of arrest and bail have been employed in State v. Zimmerman.  These issues have caused unrest in the nation as they are being reported by the news media.  This letter will hopefully smolder some of the fires.    The latest incident in State v. Zimmerman arises out of the question of bail.  In seeking bail, neither George Zimmerman nor his parents allegedly disclosed the funds raised by a website for him after he murdered Trayvon Martin.  No website can be established to promote a crime.    The amount in question, Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00), apparently exceeds his bail of only One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) for a murder suspect.  There is no incentive for Zimmerman not to be a flight risk.  Moreover, no conditions of bail were established to protect the public from him.  This is especially true for descendants of enslaved Africans.    If these claims are true, George Zimmerman has violated § 903.035 of the Florida Statutes which requires that anyone seeking bail must make a full and complete disclosure of any material information relating to bail.  The amount of money that Zimmerman has raised in connection with his legal defense constitutes material information.    For violating the above-mentioned law, Florida requires that Zimmerman must be charged with a felony. This is a mandatory provision of Florida law. It is your office that must charge him with this felony as is expressed under § 903.035 (3) of the Florida Statutes.  Florida takes this issue seriously.    Your office should also file an immediate, interlocutory appeal of the unprecedented decision of Judge Kenneth R. Lester, Jr. to release a murder suspect, George Zimmerman, on exceedingly low bail.  Among other things, Zimmerman failed to meet his burden of proof in the bond hearing.  The transcript on Zimmerman's motion for bail speaks for itself.    The firestorm under State v. Zimmerman will not be put to rest until Florida makes a complete and full disclosure of all the circumstances leading up to his original arrest and subsequent escape or his illegal release from prosecution.  Under Florida law, any person, under arrest, must see a judge before he or she can be released from police custody.    Zimmerman either freed himself or he was freed from police custody prior to being taken before a judge in Florida.  This is judicial error.  Only a person charged with a misdemeanor and given a "notice to appear" by a police officer in Florida can be released from police custody without seeing a judge.  In New York, this legal instrument, also limited to a misdemeanor, is called a "desk appearance ticket".     Very truly yours,  

 Alton H. Maddox, Jr.   AHM:sr