State District Judge John Stevens Has Had Enough Of The Calvin Walker Situation!

[Reagan]

 

[baddog]

46 minutes ago, Reagan said:

 

Well, it could have gone this way. Lmao. 
 

 

[tvc184]

1 hour ago, baddog said:

Well, it could have gone this way. Lmao. 
 

 

Got to love sovereign citizens…. 🤣

[baddog]

25 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

Got to love sovereign citizens…. 🤣

Did you ever cross paths with any during your service?

[tvc184]

5 hours ago, baddog said:

Did you ever cross paths with any during your service?

A couple backing up other officers.

No real issues other than attitude. Always wary though. 

[baddog]

36 minutes ago, tvc184 said:

A couple backing up other officers.

No real issues other than attitude. Always wary though. 

I watch a lot of police videos…..chases, PIT maneuvers, DUI, etc., and I’ve run across several sovereign citizens being pulled over for traffic violations. It’s always, “ I don’t have/need a driver’s license. I’m not driving, I’m traveling. They have their own handbook with their own set of laws. Then, when they face a judge, patience of the judge flies out the window, although not usually as fast as above.

I don’t recall what Walker’s sentence was, but it seems that if restitution is in the $millions, jail time should be in the cards, not just probation. Maybe he did serve some time.

 

[tvc184]

2 hours ago, baddog said:

I watch a lot of police videos…..chases, PIT maneuvers, DUI, etc., and I’ve run across several sovereign citizens being pulled over for traffic violations. It’s always, “ I don’t have/need a driver’s license. I’m not driving, I’m traveling. They have their own handbook with their own set of laws. Then, when they face a judge, patience of the judge flies out the window, although not usually as fast as above.

I don’t recall what Walker’s sentence was, but it seems that if restitution is in the $millions, jail time should be in the cards, not just probation. Maybe he did serve some time.

 

I thought they assessed either 10 or 20 years in prison, probated for 10 years.

In maybe an interesting note, Walker also claimed a Fifth Amendment violation of double jeopardy since he had already been convicted in federal court and all other counts dismissed. 

 The right to travel nonsense as claimed, doesn’t exist. The right to travel is not expressly mentioned in the Constitution.

We do have the right to travel. Apparently that confuses people with the privilege to drive. They are separate issues.

We can go to or from any state, live in any state and work in any state with no restrictions from the state. Without a driver’s license we can walk, ride a bicycle, ride in a bus, ride with another person driving, be on a horse, fly in on a plane and so on. So we are free to “travel” without a license.

Obviously we all know that but some people claim that right to travel prohibits a state from requiring a license. The crazy part is that most sovereign citizens claim to go by the Constitution. They simply ignore the parts that they don’t like. “ I absolutely believe in the Constitution!!! Well, most of it….”. 

[TxHoops]

On 2/19/2025 at 11:29 PM, tvc184 said:

I thought they assessed either 10 or 20 years in prison, probated for 10 years.

In maybe an interesting note, Walker also claimed a Fifth Amendment violation of double jeopardy since he had already been convicted in federal court and all other counts dismissed. 

 The right to travel nonsense as claimed, doesn’t exist. The right to travel is not expressly mentioned in the Constitution.

We do have the right to travel. Apparently that confuses people with the privilege to drive. They are separate issues.

We can go to or from any state, live in any state and work in any state with no restrictions from the state. Without a driver’s license we can walk, ride a bicycle, ride in a bus, ride with another person driving, be on a horse, fly in on a plane and so on. So we are free to “travel” without a license.

Obviously we all know that but some people claim that right to travel prohibits a state from requiring a license. The crazy part is that most sovereign citizens claim to go by the Constitution. They simply ignore the parts that they don’t like. “ I absolutely believe in the Constitution!!! Well, most of it….”. 

Couldn’t be more than 10 if it was probated, right?

[tvc184]

4 hours ago, TxHoops said:

Couldn’t be more than 10 if it was probated, right?

I thought when they changed the law maybe 30 years ago, the sentence could be over 10 years but the probation time was capped at 10 years.

I arrested a woman for endangering a child and she was given the maximum of 20 years on a plea deal but it was probated for the 10 year maximum. That was in maybe 1998.

[TxHoops]

3 hours ago, tvc184 said:

I thought when they changed the law maybe 30 years ago, the sentence could be over 10 years but the probation time was capped at 10 years.

I arrested a woman for endangering a child and she was given the maximum of 20 years on a plea deal but it was probated for the 10 year maximum. That was in maybe 1998.

I don’t believe that’s ever been changed.  If the jury had given Walker more than a ten sentence, he would have been ineligible under 42A.055 of the CCP.