STATE of TENNESSEE v DARREN WESLEY HUFF - Arraignment - June 28, 2010

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IN THE CRIMINAL COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY

AT MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE

STATE OF TENNESSEE

V. CASE NO. 10215

DARREN WESLEY HUFF

TRANSCRIPT OF ARRAIGNMENT

JUNE 28TH, 2010

THE HONORABLE CARROLL L . ROSS,PRESIDING JUDGE

APPEARANCES

FOR THE STATE:

Ass is tan t D is t r i c t A t to rney Genera lJames H. S tu t t s

10 th Jud ic ia l D is t r i c tP .O. Box 647Athens , Tennessee 37303-0647

FOR THE DEFENDANT:

Pro Se


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM PAGE

ARRAIGNMENT (6 /28 /10 )

ARRAIGNMENT 1CERTIFICATE OF COURT REPORTER 11

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NUMBER DESCRIPTION PAGE ENTERED

1 Copy o f c r im ina l comp la in t

i n federa l cour t 6

2 Order f rom federa l cou r tshowing cond i t ions o fre lease 6


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IN THE CRIMINAL COURT FOR MONROE COUNTY1

AT MADISONVILLE, TENNESSEE2

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STATE OF TENNESSEE45

V. CASE #102156

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DARREN WESLEY HUFF8

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Th is case came on to be heard on an10

ar ra ignment and was heard on the 28 th day o f June ,11

2010 , be fo re the Honorab le Car ro l l L . Ross , Judge ,12

ho ld ing the Cr im ina l Cour t fo r Monroe Coun ty , a t13

Mad isonv i l l e , Tennessee , when the fo l low ing14

proceed ings were had , to -w i t :15

THE COURT: Dar ren Wes ley Hu f f . (Br ie f16

pause) You a re Darren Wes ley Huf f?17

DEFENDANT HUFF: Yes , s i r .18

THE COURT: Mr . Hu f f , you have been charged19

in an ind ic tmen t w i th . . . l e t s see . . . fo l ks , I m go ing to need20

qu ie t - - one coun t o f , i t appears to be inc i t i ng a r io t ,21d is rup t ing a pub l i c mee t ing o r a p rocess ion .22

DEFENDANT HUFF: Yes , s i r , I ve, I ve23

ques t ioned those too . I haven t seen any --24

THE COURT: Okay . Hang on jus t a m inute .25


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DEFENDANT HUFF: Okay .1

THE COURT: Le t me , le t me read you wha t i t2

says and then we l l p roceed f rom the re, okay? A l l I can3

do i s te l l you wha t the charges a re in the ind ic tmen t .4DEFENDANT HUFF: Yes , s i r .5

THE COURT: Your co -de fendants were some6

- - I m t r y ing to so r t th rough the ones you re ac tua l l y7

charged w i th he re . And I ' l l g i ve you a fu l l copy o f the8

ind ic tmen t fo r you , fo r your in fo rmat ion as we l l .9

DEFENDANT HUFF: Okay . Thank you , s i r .10

THE COURT: (Br ie f pause) I t says you - - l e t ' s11

see . There was a pa rt i c ipa t ion in a r io t , a d is rup t ion o f a12

meet ing , th rea ten ing to ha rm a ju ro r, to -w i t : a Grand13

Jury fo reman. I t appears the re a re . . . (b r ie f pause) . . . the14

th rea ten ing to ha rm a ju ro r was in re ta l ia t ion fo r ac t ions15

taken by Mr . Pe t tway . I t appears to be re ta l ia t ion fo r16

pas t ac t ion . I t appears you have fou r - - th ree charges in17

th is ind ic tmen t then . Do you unders tand, s i r , t ha t ' s wha t18

you 've been charged w i th?19

DEFENDANT HUFF: Okay . And I - - who i s i t20

tha t ' s accus ing me?21THE COURT: We l l , t he Grand Ju ry has ind ic ted22

you here , s i r . I mean , those k inds o f ques t ions you ' l l23

need to - - do you have an a t to rney , s i r?24

DEFENDANT HUFF: I don ' t , si r .25


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THE COURT: We l l , you ' l l need to h i re you an1

a t to rney rea l qu ick . These a re some se r ious2

accusa t ions he re . A l l I can do i s te l l you wha t the3

charges a re .4DEFENDANT HUFF: Okay .5

THE COURT: Tha t ' s , tha t ' s a l l I can do a t thi s6

po in t . (Br ie f pause) Do you unders tand tha t ' s wha t the7

charges a re?8

DEFENDANT HUFF: I 'm no t even su re how to9

answer . I mean , aga in , I , I heard you c lea r l y - -10

THE COURT: We l l , I can read you wha t - -11

aga in , a l l I can do i s te l l you wha t the charges a re . I12

don ' t know any th ing e lse abou t them.13


THE COURT: Bu t you unders tand tha t ' s wha t15

the Grand Ju ry has ind ic ted you fo r?16


THE COURT: For those charges , okay? The18

o ther ques t ions you 've go t a re be t te r addressed to your19

a t to rney , and I wou ld sugges t you h i re a lawyer20

immed ia te ly in th i s case - -21DEFENDANT HUFF: Okay .22

THE COURT: - - to rep resen t you because23

these a re some se r ious charges he re .24

(Br ie f pause) Now, s i r , fo r o the r reasons , I w i l l25


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be recus ing myse l f f rom hear ing th is case. Your1

bondsman w i l l have to have a c lea r address on how to2

reach you . There w i l l be a spec ia l j udge appo in ted to3

hear th i s case , and they w i l l have to con tac t you as soon4as tha t spec ia l j udge i s appo in ted , and a hear ing da te5

wi l l have to be se t . I canno t g ive you a da te today6

because I don ' t know when the spec ia l j udge - - so does7

your - - you ' l l need to leave a c lea r address w i th Ms .8

Cook he re , and your bond ing company w i l l have to know9

how to ge t in touch w i th you . And as soon as that spec ia l10

judge i s appo in ted , the re w i l l be a da te se t by tha t11

spec ia l j udge , and you w i l l have to appear back in th i s12

cour t on tha t da te. Do you unders tand tha t , s i r?13

DEFENDANT HUFF: I do , s i r .14

GENERAL STUTTS: (Br ie f pause) Your Honor ,15

may the S ta te be heard on i t?16

THE COURT: Yes , s i r , f o r wha t?17

GENERAL STUTTS: We wou ld l i ke to tender to18

the Cour t , these a re Mr . Hu f f ' s pend ing federa l cha rges ,19

as we l l as the cond i t ions o f h is re lease . O ther than the20

e lec t ron ic mon i to r ing sys tem tha t he 's on , we wou ld ask21tha t the same l im i ta t ions be pa r t o f h i s bond he re in s ta te22

cour t .23

THE COURT: (Br ie f pause) Mr . Hu f f , i t24

appears you 've been charged in federa l cou r t fo r some25


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f a i r l y s ign i f i can t inc iden ts as we l l , and tha t the re have1

been ce r ta in cond i t ions se t on your bond fo r re lease2

the re . You 've obv ious ly been comp ly ing w i th those3

cond i t ions because you have no t been p icked back up ,4so - -5

DEFENDANT HUFF: There , the re was a6

cond i t ion on , on one o f the , the res t r i c t ions tha t I have .7

THE COURT: Yes , s i r .8

DEFENDANT HUFF: Inc lud ing the home9

de ten t ion , the reason fo r tha t was , one , to keep me away10

f rom your smal l , qua in t l i t t l e town here . The o the r one11

was un t i l I acqu i red ga in fu l emp loyment .12

THE COURT: Yes , s i r .13

DEFENDANT HUFF: I have acqu i red tha t . I14

jus t have n ot s ta r te d ye t .15

THE COURT: Okay .16

DEFENDANT HUFF: So I be l ieve - - j us t so tha t17

you know tha t tha t p robab ly i s go ing to go away .18

THE COURT: Tha t ' s f i ne . Tha t ' s up to the19

federa l j udge .20

DEFENDANT HUFF: R igh t .21THE COURT: So I have no , I have no - - we w i l l22

show the o r ig ina l c r im ina l comp la in t i n federa l cou r t as23

exh ib i t one to th i s hear ing . As exh ib i t two , we w i l l set ,24

show the o rde r se t t ing your cond i t i ons o f your re lease .25


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(EXHIBIT NUMBERS ONE AND TWO MARKED1

AND ENTERED) .2

THE COURT: Now I wou ld jus t adv ise you , s i r ,3

you a re no t to have any con tac t w i th ou r c le rk ' s o f f i ce ,4o the r than th rough your counse l .5

DEFENDANT HUFF: Sure .6

THE COURT: You a re no t to con tac t any7

po ten t ia l j udge in th i s case , any pas t judge in th i s case .8

DEFENDANT HUFF: Unders tood .9

THE COURT: Any po ten t ia l j u ro r , Grand Ju ry10

fo reman, cu r ren t o r in the pas t , i n th i s coun ty o r in any11

o ther coun ty in the 10 th Jud ic ia l D is t r i c t . And I 'm jus t12

go ing to be ve ry b lun t w i th you . I ' ve go t - - I 'm a f ra id you13

go t so ld a b i l l o f goods by somebody tha t was us ing you14

fo r the i r own reasons , and I 'm jus t go ing to ta l k to you15

abou t a th ing o r two he re . I - - the re ' s been a lo t o f16

car ry ing on abou t th i s case .17

DEFENDANT HUFF: There ce r tain ly has .18

THE COURT: There have been a lo t o f19

asser t ions he re . I ' ve been invo lved in some o f , some20

fa i r l y spec ious accusa t ions on some th ings . No t tha t i t21makes any d i f fe rence , bu t I wan t you - - I do no t appo in t22

Grand Ju ry fo remen. I have never appo in ted a Grand23

Jury fo reman in th i s coun ty ; I w i l l never appo in t a Grand24

Jury fo reman in th i s coun ty . I do no t appo in t Grand Ju ry25


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f o remen in McMinn Coun ty , wh ich i s one o f the o the r1

coun t ies tha t ' s been d rug in to these ra the r un fo r tuna te2

ac t ions . I have never appo in ted a Grand Ju ry fo reman in3

McMinn Coun ty , no r w i l l I eve r appo in t a Grand Ju ry4fo reman. Those a re one o f the k inds o f so -ca l led5

a l lega t ions o f t ru th tha t have been pe rpe t ra ted a l l ove r6

the In te rne t , and have taken in p robab ly some ve ry we l l -7

mean ing peop le l i ke yourse l f . I w i l l s ta te aga in I d id no t8

appo in t the Grand Ju ry fo reman in Monroe Coun ty , bu t i t9

wou ldn ' t ma t te r whether I d id o r no t . We a re ve ry , ve ry10

proud in th i s coun ty to have one o f the f i r s t b lack Grand11

Jury fo remen appo in ted in the s ta te o f Tennessee . He 's12

done us a good job . I d id no t appo in t h im. I ' d be g lad to13

say so i f I d id . We ' re ve ry p roud in th i s coun ty , to t r y to14

reso lve some o f the race p rob lems tha t o the r p laces in15

the , th roughou t the coun t ry haven ' t been te r r ib l y16

concerned abou t ; one o f the reasons we d id th i s many17

years ago when th is Grand Ju ry fo reman was appo in ted .18

I w i l l a l so adv ise you , s i r , t he case law i s19

crys ta l c lea r : i t does no t ma t te r how many te rms a20

Grand Ju ry fo reman i s appo in ted . He can be appo in ted21fo r 50 years i f t he appo in t ing judge so des i res tha t . And22

tha t ' s why I 'm ve ry much a f ra id tha t you have some ve ry23

good in ten t ions , bu t you 've been led as t ray by a lo t o f24

fa lsehoods , by m is rep resen ta t ions , and pu l led in to th i s25


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by fo rces tha t you p robab ly had no con t ro l ove r . I 'm1

go ing to en te r these as exh ib i t s . I w i l l - - you a re2

obv ious ly under some ra the r s t r i c t cond i t i ons f rom the3

federa l cou r t . You shou ld have , as I sa id , no con tac t4w i th anybody in th i s coun ty , o the r than th rough counse l ,5

wh ich I do sugges t you appo in t - - o r tha t you re ta in6

counse l immed ia te ly to ass is t you in these charges .7

Coup led w i th your federa l cases in th i s ma t te r , you a re8

look ing a t s ign i f i can t p rob lems. You do need to ge t an9

a t to rney look ing a f te r your in te res t p re t t y c lea r , p re t t y10

qu ick ly .11

DEFENDANT HUFF: I w i l l p robab ly need to12

have one appo in ted .13

THE COURT: Are you d isab led?14

DEFENDANT HUFF: Uhmm. . .15

THE COURT: You to ld me you were jus t ge t t ing16

a job , so you ' l l have to take - -17

DEFENDANT HUFF: Cor rec t .18

THE COURT: - - up tha t i ssue - - i t ' s no t up to19

the taxpayers o f th i s qua in t l i t t l e coun ty , as you l i ke to20

re fe r to i t , t o pay fo r you an a t to rney i f you ' re ab le to21work . You need to ge t you a job . Our taxpayers he re22

money have qu i te f rank ly been go ing to inc reased23

secur i t y eve ry t ime we 've had to have a hear ing in th i s24

case . And i f t he re i s a concern abou t an appo in tmen t o f25


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an a t to rney , you ' l l have to take tha t up w i th the spec ia l1

judge , bu t I w i l l no t appo in t you one today , okay?2

DEFENDANT HUFF: Okay , unders tood .3

THE COURT: Tha t w i l l be f ine . Here i s you a4copy o f the ind ic tmen t . (Br ie f pause) And you w i l l hear5

f rom the cour t o r f rom your bond ing company as soon as6

a hear ing da te i s se t on tha t , and you can come back7

then on tha t da te , okay?8

DEFENDANT HUFF: Fa i r enough .9

THE COURT: And you a re f ree to go a t thi s10

po in t , i f you w ish .11

DEFENDANT HUFF: A l l r i ght . (Br ie f pause)12

Judge , thank you fo r your - -13

THE COURT: Okay , sure th ing , su re th ing. Le t14

me ask you , when you come, do you have to ge t spec ia l15

perm iss ion f rom federa l cou r t when you come up he re?16

DEFENDANT HUFF: I rea l l y th ink tha t - - we l l , I17

don ' t wan t to say whe ther ( ind isce rn ib le ) up the re .18

THE COURT: Sure , I unders tand . I 'm jus t , I 'm19

jus t - -20

DEFENDANT HUFF: Bu t u l t ima te ly - -21THE COURT: I f you need us to no t i f y anybody22

when you have a hear ing he re , we ' l l be g lad to do tha t ,23

to , to fac i l i t a te your be ing ab le to come back up he re t o24

cour t .25


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DEFENDANT HUFF: We 've go t p ret t y open1

commun ica t ion .2

THE COURT: Okay , okay , tha t ' s f i ne .3

DEFENDANT HUFF: So tha t shou ldn' t be a4prob lem a t a l l .5

THE COURT: We l l , i f , i f you - - j us t ask your6

bond ing company i f you have any t roub le coming back on7

a da te , because we ' l l t r y to fac i l i t a te you be ing ab le to8

ge t back up he re on any da tes you 've go t .9

DEFENDANT HUFF: Thank you .10

THE COURT: Okay? Sure th ing . Jus t keep us11

pos ted th rough your bond ing company - -12

DEFENDANT HUFF: Wi l l do .13

THE COURT: - - o r your a t torney then on that ,14

a l l r i gh t?15

DEFENDANT HUFF: Wi l l do .16

THE COURT: Okay . Thank you , s i r .17

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THIS WAS ALL THE PROCEEDINGS HAD AND19

EVIDENCE INTRODUCED AT THE ARRAIGNMENT IN20

THIS CASE, HEARD ON THE 28TH DAY OF JUNE, 2010 .21** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *22

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CERTIF ICATE25


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I , t he unders igned Den ise E . Barnes , O f f i c ia l1

Cour t Repor te r and No ta ry Pub l i c fo r the 10 th Jud ic ia l2

D is t r i c t o f the S ta te o f Tennessee , do he reby ce r t i f y tha t3

the fo rego ing i s a t rue , accura te , and comp le te4t ransc r ip t , to the bes t o f my knowledge and ab i l i t y , o f a l l5

the p roceed ings had and ev idence in t roduced a t the6

ar ra ignment in th i s case , in the Cr im ina l Cour t fo r7

Monroe Coun ty , Tennessee , heard on the 28 th day o f8

June , 2010 .9

I do fu r the r ce r t i f y tha t I am ne i the r o f k in ,10

counse l , no r in te res t to any pa r ty he re to .11

Ju ly 10 th , 201012

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Of f i c ia l Cour t Repor te r and15

Nota ry Pub l i c16

Sta te o f Tennessee17

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