First Judicial District

Division 2 CourtRoom 5-A

Hall of Justice

100 Jefferson County Parkway

Golden, Colorado  80401

 

 

 

 

 

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PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO - Plaintiff

v.

STEVE D. GARTIN - Defendant

 

 

 

Case Number: 00CR3371

 

Division 2  -  L.P.A.

      

CourtRoom: 5A

Defendant In Propria Persona:

   Steve D. Gartin

   c/o 200 Jefferson County Parkway

   Golden, Colorado

Motion for Veracity Challenge

 

Comes now, Steve D. Gartin, pro-se, and moves the Honorable Court to Quash the Search Warrant in the above captioned case and all the “fruits” thereof and as grounds therefore hereby states for the record:

 

COLORADO STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE Investigator Gary Clyman offered false and misleading information to Judge Jack Berryhill in his “midnight” application for a search warrant within the four-corners of the only “affidavit” discovered to the Defense relative to that search and seizure.

Franks Hearing

Where a defendant makes a substantial preliminary showing that a false statement was (1) deliberately or recklessly included in an affidavit submitted in support of a search warrant; and (2) material to the magistrate’s finding of probable cause, the court must hold a hearing to investigate the veracity of the affiant.  United States v. Motz, 936 F.2d 1021, 1022 (9th Cir. 1991) (applying Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978)).  The district court’s refusal to conduct such a hearing is reviewed de novo.  United States v. Homick, 964 F.2d 899, 904 (9th Cir. 1992); Motz, 936 F.2d at 1024.

 

Gary Clyman constructed a FALSE and Misleading Affidavit in a meeting of the minds with Donald L. Estep and an undisclosed “secretary” during the late hours of 19 September and the early hours of 20 September while drawing “overtime” pay from an undisclosed government agency without authorization to prosecute or investigate the “Gartin” matter.  The attached false affidavit ostensibly was offered to the Jefferson County Judge Jack Berryhill in support of an application for a “No-Knock Search Warrant” for a business location in the City and County of Denver. {See Attached Exhibit A: Gary Clyman Affidavit}

 

1.  Gary Clyman alleges that he is an “expert” in the field of “patriot investigations” based upon his 15 years of service.  That statement is false.

 

2.  Gary Clyman alleges that the Accused is “heavily involved” in the “patriot movement.”  That statement is false.

 

3.  Gary Clyman alleges that the Accused told him that his computer equipment was at 2310 South Decatur Street in Denver.  That statement is false.

 

4.   Gary Clyman claims that “Gartin” had been evicted from the Bonilla’s property.  That statement is false.

 

5.   Gary Clyman states that Hector Bonilla advised that “if the Bonillas paid him $10,000 cash, or allowed him to return and use the premises from which he had been evicted, he would not file the liens.”  That statement is false.

6.   Gary Clyman states that Arabella Bonilla denies that any such services as enumerated in the contested “Claims of Lien” were performed.  That statement is false.

 

7.   Gary Clyman states that Mr. Sisson told investigators that “Gartin is not owed any of the money, as no such work was ever done by him.”  That statement is false.

 

8.   Gary Clyman claims that “Terry Sisson manages the property for Dr. Auger.”  That statement is false.

 

9.   Gary Clyman claims that “Sisson advised your affiant that Gartin recently told him that additional liens would be filed by him against certain unnamed judges.”  That statement is false.

 

10.  Gary Clyman states that “according to interviews conducted by your affiant, Investigator Estep, and other agents from the FBI, Terry Sisson, Jim Perrin, and James Jorrison have described Steve Douglas Gartin as having become very involved in the “patriot” movement and that these liens are a result of this involvement.  That statement is false.

 

11.  Gary Clyman claims that “In my 15 years experience of investigating crimes committed by persons of the “patriot” movement many file bogus lien documents against victims in an effort to extort money or other things of value to which they are not lawfully entitled.”  That statement is false.

 

12.  Gary Clyman claims “After being fully advised of his constitutional rights per Miranda, he verbally waived his said rights.”  That statement is false.

 

13.  Gary Clyman claims that “During the Interview. . . He stated that he has personal papers, . . .at the premises of Mr. William Godbey, 2310 and 2312 S. Decatur Street, Denver Colorado. . .”  That statement is false.

 

Donald L. Estep and Gary Clyman have exhibited a flagrant disregard for the truth in both statements and affidavits and the Defense asserts the constitutional right to challenge their statements.

 

Wherefore, the Defendant, Steve Gartin, Pro-Se prays that this forthwith Motion for Veracity Hearing be immediately granted.

 

Respectfully submitted,                                                            

_______________________________

Steve D. Gartin – Pro-Se


 

 

First Judicial District

Division 2 CourtRoom 5-A

100 Jefferson County Parkway

Golden, Colorado  80401

 

 

 

 

 

▲Court Use Only▲

 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO - Plaintiff

 

v.

 

STEVE DOUGLAS GARTIN - Defendant

 

 

 

Case Number: 00CR3371

 

Division 2  -  L.P.A.

      

CourtRoom: 5A

 

ORDER

 

 

 

This matter comes before the Court on Defense’s Motion for Veracity Challenge, dated February 1, 2004. 

 

The Court finds that it has jurisdiction and hereby orders hearing be Granted _____ / Denied _____.

 

 

 

 

            SO ORDERED this ____________ day of ______________________, 2002.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                BY THE COURT:

 

 

 

                                                                                                ____________________________________

                                                                                                            Leland P. Anderson

                                                                                                            District Court Judge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate of Service by United States Postal Service

VIA Deposit in Jail Mail System

 

I, Steve D. Gartin, oversigned, do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing,  Motion for Veracity Challenge was personally deposited in the Jefferson County Detention Facility “Jail Mail” System on the Fifteenth day of the Third month in the Year of our Lord Two Thousand and Two,  addressed to the following parties:

 

The Honorable Leland P. Anderson

Division 2 First Judicial District

100 Jefferson County Parkway

Golden, Colorado  80401

 

Thomas C. Miller, Esquire

Counselor At Law

1026 Lincoln Place

Boulder, Colorado  80302                                           

 

Marleen M. Langfield, Esquire

Deputy State Attorney General

Special Prosecutions Unit

d.b.a. “Special” Jefferson County Deputy District Attorney

c/o District Attorney David J. Thomas, Esquire

Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office

500 Jefferson County Parkway

Golden, Colorado  80401

 

AF Pugliese Investigations and Security

P.O. Box 472276

Aurora, Colorado  80017