Appellate Court to Review Faire Case

Monday, April 18, 2016, James Faire’s attorney, Stephen Pidgeon, filed a motion in the Court of Appeals, Division III of the State of Washington for discretionary review of Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Christopher Culp’s dismissal of his habeas corpus.

Washington State 2nd Amendment and liberty advocate,  James (Strat) Faire, continues to fight a malicious prosecution stemming from false reports given to Okanogan County law enforcement officers. Read the backstory on the US~Observer: Escaped with Their Lives, Then Charged with Murder The James Faire Story and Turning a Blind Eye to Justice, Prosecutor Sloan’s Mission to Convict at all Costs. James spent eight months in jail, for more than six of those months the State failed to provide legal counsel. With his state and federally protected constitutional rights being grossly violated and even though he was indigent and UNLAWFULLY incarcerated, James Faire was forced to retain private counsel.

ISSUES ON APPEAL

1. Whether the court erred in denying Faire’s Writ of Habeas Corpus, when the State failed to meet its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Faire’s due process rights had not been violated;
2. Whether the presentation of Faire at each critical stage proceeding without benefit of counsel constitutes a violation of the Sixth Amendment;
3. Whether the presentation of Faire at each critical stage proceeding without benefit of counsel constitutes a violation of Article I, Section 3 of Washington’s constitution;
4. Whether the violations of Faire’s rights protected under the Sixth Amendment constitute grounds for dismissal of all charges;
5. Whether incarceration for 173 days without benefit of counsel:  when Faire was indigent and had previously been appointed counsel; when his court-appointed counsel never brought a motion to reduce bail; and when the court could not obtain a replacement for court-appointed counsel  from August 18, 2015, to January 17, 2016, amounts to a violation of the Eighth Amendment and Article I, Section 14, of Washington’s  constitution.

The entire motion that was brought forward can be found here:

State of Washington vs James Faire – BRIEF FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

The appellate court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Wednesday, May 11, 2016.

Okanogan County continues to subject James to legal and financial abuse; including a draconian electronic home monitoring (EHM) program which James is required to pay for. The financial burden of fighting these false and malicious charges is overwhelming. Your support is needed to enable James to continue his fight for justice. This fight is being waged against injustice and the rampant abuse by the government; not just for one man, but for the principle of justice for all.

Friends and Supporters of Liberty: We live in scary times, where bad people in government are depriving far too many innocent people freedom, due process and therefore justice. The presumption of innocent until proven guilty is not the standard, when an arrogant and unaccountable prosecutor attacks an innocent person. When one exemplary American is being unjustly abused by our criminal justice system, we are, in reality, all being abused. Please stand with James Faire against this great danger that will only get worse if good and ethical people fail to act. ~ Angela Nobilis

More detailed information and ways to materially and otherwise support James Faire are at the following Faire Foundation sites:
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Please read the above referenced articles:
Escaped with Their Lives, Then Charged with Murder –The James Faire Story
Turning a Blind Eye to Justice, Prosecutor Sloan’s Mission to Convict at all Cost
Habeas Denied in Faire Murder Case Ruling: No Attorney for 6 Months ‘Okay’

This is a continuing investigation. Previous articles which can be read online at usobserver.com include:
“Escaped with Their Lives, Then Charged with Murder – The James Faire Story”
“The Conspiracy to Frame James Faire – The Power of ‘Trust'”
“Turning a Blind Eye to Justice – Okanogan County Prosecutor Sloan’s Mission to Convict At All Cost”
“Facts Behind the Curtain – James Faire’s False Prosecution”
“911 Call Draws Prosecutor Into Conspiracy – Sloan Commits Federal Crime”
“Habeas Denied in Faire Murder Case Ruling: No Attorney for 6 Months ‘Okay’“