Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Garland Municipal Court Ignores Rules With Pro Se Defendant In Code Compliance Case

View of alley where the Garland code inspector parked his
truck and stood on the side of the truck bed to look over
the 8ft privacy fence.  

On October 5th, I went to court for another pretrial hearing regarding seven citations issued by the City of Garland Code Compliance.
I had filed a motion for Discovery in September. I thought that once the prosecutor got a look at all the misconduct and fraud committed by code inspector, Dawood Haq, they would simply dismiss the tickets rather than let it go to trial and have his conduct become public record. No such luck.

The Garland, Texas municipal court has a very effective system that maximizes their incoming revenue. Here is how it works when someone is issued a citation...

The defendant appears in court and meets briefly with the prosecutor. The defendant can plead guilty and pay the fine or they can plead not guilty and request a trial by judge or jury.
In my case, I requested a trial by jury.