Court unyielding to demand of ‘sovereign citizen’ squatters (AZ)

[struggle4progress]

By Les Bowen
May 14, 2016 6 a.m.

PRESCOTT – The couple accused of squatting in a $900,000 Prescott home and who claim their “sovereign citizen” status exempts them from court jurisdiction aren’t getting any special treatment ...

When Jennifer Skates .. pleaded to be allowed to confer with her husband ...

“Right now, your status is in custody. If the jail believes there is a security risk. I can’t override that,” Ainley said. “All I can do is tell you that if you continue to represent Jennifer Skates, you’re going to be held to the standard of others” ...

“We are one person, but we have two brains,” Jennifer Skates said ...

Deputy County Attorney Michael McGill said .. he was starting to question whether Jennifer Skates should be allowed to represent herself ...

http://www.dcourier.com/news/2016/may/14/court-unyielding-demand-sovereign-citizen-squatter/

[MH1]

1. Looks like there's some drug use involved in this case.

That guy is looking awfully bug-eyed.

[Egnever]

2. I don't know where this sovereign citizen nonsense started

There seems to be an awful lot of it going around.

Not sure why anyone would ever buy into it.

[tanyev]

3. I think she meant two persons sharing one brain.

Yikes.

[Takket]

4. She meant two persons with zero brains