Former judge Leticia Astacio sentenced to 180 days in jail

and I know I have said this several times at most you have the right to counsel during all stages of this proceeding you continue to represent yourself in previous hearings the number of

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we have had here is the real desire today yes we understand that You have the right to a lawyer, you know that the judicial process does not want, I understand that, okay, so can this matter be resolved today? That was the last question we have here on the record. You have a copy of the Delinquency Statement alleging three violations of your probation is your position you want to admit today and go for sentencing yes sir yes if she is willing to admit then yes that is up to her okay okay ma'am .

Tasca you have several rights that you would be giving up in exchange for admitting the violations this morning first of all since you are weak you are giving up your right to have a lawyer with you you are a lawyer I understand that this day you also have the right to a hearing where people have to Does proving that you violated the terms and conditions of probation waive your right to a hearing? you also give up your right to question the witnesses the prosecutor will call to testify against you at the hearing they did, but you also gave up your right to call your own witnesses in your yes yes, do you remember being released? conditional by Judge Aronson?

Yes, did you receive a copy of the terms and conditions of the probation sentence? That's just fine. at some point what you did Sorry yes, okay, in fact, you signed the conditions of parole yes, you understood that during some conditions of parole yes, you admit that you did not report as instructed on parole on August 13, 2019 on August 20, 2019 yes and you admit that you did not show up for the permit for a few months later

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s with all due respect I think that an admission is enough for the decoration of do you know what you don't have?

I don't want to admit that you didn't cooperate with the ignition interlock program required by section 11, subdivisions 93. See no, no, we don't admit that. I deny it, you deny that you do it, but I already pleaded guilty. Did? Admit that you did not abstain from using or possessing alcoholic beverages. No, I'm not fine, Mr. Quan, are you satisfied with just her or do you have to leave for the court to determine that a violation of probation has occurred? She just needs to admit a rape and if the court is satisfied the court is in a position to record the sentence but in terms of whether she pleaded exactly or not people are in a position oh yeah okay people she is satisfied.

I am also satisfied in the interim that you did not appear for parole from August 3, August 13 and August 20. 2019 and therefore I will find that you violated the terms and conditions of your probation that you did so knowingly now with respect to the sentence you wish to be heard briefly your honor obviously as a violation of probation it is up to the court to sentence Miss Nastasia . However, it is the People's position that, based not only on her violation of failure to report, but also on the violation of probation, what placed her on probation in the first place, the inability to comply with the probation conditional in the future, it is the responsibility of the people. position that the only alternative left to the court is to sentence ms.

Matthews to a prison sentence and I would be the position of the people Jed honestly, I'm surprised. I have spoken with mr. This has been discussed several times in his position, it has always been that they take no position and in fact, in a pre-trial conference, he stated that a time served provision would be appropriate in light of the fact that I have served approximately four months . in

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for a misdemeanor DWI, so I'm surprised he made this statement in the news for the first time. I think that past is false, but

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, I think it is easy to lose sight of the facts in this case.

This case is like a case that I have cited before poorer V people, which is a county court case that was appealed by the Monroe County District Attorney's Office when an individual was granted probation and

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to nine months in prison. Judge Chacho who came to court here said that was inappropriate and he conducts a full analysis of why it is inappropriate what he says is that no matter what happens in a criminal case, it always goes back to the initial crime, the crime initial in that case, since in this case it was a misdemeanor DWI.

Look at the defendant as you found him at the time of arrest in my case I was a Municipal Court judge I had never been arrested in my life I had never been charged with a crime You

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the person based on what really happened in In my case , I passed my field sobriety test, but after conviction I again had no evidence of an accident, no injuries, no aggravating factors, it was a standard DWI misdemeanor for which most people would be ticketed with a surcharge regardless of what happens from the point of sentencing, these are not my words judge, this is Judge Tasha who is a county court judge.

Here she always returns to that initial crime. This is still a misdemeanor DWI. This is a misdemeanor DWI that allegedly occurred in 2016 and we. We are going into 2020. I have served almost a full year of probation. I have served approximately four months in

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. I have served two years on probation. I'm not going to say any of this, so say: Woe is me! You were not the initial sentence. Judge, I want you to know that, if we're talking about sanctions, the sanctions that I have already suffered in this case, plus I was literally removed from the stand, the appeals court held that career suicide was appropriate in my case, so I missed. my entire career, I think if we're going to talk about sanctions, justice and fairness, this is an atypical sanction for a misdemeanor DWI, also, one of the reasons a person would be placed on probation and this is again in the People vs.

The Perpetrator or our decision is substance abuse, which apparently has been the general concern here: I have a problem with alcoholism. I have never been able to present any proof to the court that I have completed an alcoholism treatment program because I have never been. I was ordered to attend one. I got three to five certified reviews from Oh Aces and none of them said I need treatment. It is impossible for me to enter a treatment program without a diagnosis. That's not how insurance works, so I entered voluntarily. in a program that I completed, but that's all I can do if I'm on probation to address a substance abuse issue that certainly isn't happening before this court because there's nothing I've won.

I received a mental health evaluation. There was no recommendation. treatment, but on my own because, honestly, this was very stressful. I went into therapy. I provided information from my therapist to my probation officer voluntarily. My therapist said you need this to end and what you're seeing is that you're suffering from situational depression and can't move on. with your life because this will not end. I provided evidence of that to the court. I provided evidence of that to probation. I'm not here for defiance. I'm here because the justice system doesn't work to break people and it's deterring me regardless. how I look when I come to court if I'm smiling and happy this is hard every day it's embarrassing it's humiliating and I can't move on I don't represent my clients because my mind is clouded I didn't come to court because I'm denied access regularly I couldn't get there on time today because I have to stand in line I can't get a secure pass it's hard for me to get into the jail to see the clients I need to visit it's hard for me to work and I'm supposed to be free conditional will help me beat the economy if your goal was to punish I tell you yes you have if your goal was to destroy me I tell you I can't even, regardless of whether you tell me for the rest of the tournament it is left here or not.

I can't function this way, so I've spent quite a bit of time here more than I think anyone else convicted of a misdemeanor DWI. I think I've lost enough. but I have gained a lot in the process, whether the goal was to teach me or help me, I don't know if you did, but I can tell you that through this process I have grown so much as an individual, you don't know me, but you can literally see the difference in the person. who has been through this and continues to be stuck only because there is literally no benefit to keeping me on probation, in fact I am the only one on probation or that my probation officer supervises. to talk about a waste of taxpayer money I'm your entire caseload there's no benefit judge you want me to serve the community I do I planned to go to a Thanksgiving dinner tonight if you don't decide to put me in jail I'll be there I'll be serving in Sabrina's this week.

I thought I do community service regularly because that's who I am as a person. If you wanted to sentence me to that, I could see a purpose there and I do it anyway. I think it is the appropriate arrangement. It's time served and people are supposed to tend to support me. I think it is a binding decision. I think the courts are obliged to comply with it, but it is hidden from that dyj apart from the galleries and I think the right thing to do is to end this. Honestly, I would like you to do that with a time served provision, but no matter what you decide to do, I am grateful that this will end today, this has stopped my life and there was also a motion that was introduced.

I know. that the court specifically ruled that there was a portion of that motion about an ignition interlock device in which I addressed the fact that I have been serving that sentence for over three years, which I believe is illegal regardless of the court's decision from today. have you sign the order canceling the ignition interlock today as part of your symptoms and I would just be there at the mercy of the court judge thank you for letting me speak. I don't feel the need to respond in depth to his feelings. I think he misrepresented what I said about judicial options in our pretrial conference, but that's an indicative gate.

I think what matters is that people who are on parole don't get to decide when their parole terms end. Thanks, so this case started. with you being charged with drunk driving and convicted after a trial of drunk driving, which I consider a very serious crime. The facts surrounding his arrest, that warning, are very troubling to me, but his actions after his conviction, or even more troubling to me, receiving the minimum sentence of probation following his drunk driving conviction, had a one year period to stay out of trouble, okay, his financial surcharge put a hood, an Anderson interlock device on his car and followed the restrictions of the device almost a month after his conviction he has already had a probation violation Within two months, we have filed two more cases against you, you settled it, you admitted to a violation, the judge extended your condition, your probation provisions to include an additional period of time on your ignition. intellect that was all six months later you came back and another probation violation the judge puts you on probation part of shock yes you served some time instead of revoking your probation he gave you another chance he put you on probation you're up for it again a violation of your parole you have been given several opportunities before taking or because when you appear in front of me what I have discovered is that what surprises me is that you have never taken any responsibility for your actions.

I never showed any remorse during this whole process, what shocks me, what I also find appalling is that you unilaterally decided to get off probation without a court order, you just decided you didn't want to go anymore and you stopped going. I can't, no. I'm not happy about it I'm not going to tolerate it Your actions show that you do what you want to do when you want to do it and it stops today and it stops now I'm revoking your parole and I've recently sentenced you to 180

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in jail from now. , think I will just grant you your indifference sitting there, there is a locking device, it's not me anymore, it was installed in your car and we will also spend it to allow a family member to get it, take it off.

With your car at the factory, if you continue forward you will have some time to think about what you are really working on during this procedure, it is very possible that you will just change the medium from our community to the judicial one. justice system our justice system adjusted and it is appalling what you have done and I hope you have learned more. It's closed here, my cousin, I'll get you the camera, yes.