Steven Elmer Hinds v. Texas

This Court has repeatedly admonished and corrected lower courts’ disregard of constitutionally-secured rights with many decisions: the 5th and 14th Amendments secure the rights of individuals to procedural due process and equal treatment, insufficient anonymous tips violate 4th Amendment, protection of the 4th Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures is not limited to a situation in which an individual is suspected of criminal behavior, the Fourth Amendment is designed to prevent, not simply to redress, unlawful police action, arrest must stand on firmer ground than mere suspicion and is the fruit of official illegality, arrests can only be made on probable cause, searches conducted without a warrant fail to conform to the Fourth Amendment and are unconstitutional, evidence obtained by unconstitutional search is inadmissible and vitiates conviction, conspiracy is a distinct evil, dangerous to the public and punishable in itself, judges cannot re-write legislation, the Constitution is the supreme law of the land, all laws repugnant to the Constitution are null and void, a lawyer’s special duty is to prevent and disclose frauds upon the court, perjury is as much a crime as tampering with witnesses or jurors and undermines the administration of justice, due process includes the court reviewing the judgment to take into account and not disregard relevant legal authority not presented to or considered by court of first instance, Judge’s deep seated antagonism towards accused, practicing law from the bench and litigating FOR the prosecutor makes fair judgment impossible, and legislating lifestyle is not function of government. Page 2 of 40 /