Court Coordinator: Kissi Champ 214-653-5852
Court Reporter: Joe Phillips      214-653-5853
Chief Clerk: Marcia Chambers   214-653-5850

RE: CASE NO. F02-73127
Lakeith Amir-Sharif

June 27, 2005

Sharif needs letters to his judge from readers. He asks that you include in the letters the following:

1) Re-instate his probation and 2) Grant him time served since 02/10/05

Below is Sharif's letter to the judge asking for bail.  I am posting my own request and The Patrick Crusade's letter also in the hopes that readers will send a letter too.  If letters to the judge don't work, Sharif will have to motion the court formally on these issues.

In the letters to Judge Greene, we want to ask for two things:
    1)  Release Sharif on personal recognizance bond
    2)  Reinstate/continue Sharif's probation.

All letters should be addressed to the above address.  Include the case number.

Thank you for your help once again. Kay Lee

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From: Mr. Lakeith Amir Sharif
C/O Big Spring State Hospital
1901 North Highway 87
Big Spring, Texas 79720

June 29, 2005

Hon. Judge Karen Greene
Frank Crowley Courts Building
133 North Industrial Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75207-4399

Dear Judge Greene:

With all due respect, your honor, I am writing to you to ask that you release me under a personal recognizance bail until I am brought before the court on the state's motion to revoke my probation. (See: Cause # F02=73127-s)

Your honor, I am not a danger to anyone, and I am not a flight risk as evident from my situation here at the hospital where I am free to walk around.  I also have never knowingly and/or intentionally failed to appear in court when notified to do so, and I have no intentions of doing so now if you release me on my own recognizance.

I have constructive ties to the community and a strong support base of friends and family.  It is also worthy to note that my probation officers, Ms. Sue McDaniel, and field officer, Mr. Michael Russell support my continuation on probation.

I am thanking you in advance for all your time and consideration given to my request.

Respectfully,
Lakeith Amir-Sharif
LAS/kl

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To Judge Greene
From Kay Lee
Date is July 9, 2005

Judge Greene, I write on behalf of Lakeith Amir-Sharif Cause #F02-73127.  The entire situation revolves around revocation of his parole based on a typo in the letter he received on Jan 2, 2005.  That letter stated that Sharif must report to them by Oct. 12, 2005, a date which hasn't arrived even yet.

Having worked with Mr. Sharif for years, I was stunned to read psychiatrist Lisa Carlton's report deeming Sharif mentally ill.  Although he exhibits some post trauma, based on personal knowledge of Mr. Sharif, I would agree more with the second psychiatrist, Michael Pittman, who did not term Sharif incompetent.

Yet Mr. Sharif is at this moment at the Big Springs State Hospital awaiting certification of his competency so he can be sent him back to the Dallas County Jail, where one officer has already attacked Sharif with his jail keys, drawing blood.

It was cruel to revoke his probation on an agency's mistake, it was unusual to find him incompetent and send him to the state hospital, but it would be both cruel and unusual to return him to the environment of the Dallas County Jail for a probation revocation based on an agency mistake.

Sharif has worked through any number of problems right there in Richardson.  He has never been a flight risk and should not be considered one now.  Sharif's supporters believe this entire incident is a bureaucratic mistake that can be corrected.

I ask that you release Sharif on his own recognizance and reinstate his probation so that he can get on with his life, his schooling, and raising his family.

Thank you,
Kay Lee
2683 Rockcliff Road S.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30316

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March 13, 2006

To: Seana Willing
      P.O. Box 12265
     Austin, TX 78711-2265


From: Alida Smith
           3242 Persimmon Rd #1091
           Dallas, TX 75241

Re:  Formal complaint about Judge Greene Dallas 282nd District Court-State
of Texas vs. Lakeith Amir-Sharif Case No. F-02-73127

Dear Commissioner

This letter represents my formal complaint and request to you to cause an
honest, unbiased and detailed investigation into the detrimental and
inappropriate conduct of Dallas Judge Karen Greene, while presiding over the
criminal mischief case of Mr. Sharif.

I have grave concerns about this Judge who knowingly and intentionally
violated Mr. Sharif’s constitutional rights as a defendant by denying him
the right to a fair and impartial hearing/trial, the right to representation
by competent and effective counsel and the right to be free from cruel or
unusual punishment. 

I also have reason to believe that this Judge’s conduct
may be a violation of several Texas laws, such as, but not limited to, penal
codes 39.02, 39.03, and Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 1.04, 1.05,
1.051, 1.08, 1.09, 1.12, 1.24, 2.03 (b), 5.08, 15.05, 42.122 section 5(b),
section 21 (a), (b), Chapter. 46B.004; 46B.005;  46B.006;  46B.021; 
46B.025; 46B.051;  46B.054;  46B.054;  46B.073;  46B.076;  46B.079 and
Chapter 83, 84.

1. How does this Judge Greene justify she and her court coordinator, Kissy
Champ, denying Mr. Sharif the right to represent him self  in 2003 (and
2005) without the judge ever first conducting a hearing on the matter.  This
Judge knew or should have known that at a minimum she should have followed
the precepts delineated in article 1.05, 1.051 c.c.p. and Faretta v.
California,  422 us, 806, 95 s.ct. 2525 (1975).

2. By what authority did this judge rely on in believing her actions proper
in forcing an attorney (Julius Whittier) on Mr. Sharif despite Mr. Sharif
never signing for this court appointed counsel?

3. How has this judge gotten away with knowingly violating penal code 28.03
by going ahead with sentencing Mr. Sharif to 3years probation for the state
jail felony offense of criminal mischief when it was pointed out to her well
in advance and soon thereafter that the amount of pecuniary loss in the
matter was less that $1500.00, thus making the offense a class “A”
misdemeanor, not a state jail felony.

4. By what authority does this judge rely in justifying her wasting our tax
dollars by issuing a warrant causing Mr. Sharif’s arrest on February 10,
2005 for probation violation on:

A. A misdemeanor assault from November 2004 that was never processed beyond
the informal complaint phase

B. A typographical error made by the probation department concerning the
date Mr. Sharif was to report to his probation officer.

5. By what authority does this judge rely on in believing her actions proper
and use of our tax dollars justified in ordering not one, but two competency
examinations of Mr. Sharif.  Although she has never, to this date, seen nor
talked to Mr. Sharif.  Where is the accountability?

6. Before issuing each of her competency examination orders, why did this
judge circumvent the law and allow others to do likewise by failing to file
or cause to be filed a motion and affidavit setting out the facts on which
the (“baseless”) suggestion was made that Mr. Sharif may be incompetent? 
According to 46B.004 this was a prerequisite for raising the issue of Mr.
Sharif’s competency or lack thereof?

7. Despite Dr. Michael Pittman’s March 27, 2005 report to Judge Greene that
Mr. Sharif was competent to stand trial, why and what legal justification or
rational basis does this judge rely on in believing it proper of her to turn
right around and immediately order Dr. Lisa K. Clayton to reexamine Mr.
Sharif to determine whether he was incompetent.

Unsurprisingly in Dr. Clayton’s report to Judge Greene, which was conducted
just 11 days after Dr. Pittman's, she (“falsely”) claimed Mr. Sharif had all
of a sudden become incompetent to stand trial.  Dr. Clayton has since
recanted and apologized to Mr. Sharif (via his good friend Ms. Kay Lee,
founder and director of Making the Walls Transparent) for the doctor’s
mendacious competency report and all the hardships and hell it caused Mr.
Sharif and his family.  (See: Dr. Lisa K. Clayton’s apologies and especially
comments 12 thru 15 on the web at: 
www.angelfire.com/crazy4/texas/index.html).

8. What is Judge Greene’s political and/or personal motive behind
influencing the outcome of Mr. Sharif’s competency examination?  What did
this judge (and others) gain by causing Mr. Sharif to be declared
incompetent?

9. What did Judge Greene (and others) benefit by her deliberately refusing
to acknowledge all of the intelligently written pro. Se motions filed by Mr.
Sharif up to and after May 12, 2005, when the judge actually ordered him
committed to a state mental hospital so that his competency could be
“restored”.  (See: the file stamp dates on page (1) of all Mr. Sharif’s pro.
se motions).

10. By what ethical or legal authority does Judge Greene rely on to justify
her unlawful refusal to conduct a revocation hearing within 20 days after
Mr. Sharif had twice filed the appropriate Motion(s) For Revocation Hearing
pursuant to article 42.12 section 21(b) c.c.p.?

11. By what ethical or legal authority did this judge rely on in denying Mr.
Sharif’s right a fair hearing on his writ of Habeas Corpus which alleged he
was being held unlawfully be because Judge Greene had refused to conduct a
hearing on his Motion(s) For Revocation Hearing within 20 days or release
him from custody?

12. What ethical or legal authority does this judge rely on for continuing
to waste our tax dollars on a violation hearing about a typographical error
made by the probation office concerning the date Mr. Sharif’ was to report? 
What was this judge’s motives for not acting judiciously by lifting her
warrant, dismissing the violation proceeding and releasing Mr. Sharif from
jail?

13. What lawful objectives were sought or achieved and how did the public
(or other unknown parties benefit by Judge Greene causing Mr. Sharif to
remain in jail and eventually sending him to state hospital over a
typographical error.  Judge Greene’s actions has cost taxpayers
approximately $60,000-75,000.00.

14. What ethical or legal authority did this judge rely on in causing,
allowing, accepting, authorizing and/or approving Mr. Sharif was to was
report on October 12, 2005, 6-month state jail sentence for a typographical
error made by the probation office which clearly stated Mr. Sharif was to
report on October 12, 2005.

15. What legal authority does this judge have for knowingly allowing, or
approving the imposition of Mr. Sharif’s seemingly improper sentence for an
alleged probation violation Judge Greene knew never occurred because October
12, 2005 had not arrived yet at the time Mr. Sharif was sentenced.

16. What ethical or legal authority did Judge Greene and Public Defender
Thomas R. Grett have in attempting to help assistant district attorney Carla
Bean win her case, by trying to force Mr. Sharif to waive his right to a
hearing in an unrelated civil-family court matter (case no.
cv-05-00157-v-292nd ) in exchange for Judge Greene releasing Mr. Sharif from
custody on the typographical error.

It is worthy of this commission to note that Mr. Sharif’s waiving his right
to a hearing in the civil court matter would of operated as an admission to
the statement, and allegation which was drafted by Ms. Carla Bean’s staff,
sworn to and signed by the affiant Cathy J. Hawkins, and known by Judge
Greene, (and the others involved) to be false and misleading.

17. What credible investigation or other fact finding process did Judge
Greene conduct into the factual circumstances concerning Mr. Sharif and Ms.
Hawkins personal relationship before the judge made inappropriate statements
about Mr. Sharif to Dr. Lisa Clayton and others, claiming that Ms. Hawkins
had ended her relationship with Mr. Sharif (which I personally know to be
untrue) and that he was simply delusional over Ms. Hawkins and as a result
the judge refused to acknowledge his claims of a relationship with Ms.
Hawkins.

You should note that after his February 10, 2005 arrest Mr. Sharif and Ms.
Hawkins would talk on the phone 3-4 times a day sometimes more, this
resulting in a $2,900.00 phone bill.

18. By what ethical or legal authority did Judge Greene act under when she
caused her staff to conceal and not send Dr. Pittman’s competency report to
Big Spring State hospital along with Dr. Clayton’s examination report and
the other documents required to be sent per article 46B.076?

19. By what ethical or legal authority did Judge Greene rely on in wasting
our tax dollars to send a man known to be competent to the state hospital
for 4-month at a cost of approximately $551.00 per day just for Mr. Sharif’s
room and board.

How many other victims/defendants has this judge (and her subordinates) left
in her wake?  How much of our tax money has she squandered away?  Judge
Karen Greene has no business on the bench.  It is chilling to know that
there are elected officials like Judge Greene, Judge Keith Anderson, and
Judge Manny Alvarez, who are entrusted with upholding the law and protecting
our community, yet the have no qualms about blatantly violating the law and
citizens rights, by suppressing or stretching the truth and misrepresenting
honest facts in order to achieve ulterior and often unethical motives.

It is imperative that you and this commission hold Judge Karen Greene and
other jurist accountable for their conduct which discredits the public’s
confidence in the office that they hold and our Dallas judiciary which they
represent.
                                                                            
Sincerely,
Alida Smith
3242 Persimmon Rd
Dallas, TX 75241

AS/enclosures

Cc: Governor Rick Perry
       Lt. Governor David Dewhurst
       Attorney General Greg Abbott
      Jim Hamlin, Dallas District Clerk
 

July 10, 2005

Hon. Judge Karen Greene
Frank Crowley Courts Building
133 North Industrial Blvd.
Dallas, Texas 75207-4399

RE: CASE NO. F02-73127 Lakeith Amir-Sharif

Due to a typo made by the Dallas probation office, Sharif was arrested, put in Dallas County Jail, where he was stabbed in the arm by an officer with a set of keys, then deemed mentally incompetent by a psychiatrist who spent all of 10 minutes with him after his public pretender called him a 'nigger' and failed to defend him.  Sharif has been sent to the Big Springs State Hospital, where all they want him to do is take a competency exam so they can send him back to the same jail.

He is not a danger to society; he sincerely wants to succeed as a good citizen and he has the backup of several organizations to assist him with his wishes to succeed.

In this letter, we ask this honorable court for two things:

1.      Release Sharif on personal recognizance bond
2.      Reinstate/continue Sharif's probation.

Thank you for taking care of this in a timely manner.

Respectfully, 
Director
P.A.T.R.I.C.K. Crusade
P.O. Box 1891
Alabaster, AL 35007
Phone: 205-621-7699