The below story...it justs...BEATS ALL! Take a read: Don't believe this actually happened? Visit the link below!
DUI defendant claims that he's his own country
EASTON, Pa. — A man accused of driving drunk said Pennsylvania courts have no jurisdiction over him because he's his own country. After seeing the paperwork that 44-year-old Scott Allan Witmer filed with the court claiming sovereignty, a Northampton County judge said Tuesday he cannot be released from jail until he gets a mental exam.
Witmer, who represented himself, said he believes police lack jurisdiction to pull him over. As he said in court: "I live inside myself, not in Pennsylvania." He said there is no victim in the crime and asked to go to trial.
Defense attorney James Connell, Witmer's standby counsel, said a challenge to the traffic stop would need to be filed as a pretrial motion.
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/shared-gen/ap/Feature_Stories/ODD_Country_Defense.html?cxntlid=inform_sr
Ok, I like the Nations app, but declaring myself my own country? A little crazy. And that's ME saying that!
But, it does kind of sound like a good idea. Especially when Witmer pointed out that he "lives in side [himself], not in Pennsylvania."
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